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8 Immortals in a temple in Vietnam — 04 Oct 2017

The 8 Immortals of China: How ordinary mortals worked hard to achieve superpowers and become legendary

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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The general appearances of Chinese gods lead us to think of them as sober imperial bureaucrats. They mostly look like middle-aged men dressed in official-looking robes, spending their time reading formal petitions and giving stern orders to their...
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8 Immortals in a temple in Vietnam — 04 Oct 2017

The 8 Immortals of China: How ordinary mortals worked hard to achieve superpowers and become legendary

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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The general appearances of Chinese gods lead us to think of them as sober imperial bureaucrats. They mostly look like middle-aged men dressed in official-looking robes, spending their time reading formal petitions and giving stern orders to their...
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Hygeia; Gustav Klimt's painting ‘Medicine’ — 19 Apr 2017

Woman, Healer, Goddess? Famous (and Forbidden) Female Physicians in the Ancient World

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Health & Well-being

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Throughout history, women have always been healers. They were pharmacists, cultivating healing herbs and exchanging the secrets of their uses. They were also nurses, counselors, midwives who traveled from home to home and village to village. The...
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Hygeia; Gustav Klimt's painting ‘Medicine’ — 19 Apr 2017

Woman, Healer, Goddess? Famous (and Forbidden) Female Physicians in the Ancient World

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Health & Well-being

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Throughout history, women have always been healers. They were pharmacists, cultivating healing herbs and exchanging the secrets of their uses. They were also nurses, counselors, midwives who traveled from home to home and village to village. The...
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Art of War: Onna Bugeisha of Japan and the Ancient Female Warrior Culture — 28 Nov 2016

Art of War: Onna Bugeisha of Japan and the Ancient Female Warrior Culture

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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The idea since ancient times that it was men solely who were engaged in war is so common that it has become somewhat of a cliché. The vision of heavily armed men has become so associated with the art of war that—despite the evidence throughout...
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Art of War: Onna Bugeisha of Japan and the Ancient Female Warrior Culture — 28 Nov 2016

Art of War: Onna Bugeisha of Japan and the Ancient Female Warrior Culture

By MartiniF

History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure

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The idea since ancient times that it was men solely who were engaged in war is so common that it has become somewhat of a cliché. The vision of heavily armed men has become so associated with the art of war that—despite the evidence throughout...
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A Drink Fit for Goddesses: Beer and Mankind in Ancient Mythology — 09 Sep 2016

A Drink Fit for Goddesses: Beer and Mankind in Ancient Mythology

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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It is widely known these days that beer is one of the oldest beverages human beings have ever produced. Beer-related items and activities familiar to us today can be traced back to the ancient world. Evidence of early beer brewing has been...
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A Drink Fit for Goddesses: Beer and Mankind in Ancient Mythology — 09 Sep 2016

A Drink Fit for Goddesses: Beer and Mankind in Ancient Mythology

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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It is widely known these days that beer is one of the oldest beverages human beings have ever produced. Beer-related items and activities familiar to us today can be traced back to the ancient world. Evidence of early beer brewing has been...
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Deriv; Sunset in Egyptian desert with figure — 23 Aug 2016

Monks, Hermits and Ascetics: The Little-Known History of Women in Desert Asceticism

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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Theodoret of Cyrrhus (423–457) tells us that when little girls played games in forth-century Syria, they played monks and demons. One of the girls, dressed in rags, would reduce her little friends into giggles by exorcising them. This glimpse...
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Deriv; Sunset in Egyptian desert with figure — 23 Aug 2016

Monks, Hermits and Ascetics: The Little-Known History of Women in Desert Asceticism

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

1

Theodoret of Cyrrhus (423–457) tells us that when little girls played games in forth-century Syria, they played monks and demons. One of the girls, dressed in rags, would reduce her little friends into giggles by exorcising them. This glimpse...
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A Quadriga, with woman riding in a triumphal chariot. France. — 10 Aug 2016

Worshipers, Rule-Breakers and Champions: Women and the Ancient Greek Olympics

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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One of the aspects of culture regarded as distinctive to the ancient Greeks was their pursuit of sport. Apart from its function as the act of worship to Zeus, athletic competition, particularly at the major Pan-Hellenic sites, was also a means for...
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A Quadriga, with woman riding in a triumphal chariot. France. — 10 Aug 2016

Worshipers, Rule-Breakers and Champions: Women and the Ancient Greek Olympics

By MartiniF

History & Tradition

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One of the aspects of culture regarded as distinctive to the ancient Greeks was their pursuit of sport. Apart from its function as the act of worship to Zeus, athletic competition, particularly at the major Pan-Hellenic sites, was also a means for...
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