Mythology

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• 20091127-Thunder Rush

  
  Flynn's Blogs — Authority: 154
  Last night on History Channel (International), Maw and I watched `Clash of the Gods` about `Thor`, the thunder god. The segment told myths about Thor and towards the end showed old Christian buildings over an ancient Swedish foundation dated around the 11th century.Then at around 21:44pm, the scene showed snowscape of ...
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• Beautiful Albany.

  
  Althouse — Authority: 755
  My favorite building in Albany is City Hall , also pictured in the previous post : In front is a statue of Philip Schuyler , a Revolutionary War general, born in Albany: Also lovely is the building that houses the New York Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state of New York). The Court of ...
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• Mayan Jaguar Vision For 2012

  
  Lord Pakal Ahau's Maya Diaries — Authority: 119
  Our mission, coordinated by our director Lord Pakal Ahau, is to prepare you for a rich 2012 experience at the end of the Maya Calendar on December 21, 2012. With this in mind, we found this interesting glyph in our Mesoamerican archives, that typically defines the transformation and change of mankind. The glyph ...
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• My Year in Books

  
  JessicarulestheUniverse — Authority: 478
  My favorite books of 2009. Most of them were not published in 2009.One Sunday while prowling my neighborhood bookstore I spotted a youngish father and his 11 or 12-year-old daughter looking for a book. This reminded me of how my mother used to take me shopping for books. My mother was a teacher, so reading [...]
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• Greg Moses : Thanksgiving and the Popol Vuh

  
  The Rag Blog — Authority: 552
  Popol Vuh Series, Number 5, 1943, lithograph, Carlos Merida, from Art Museum of the Americas.A Thanksgiving day well made:We remember the Popol VuhBy Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / November 26, 2009Crawling down below Meauan Mountain, where ground meets sea level, the first grandson of America whispers a plot that will ...
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• Satan Loves You

  
  shadowplay — Authority: 500
  Screened the delirious SIMON OF THE DESERT for students this week, in a double-bill with Lindsay Anderson’s THE WHITE BUS, two films deprived of wide distribution due to their unconventional running times (the Bunuel film ran out of money so wound up half feature-length, the Anderson was part of a compendium film ...
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• The Symbolists (1)

  
  strange cousin susan — Authority: 138
  Thracian Girl carrying the Head of Orpheus on his LyreGustave Moreau
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• The Pre-Raphaelites (14)

  
  strange cousin susan — Authority: 138
  Nymphs finding the Head of Orpheus
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• Orpheus

  
  strange cousin susan — Authority: 138
  This is one of my all-time favorite songs, Carly Simon or otherwise.Orpheus, it could have beenYou could have held me againYou said your songs had all goneAnd that the road back up was too longBut it was there for usIt was there for usI loved you all alongOrpheusThe part of me that diedWas ready to [...]
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• Was Jesus taught by the Druids of Glastonbury? New film claims it is possible he came to England

  
  A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS — Authority: 150
  As a book of record the New Testament doesnt do too well on the early life of Jesus Christ. The large holes may explain why so many outlandish theories have been able to build up about what the Son of God got up to as a boy. But among those myths most perpetuated is that he visited Britain - an idea ...
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• Forget Me Not

  
  Poems at The Poetry Showcase - Share your poems at the Poetry Showcase — Authority: 168
  Sometimes--- Long after Ive forgotten To empty myself Into the voraciousness Of any nearby goddess I feel freedom Shadows at the edge of me Laugh and mock me Like some ancient chorus read more
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• Do Her Right

  
  Poems at The Poetry Showcase - Share your poems at the Poetry Showcase — Authority: 168
  When Penelope of Ithaca Hidden in the vastness Of unstoppable night Became pregnant with fright And overwhelming sadness And gave birth to a mystery Which stilled even the gods read more
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• Ancient Song

  
  Poems at The Poetry Showcase - Share your poems at the Poetry Showcase — Authority: 168
  Long after dreams Of incredible glory Vanish like a mist On the sea Burned by the indifference Of a clockwork Sun Jason persistent Believing in dreams Scattered and shattered read more
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• The Beautiful Stories of Life by Cynthia Rylant

  
  Collected Miscellany — Authority: 124
  At a recent trip the local library with the kids I stumbled upon this little gem.  As regular readers will know, I am interested in myths and fairy tales and enjoy seeing how authors rework and retell this classic stories for young and old. The Beautiful Stories of Life: Six Greeks Myths, Retold by Cynthia Rylant ...
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• Brief Review: THE BIBLE AMONG THE MYTHS by John Oswalt [Vol. 2, #46]

  
  The Englewood Review of Books — Authority: 134
  A Brief Review of The Bible Among The Myths: Unique Revelation or Just Ancient Literature? John Oswalt. Paperback: Zondervan, 2009. Buy now:  [ ChristianBook.com ] Reviewed by John Schaaf. According to John Oswalt, modern scholarship states that “Israelite religion is simply one more of the complex ...
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• So…Why Do People Believe in God?

  
  Proud Atheists — Authority: 423
  I have often wondered not only how one can believe in a deity, but why do people believe in something that is not tangible, like their God. Some folks claim that their God intervenes or guides their lives on a daily basis and even their every thought. I realize that not all religions teach this, but many ...
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• True Crime: The Cooper’s Wife is Missing, by Joan Hoff and Marion Yeates

  
  You're History ! — Authority: 124
  They found her , Poor Bridget Cleary, killed for her belief in fairies. These fairies, embedded deep in Irish folklore, are not the of the Tinkerbell ilk at all. Rather, they are capable of bringing all sorts of mischief into the lives of ordinary mortals. Bridget’s husband believed that she became a changeling, ...
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• Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

  
  "3Rs Reading Den" — Authority: 110
  Cemetery Dance Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child ISBN 10: 1600242650 ISBN 13: 9781600242656 Grand Central Publishing Unabridged Audio, 12CDs, 13.5hr Read by Rene Auberjonois’ www.prestonchild.com Hachette Audio  Cemetery [...]
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• Truth, Carrying a Torch, and Justice, Carrying a Sword, Pursue a Person Who Has Violated the Moral Law

  
  Prometheus Unbound — Authority: 144
  In this case, committing a murder:   The painting, by the way, is part of the Getty Museum’s permanent collection. It’s titled, “Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime”. I snapped the above image of it this weekend, while in Westwood. The painter’s name is Pierre Prudhon, and he made the ...
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• Monday night round-up

  
  anonymous cowgirl — Authority: 404
  Negin and I are packing, preparing for part 2 of visiting family. Osita is over, and we’re having a quiet night in the house. Seems like a good time for a little weekly web round-up. Baha’i Thought blogs about a positive portrayal of African Americans in the film 2012 My sister’s dance students perform at ...
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