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    Category: Comparative Mythology

    I’ve Got A Bridge to Sell: Adam, Rama and Al-Bruni

    When it comes to Hindu/Muslim antagonism, nothing stokes the fires quite like the topic of Rama, the second most popular Avatar of Vishnu (statistically speaking, first-place goes… Read more “I’ve Got A Bridge to Sell: Adam, Rama and Al-Bruni”

    March 7, 2023 by MythCrafts Team

    The Last Egyptian Pharaoh and the Tarot, or: the Alexander Romance and the Sola Busca

    Many people are introduced to Tarot as an ancient tool, a divining device whose history is blurred in the haze of antiquity, having been transmitted from Egypt… Read more “The Last Egyptian Pharaoh and the Tarot, or: the Alexander Romance and the Sola Busca”

    January 27, 2022 by MythCrafts Team

    Womb and Tomb: the Undiscovered Country

    Imagine this: you are walking with your tribe across the plains of the Savannah. Predation is a fact of life; you are surrounded by carnivores, and you… Read more “Womb and Tomb: the Undiscovered Country”

    October 14, 2021 by MythCrafts Team

    Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV: Artificial Lives Matters

    0.0: The Void We don’t delve much in our collective mythic narratives about the Nothingness Before Beginning(s); Every imaginable number has an opposite; Be it -1 and… Read more “Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV: Artificial Lives Matters”

    July 28, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    In the Beginning, there was Pangu

    In the Beginning, there really wasn’t very much. Now, some people will try and sell you their myths: In the Beginning, there was… The Void, The Singularity,… Read more “In the Beginning, there was Pangu”

    July 16, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    Dybbuk in a Box: the Book of Wonders

    As the old adage goes, a picture is worth a thousand words – that would make this a a very long post indeed… But since actual information… Read more “Dybbuk in a Box: the Book of Wonders”

    April 21, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    The Last Question: How to Reboot the Universe

    Before Douglas Adams posited that the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything was 42, Isaac Asimov was pondering the same question. Long… Read more “The Last Question: How to Reboot the Universe”

    April 14, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    As Above, So Below: The Net of Indra

    Modern cosmology and physics have given birth to some peculiar notions regarding space-time. One is Simulation theory, the idea that that everything we perceive is actually a… Read more “As Above, So Below: The Net of Indra”

    April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    Got Pandemics? We’ve Got Panaceas! Mithridate, Pt. 1

    First, a few etymologies: Pandemic comes from pandēmos (Greek) =  pan ‘all’) + dēmos ‘people’; therefore “all people”, as opposed to epidemic (epi=upon, hence “upon people”). Panacea… Read more “Got Pandemics? We’ve Got Panaceas! Mithridate, Pt. 1”

    March 17, 2020March 24, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    Inanna Prefers the Farmer: Marriage, Sex and Divorce in Ancient Sumeria

    Imagine this: two men, one a farmer, the other a shepherd, attempt to win divine affection. In the end, the deity favors the shepherd. Now, this might… Read more “Inanna Prefers the Farmer: Marriage, Sex and Divorce in Ancient Sumeria”

    March 10, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

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