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A Twelfth Night Feast: 'The King drinks' by Jan Steen (1661) Royal Collection (Public Domain) — 05 Jan 2022

Twelfth Night Ghost Story: The White Lady Of Flamborough

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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In the spirit of Twelfth Night one of Ancient Origins Premium’s favorite storytellers Charles Christian, entertains with his Father’s Ghost Story: I may have mentioned before I am sufficiently ancient to recall the Christmastides of my youth....
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A Twelfth Night Feast: 'The King drinks' by Jan Steen (1661) Royal Collection (Public Domain) — 05 Jan 2022

Twelfth Night Ghost Story: The White Lady Of Flamborough

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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In the spirit of Twelfth Night one of Ancient Origins Premium’s favorite storytellers Charles Christian, entertains with his Father’s Ghost Story: I may have mentioned before I am sufficiently ancient to recall the Christmastides of my youth....
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Gallows ticket for the hanging of Jonathan Wild. ( Public Domain ) — 24 Nov 2021

18th Century Post-Mortem Punishment: Gibbets ‘Hanging In Chains’ In England

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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The curious English have a predilection for heaping abuse upon the corpses of the unfortunate dead, including a cruel and unusual punishment the bodies of executed murderers were subject to in the 18th century, namely hanging in chains. The setting...
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Gallows ticket for the hanging of Jonathan Wild. ( Public Domain ) — 24 Nov 2021

18th Century Post-Mortem Punishment: Gibbets ‘Hanging In Chains’ In England

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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The curious English have a predilection for heaping abuse upon the corpses of the unfortunate dead, including a cruel and unusual punishment the bodies of executed murderers were subject to in the 18th century, namely hanging in chains. The setting...
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Sunset silhouette of Orford castle in Suffolk (Steve Mann / Adobe Stock) — 23 Jul 2021

Shuckland: Where Legends Haunt The Landscape

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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Shuckland encompasses haunted landscapes where legends, folklore, history and even tales of villains and heroes (but mainly villains) seemed to permeate the very fabric of the place and imprint their presence on the terrain. The location, East...
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Sunset silhouette of Orford castle in Suffolk (Steve Mann / Adobe Stock) — 23 Jul 2021

Shuckland: Where Legends Haunt The Landscape

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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Shuckland encompasses haunted landscapes where legends, folklore, history and even tales of villains and heroes (but mainly villains) seemed to permeate the very fabric of the place and imprint their presence on the terrain. The location, East...
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Fisherman and the Genie by Elihu Vedder (1863) Museum of Fine Arts (Public Domain) — 30 Dec 2020

Are Eastern Jinn, Western Faeries and Middle-Eastern Shedim Related?

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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In normal times (and the year 2020 is definitely not normal times) the Christmas holiday season is the point in the year when, in the United Kingdom, the annual pantomime theatre shows get underway. Two of the perennial favorite pantos (given a...
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Fisherman and the Genie by Elihu Vedder (1863) Museum of Fine Arts (Public Domain) — 30 Dec 2020

Are Eastern Jinn, Western Faeries and Middle-Eastern Shedim Related?

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

2

In normal times (and the year 2020 is definitely not normal times) the Christmas holiday season is the point in the year when, in the United Kingdom, the annual pantomime theatre shows get underway. Two of the perennial favorite pantos (given a...
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Cemetery ( S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay) — 02 Dec 2020

The Rising Of The Revenant: Medieval Zombies As Ostension

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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During the mid-to-latter years of the 12th century respected chroniclers working in cathedrals and monasteries across England began writing, in all seriousness, about corpses rising from their graves to wander through the streets of towns spreading...
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Cemetery ( S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay) — 02 Dec 2020

The Rising Of The Revenant: Medieval Zombies As Ostension

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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During the mid-to-latter years of the 12th century respected chroniclers working in cathedrals and monasteries across England began writing, in all seriousness, about corpses rising from their graves to wander through the streets of towns spreading...
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The Wild Hunt of Odin by Peter Nicolai Arbo (1872) (Public Domain) — 25 Dec 2019

The Man Who Was Wednesday: The Norse Origin of Christmas

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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Christmastide traditions are a glorious amalgamation of customs and practices that have been appropriated wholesale from other belief systems, primarily those of Ancient Rome. But Rome is only part of the story because over the centuries Christmas...
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The Wild Hunt of Odin by Peter Nicolai Arbo (1872) (Public Domain) — 25 Dec 2019

The Man Who Was Wednesday: The Norse Origin of Christmas

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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Christmastide traditions are a glorious amalgamation of customs and practices that have been appropriated wholesale from other belief systems, primarily those of Ancient Rome. But Rome is only part of the story because over the centuries Christmas...
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Queen Egypt Nefertiti Woman Isis Cleopatra Anubis (CC0) — 18 Oct 2019

The Trials and Tribulations of BM 22542 (1889,0731)

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

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Spies have code names, so who was the mysterious BM 22542 (1889,0731), of Egyptian origin, that caused the deaths of many, sabotaged ships including the Titanic and Lusitania and disrupted the London Underground? This is a curious story that first...
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Queen Egypt Nefertiti Woman Isis Cleopatra Anubis (CC0) — 18 Oct 2019

The Trials and Tribulations of BM 22542 (1889,0731)

By Charles Christian

Mythology & Mystery

0

Spies have code names, so who was the mysterious BM 22542 (1889,0731), of Egyptian origin, that caused the deaths of many, sabotaged ships including the Titanic and Lusitania and disrupted the London Underground? This is a curious story that first...
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Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Luca Giordano, Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice (circa 1660) (Public Domain) — 31 Jul 2019

Sorcery at the Vatican: The Papacy’s Seven Deadly Sinners

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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Mention ‘the Pope’ today and the image it immediately summons up for many people is of a saintly old man standing on a balcony in Rome blessing the crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square (technically the Piazza San Pietro) and calling for peace...
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Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Luca Giordano, Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice (circa 1660) (Public Domain) — 31 Jul 2019

Sorcery at the Vatican: The Papacy’s Seven Deadly Sinners

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

2

Mention ‘the Pope’ today and the image it immediately summons up for many people is of a saintly old man standing on a balcony in Rome blessing the crowds gathered in St Peter’s Square (technically the Piazza San Pietro) and calling for peace...
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Hecate: Procession to a Witches' Sabbath by Jusepe de Ribera (1591–1652) (Public Domain) — 01 May 2019

The Fate of English Witches: From Water Torture to Divine Retribution

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

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During the Early Modern period of European history – from the Renaissance (1500) to the French Revolution (1800), hundreds of thousands of witches suffered the terrible fate of being burned at the stake for their beliefs during the so-called...
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Hecate: Procession to a Witches' Sabbath by Jusepe de Ribera (1591–1652) (Public Domain) — 01 May 2019

The Fate of English Witches: From Water Torture to Divine Retribution

By Charles Christian

History & Tradition

0

During the Early Modern period of European history – from the Renaissance (1500) to the French Revolution (1800), hundreds of thousands of witches suffered the terrible fate of being burned at the stake for their beliefs during the so-called...
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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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