Recent Posts Tagged With 'myths'

• Why are there no more Myths? - Repost

  Posted on Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 19:41 in children, stories, myths

  As a Pagan Father I have noticed that for little Pagan children there are no myths that are being taught to them. And in my opinion it is not from a lack of trying, there are just simply not any myths that are suitable for kids. But why are myths imp...

• The Second Labor of Hercules

  Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 19:53 in children, series, stories, myths, hercules, multi-part

  Continuing in my series in stories with children, here is the next of the labors of Hercules. Again these were found on perseus.tufts.edu, I hope that you all enjoy. The second labor of Hercules was to kill the Lernean Hydra. From the murky waters o...

• The First Labor of Hercules

  Posted on Monday August 3rd, 2009 at 21:57 in stories, myths, hercules, multi-part

  We own the statue of a multi-headed dragon that a friend gave to us. It is an incense burner. Earlier this week my youngest daughter was looking at it and began to ask me questions about it. So I decided to tell her the story of Hercules and the Hydr...

• The End of the Golden Age - Children's Story

  Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 20:08 in children, stories, greece, myths

  After the great response I got last week I decided to continue in the same pantheon. So here is a story from Activity Web, this one titled "The End of the Golden Age" or how Zeus and his siblings defeated the Titans. Hope that you all enjoy. Zeus and...

• God of the Week

  Posted on Wednesday June 24th, 2009 at 20:06 in God, series, myths, deity

  Since my last post, starting a series on myths for children seems to be a hit. I figured I would start another series of posts on the Pagan God. If you look around the internet you will find a lot of info on the Goddess but a lack of info on the God....

• Children's Stories - Introduction to the Greek Gods

  Posted on Monday June 22nd, 2009 at 22:08 in children, series, greece, myths

  I'm thinking of starting a new weekly series. In this series I would share different kid friendly myths from around the world that I have found. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Today's story comes from Activity Village. I hope that you enj...

• Apollo

  Posted on Monday June 8th, 2009 at 20:03 in apollo, myths, sun god, litha

  Apollo is probably one of the most famous of the Sun Gods. He was worshiped by the Greeks and had temples scattered all over the ancient world, from Syria in the East and Britain in the West. In addition to the Sun his domains include music, prophecy...

• The Story of Corn and Medicine

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 19:32 in stories, creation, myths, cherokee

  This is a combination of several Cherokee stories. Credit goes to this website. Hope you enjoy! The earth began as nothing but water and darkness, and all the animals were in Galúnlati, above the stone vault that makes up the sky. Eventually Galún...

• The Greenman

  Posted on Sunday April 26th, 2009 at 21:07 in God, myths, sabbats, deity, beltane, green man

  The Greenman is an aspect of the God that is appropriate for this upcoming Sabbat. He is the God of the deep and wild woods as well as the God of wild animals. He is part of the Horned Lord aspect and he is also called Jack O' the Green. Dionysus an...

• Creation Stories - Norse

  Posted on Monday March 30th, 2009 at 19:05 in series, stories, creation, myths, norse, multi-part

  Last week I started a multi-week series on different Creation Stories. This week I am going to tell the story of Creation from the viewpoint of the Norse. Hope that you enjoy. In the beginning there was the void. And the void was called Ginnungagap. ...