13 Mar 2024 Tracing The Origins Of The Tuatha Dé Danann To Greece By Willem McLoud Mythology & Mystery 1 The Tuatha Dé Danann is one of the most mysterious peoples of the British Isles. Fascinatingly enough, some Celtic traditions place the prehistory of the Tuatha Dé Danann on the Greek islands in ages past. Although scholars often disregard this... Read More
26 Feb 2024 Minos Taurus The Bull Of Knossos By Stephen Palmer Mythology & Mystery 0 I am the bull of Knossos, where rich Minoans live amidst painted splendour. On the island of Crete I am surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, by mountains and plains, by bronze, by plaster, by amphorae of wine. On the extensive fresco painted upon a... Read More
19 Feb 2024 Ancient Greek Theophanies, Ghosts And Hallucinations By Robert Garland Mythology & Mystery 0 Gods and goddesses revealed themselves rather remarkably often to the privileged and chosen ancient Greeks, even if it was in disguise to hide their blinding brilliance. Like English, Greek did not make a linguistic distinction between the optical... Read More
12 Feb 2024 Nibelungs – Germanic Race Of Elves Or Giants? By Willem McLoud Mythology & Mystery 0 The Nibelungs are one of the most mysterious peoples of the ancient world. Some scholars regard them as a race of dwarfs or elves. On the other hand, their close identification with giants suggests that they may have been viewed as die scions of a... Read More
31 Jan 2024 The Iliad And The Odyssey: Lessons From Humanities By Dr Richard Marranca Mythology & Mystery 0 The Humanities are by definition concerned with humankind’s life-chances and life-fates, and mortality captures humanness from one essential viewpoint – all humans inevitably die. All human life, and too often death, feature in the monumental... Read More