Thoughts for Rosh Hashanah
A good summary and interpretation of the sources (and later folklore) surrounding Rosh Hashanah comes from from Howard Schwartz’s Tree … Continue Reading Thoughts for Rosh Hashanah
An Introduction to Orpheus (Greek)
from Jenny March, Cassell’s Dictionary of Classical Mythology, 572-574 ORPHEUS. The supreme singer and musician of Greek myth, so skilled … Continue Reading An Introduction to Orpheus (Greek)
An Introduction to Dylan (Welsh)
DYLAN: [Welsh, ocean, wave]. Welsh aquatic hero or sea demigod, the son of Arianrhod, daughter of Dôn in the fourth … Continue Reading An Introduction to Dylan (Welsh)
An Introduction to Fintan of Clonenagh (Irish)
FINTAN OF CLONENAGH (d. 603), abbot. Born in Leinster and educated by St. Colum of Terryglass, he founded Clonenagh which … Continue Reading An Introduction to Fintan of Clonenagh (Irish)
An Introduction to Hephaestus (Greek)
from Jenny March, Cassell’s Dictionary of Classical Mythology, 370-373: HEPHAESTUS: Hephaestus, one of the twelve great Olympian gods, was the … Continue Reading An Introduction to Hephaestus (Greek)
An Introduction to Hathor (Egyptian)
from George Hart’s Dictionary of Egyptian Gods & Goddesses, 2nd ed., 61-65 HATHOR: Universal cow-goddess, symbolic mother of the pharaoh. … Continue Reading An Introduction to Hathor (Egyptian)
An Ancient Pilgrimage to Delphi
….While Tarquin was carrying out these undertakings a frightful portent appeared; a snake gliding out of a wooden column created … Continue Reading An Ancient Pilgrimage to Delphi
Yeats Apocalyptic: “The Second Coming,” “Meru,” “The Gyres”
The Second Coming Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the … Continue Reading Yeats Apocalyptic: “The Second Coming,” “Meru,” “The Gyres”
The Great Myths #67: The Origin of the Buffalo Dance (Blackfoot)
Read the other Great Myths here George Bird Grinnell’s classic account (from 1892) of the origin of the Blackfoot Buffalo … Continue Reading The Great Myths #67: The Origin of the Buffalo Dance (Blackfoot)
Isis in Old Age (story)
Originally published at Bold+Italic It was one of those across the room things, even though the women were both old … Continue Reading Isis in Old Age (story)
The Great Myths #63: Ragnarok (Norse)
Read the other Great Myths here from the Prose Edda: Then spoke Gangleri: ‘What information is there to be given … Continue Reading The Great Myths #63: Ragnarok (Norse)
The Great Myths #62: Loki is Captured & Punished (Norse)
Read the other Great Myths here Then spoke Gangleri: “It was quite an achievement of Loki’s when he brought it … Continue Reading The Great Myths #62: Loki is Captured & Punished (Norse)
The Great Myths #61: Thor Goes Fishing for the World Serpent (Norse)
Read the other Great Myths here Thor went out across Midgard having assumed the appearance of a young boy, and … Continue Reading The Great Myths #61: Thor Goes Fishing for the World Serpent (Norse)
The Great Myths #60: The History of Odin’s Horse (Norse)
Read the other Great Myths here Then spoke Gangleri: “Whose is the horse Sleipnir? And what is there to tell … Continue Reading The Great Myths #60: The History of Odin’s Horse (Norse)
The Great Myths #59: Odin Talks About Valhalla (Norse)
Read the other Great Myths here Then spoke Gangleri: “You say that all those men that have fallen in battle … Continue Reading The Great Myths #59: Odin Talks About Valhalla (Norse)
The Great Myths #58: The Love Story of Freyr & the Giantess Gerd (Norse)
Read the other Great Myths here [High said:]“There was someone called Gymir, and his wife Aurboda. She was of the … Continue Reading The Great Myths #58: The Love Story of Freyr & the Giantess Gerd (Norse)
