10 Feb 2017 Divine, Forbidden and Dangerous? Magic Apples in Ancient Mythology By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 0 Apples have a prominent place in world mythology, and are often associated with paradise, magic, knowledge and sensual experience. Legendary magician Merlin was said to carry a silver bough from an apple tree which allowed him to cross into the... Read More
30 Jan 2017 Impossible Quest to Have the ‘Perfect Man’? The 5 Imperfect Brothers of the Mahabharata By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 0 The two major Hindu epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, still appear widely in popular folk drama, tales and art all over Southeast Asia with slight adaptations in all the myriad cultures of the region. Scenes from the epics are illustrated in... Read More
27 Jan 2017 Fantasies from Evil Spirits? Faeries in the Medieval Imagination By nrushton Mythology & Mystery 0 “There are also others who say that they see women and girls dancing by night whom they call elvish folk, or faeries, and they believe that these can transform both men and women or, by leaving others in their place, carry them to elf-land; all... Read More
11 Jan 2017 The Sky, the Sun & the King: Mischievous and Divine Monkeys in Asian Myth By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery, Sustainability & The Environment 0 For the past few thousand years, the Indian Epic Ramayana has been among the most important literary and oral texts of South and Southeast Asia. Every autumn, Lord Rama's victory over the demon king Ravana is celebrated through plays and dances in... Read More
26 Dec 2016 Swapping Babies: The Disturbing Faerie Changeling Phenomenon By nrushton Mythology & Mystery 0 The worldwide stories of faerie changelings come under a group of motifs recorded in the Aarne-Thompson folklore index as F321: ‘Faerie steals child from cradle and leaves faerie substitute.’ The basic premise of these motifs is that the... Read More