25 Oct 2016 The Marriage of the Sky and the Sea: Visayan Creation Myths By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 0 The earliest settlements in the Visayan Islands of the Philippines, to the southernmost islands of Luzon and to the northern and eastern parts of Mindanao, are dated from c. 6,000 to 30,000 BC. Therefore, the Visayans was probably the oldest, as... Read More
07 Oct 2016 The Nine Worlds of Norse Mythology By ongkowidjojo Mythology & Mystery 1 Modern heathenism has been fascinated by the concept of the Nine Worlds of Norse mythology and readily provides the names of these worlds and their meanings. Academics are equally guilty. Whereas this is a good practice from a psycho-analytical... Read More
26 Sep 2016 Ancient Egyptian Creation Myths: Lords of the Earth and Sky, Scarab God Khepera, and Lady of Slaughter By tedloukes Mythology & Mystery 0 Egypt, land of the Pharaohs. There is no single creation myth for Ancient Egypt as each region of the country owed allegiance to a different god, so for simplicity’s sake we shall just look at the main versions.Homage to thee, Ra! Supreme power,... Read More
23 Sep 2016 More than a Goddess of Love: The Many Other Aspects of Aphrodite By MartiniF Mythology & Mystery 0 The Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, has a very distinctive image in classical arts. In 458 BCE, the playwright Aeschylus, in his play Agamemnon, used the name of Aphrodite to denote “beauty, charm, and grace”. Her birth from the sea in a... Read More
24 Aug 2016 Devils or Angels? Defining the Dark Entities of Christianity’s Past By Marie and Larry Mythology & Mystery 3 Devil or angel? Sometimes it’s hard to tell. The concept of demons is an old one, harking back to the confiscation of pagan nature deities by the Roman Empire, which turned them into something more sinister and evil than may have originally been... Read More