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Dragon Myths: Tales of Beasts, Beauties, and Brutes
... creature in these cultures. Dragon kings are found in the mythology of China, Japan, and Korea, and are believed to be ... in Egypt, was burnt to keep people safe for the year. The North American Dragon Myth of the Piasa Bird Dragon myths are also ...
dhwty - 13/10/2019 - 19:11
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The Saga of Norna-Gest: Does Man Control His Destiny?
... avenge one son against the other. The Three Fates of Greek mythology. Painting, 19 th century. Public Domain As one can ... Odin, Heimdallr, Sleipnir and other figures from Norse mythology. 18 th century. Public Domain Bibliography ... and Heroes, trans. Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt (New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1926.) ...
Riley Winters - 31/03/2015 - 03:53
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10 of the Wildest Creation Myths in History
... ) 3.The Emergence of the Hopi Indians Hopi are one of North America’s oldest and most enigmatic Native tribes. ... their vibrant culture, and their rich and unique creation mythology. The central theme of Hopi origin stories is their ... moon. ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ) 5.The Great Serpent of the Native American Tribes The Great Serpent is a symbol found amongst ...
Aleksa Vučković - 23/03/2023 - 17:57
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Göbekli Tepe Shamans and their Cosmic Symbols – Part I
... earth-god named Masau'u has the shape of Tau. In Native American cultures, Tau symbolizes earth-bound spirits. As we ... or head-shamans of Göbekli Tepe temples. In Sumerian mythology, sun god Utu stands between two columns which ... the four corners of the universe of the physical world: North, South, East and West. The inner lines represent the ...
Ozgur - 16/01/2016 - 00:51
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Egyptian Eclipse Enigmas: Wild Solar Influences in the Amarna Age
... While the sun is so critical to Egyptian religion and mythology, especially during the Amarna age, solar eclipses ... IV. Meanwhile, an inscription found at Gebel el-Silsila north of Aswan shows Akhenaten worshipping Amun. These ... Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation . Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. Henrikkson, Göran. 2007. ...
Jonathon Perrin - 02/09/2020 - 18:56
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Breaking: 2000 Mummified Rams Heads Found at Temple in Egypt!
An American archaeological mission has made a jaw-dropping ... of the Temple of King Ramesses II in Abydos, Egypt. An American archaeological mission has made a jaw-dropping ... Egyptian culture is reflected in their art, religion, and mythology. Archaeologists made significant discoveries in the ...
Joanna Gillan - 26/03/2023 - 11:12
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Was Tiahuanaco the Seat of the Mightiest Ancient Civilization in the Americas?
... secrets where history is lost in legend, and in the mythology they look for clues to compose this fascinating ... in his fundamental study titled Tiahuanacu: The Cradle of American Man , Posnasky claimed, based on his ... with his back to the wall, from now on Point A), in the North-East corner of the temple. During the summer solstice ...
Dr Massimo Bonasorte - 21/05/2018 - 19:12
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Falemauga Caves Provide Unprecedented Insight into Ancient Samoan History
... the Falemauga cave system is commonly divided into a north and a south cave. Access to the north cave is difficult ... Later they were also excavated and photographed by American Peace Corp volunteers in the 1970s. There are a ... Disney ALMOST Got It Right: From Moana to Mayhem, The Mythology Behind the Real Maui Ruins of Malden Island and The ...
Ed Whelan - 02/12/2018 - 13:56
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Tricking and Treating Has a Long History
... and Demons, Possession, and Death The Hill of Sorcery: Mythology and Archaeology of the Tlachtga Barrow People ... in Ireland, 1832. By Daniel Maclise. ( public domain ) The North American observance of Halloween also included everything ...
ancient-origins - 31/10/2017 - 17:57
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Maoris Credited With First Discovery of Antarctica in Latest Study
... Polynesian Settlement on New Zealand Island Matariki: Mythology, Astronomy and Warring Gods of the Maori New Year ... proved he had gotten there earlier. The captain of an American sealing ship , John Davis, was given credit for ...
