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A mysterious and magical island. Source: Marina Varnava / Adobe Stock — 01 Apr 2024

Avalon: Island of Apples

By Willem McLoud

Mythology & Mystery

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The Celtic Otherworld has always been a mystery; a strange, mysterious, and elusive place. What is not always appreciated is the extent to which the Celtic Otherworld, especially the magic Island of Apples, agrees with its Greek counterpart.Since...
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A mysterious and magical island. Source: Marina Varnava / Adobe Stock — 01 Apr 2024

Avalon: Island of Apples

By Willem McLoud

Mythology & Mystery

1

The Celtic Otherworld has always been a mystery; a strange, mysterious, and elusive place. What is not always appreciated is the extent to which the Celtic Otherworld, especially the magic Island of Apples, agrees with its Greek counterpart.Since...
Read More

Representation of an Inca sun god. AI-generated. Source: NorLife / Adobe Stock — 29 Mar 2024

Revisiting the Solar Path of the Inca Creator God

By ashley cowie

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The high priests of the Inca Empire of ancient Peru used their sacred texts, known as the Codes of Sacred Geography, to build sacred community centers (wakas) along 42 long-distance ceque lines. These alignments were all centralized at the...
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Representation of an Inca sun god. AI-generated. Source: NorLife / Adobe Stock — 29 Mar 2024

Revisiting the Solar Path of the Inca Creator God

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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The high priests of the Inca Empire of ancient Peru used their sacred texts, known as the Codes of Sacred Geography, to build sacred community centers (wakas) along 42 long-distance ceque lines. These alignments were all centralized at the...
Read More

Detail of ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’ (1820) by Antoine-Jean Gros. Source: Public domain — 27 Mar 2024

The Many Stories of Ariadne’s Life and Love

By MartiniF

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One of the largest Bronze Age archaeological sites in Crete is the palace ruins at Knossos. The passageways have an elaborate layout and one can still see murals that show a sport in which men would jump over bulls. There are physical signs and...
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Detail of ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’ (1820) by Antoine-Jean Gros. Source: Public domain — 27 Mar 2024

The Many Stories of Ariadne’s Life and Love

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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One of the largest Bronze Age archaeological sites in Crete is the palace ruins at Knossos. The passageways have an elaborate layout and one can still see murals that show a sport in which men would jump over bulls. There are physical signs and...
Read More

The Tuatha Dé Danann as depicted in John Duncan's Riders of the Sidhe (1911) (Public Domain) — 13 Mar 2024

Tracing The Origins Of The Tuatha Dé Danann To Greece

By Willem McLoud

Mythology & Mystery

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The Tuatha Dé Danann is one of the most mysterious peoples of the British Isles. Fascinatingly enough, some Celtic traditions place the prehistory of the Tuatha Dé Danann on the Greek islands in ages past. Although scholars often disregard this...
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The Tuatha Dé Danann as depicted in John Duncan's Riders of the Sidhe (1911) (Public Domain) — 13 Mar 2024

Tracing The Origins Of The Tuatha Dé Danann To Greece

By Willem McLoud

Mythology & Mystery

1

The Tuatha Dé Danann is one of the most mysterious peoples of the British Isles. Fascinatingly enough, some Celtic traditions place the prehistory of the Tuatha Dé Danann on the Greek islands in ages past. Although scholars often disregard this...
Read More

Fresco found in Knossos palace, Crete, Greece, dated 1600 - 1450 BC (CC0) — 26 Feb 2024

Minos Taurus The Bull Of Knossos

By Stephen Palmer

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I am the bull of Knossos, where rich Minoans live amidst painted splendour. On the island of Crete I am surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, by mountains and plains, by bronze, by plaster, by amphorae of wine. On the extensive fresco painted upon a...
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Fresco found in Knossos palace, Crete, Greece, dated 1600 - 1450 BC (CC0) — 26 Feb 2024

Minos Taurus The Bull Of Knossos

By Stephen Palmer

Mythology & Mystery

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I am the bull of Knossos, where rich Minoans live amidst painted splendour. On the island of Crete I am surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, by mountains and plains, by bronze, by plaster, by amphorae of wine. On the extensive fresco painted upon a...
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