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Panoramic view of Stonehenge with rainbow - United Kingdom (muratart / Adobe Stock) — 28 Aug 2023

Roman Origins Of A Pot At The End Of The Rainbow

By jim willis

Mythology & Mystery

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Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side?Rainbows are visions, but only illusions, and rainbows have nothing to hide.So we've been told and some choose to believe it.I know they're wrong, wait and see.Someday we'll...
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Panoramic view of Stonehenge with rainbow - United Kingdom (muratart / Adobe Stock) — 28 Aug 2023

Roman Origins Of A Pot At The End Of The Rainbow

By jim willis

Mythology & Mystery

0

Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side?Rainbows are visions, but only illusions, and rainbows have nothing to hide.So we've been told and some choose to believe it.I know they're wrong, wait and see.Someday we'll...
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On Carrington Moss, shows individuals gathering material for besoms by David Cox (1851) (Public Domain) — 18 Nov 2022

Hepatomancy In Ceremonial Beginnings: Finding An Auspicious Site

By Nigel Pennick

History & Tradition

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Beginning with a proper state of mind, augmented by proper rites and ceremonies, is essential for any enterprise. The most developed ceremonies of beginning are in European building traditions. One of the best explanations of this is by the Italian...
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On Carrington Moss, shows individuals gathering material for besoms by David Cox (1851) (Public Domain) — 18 Nov 2022

Hepatomancy In Ceremonial Beginnings: Finding An Auspicious Site

By Nigel Pennick

History & Tradition

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Beginning with a proper state of mind, augmented by proper rites and ceremonies, is essential for any enterprise. The most developed ceremonies of beginning are in European building traditions. One of the best explanations of this is by the Italian...
Read More

The Dream Realms Of Morpheus, Sisig, Baku, And Njorun — 24 May 2022

The Dream Realms Of Morpheus, Sisig, Baku, And Njorun

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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‘The Sandman’ a comic book written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics from January 1989 to March 1996, is considered one of the very best modern insights into sleep and dreams in the ancient world. It is widely credited as one of the...
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The Dream Realms Of Morpheus, Sisig, Baku, And Njorun — 24 May 2022

The Dream Realms Of Morpheus, Sisig, Baku, And Njorun

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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‘The Sandman’ a comic book written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics from January 1989 to March 1996, is considered one of the very best modern insights into sleep and dreams in the ancient world. It is widely credited as one of the...
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Scenic view of typical narrow alleyway lined laundry lines in the Medieval Centro Storico of Naples ( lazyllama/ Adobe Stock) and Munaciello according to popular imagery ( Lady of a times /CC BY-SA 4.0) — 06 May 2022

Mischievous Munaciello, A Folletto Character Of Neapolitan Folklore

By Alessandra Filiaci

Mythology & Mystery

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Every country in the world has its own rich folklore, every city and village has its own legends about fantastic creatures and supernatural beings told by grandparents to parents to children, enriched with ever new twists, embroidering a tapestry...
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Scenic view of typical narrow alleyway lined laundry lines in the Medieval Centro Storico of Naples ( lazyllama/ Adobe Stock) and Munaciello according to popular imagery ( Lady of a times /CC BY-SA 4.0) — 06 May 2022

Mischievous Munaciello, A Folletto Character Of Neapolitan Folklore

By Alessandra Filiaci

Mythology & Mystery

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Every country in the world has its own rich folklore, every city and village has its own legends about fantastic creatures and supernatural beings told by grandparents to parents to children, enriched with ever new twists, embroidering a tapestry...
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A canoti tree dweller (Image: © Courtesy of Walther G. von Krenner) — 16 Mar 2022

Canoti: The Sioux’s Malevolent Little Tree Dwellers

By Ken Jeremiah

History & Tradition

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The canoti (or canotila) are small creatures found in Sioux culture, canoti meaning “tree-dweller” and canotila signifying “small tree-dweller.” Considered tiny messengers of beings who exist in the spirit world, they allegedly appear in...
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A canoti tree dweller (Image: © Courtesy of Walther G. von Krenner) — 16 Mar 2022

