2024-04-03 04:25
Who are the Fates? This is complicated. Greek mythology being what it is, the exact role and understanding of the goddesses we usually call the fates is impossible to pin Read More
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an academic(ish) blog of personal research in mythology, magic, folklore, religion, and esotericism.
2024-03-27 02:02
In a greek mythological context, hubris means pride, but it’s a lot more than that. The word in greek is ὕβρις and refers to a specific kind of violation or… Read More
2024-03-21 14:30
I could have included Medea in the list of dark moments, but, honestly, her entire story is so dark that it deserves its own post. Let’s start off with the Read More
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2024-03-19 02:57
This guy is interesting. In the modern world he’s basically become the patron saint of pointless office work (which…fair.), being condemned to roll a boulder up a hill for etern… Read More
2024-03-13 02:46
Greek mythology isn’t exactly known for being all happy sunshine and rainbows. From people being killed for minor infractions to incredibly creative punishments, Greek mythology could… Read More
2024-03-08 02:51
This has to be cleared up, because the word contains so much baggage that it’s going to get confusing otherwise. In studying other religions, cultures, beliefs, and mythologies, the wo… Read More
2024-03-02 03:59
Like any collection of stories produced by a culture, Greek Mythology has a number of recurring tropes, themes, and motifs (and archetypes) that reflect the cultural beliefs and norms. These… Read More
2024-02-24 04:09
The Deus Faber model, as outlined by Marta Weigle in her book “Creation and Procreation: Feminist Reflections on Mythologies of Cosmogony and Parturition”and further descri… Read More
2024-02-20 07:39
This one sounds strange, and the name doesn’t quite fit. It’s not the earth that’s being dived into. It’s what is being dived for. The Earth-diver myth type is creati… Read More
2024-02-03 23:50
There’s an old joke that says some variation of “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; the cats have not forgotten this”. It may be a Terry Pratchett quote. Read M… Read More
2024-01-24 02:21
I briefly mentioned Etruscan divination practices before, but it was such a major thing for them, and it was so different from what we might think of as divination, that Read More
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2024-01-18 05:22
Not that kind of documentary. This is about biblical sources. There are a lot of theories and debates on who wrote what parts of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) and Read More
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2024-01-10 22:26
In and of itself, the word ‘gospel’ just means “good news”. We get it from the Old English “godspel,”which was a translation of the ancient Greek wo… Read More
2024-01-07 06:54
There are more than 4 Gospels. By my count, there are almost 40, not taking into account the ones written after 1000 C.E. I’m almost certain there are more than Read More
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2024-01-03 00:00
We tend to think of ancient Greece as some sort of monolithic, static thing that existed in the same state for hundreds of years. We talk about “ancient greece” often Read More
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2023-12-20 05:13
Who is Poseidon? In popular culture, he tends to be overshadowed, so it’s easy to forget just how insanely powerful he was and what an important role he played in Read More
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2023-09-13 16:15
An archetype, in its most general sense, is a recurring symbol, character, theme, or motif that appears in literature, mythology, folklore, religion, and other forms of storytelling across d… Read More
2023-09-11 03:28
Not like what happens when you toss trash onto the roads. I’m talking about the idea of pollution in a religious context. This is much more abstract, and we don’t Read More
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2023-09-07 04:44
Introduction The word cult has an incredibly negative connotation in English. It is applied to counter-social, often deadly movements. But in the context of ancient Greek practices, it was a… Read More
2023-09-05 02:26
The Etruscans had their own unique pantheon, some of which clearly bore Greek influences and some of which would go on to influence Rome. Because most of our sources are Read More
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2023-09-04 01:38
Italy wasn’t always Roman. In the 7th and 6th centuries, the major power in that region was the Etruscans. Obviously, this didn’t last, and there is a lot we don’t Read Mor… Read More
2023-06-27 03:06
Whether you’re into astrology or not, you probably know your zodiac sign, but do you know the zodiac stories? These signs aren’t random. Like everything else, there’s a sto… Read More
2023-06-25 23:31
Religion in ancient rome was very detailed, very structured, and very process-oriented. While terminology from the study of religion in general of course applies, it still has some unique te… Read More
2023-06-25 23:23
This term shows up fairly regularly, and its not always clear what it’s referring to. To be clear, it’s not that bizarre thing from the southern US that people call Read More
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2023-06-23 02:37
We need to talk about Empedocles’ cosmogony. Well, I need to. Because it’s just so different. And like I’ve said before, I love a good creation story. Though whether this R… Read More
2023-06-21 15:44
Creation myths are fun! (I can’t be the only one who thinks that, right…?) but the concept doesn’t exist as a monolith. There are various types of creation myths ‘Cr… Read More
2023-06-18 22:53
The Romans had a lot of gods, and their religion was very formal and structured, so they had a lot of festivals throughout the year to honor various deities. Not Read More
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2023-06-18 22:23
While other sources exist, Skaldic poetry, Runestones, etc., the two foundational works for Norse mythology are the Prose and Poetic Eddas. At least, they’re by far the most popular to… Read More
2023-06-15 14:31
Collectively the gods of norse mythology are the æsir, but it’s not quite that simple. While “æsir” is the term often employed for the gods as a whole, there is… Read More
2023-06-12 15:29
I’ve said before that Zeus is strong. Very strong. He was the most powerful, objectively. But that doesn’t mean he was all-powerful in the mythology. In Greek mythology, even bei… Read More
2023-06-11 19:25
How strong is Zeus? Overwhelmingly so. It’s almost impossible to overstate how powerful he is. One of the more common questions is “Is Zeus more powerful than X?” The answe… Read More
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