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The Wind by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1746) Pallazo Labia (Public Domain) — 07 Feb 2020

Beware the Fate of the Fairy Winds

By David Halpin

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In many folk tales from around the world there are accounts of a midwife who is taken by fairies to help with a birth. Apart from the overall otherworldly nature of these tales, the mode of transport is one which is often overlooked; that of the...
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The Wind by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1746) Pallazo Labia (Public Domain) — 07 Feb 2020

Beware the Fate of the Fairy Winds

By David Halpin

Mythology & Mystery

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In many folk tales from around the world there are accounts of a midwife who is taken by fairies to help with a birth. Apart from the overall otherworldly nature of these tales, the mode of transport is one which is often overlooked; that of the...
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King Arthur statue at Tingagel (Deriv/ CC0) — 31 Jan 2020

Real World Locations, Where Myth Meets Reality

By ashley cowie

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Mythology presented in books, arts, cartoons and movies have subliminally forged impressions of mythical castles, magical mountains and enchanted forests in people’s minds, but many of the places featured in children’s stories are not simply...
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King Arthur statue at Tingagel (Deriv/ CC0) — 31 Jan 2020

Real World Locations, Where Myth Meets Reality

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Mythology presented in books, arts, cartoons and movies have subliminally forged impressions of mythical castles, magical mountains and enchanted forests in people’s minds, but many of the places featured in children’s stories are not simply...
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Phaèdra by Alexandre Cabanel (1818) Musee Fabre. (Public Domain) — 22 Jan 2020

Fields of Mourning, Where Grieving Love-Sick Women Retire

By MartiniF

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Hidden deep within the bowels of the earth and ruled by the god Hades and his wife Persephone, the ancient Greek Underworld was the kingdom of the dead, the sunless, cold and shadowy place where the souls of those who died went after...
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Phaèdra by Alexandre Cabanel (1818) Musee Fabre. (Public Domain) — 22 Jan 2020

Fields of Mourning, Where Grieving Love-Sick Women Retire

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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Hidden deep within the bowels of the earth and ruled by the god Hades and his wife Persephone, the ancient Greek Underworld was the kingdom of the dead, the sunless, cold and shadowy place where the souls of those who died went after...
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God statue in traditional old oriental Chinese temple in Taiwan (Chinese Translation on lantern : name of the Chinese god of sea, Matsu) (voyata/Adobe Stock) — 17 Jan 2020

Lei Gong and the Ministry of Thunder and Storms

By MartiniF

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Thunderstorms were one of the most powerful and frightening natural phenomena encountered by the ancients. However, it paradoxically also brought life-giving rain. The universal experience of thunder and lightning shared by cultures around the...
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God statue in traditional old oriental Chinese temple in Taiwan (Chinese Translation on lantern : name of the Chinese god of sea, Matsu) (voyata/Adobe Stock) — 17 Jan 2020

Lei Gong and the Ministry of Thunder and Storms

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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Thunderstorms were one of the most powerful and frightening natural phenomena encountered by the ancients. However, it paradoxically also brought life-giving rain. The universal experience of thunder and lightning shared by cultures around the...
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Thetis receiving the arms of Achilles from Hephaestus by Peter Paul Rubens (1630) — 15 Jan 2020

Ancient Artificial Intelligence: The Mechanical Messiah and Other Automatons

By Roberto Volterri

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It may not be long before Artificial Intelligence creates access to God via modern technology, however during the 19th century, a spiritualist by the name of John Murray Spear was inspired to build a Mechanical Messiah. Born on September 16, 1804,...
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Thetis receiving the arms of Achilles from Hephaestus by Peter Paul Rubens (1630) — 15 Jan 2020

Ancient Artificial Intelligence: The Mechanical Messiah and Other Automatons

By Roberto Volterri

Mythology & Mystery

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It may not be long before Artificial Intelligence creates access to God via modern technology, however during the 19th century, a spiritualist by the name of John Murray Spear was inspired to build a Mechanical Messiah. Born on September 16, 1804,...
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