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Six Fantastic and Mythological Beings from the Blade Trilogy

... spirit to manifest itself. Such spirits were sent by the Devil to aid witches who had sold their souls on the basis of ...

Phoenix Vald - 18/03/2022 - 00:59

Will Pope Apologize to Mexico for Church Complicity during Spanish Conquest?

... Mexico dismissed such codices as the work of the devil and ordered hundreds or even thousands of them ...

Ed Whelan - 12/10/2020 - 05:52

Why We Should Welcome the Return of ‘Old Stinker’, the English Werewolf

... over fences like a modern day Spring-Heeled Jack (the folk devil that plagued Victorian London). Wolf guilt Importantly, ...

ancient-origins - 13/06/2018 - 01:57

Patasola: The Destructive Femme Fatale of the South American Jungle

Ancient civilizations who navigated the unforgiving coastlines of the North Atlantic, like the Vikings, feared, worshiped, and mythologized a pantheon of unforgiving sea creatures with origins half in this world and half in much, much darker places. Seductive sirens, alluring mer-folk and enchanting sea witches joined together to create the mythology of oceanic peoples; while the Shamans of jungle locked cultures toiled with similarly malevolent spirits in the form of insect, plant, and animal spirits, entities, and gods.

ashley cowie - 14/01/2018 - 18:39

Mysterious Labyrinth and Ritual Caves: Archaeologists dig up the Stone Age Past on Swedish Island

... island, especially at Easter, to cavort and worship the devil. Large cavities in the rock along the shore, called ...

lizleafloor - 23/09/2015 - 04:02

Peter’s Tomb: A Mystery That Stretches From Rome To Jerusalem And Back

... who in Against the Roman Papacy, an Institution of the Devil (1544), expressed himself as follows: ". . .in Rome it ...

Pierluigi Tombetti - 11/11/2020 - 21:56

A Multitude of Demons: More on the Mythology of the Constantine TV Series

Jacques Collin de Plancy was a French occultist, demonologist and writer. He published a number of books on occultism and demonology. The most famous of these books is probably his “Dictionnaire Infernal”. The “Infernal Dictionary”, as it is known in English, is a book on demonology describing demons organized in hierarchies. The book first appeared in 1818 and it went on to have several editions.

valdar - 24/04/2018 - 22:58

Extra-terrestrials and Fissures in the Great Wall

... to fear anything unseen or occult as the work of the devil. If you don’t acknowledge the very existence of your ...

susan - 18/05/2013 - 14:53

Agnes Waterhouse: The First Woman Executed for Witchcraft in England

History remembers Agnes Waterhouse as one of the most influential witches of the Tudor period. Although the Inquisition in Europe started their trails and executions much earlier, Agnes was the first woman to be put to death for witchcraft in England - in 1566.

Natalia Klimczak - 21/04/2016 - 00:53

New Birthing Girdle Study Answers Questions About Medieval Childbirth

... death caused by natural disaster, and encounters with the devil himself. If carried by a pregnant woman (as it most ...

Nathan Falde - 10/03/2021 - 17:54

13th Century ‘Demon Church’ Attacked With Satanic Black Magic Rituals

... Be Attacking Animals in Britain Satanic Panic Hit As ‘Devil Coins’ Were Unearthed Beneath Bath Abbey Baphomet: ...

ashley cowie - 27/01/2020 - 18:58

The Perplexing Horned Helmet of Henry VIII

... Ram’s horns have traditionally symbolized either the Devil, or a cuckold. It is unclear as to why the Holy Roman ...

dhwty - 21/10/2020 - 21:58

Zombies and Voodoo: The Living Dead Religion of Modern Haiti

On the list of the most well-known monsters from Hollywood movies, zombies clearly occupy one of the top positions. In their cinematographic version, they consume human flesh and brains with the explanation that this fact diminishes their pain of being dead, while humans bitten or hurt by zombies end up becoming zombies as well. In Haiti, zombies not only exist in movies, but as a day-to-day reality that is steeped in Voodoo, which revolves around spirits known as lwa.

Phoenix Vald - 06/12/2021 - 13:58

Baptized in Blood: Queen Njinga of Ndongo-Matamba

... questioned, to nganga priests, whom Jesuits condemned as Devil-communing sorcerers, and to the political stability of ...

Jonathan Emily Jordan - 12/04/2020 - 22:49

The Biblical Witch of Endor: Contacting the Spirit of a Prophet

The Witch of Endor is also known as the biblical Medium of Endor. According to legend, she was a medium who apparently summoned the Prophet Samuel's spirit. She is known from the Old Testament but became a part of other traditions too.

Natalia Klimczak - 17/09/2019 - 22:35

Gone and Forgotten: The Sad Fate of the Witches of Prussia

... witches were nasty creatures who collaborated with the devil and were dangerous for society. Propaganda by the ...

Natalia Klimczak - 19/09/2016 - 14:49

Vampire Slaying Kit Sells During High-Stakes Bidding War

A vampire slaying kit has been sold for five times more than expected at an auction in Derbyshire, England. The sale of this bizarre box of artifacts, once believed to help guard against vampires, proves that the mythology and popularity of vampire culture is still going strong.

Cecilia Bogaard - 02/07/2022 - 01:54

Willies, Ghillies and Horny Highlanders: Scottish Gaelic Writing has a Filthy Past

Think of Scotland’s Highlands and islands and you probably think hills, glens, tartan, shortbread, bagpipes, caber-tossing, whisky, haggis, stags in the mist, grandiose aristocrats, bearded ghillies and high-kicking kilted dancers. Or for the more grimly realist among you, there’s clearances, depopulation, the decline of Gaelic culture, Presbyterianism, barren deer forests and disappearing European Union funding.

ancient-origins - 05/11/2017 - 00:49