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I want to be ready
PALACE OF EXILE by Jim Morrison For seven years I dwelt in the loose palace of exile Playing strange games with the girls of the island Now I have come again to the land of the fair And the strong,...
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A riddle
The Etruscan trembled before the Stranger, saying “Who are you? How are you called?” And he replied: Who I am is a mystery, but how I am called is easy enough to discern. Begin with the bountiful...
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Vonlenska
I have always loved this song by Sigur Rós: The aural world it conjures is just … *shivers* Ah, yeah. And because of the stunning visuals I included the video on numerous playlists for Dionysos, even...
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God of the Summer Sun
Speaking of Óðr, I’ve encountered some interesting theories about him in my studies recently. Most scholars tend to view him as a strange double or Vanic counterpart of Óðinn associated with creative...
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Oh my. *fans self* So I’m mulling over the etymology of óðr and specifically this bit: Ultimately these Germanic words are derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *wāt-, which meant “to blow (on), to...
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Details
I don’t know if you caught it when I initially posted about the Bacchic Fairies & Goblins but the Dwarf King who invites Herla to attend his wedding beneath the Earth in Walter Map’s De Nugis...
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The Golden Calf
Hyginus, Fabulae 150: postquam Iuno vidit Epapho ex pellice nato tantam regni potestatem esse, curat in venatu, ut Epaphus necetur, Titanosque hortatur, Iovem ut regno pellant et Saturno restituant....
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Isn’t it interesting that “Apis” means both the Mighty Bull of Two Lands and bee? It is!
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How have I never seen this before?
I was rereading my Details post and noticed that I failed to provide the etymology for the name of Orpheus’ wife: In Greek mythology, Eurydice (Greek: Εὐρυδίκη, Eurydikē “wide justice”, derived from...
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