Sometime between 1700 and 1100 B.C.E., four massive books, written in Sanskrit, were codified to create the Vedas. These included groupings of various myths, rituals, prayers and… Read more “The March of the Ants: Indra’s New Palace”
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Death Rides: The Apocalyptic Art of Albrecht Duerer
Somethings are probable archetypes: if you live long enough, you may fall in love. You may have pets. You may have children. But one thing is certain:… Read more “Death Rides: The Apocalyptic Art of Albrecht Duerer”
From King Arthur to Newly Discovered Runes: The Year With No Sun
What do the death of the legendary King Arthur and the Norse Prelude to Ragnarok have in common? They very well might have been inspired by the… Read more “From King Arthur to Newly Discovered Runes: The Year With No Sun”
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”
Sleipnir, Odin’s Eight Legged Horse
Enjoy Loki as a hermaphroditic were-horse who engages in bestiality, resulting in the birth of a cryptozoid
Ask the Birds: Glenn Colcaine, the Valley of Madmen
The Madness of Suibhne, also known as Suibhne’s Frenzy, tells a fantastic tale of one Suibhne mac Colmáin, king of the Dál nAraidi
Guidebook to the Underworld: Egyptian Funerary Texts
The texts from which we gather knowledge of the Egyptian Underworld (Duat) include the various funerary texts which also served as guides to the underworld.
Suggested Reading: Norse Mythology
Two of the richest textual sources for Norse myth come from the Poetic and Prose Eddas. The Poetic Edda represent an compendium of older, oral poems, anonymous… Read more “Suggested Reading: Norse Mythology”
the Demonization of Morgan La Fey: A Timeline
In recent decades, there has been a pop cultural and feminist reclamation of Morgan La Fey, savior and nemesis to King Arthur. This re-appropriation is historically grounded,… Read more “the Demonization of Morgan La Fey: A Timeline”
Waterfall Demon Princess: Raising the Bones of the Dead
Imagine this: your father was a powerful Samurai, who led an unsuccessful revolt against the Emperor. And so, in the (Western) year 939 C.E., the Emperor had… Read more “Waterfall Demon Princess: Raising the Bones of the Dead”
Chickens for Christ, Books Bound In Blood: The Magical, Murderous Mayhem of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch
Mary Bateman nee Harker was many things: a servant girl, a dress maker, a fortune teller… She was also a compulsive thief, a religious charlatan, and an… Read more “Chickens for Christ, Books Bound In Blood: The Magical, Murderous Mayhem of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch”
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