Imagine this: You’re a young hunter; you and your band scout for buffalo, and drive them into a coral, where you take them down. The buffalo provides… Read more “Coyote and Raven: A Mandan Tale of the End of Creation”
Author: MythCrafts Team
As Above, So Below: The Theory of Mirrored Creation on Land and Sea
Parallelism between the animals found on land and sea was a common theory that was believed in the age of classical antiquity. This basically meant that is… Read more “As Above, So Below: The Theory of Mirrored Creation on Land and Sea”
Athena and Arachne
Imagine this: You are a shepherd’s daughter; from the time you were a child, you’ve worked the loom. This is no longer work; it is pure art.… Read more “Athena and Arachne”
Such Is Life: Wild Ned Kelly
Not everyone likes this man. He killed more than his fair share of humans, mostly police. Hero? Maybe not. Legend? Arguably… * Here’s an opinion from a… Read more “Such Is Life: Wild Ned Kelly”
Demeter in the Mortal Realm
In many re-tellings of the story of Persephone and Demeter, the focus often becomes Persephone. Brutally abducted by her uncle and swept into the Underworld where she… Read more “Demeter in the Mortal Realm”
John Frum, Come Back!
Imagine this: your people have lived on an isolated island, practicing your kastom (meaning ‘traditional practices’ in the native Bislama language), which include men drinking an intoxicant… Read more “John Frum, Come Back!”
God, the Devil and Job
Where did we come from? This is probably a fair, perfunctory question before the next one: Where are we going? A projectile’s trajectory is, in a fair… Read more “God, the Devil and Job”
