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Tramin (South Tyrol. )Saint James church in Kastelaz: Romanesque frescos (1210s ) showing fantastic creatures. (Public Domain) — 22 May 2019

Hiding in Plain Sight: Medieval Mermaids in Churches

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

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Why would an ancient, folkloric, but non-Biblical, character such as a mermaid find its way into so many medieval European churches? And can such mermaid imagery and symbology be correlated with the more overt pagan symbols of the Green Man and...
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Tramin (South Tyrol. )Saint James church in Kastelaz: Romanesque frescos (1210s ) showing fantastic creatures. (Public Domain) — 22 May 2019

Hiding in Plain Sight: Medieval Mermaids in Churches

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

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Why would an ancient, folkloric, but non-Biblical, character such as a mermaid find its way into so many medieval European churches? And can such mermaid imagery and symbology be correlated with the more overt pagan symbols of the Green Man and...
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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

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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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Monument of the pilgrims, Burgos — 02 Aug 2017

Following Symbols and the Bones of a Dead Sorcerer: Mysteries of the Camino de Santiago – Part II

By Elyn and Gary

History & Tradition

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The popular 500-mile-long pilgrimage road, the Camino de Santiago (specifically the French Way that leads from the French Pyrenees across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela) seems like a straight-forward Christian pilgrimage, but mysteries...
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Monument of the pilgrims, Burgos — 02 Aug 2017

Following Symbols and the Bones of a Dead Sorcerer: Mysteries of the Camino de Santiago – Part II

By Elyn and Gary

History & Tradition

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The popular 500-mile-long pilgrimage road, the Camino de Santiago (specifically the French Way that leads from the French Pyrenees across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela) seems like a straight-forward Christian pilgrimage, but mysteries...
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‘Santiago el Mayor’ Saint James the Great — 31 Jul 2017

Pilgrims Flock on an Ancient Road to the Ends of the Earth: Mysteries of the Camino de Santiago – Part I

By Elyn and Gary

History & Tradition

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The Spanish poet, Antonio Machado wrote, “Caminante, no hay camino; se hace el camino por andar.” (Walker/Seeker, there is no path; the path is made by walking.) Rarely has this been truer than with the Camino de Santiago, the 500-mile-long...
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‘Santiago el Mayor’ Saint James the Great — 31 Jul 2017

Pilgrims Flock on an Ancient Road to the Ends of the Earth: Mysteries of the Camino de Santiago – Part I

By Elyn and Gary

History & Tradition

1

The Spanish poet, Antonio Machado wrote, “Caminante, no hay camino; se hace el camino por andar.” (Walker/Seeker, there is no path; the path is made by walking.) Rarely has this been truer than with the Camino de Santiago, the 500-mile-long...
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What Star is This? The Pagan Origins of Christmas Symbols — 16 Dec 2016

What Star is This? The Pagan Origins of Christmas Symbols

By Marie and Larry

History & Tradition

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The Christmas holiday is celebrated all over the world in various traditions. But few people realize it has an origin steeped in paganism and sun worship. In fact, the day itself and all it represents can be whittled down to one word: light....
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What Star is This? The Pagan Origins of Christmas Symbols — 16 Dec 2016

What Star is This? The Pagan Origins of Christmas Symbols

By Marie and Larry

History & Tradition

1

The Christmas holiday is celebrated all over the world in various traditions. But few people realize it has an origin steeped in paganism and sun worship. In fact, the day itself and all it represents can be whittled down to one word: light....
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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 dark streets of Bristol, England. When darkness descended on Mischief Night, children traditionally got up to no good. — 21 Nov 2015

English Folklore: The Forgotten Death of Mischief Night

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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In the United Kingdom, nestling midway between the early autumn “Back to School” sales promotions and the consumer spending bonanza that is Christmas, we now have the retail opportunity of Halloween. Fancy dress costumes, pumpkins, plastic...
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The dark streets of Bristol, England. When darkness descended on Mischief Night, children traditionally got up to no good. — 21 Nov 2015

English Folklore: The Forgotten Death of Mischief Night

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

3

In the United Kingdom, nestling midway between the early autumn “Back to School” sales promotions and the consumer spending bonanza that is Christmas, we now have the retail opportunity of Halloween. Fancy dress costumes, pumpkins, plastic...
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