Nathan Falde - 14/06/2021 - 18:56
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Mythological Sea Serpents And Lake Monsters Versus Scientific Sharks And Surviving Dinosaurs
... recorded in the mythologies and written histories of North, South and Central America. Dinosaurs roaming the ... these creatures can be explained away as ‘archetypes of mythology,’ there are researchers who suggest that some of ... the creatures found to the south and their Canadian and American counterparts? One of the phenomena presented in this ...
ashley cowie - 26/02/2021 - 20:31
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From Olafir Thick-Legged to Ragnar Fur-Pants, Viking nicknames were colorful, descriptive and fascinating
An American scholar did both his master’s thesis and his ... be insulting or laudatory, derived from body parts or mythology, from places or accomplishments or from a number of ... by Viktor Vasnetsov; other cultures had nicknames, but American scholar Paul Peterson says they are not as ...
Mark Miller - 19/10/2015 - 00:41
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Kásskara: Sunken Land of the Hopi Ancestors
... Giza at night . ( CC BY ND 2.0 ) The Hopi Indians of the American Southwest represent the oldest continuous Native ... not come to this continent across the Bering Strait but north from South America, according to Oswald "White Bear" ... that hurt people. Tawa, the sun spirit and creator in Hopi mythology. ( Public Domain ) "People then had respect for one ...
Kasskara - 24/12/2017 - 13:59
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The Beothuck Key: Finding a Lost Chinese-Norse Civilization in Canada
... those of the Chinese of the early 1400s. No European or American ship of the dimensions of the ships that were found ... that had been assigned the task of mapping the western North Atlantic area – whatever the Chinese called it - was ... the same size, was the Monkey King, again from Chinese mythology. About a hundred carvings were found in all, ...
Ron Ryan - 06/09/2020 - 22:43
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Unearthing Unexpected Fossil Usage in Ancient Medicine (Part 1): Ogre Balms to Dragon Tongues
... preparation of decoctions or tonics. For instance, Native American tribes such as the Comanches had a tradition of ... the Mu Pitz were bogeyman-like fiends that prowled the North American wilderness; usually appearing in the form of ... bones interwove with the development of medicine and mythology will be revealed. Part 2 also includes facts on ...
Legendz Collective - 23/06/2017 - 19:04
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God of Death Shrine Unearthed in Mexico
... the ‘Temple of Skulls’ because on the west and north walls, they found two niches containing human skulls ... sacrifices were performed on top of the temple. In Aztec mythology, Mictlantecuhtli was known as the ruler over ... to have been inhabited by the Popolocas people, Middle American Indians of southern Puebla state in central Mexico ...
aprilholloway - 22/11/2013 - 10:24
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Symbolism of the Great Serpent in the Adena and Hopewell Cultures – Part I
... a presumably ritual context, and may have even passed the mythology behind the serpent to their contemporaries and ... Woodland Traditions of Canada Ancient Earthworks of North America suggest pre-Columbian European contact The West ... contained bones of a timber rattler, a black rat snake, American mink, pine marten, cervid, duck, and red fox, as ...
Jason Jarrell - 15/04/2018 - 22:55
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Enigmatic Artifact: Possible Chinese Bi Disk Found in a Kentucky Garden
... with other such Chinese in appearance artifacts found in North America without supporting contextual information, I ... has long been popular with surface collectors of Native American artifacts. Possible Chinese Bi-disk, 2.5" diameter, ... a partial bird, both playing prominent roles in Chinese mythology, add to the Chinese theme of the disk, along with ...
Indigenous Peoples Research Foundation - 08/10/2015 - 03:35
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The ancient wonder and veneration of the dog star Sirius
... be the "Dog of the Sun”. Several indigenous tribes of North America referred to the star in canine terms: the Seri ... that Sirius has been of great importance in astronomy, mythology and occultism for thousands of years. In the ... annual flooding of the Nile during summer. In 1971, the American author Robert Temple published a controversial book ...
aprilholloway - 01/02/2014 - 23:46
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A Spellbinding Story of Discovery: A Medieval Grave for a Wizard and a Magical Artifact
... Mhurcha Riabhaich I was brought up in Caithness in the north east of Scotland and for many years I had been ... perceived as working in a similar way to native American dream-catchers. Albeit the perceived powers of these ... fin-folk (half seal-half human creatures in Norse mythology) by attaching these stones to their hulls. Adder ...
ashley cowie - 16/04/2017 - 14:09