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Mythology has captivated the imagination, taught lessons to live by, and provided a sense of meaning, magic, and shared identity for nearly every human society on the planet since long before scribes started taking notes from bards. The web is a brand-new
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Greek Myth: Demeter and Persephone
Of Lady Demeter, goddess of the golden grain, I sing, and her fair-ankled daughter Persephone whom the ancients addressed as Kore, The Maiden, in whose laughter is the promise of spring. Now Kore was playing away from the protection of her mother, ...
The Atlantis Legend
(Syncroblog suggested by Mahud: Theme “Landscapes”) I’ll tell you a story about Atlantis, the Lost Land. Once upon a time, a Greek philosopher named Plato was writing about his mentor Socrates and their circle of learned friends. S...
Featured Storyteller: Sister Unity
Normally I mean to share my own research and retellings of world mythology, but I have stumbled across a bard who truly deserves the title. Her performances speak for themselves; so do the myths she tells. Here’s Unity’s performances o...
Phaethon and the Chariot of the Sun
Photo credit: Ed BrambleyPhaethon was the son of Helios the sun-god and the ocean-goddess Klymene. She later married Merops, King of Ethiopia, who raised the boy as his own son. One day Phaethon’s best friend Epaphos, a prince from a neighborin...
Greek Myth: The Adventures of Perseus
Akrisios, king of Argos, had a daughter of surpassing beauty, but no son. At last he sent a messenger to the oracle at Delphi to ask what hope he had for an heir. The oracle’s reply was grim: Akrisios would have no son, and his grandson would k...
Happy Chinese New Year: Year of the Rat!
Thursday marked the beginning of the Chinese year 4706, the Year of the Rat. That means it’s time to share one of many versions of the myth about… The Rat Race Once upon a time, the Jade Emperor (or Buddha, some say) was holding a casting cal...
Greek Myth: Arion and the Dolphin
When I was eight, one of my favorite books was Bernard Evslin’s The Dolphin Rider . I’ve forgotten which other myths it contained, although I suspect that Oedipus’ family troubles weren’t among them. The one that I remember i...
