Exploring the Symbolism of Ancient Dreams and Their Meaning Explore how ancient cultures interpreted dreams, from Greek mythology to modern psychology. Unlock the mysteries behind your nightly visions.

The Ancient Greeks and Romans wrote Oneirocritica; books to help decode their dreams.

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GODDESS MATTERS: Male Fear of Female Power YouTube video by Journey to the Goddess TV

Very excited for this conversation!
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The Mythic Dog and The Mahabharata In the Hindu epic poem, the Mahabharata, after an awful, brutal war that made brother turn on brother, student turn on teacher, and saint turn on God, only six people remained. They left the plain …

In the Hindu epic poem, the Mahabharata, only six people remained after a brutal war. As they left the plain of the mortals and headed upwards along a questionable path towards the heavens, a black dog joined them on the journey. 🔗👇

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Hello #FolkloreThursday and thank you to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for the last hour of lore. This is @mythcrafts.bsky.social here for the next hour of birth and renewal lore as we welcome spring.
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Right? What a fabulous life to live

The Cintamani Stone: the Wish Fulfilling Jewel What do two enlightened Buddhist beings, a mythical Wind Horse, and a Russian painter with ties to Tibet and the highest levels of the U.S. Government share in common? They all possess(ed) the Cint…

What do two enlightened Buddhist beings, a mythical Wind Horse, and a Russian painter with ties to Tibet and the highest levels of the U.S. Government share in common?
They all possess(ed) the Cintamani stone, a wish fulfilling jewel.

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Who Wants to Live Forever? The Apples of Idunn One of the interesting features of the Norse Gods (as well as their distant relatives, the Vedic Gods of Southeast Asia) is that they are mortal. Yes, they can die. For the Vedic Gods, the cure lay…

One of the interesting features of the Norse Gods is that they are mortal.
Yes, they can die.
Luckily for the Aesir of Asgard, they had the Goddess Idunn and her youth bestowing apples.

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The Colossus of Rhodes The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Erected in Rhodes to commemorate the successful defense of the city after a yearlong siege by Demetrius I, a Macedonian Kin…

The Colossus of Rhodes was erected from abandoned weaponry left behind by the Macedonians after an unsuccessful siege of the city.

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Lady Triệu – A Legend of the Vietnamese Resistance Movement Triệu Thị Trinh was born in the Nông Cống district of Vietnam in 226, a time where the Chinese occupied much of Vietnam, persecuting the native inhabitants of the land. From a young age Triệu Thị T…

“I only want to ride the wind and walk the waves, slay the big whales of the Eastern sea, clean up frontiers, and save the people from drowning. Why should I imitate others, bow my head, stoop over and be a slave? Why resign myself to menial housework?”
- Lady Triệu

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Happy International Women’s Day to all
you gorgeous goddesses!

Lunar Lunacies and Blood Moons A blood moon is a foreboding sight. While technically it is just an eclipse caused by the Earth passing directly between the sun and moon, here the sunlight becomes refracted by the Earth’s a…

When a full moon turns the color of blood fearful lore arises…. 🩸🌕🩸

#bloodmoon 🔗👇

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What Lurks Beneath? Sewer Monsters throughout the Ages Many of us know the urban legend of albino alligators that live in the sewers beneath New York City, but records of sewer monsters can be seen as far back as 2CE.

Since the aqueducts of ancient civilizations, sewers have created dark labyrinthine worlds beneath our feet. It’s no surprise human imagination has filled them with monsters….

#BookologyThursday

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Waterfall Demon Princess: Raising the Bones of the Dead Imagine this: your father was a powerful Samurai, who led an unsuccessful revolt against the emperor. And so, in the (Western) year 939 C.E., the Emperor had him beheaded (this part of our tale is …

Gashadokuro are angry spirits that appear as giant skeletons, several times larger than your typical human. These monsters are assembled out of the bones of those who have died unnatural deaths.

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The myth that women have teeth “down there” has been found in global myths all over the world.

Bite me is the first collection of these myths, providing understanding of the psychological, social and political motivations that has kept them alive and thriving.

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Cotton Mather, Bridgette Bishop and the Witches of Salem: Give a God Man Power… Imagine this: the year is 1692 A.D., and you are a very spry 60 year old who goes by the name of Bridgette. Along with your third husband, Edward, you run a popular tavern (or two) that doesn&#8217…

Quarrelsome neighbors are nothing new, but this was the beginning of America’s first large-scale Satanic Panic, and is often the case, there was one individual near the center of it all. His name: the Reverend Cotton Mather…

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Japanese carved brown wood image of a mermaid with sleeked back hair streaming behind her and a hand on her scaly tail.

#FolkloreThursday In Japanese folklore, eating the flesh of a ningyo, or mermaid, grants eternal life and youth. It was also said that Ningyo blood will cure any wound.

Boxwood ningyo netsuke, Tadayoshi, 19th century
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The Lure of the Lorelay The Upper Middle Rhine Valley in Germany is a protected UNESCO World heritage site. Dotted with ancient castles and fortresses which were largely abandoned by the 17th Century this area b…

Lore Lay stayed true to her lover and her suitors, despondent with rejection, hurled themselves into the Rhine like lemmings. But the townsfolk began to suspect Lore Lay and so she is hauled in front of the bishop facing charges of bewitchment.

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The Angry Queen of the Southern Sea Beware, attractive young men: an enchantress awaits you on the southern coastline of Java. She may appear as a mermaid, or she may appear as a beautiful Goddess, but regardless of her form, she har…

An enchantress awaits on the coastline of Java. She may appear as a mermaid, or she may appear as a beautiful Goddess, but regardless of her form, she harbors a grudge against men, and has been known to lure the unsuspecting to a watery grave…

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Who Mourns the Sirens? Sirens are often mistakenly thought of as a monstrous counterpart to the mermaid; evil temptresses lurking in the sea foam waiting to lure innocent sailors to their death with their songs. This was…

Sirens did not start out as sexy fish ladies.

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If you are in #Canberra we are doing another live #mythology show

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Egyptian Tales of Wonder The Westcar Papyrus, also known as The Fairytales of the Papyrus Westcar or Tales of Wonder is an ancient Egyptian text dating somewhere between 18-16th BCE, which is currently housed in the E…

The Fairytales of the Papyrus Westcar is an ancient Egyptian text dating somewhere between 18-16th BC

These tales are considered to be some of the first fairytales goven the themes invoke the magical in the miracles that are performed by priests and magicians within.

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He wrote 15 volumes on it…

😂😂😂 well played.

Pythagoras: Death by Beans Many of us in modern society remember Pythagoras from early high school geometry as we desperately tried to figure out the hypotenuse of right-angled triangles. However, in Ancient Greece Pythagora…

Pythagoras met his death at the hands of his enemies after stopping in his tracks and refusing to run through a field of beans. Yes, beans, and they weren’t even the magical ones…..

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Born from the Flames: Salamander Mythology Discover the intriguing world of salamanders, their regenerative powers, and the folklore intertwining magic and medicine throughout history.

Salamanders capacity for regeneration has been a focus of many modern medical studies. In the ancient world, salamanders were equally as intriguing; believed to have powerful mystical properties they were a key ingredients in many folk magic recipes.

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Tomorrow is St Lucy’s Day and her being a light in the darkness is celebrated in many European regions.

But on the eve of Lucy’s feast day, her dark counterpart Lussi rides through Sweden’s winter night with her demon retinue, the lussiferda.

Read of her in our 13th #Yulefolklore tale below!

I’m excited to show you my finished Krampus marionette/puppet in action. look at him go! 🌲

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