Canoti: The Sioux’s Malevolent Little Tree Dwellers

By Ken Jeremiah

History & Tradition

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The canoti (or canotila) are small creatures found in Sioux culture, canoti meaning “tree-dweller” and canotila signifying “small tree-dweller.” Considered tiny messengers of beings who exist in the spirit world, they allegedly appear in...
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Magic Shoes And Boots: The Soles Of Mythology — 07 Jan 2022

Magic Shoes And Boots: The Soles Of Mythology

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Interest in the history and archaeology of ancient footwear began in the 17th century and today the formal study of footwear is called ‘calceology.’ This field of science includes interpreting ancient footwear against social and cultural...
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Magic Shoes And Boots: The Soles Of Mythology — 07 Jan 2022

Magic Shoes And Boots: The Soles Of Mythology

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Interest in the history and archaeology of ancient footwear began in the 17th century and today the formal study of footwear is called ‘calceology.’ This field of science includes interpreting ancient footwear against social and cultural...
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Pocahontas saves the life of John Smith in this chromolithograph, credited to the New England Chromo. Lith. Company around (1870). (Public Domain) — 20 Nov 2020

Heroes, Lumberjack-Giants And Monsters Of American Mythology

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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The term ‘American folklore’ encompasses the stories, myths, tall tales, music, proverbs, fairy tales, demons, giants and legends that arrived on the shores of North America with the first Europeans in the 16th century. The characters and...
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Pocahontas saves the life of John Smith in this chromolithograph, credited to the New England Chromo. Lith. Company around (1870). (Public Domain) — 20 Nov 2020

Heroes, Lumberjack-Giants And Monsters Of American Mythology

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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The term ‘American folklore’ encompasses the stories, myths, tall tales, music, proverbs, fairy tales, demons, giants and legends that arrived on the shores of North America with the first Europeans in the 16th century. The characters and...
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03 Apr 2019

The Green Children of Woolpit – An Otherworldly Tale That Just Might be True

By nrushton

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The story of the Green Children of Woolpit, Suffolk, has always been one of the strangest medieval folktales, and that's up against some pretty stiff competition. If you don't know it, it goes a bit like this…
A Strange Tale
The s...
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03 Apr 2019

The Green Children of Woolpit – An Otherworldly Tale That Just Might be True

By nrushton

0

The story of the Green Children of Woolpit, Suffolk, has always been one of the strangest medieval folktales, and that's up against some pretty stiff competition. If you don't know it, it goes a bit like this…
A Strange Tale
The s...
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The Hay Harvest (1565), National Museum (Prague), Lobkowicz family collection in Lobkowicz Palace by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1565) (Public Domain) — 26 Mar 2019

Divination: Art, Luck or Whim of the Gods?

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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Marrying a reliable partner to depend on to help eke out a living in harsh circumstances and predicting the weather crucial to a successful harvest, were two of the most vital factors in the lives of people not so long ago. Reluctant to leave...
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The Hay Harvest (1565), National Museum (Prague), Lobkowicz family collection in Lobkowicz Palace by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1565) (Public Domain) — 26 Mar 2019

Divination: Art, Luck or Whim of the Gods?

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

1

Marrying a reliable partner to depend on to help eke out a living in harsh circumstances and predicting the weather crucial to a successful harvest, were two of the most vital factors in the lives of people not so long ago. Reluctant to leave...
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‘Yorinda and Yoringel’ by John Duncan (1909) — 06 Aug 2018

Once Upon A Time: Concepts of Afterlife and Altered Consciousness Concealed in Faerie Folklore

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

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Once upon a Time, they all lived happily ever-after. In the 1891 publication The Science of Fairy Tales, the folklorist Edwin Sidney Hartland devoted three chapters to ponder over ‘The Supernatural Lapse of Time in Fairyland.’ He makes it clear...
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‘Yorinda and Yoringel’ by John Duncan (1909) — 06 Aug 2018

Once Upon A Time: Concepts of Afterlife and Altered Consciousness Concealed in Faerie Folklore

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

0

Once upon a Time, they all lived happily ever-after. In the 1891 publication The Science of Fairy Tales, the folklorist Edwin Sidney Hartland devoted three chapters to ponder over ‘The Supernatural Lapse of Time in Fairyland.’ He makes it clear...
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