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The Story of Theseus and the Minotaur
Prince Theseus was the son of King Aegeus of Athens, not too long before the Trojan War (so maybe around 1300 BC). At this time the Minoans, who lived on the island of Crete, had a very strong navy. The Minoan king, King Minos, used to send his navy ...
Crow Brings Daylight
A long time ago when the world was first born, it was always dark in the north where the Inuit people lived. They thought it was dark all over the world until an old crow told the them about daylight and how he had seen it on his...
Coyote Steals Fire
The Native Americans believed in a trickster spirit that they called Coyote. I figured as we enter into the cold of winter that I would share a story about Him and He steals fire. Long ago, when man was newly come into the world, there were days wh...
Children\'s Story for Samhain
The little children ran up to the old man in the chair and yelled in unison and great excitement, "Grandfather, Grandfather! Can you tell us another story?" With a smile and twinkle in his eye, the old man asked, "What story do you want to hear? I h...
Labors of Hercules
Ninth Labor For the ninth labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring him the belt of Hippolyte [Hip-POLLY-tee]. This was no ordinary belt and no ordinary warrior. Hippolyte was queen of the Amazons, a tribe of women warriors. These Amazons had n...
The Eigth Labor of Hercules
After Hercules had captured the Cretan Bull, Eurystheus sent him to get the man-eating mares of Diomedes, the king of a Thracian tribe called the Bistones, and bring them back to him in Mycenae. According to Apollodorus, Hercules sailed with a ban...
The Seventh Labor of Hercules
After the complicated business with the Stymphalian Birds, Hercules easily disposed of the Cretan Bull. At that time, Minos, King of Crete, controlled many of the islands in the seas around Greece, and was such a powerful ruler that the Athenians sen...
Children's Story for Mabon
"Grandfather, is the next story of the Gods, the one for Mabon, is it sad?" asked the little girl as she looked up with tears in her eyes. "I don't know if we can take another sad story" The Grandfather paused for a moment and looked down at her uptu...
The Sixth Labor of Hercules
After Hercules returned from his success in the Augean stables, Eurystheus came up with an even more difficult task. For the sixth Labor, Hercules was to drive away an enormous flock of birds which gathered at a lake near the town of Stymphalos. Arr...
The Fifth Labor of Hercules
For the fifth labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to clean up King Augeas' stables. Hercules knew this job would mean getting dirty and smelly, but sometimes even a hero has to do these things. Then Eurystheus made Hercules' task even harder: he had t...
Fourth Labor of Hercules
For the fourth labor, Eurystheus ordered Hercules to bring him the Erymanthian boar alive. Now, a boar is a huge, wild pig with a bad temper, and tusks growing out of its mouth. This one was called the Erymanthian boar, because it lived on a mountai...
God of the Week - Taliesin
Taliesin, bard of the Celtic pantheon. One of the most interesting thing about this God, is that he in all likelihood was a real, flesh and blood person. One who performed at the courts of at least three different Celtic Kings.Here is the story of hi...
The Spirit of the Corn
Here is a story about the harvest time. It was adapted and translated by Harriet Maxwell Converse from an Iroquois legend. There was a time, says the Iroquois grandmother, when it was not needful to plant the corn- seed nor to hoe the fields,...
Children's Story for Lughnasadh
"Grandfather, Grandfather, you promised to tell us the story of the First Harvest. Will you tell us now?" asked the little girl as she tugged on his pant leg. The Grandfather with his feet propped before the fire, opened one eye and looked down for a...
Children's Story - Lugh at the Gate
The festival of Lughnassadh to the ancient Celts was the Funeral Feast of Lugh. But who exactly was Lugh? Lugh was the God of many skills. He was skilled in as different things as healing, the craft of the warrior, and music, among other things. Ther...
Children's Story for Litha
The old man laid resting in his favorite chair, feet propped by the cold fireplace. His eyes closed and a half smile showing around his favorite pipe, which of course was lit. But then he felt something a small tug at his pant leg. He opened one eye ...
Life from the Moon and Stars
This was marked as an African creation myth. If anyone has any more info, please speak up. Before there was any life on earth, God made a man and named him Moon. He sent Moon to live on the bottom of the sea, but Moon ...
Children's Story for Beltane
The children came to their grandfather, crying out for another story. "Tell us grandfather about the Gods and what comes next in their story." Smiling the grandfather said, "Well children, if you remember the Gods and the animals had just worked the ...
Creation Stories - Hindu
A commenter last week talked about a Indian creation story that involves a cow. I have been unable to find that specific story but I figured that I would share one of the stories that I did find. Hope that you all enjoy. On a side note this will be t...
Children's Ostara Story
The old story teller paused for a moment to collect his thoughts and puff on his pipe. He looked around at the audience before him, all his grandchildren and he smiled. Then he said, "Now the kiss has wakened the sleeping maiden, but the Earth has be...
Children's Story for Imbolc
"Grandfather? Grandfather, is it time for another story," asked the littlest child, barely refraining from jumping up and down in excitement. The old man leaned back in his chair and smiled, as he lit his pipe. After taking several puffs, he said, "Y...
