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History of the Holidays: Easter (Video)
... to have been derived from the pagan festival of the goddess Eostre, celebrating the arrival of spring. ...
Joanna Gillan - 09/04/2023 - 16:59
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Hopi Oral Traditions Of Creation Parallel Evolutionary Adaptation To Climate Change
... turtle and the Japanese male god Izanagi and the female goddess who, while standing on the floating bridge of heaven, ...
Ken Jeremiah - 02/06/2023 - 16:25
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The Greatest Colossal Statues of Ancient Greece (Video)
... depicting animals and flowers. In his hands, Nike , the goddess of Victory, and a scepter with an eagle, while the ...
Robbie Mitchell - 16/01/2024 - 19:56
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Asatru: A Native European Spirituality
When Steve McNallen pledged his loyalty to the Gods and Goddesses of Northern Europe in the late 1960s, he could have hardly imagined the far-reaching implications of this personal act of devotion. Now, over forty years later, Asatru (an Icelandic word that means true to the Gods) is one of the fastest growing new religious movements in America.
ancient-origins - 30/12/2016 - 17:44
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Legends of The Sun: From Solar Gods to Flying Chariots
... originally 10 suns, all of whom were the sons of solar goddess Shiho. Each day, she would wheel one of them across ...
LukeDoyle - 02/06/2018 - 19:33
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Beware the Fate of the Fairy Winds
In many folk tales from around the world there are accounts of a midwife who is taken by fairies to help with a birth. Apart from the overall otherworldly nature of these tales, the mode of transport is one which is often overlooked; that of the fairy wind. This wind seems to have a property whereby it can move between the human world and fairy world. It is, in some respects, able to part the dimensional curtains, so to speak, and not just a way to carry a body over the land and mountains.
David Halpin - 08/02/2020 - 03:19
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Lego Acropolis Proves Just as Popular as the Real Thing
... temple was completed in 438 BC. Dedicated to the patron goddess of Athens, Athena , the Parthenon and its sculptures ...
ashley cowie - 01/11/2020 - 21:56
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1,300-Year-Old Machete and Ax Unearthed In Ruins of Assos, Turkey
... settlers built the famous Doric Temple dedicated to the goddess Athena on top of the crag. This year Turkish ...
ashley cowie - 12/09/2021 - 14:56
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The Wooing of Etain: An Irish Tale of Love, Loss, and Jealousy
... life with Midir of the Tuatha de Danann (‘tribes of the goddess Danu’), and ending with her mortal life with ...
Riley Winters - 22/03/2019 - 16:40
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Ancient Witchcraft and the Spell of the Pella Curse Tablet
In the first half of the 4th century someone wrote a text in Doric Greek idiom. This text became known as the Pella curse tablet. Over the centuries, it became a key object in the argument supporting the theory that the ancient Macedonian language was created by the Doric dialect and one of North-Western Greek. It is also considered as one of the magical texts of ancient Greece.
Natalia Klimczak - 26/05/2016 - 14:45
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Both Religion and Royalty Reigned in the Assyrian City of Assur
... the city’s history. Ereshkigal: The Mighty Mesopotamian Goddess of the Underworld Oneiromancy and Dream Predictions ...
dhwty - 28/08/2018 - 09:41
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The Failed Sex God: The Horned God Pan and His Unrequited Lusts
... Used Legend – Part I The Spellbinding Story of Circe, Goddess of Magic Martini Fisher is a Mythographer and Author. ...
MartiniF - 08/05/2017 - 15:41
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In the Shadow of Nakhtmin: The Unfortunate Crown Prince of Egypt
... EXPEDITIONS, WIN GIFT GIVEAWAYS & more! The Egyptian Goddess Isis, Found in India The Sins and Glories of the ...
anand balaji - 28/07/2017 - 15:24
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Analysis Reveals Secret Recipe of Ancient Egyptian Embalming Fluids
... as holding embalming liquids. Burial Chamber, Snake Goddess and Embalmer Secrets Discovered in Saqqara! The Life ...
Nathan Falde - 03/02/2023 - 01:00
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The Erechtheion Temple of the Acropolis Was Not a Harem After All!
... with the six caryatids was dedicated to Athena , the goddess of wisdom, but in the medieval period it was reused ...
ashley cowie - 17/01/2022 - 18:00
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Ascension to the Heavens in Ancient Mythology
... stronghold of Tiryns – as ordered by Zeus’ wife, goddess Hera , who wanted Hercules dead. In one of ...
johnblack - 20/03/2024 - 13:50
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The Strange and Wonderful World of Ancient Brews
Many of us now enjoy unusual alcoholic beverage concoctions since the advent of the craft beer and cocktail movements. What we may not realize is that fellow humans have been carrying on like this for millennia, and quite likely for millions of years earlier during hominid times.
Patrick McGovern - 02/10/2017 - 22:50
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Haunted Mirrors, Bloody Mary and Superstitious Mirror Mythology
... any place on the globe or in other worlds. The Egyptian goddess Hathor had a crown with a solar disk placed between ... form of things has become the representative symbol of the goddess. In this way, starting from an object of daily use, ...
Phoenix Vald - 30/12/2021 - 18:00
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The Controversial Mayan Queen: Sak K'uk of Palenque
... the Underworld to seek guidance. She meets the Primordial Goddess Muwaan Mat who promises to co-rule with her until her ...
ancient-origins - 06/05/2016 - 23:47
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Knifeman Stabs Tourists at Jordanian Site Jerash
... in Jerash.” Unexpected Statues of Mythological Goddess Unearthed in Jordan Mysterious Ancient Wall Extending ...
ashley cowie - 06/11/2019 - 21:47