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Manananggal, mythical creature of the Philippines — 13 Nov 2017

The Shocking Demon that Brings Plague and Devours Babies: Ancient Goddess & Evil Widow Rangda in Balinese Mythology

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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All eyes focused on the figure of Rangda as she emerged from the inner part of the temple, about a third of the way through the Barong dance (an ancient dance which predates even the Hindu influences in the island of Bali, Indonesia). There is no...
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Manananggal, mythical creature of the Philippines — 13 Nov 2017

The Shocking Demon that Brings Plague and Devours Babies: Ancient Goddess & Evil Widow Rangda in Balinese Mythology

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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All eyes focused on the figure of Rangda as she emerged from the inner part of the temple, about a third of the way through the Barong dance (an ancient dance which predates even the Hindu influences in the island of Bali, Indonesia). There is no...
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Elephant-headed goddess Vinayaki is often mistaken for a female Ganesha. Statue of Ganesha — 30 Oct 2017

Goddess… or Demon? Hidden History of Vinayaki, the Mysterious Elephant-Headed Woman of Hindu Myth

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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In one of the shrines of the Thanumalayan temple in Kanyakumari district, India, is the stone sculpture of a four-armed deity sitting cross-legged in Sukhasana (“easy pose” - similar to sitting in a simple cross-legged position) holding a...
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Elephant-headed goddess Vinayaki is often mistaken for a female Ganesha. Statue of Ganesha — 30 Oct 2017

Goddess… or Demon? Hidden History of Vinayaki, the Mysterious Elephant-Headed Woman of Hindu Myth

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

0

In one of the shrines of the Thanumalayan temple in Kanyakumari district, India, is the stone sculpture of a four-armed deity sitting cross-legged in Sukhasana (“easy pose” - similar to sitting in a simple cross-legged position) holding a...
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Goddess of the water fountain – Statue at Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA. (eflon/CC BY 2.0); Deriv. — 26 Jun 2017

Demons in Your Toilet? Guardians of the Sewers and How They Protected Ancient Latrines

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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As a ritual symbol of purification, water plays a key role in the public space of hygiene and sanitary activities as well as in almost all religions past and present. From the first moment mankind invented rituals and deities, the notion of...
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Goddess of the water fountain – Statue at Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA. (eflon/CC BY 2.0); Deriv. — 26 Jun 2017

Demons in Your Toilet? Guardians of the Sewers and How They Protected Ancient Latrines

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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As a ritual symbol of purification, water plays a key role in the public space of hygiene and sanitary activities as well as in almost all religions past and present. From the first moment mankind invented rituals and deities, the notion of...
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The Man who Assyria Feared: Demon Gallu and King of the Universe — 30 Dec 2016

The Man who Assyria Feared: Demon Gallu and King of the Universe

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In 660 BCE, mighty Assyria was about to be shaken. A Scythian named Dugdammi united many nomadic tribes into a confederation. This nomadic confederation pushed at the borders of Assyria which so frightened King Ashurbanipal that they felt Assyria...
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The Man who Assyria Feared: Demon Gallu and King of the Universe — 30 Dec 2016

The Man who Assyria Feared: Demon Gallu and King of the Universe

By Cam Rea

History & Tradition

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In 660 BCE, mighty Assyria was about to be shaken. A Scythian named Dugdammi united many nomadic tribes into a confederation. This nomadic confederation pushed at the borders of Assyria which so frightened King Ashurbanipal that they felt Assyria...
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Swapping Babies: The Disturbing Faerie Changeling Phenomenon — 26 Dec 2016

Swapping Babies: The Disturbing Faerie Changeling Phenomenon

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

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The worldwide stories of faerie changelings come under a group of motifs recorded in the Aarne-Thompson folklore index as F321: ‘Faerie steals child from cradle and leaves faerie substitute.’ The basic premise of these motifs is that the...
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Swapping Babies: The Disturbing Faerie Changeling Phenomenon — 26 Dec 2016

Swapping Babies: The Disturbing Faerie Changeling Phenomenon

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

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The worldwide stories of faerie changelings come under a group of motifs recorded in the Aarne-Thompson folklore index as F321: ‘Faerie steals child from cradle and leaves faerie substitute.’ The basic premise of these motifs is that the...
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Detail of the Wenhaston Doom — 31 Aug 2016

The Wenhaston Doom: A Surprising Medieval Relic, Doomsday Message—and a Reminder of Pre-Christian Traditions

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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A ‘Doom’ is a remarkable survival of a type of church decoration once common in the Middle Ages but largely destroyed during the iconoclastic excesses of the English Protestant Reformation during the reign of Edward VI (1547-1553) in the...
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Detail of the Wenhaston Doom — 31 Aug 2016

The Wenhaston Doom: A Surprising Medieval Relic, Doomsday Message—and a Reminder of Pre-Christian Traditions

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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A ‘Doom’ is a remarkable survival of a type of church decoration once common in the Middle Ages but largely destroyed during the iconoclastic excesses of the English Protestant Reformation during the reign of Edward VI (1547-1553) in the...
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Deriv; Statue of the Fallen Angel and The Hell, Inferno Canto 34, circa 1301 — 24 Aug 2016

Devils or Angels? Defining the Dark Entities of Christianity’s Past

By Marie and Larry

Mythology & Mystery

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Devil or angel? Sometimes it’s hard to tell. The concept of demons is an old one, harking back to the confiscation of pagan nature deities by the Roman Empire, which turned them into something more sinister and evil than may have originally been...
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Deriv; Statue of the Fallen Angel and The Hell, Inferno Canto 34, circa 1301 — 24 Aug 2016

Devils or Angels? Defining the Dark Entities of Christianity’s Past

By Marie and Larry

Mythology & Mystery

3

Devil or angel? Sometimes it’s hard to tell. The concept of demons is an old one, harking back to the confiscation of pagan nature deities by the Roman Empire, which turned them into something more sinister and evil than may have originally been...
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The strange and often dangerous water demon of Japanese legend, the Kappa. — 21 Nov 2015

The Strange Origin of the Kappa: Japanese Water Imp

By Ken Jeremiah

Mythology & Mystery

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Many supernatural creatures are depicted in Japanese art and literature. Some seem realistic and might actually exist, since there have been witness sightings, while others are clearly composite creatures. Still others might have been created...
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The strange and often dangerous water demon of Japanese legend, the Kappa. — 21 Nov 2015

The Strange Origin of the Kappa: Japanese Water Imp

By Ken Jeremiah

Mythology & Mystery

0

Many supernatural creatures are depicted in Japanese art and literature. Some seem realistic and might actually exist, since there have been witness sightings, while others are clearly composite creatures. Still others might have been created...
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