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    Category: Comparative Mythology

    Love. Eat. Shine: Amaterasu, the Shinto Sun

    Characters: Kami: a Sacred Guardian/deity Uke Mochi, also known as Ōgetsu-hime: Sometimes male, often female, and intimately associated with foxes, she is a child of Izanagi and… Read more “Love. Eat. Shine: Amaterasu, the Shinto Sun”

    February 4, 2020January 16, 2023 by MythCrafts Team

    Glücksschwein: Lucky Pig Symbolism

    The Glücksschwein; an adorable little piggy, often made of marzipan that is given out in Germany as a symbol of good luck for the coming year –… Read more “Glücksschwein: Lucky Pig Symbolism”

    January 9, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    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”

    September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    The End Is…Nigh?

    Not all mythopoetic cycles come with an ending; while the term Judeo-Christianity is commonly used, it’s worth noting that the two traditions have very different accounts of… Read more “The End Is…Nigh?”

    August 13, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    Strawberries: The Fruits of Love

    Strawberries and Champagne are the quintessential ingredients for any romantic night in. So how did this tiny fruit become a popular love staple? There is an obvious… Read more “Strawberries: The Fruits of Love”

    July 25, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    Re-Sexing the Monomyth: the Heroine’s Journey, and Beyond

    Joseph Campbell‘s proposal has stood the test of time, and cinema. The concept, which he derived from a thirteenth century German Grail Romance called Parzival, was straightforward… Read more “Re-Sexing the Monomyth: the Heroine’s Journey, and Beyond”

    April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    The Five Suns: the End of the World as We Know It.

    Before I begin this post, I need to include a few disclaimers: First, the Spanish Conquistadors were very effective in destroying Meso-American culture. Now, there were sympathetic… Read more “The Five Suns: the End of the World as We Know It.”

    March 12, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    Prelude to the Flood: Utnapishtim’s Ark, pt. 1

    Imagine this: a divine voice warns you of an impending flood that will wipe out all living things on the face of the Earth. You are ordered… Read more “Prelude to the Flood: Utnapishtim’s Ark, pt. 1”

    January 29, 2019October 22, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    I Will Raise the Dead to Feed on the Living: Inanna/Ishtar in the Underworld, Pt. 2

    We left Inanna/Ishtar banging on the gates of the Underworld, where the Goddess made an undeniable, zombie-apocalypse threat: Gatekeeper, Lo! open thy gate! Open thy gate that… Read more “I Will Raise the Dead to Feed on the Living: Inanna/Ishtar in the Underworld, Pt. 2”

    January 15, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    It’s a Living: Working for the Gods

    As we’ll see shortly, many of the older Gods, despite Their many powers, really didn’t know how to fashion material things – from weapons to vehicles to… Read more “It’s a Living: Working for the Gods”

    January 10, 2019January 10, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

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