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    Category: Greco-Roman Mythology

    The Master of Thieves: Autolycus

    Autolycus – roughly translated to lone wolf (self + wolf)  was know for his great mastery and theivery. He was the son of the God Hermes, and… Read more “The Master of Thieves: Autolycus”

    March 12, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    Ixion: Bound to a Wheel of Fire

    “But I am bound upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears do scald like moulten lead.” – Shakespeare, King Lear, Act IV, Scene VII King… Read more “Ixion: Bound to a Wheel of Fire”

    January 14, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    Monstrous Love: Phorcys and Ceto

    Phorcys and Ceto brought into the world a swathe of monsters, earning Ceto the title “mother of monsters”.
    #FolkloreThursday
    #Mythology

    October 24, 2019October 24, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    The Sky Makes No Promises

    Minoa was lost. We call it Crete now. Maybe, it had gone through an apocalypse; Something happened. It might have been an explosive event  at Thera, what… Read more “The Sky Makes No Promises”

    October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    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”

    September 26, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    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”

    September 19, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    The Garden of the Hesperides.

    The Ancient Greeks often anthropomorphized the natural world around them, assigning gods, goddesses, demigods and divine spirits to explain the processes witnessed before them. The sacred trees… Read more “The Garden of the Hesperides.”

    August 1, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    Amalthea: The Goat Who Nursed Baby Zeus.

    Zeus was born into a prophecy; his father Cronus had been terrified to hear that one day one of his children would overthrow him and usurp his… Read more “Amalthea: The Goat Who Nursed Baby Zeus.”

    June 20, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    Sisyphus: Ancient Atheist?

    While I working on a seemingly unrelated post, I was struck by the final line in a dialogue by the Roman writer, priest and politician, Plutarch. It’s… Read more “Sisyphus: Ancient Atheist?”

    May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

    The Union of Cupid and Psyche, part 4/4: Psyche in Hell, and the Wedding of Cupid and Psyche

    Psyche in Hell: So far, with the help of the ants, the reeds, and Zeus himself, Psyche had completed all of Aphrodite’s increasingly demanding tasks. For the… Read more “The Union of Cupid and Psyche, part 4/4: Psyche in Hell, and the Wedding of Cupid and Psyche”

    April 30, 2019 by MythCrafts Team

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