11 Dec 2023 The Mysterious Identity Of The Eastern Pyrenean Lady With The Flaming Grail By Elyn and Gary Mythology & Mystery 0 Deep in the eastern Pyrenean valleys of Catalonia, Spain, lies a 900-year-old mystery. For some unknown reason, in the 12th century (between 1100-1170) at least nine medieval church apses were decorated with frescoes showing the Apostles and a... Read More
04 Dec 2023 Perseus, The Greek Variant Of Sumerian Gilgamesh By Willem McLoud Mythology & Mystery 0 Perseus is one of the greatest heroes of Greek tradition, venerated as a demigod. But is Perseus really of Greek origin or was his legend brought from elsewhere to Greece? According to the Greek father of history Herodotus in his The Histories... Read More
01 Dec 2023 No Happy-Ever-After For The Doomed Lovers Of Hero Heracles By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 0 Heracles, born of the mortal woman Alcmene by Zeus, King of the Gods, is the greatest of the Greek heroes, yet he was not fated to an everlasting happy love life, until after his death. His popularity even reached ancient Rome (where he was known... Read More
01 Nov 2023 Hephaestus And Thetis Bound In Their Mortal Suffering By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 0 Infuriated that her husband Zeus gave birth to Athena on his own, Hera, the Queen of Heaven, impregnated herself to have a child independent of Zeus, and thus she gave birth to Hephaestus. Hephaestus, divine though he was, was not a handsome boy,... Read More
04 Oct 2023 The Prestigious Pedigree Of Aeneas, Descendant Of Dardanos By Anthony Adolph Mythology & Mystery 0 One hears of Aeneas’ pedigree for the first time from his own mouth, in the Iliad, as he stands facing his arch-foe, Achilles, on the battlefield before Troy: ‘Learn then my lineage if you will – and it is known to many – in the beginning... Read More