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Chariots of gods and UFO in religious art
Posted by Kalina on January 25, 2013 at 4:56pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
CHARIOT & HORSES OF HADES
"The wide-pathed earth yawned there in the plain of Nysa, and the lord [Hades], Polydegmon (Host of Many), with his immortal horses sprang out upon her - the Son of Cronus, Polyonomos (He who has many names) ...
He caught her [Persephone] up reluctant on his golden car and bare her away…
Legendary creature, bestiary and bizzare people Part II
Posted by Kalina on January 18, 2013 at 2:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
A nasnas is a monstrous creature in Near Eastern folklore. According to Edward Lane, the 19th century translator of Yhe Thousand and One Nights, a nasnas is "half a human being; having half a head, half a body, one arm, one leg, with which it hops with much agility". It was believed to be the offspring of a demon called a Shikk and a human being. A character in "The Story of the Sage and the Scholar", a tale from the…
Continue Legendary creature, bestiary and bizzare people Part I
Posted by Kalina on January 18, 2013 at 1:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Oni are creatures from Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres, or trolls.
Depictions of oni vary widely but usually portray them as hideous, gigantic ogre-like creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads. They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with…
Cuts, worship, and festivals in ancient Greece Part II
Posted by Kalina on January 7, 2013 at 12:50pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
APHRODITE & THE BIRTH OF PRIAPUS
Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 6. 1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) :
"Now the ancients record in their myths that Priapos was the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite and they present a plausible argument for this lineage; for men when under the…
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