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Hoplite facing Troy (Michael Rosskothen/ Adobe Stock) — 25 Oct 2021

Gods Throwing Dice: Cleromancy In The Trojan War

By micki pistorius

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Rage—Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles,murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses,hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls,great fighters' souls, but made their bodies carrion,feasts for the dogs and...
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Hoplite facing Troy (Michael Rosskothen/ Adobe Stock) — 25 Oct 2021

Gods Throwing Dice: Cleromancy In The Trojan War

By micki pistorius

Mythology & Mystery

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Rage—Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles,murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses,hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls,great fighters' souls, but made their bodies carrion,feasts for the dogs and...
Read More

Jonah and the Whale by Peter Lastman (1621)Museum Kunstpalast (Public Domain) — 06 Oct 2021

Muyso Akyqake, The Chaos Monster Archetype Of Lake Tota

By ashley cowie

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The Biblical story of Jonah and the Whale uses shock and awe to install an ancient motif of mythology into the minds of children attending Sunday School. According to the Book of Jonah the Biblical prophet is attempting to avoid God's command when...
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Jonah and the Whale by Peter Lastman (1621)Museum Kunstpalast (Public Domain) — 06 Oct 2021

Muyso Akyqake, The Chaos Monster Archetype Of Lake Tota

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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The Biblical story of Jonah and the Whale uses shock and awe to install an ancient motif of mythology into the minds of children attending Sunday School. According to the Book of Jonah the Biblical prophet is attempting to avoid God's command when...
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Mosaic representing Jesus Christ at the entrance of a small Coptic church with a wooden column porch in the Christian quarter of Cairo ( peizais/ Adobe Stock) — 15 Sep 2021

The Genesis Of Modern Religions In Ancient Egypt

By Dr Edward Bruce...

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It is an irony of history that the three great religions of Europe and the Middle East, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, did not originate there but rather had their genesis, like the human species itself, under more southern skies. Indeed, the...
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Mosaic representing Jesus Christ at the entrance of a small Coptic church with a wooden column porch in the Christian quarter of Cairo ( peizais/ Adobe Stock) — 15 Sep 2021

The Genesis Of Modern Religions In Ancient Egypt

By Dr Edward Bruce...

Mythology & Mystery

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It is an irony of history that the three great religions of Europe and the Middle East, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, did not originate there but rather had their genesis, like the human species itself, under more southern skies. Indeed, the...
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Grianán of Aileach (Bruno Biancardi / Adobe Stock) — 08 Sep 2021

Ireland’s Tuatha Dé Danann: Descendants Of The Fallen Angels From Canaan

By ashley cowie

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Rebellious, fallen angels, who were expelled from heaven to earth populate the mythologies and religious texts of the three main Abrahamic religions. However, the term ‘fallen angel’ appears neither in Abrahamic scriptures or in the Bible,...
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Grianán of Aileach (Bruno Biancardi / Adobe Stock) — 08 Sep 2021

Ireland’s Tuatha Dé Danann: Descendants Of The Fallen Angels From Canaan

By ashley cowie

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Rebellious, fallen angels, who were expelled from heaven to earth populate the mythologies and religious texts of the three main Abrahamic religions. However, the term ‘fallen angel’ appears neither in Abrahamic scriptures or in the Bible,...
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The four evangelists by Peter Paul Rubens. Sanssouci Picture Gallery. (1614) (Public Domain) — 30 Aug 2021

A Genesis Apocryphon: Are Humans Offspring Of Gods?

By jim willis

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When the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1946, and gradually released to the public over the course of the next few decades, it provided valuable insight into the minds of those who wrote the Bible. The technical name for the Dead Sea Scrolls...
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The four evangelists by Peter Paul Rubens. Sanssouci Picture Gallery. (1614) (Public Domain) — 30 Aug 2021

A Genesis Apocryphon: Are Humans Offspring Of Gods?

By jim willis

Mythology & Mystery

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When the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1946, and gradually released to the public over the course of the next few decades, it provided valuable insight into the minds of those who wrote the Bible. The technical name for the Dead Sea Scrolls...
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