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Deer, antelope and predators. Aberdeen Bestiary (12th century) (Public Domain) — 04 Nov 2022

Meaningful Sacred And Profane Medieval Bestiaries

By Alessandra Filiaci

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Medieval European churches, constructed by men for the glory of the Creator, are adorned to varying degrees, with sacred and profane images. No figure nor detail in these stone encyclopedia is accidental and there are many subjects represented, but...
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Deer, antelope and predators. Aberdeen Bestiary (12th century) (Public Domain) — 04 Nov 2022

Meaningful Sacred And Profane Medieval Bestiaries

By Alessandra Filiaci

Mythology & Mystery

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Medieval European churches, constructed by men for the glory of the Creator, are adorned to varying degrees, with sacred and profane images. No figure nor detail in these stone encyclopedia is accidental and there are many subjects represented, but...
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Terra Australis The Fabled Continent Of Antiquity’s Antipodes — 30 Sep 2022

Terra Australis The Fabled Continent Of Antiquity’s Antipodes

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

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For nearly 2,000 years, right up until Captain James Cook’s second voyage to the Pacific in 1775, geographers debated the existence of Terra Australis, a mythical landmass to the south-east said to be the fifth and final continent of the world....
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Terra Australis The Fabled Continent Of Antiquity’s Antipodes — 30 Sep 2022

Terra Australis The Fabled Continent Of Antiquity’s Antipodes

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

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For nearly 2,000 years, right up until Captain James Cook’s second voyage to the Pacific in 1775, geographers debated the existence of Terra Australis, a mythical landmass to the south-east said to be the fifth and final continent of the world....
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Diana Huntress and her Nymphs (1637) by Peter Paul Rubens (Public Domain) — 28 Sep 2022

Goddesses Of The Hunt, The Moon, Child Birth And The Underworld

By MartiniF

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"Man the Hunter," an early 20th-century human origins story, saw hunting as the primary driver of human evolution, emphasizing mankind’s forefathers' bipedalism, large brains, sharp tools, and insatiable desire for violence. According to this...
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Diana Huntress and her Nymphs (1637) by Peter Paul Rubens (Public Domain) — 28 Sep 2022

Goddesses Of The Hunt, The Moon, Child Birth And The Underworld

By MartiniF

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"Man the Hunter," an early 20th-century human origins story, saw hunting as the primary driver of human evolution, emphasizing mankind’s forefathers' bipedalism, large brains, sharp tools, and insatiable desire for violence. According to this...
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Loch Ness Monster by Hugo Heikenwaelder (1999) (CC BY-SA 2.5) — 27 Jul 2022

Unmerciful Diets of Ancient Sea Monsters Of The Northern Abyss

By ashley cowie

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Unless having been to sea, far enough out to lose sight of land on an open wooden craft, no-one would quite understand the terror endured by ancient seafarers braving the unknown oceans. Mariners skiffing over the surface of a storm-torn ocean at...
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Loch Ness Monster by Hugo Heikenwaelder (1999) (CC BY-SA 2.5) — 27 Jul 2022

Unmerciful Diets of Ancient Sea Monsters Of The Northern Abyss

By ashley cowie

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Unless having been to sea, far enough out to lose sight of land on an open wooden craft, no-one would quite understand the terror endured by ancient seafarers braving the unknown oceans. Mariners skiffing over the surface of a storm-torn ocean at...
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Stonehenge ( Gail Johnson / Adobe Stock) — 15 Jul 2022

Dark Lords And Winter Queens Of Solstice

By ashley cowie

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Christmas is for obvious reasons a thoroughly Christian holiday, that overlies the darkest time of the year around the Winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year with the least light in the Northern hemisphere. The morning after the...
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Stonehenge ( Gail Johnson / Adobe Stock) — 15 Jul 2022

Dark Lords And Winter Queens Of Solstice

By ashley cowie

Mythology & Mystery

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Christmas is for obvious reasons a thoroughly Christian holiday, that overlies the darkest time of the year around the Winter solstice, which is the shortest day of the year with the least light in the Northern hemisphere. The morning after the...
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