The deeper that we explore Norse Religion and the Ancient Greek Religion, the more connections that we find. While on the surface each tradition is distinct, unique, and original, we find that significant aspects of the internal structure of the two ...
The Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán
The Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán are the named daughters of the jotunn Ægir and the goddess Rán found within the stories of Norse Religion. Very little is known about them specifically, aside from their names. Their names are used as poetic terms ...
The Nine Muses of Ancient Greece
The Nine Muses of Ancient Greek Mythology were those who inspired the greatest art, music, poetry, and even scholarship in mortal men (and women). It was their divine voices who whispered into the ear of the artists, speaking the words of inspiration ...
The Great Flood — The Babylonian Flood Myth
The world is abound with traditions of a Great Flood. We have the Sumerian version Great Flood, three separate versions of the Babylonian Flood Myth, the Hindu Flood Myth, the Greek Flood Myth, and the Biblical (which is actually descendant of the ...
Eriu :: A Great Goddess of the Feminine Trinity of Ancient Ireland
Eriu was a goddess of ancient Ireland. She is often seen as a personification of the land of Ireland itself, as it was after her that this small island of the northeastern Atlantic - the furthest western periphery of Europe - was ultimately ...
The Ancient Egyptian Creation Story
The Ancient Egyptian creation story is one of the oldest known to us, predating the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible codified maybe c.650 BCE) by more than two thousand years. There are certain similarities - though important distinctions also - between the ...
The Celtic Creation Myth
We know precious little about the religious and mythological doctrines of the ancient Celtic peoples. From the beginning the Celts have been mysterious, hidden half-seen in the mists of oblivion that surround them, heroic, proud, mighty, and ...
Enki and Ninhursag :: The Creation of Dilmun
The myth of Enki and Ninhursag is a true Sumerian myth (as opposed to the Enuma Elish which was only founded on Sumerian tradition). The title really should read "Enki and Ninhursag: The Creation of Dilmun (and Other Travails)", as it deals not just ...
The Enuma Elish — Tablet I — The Primordial Battle
The Enuma Elish was the Babylonian Creation Epic, which is also called The Seven Tablets of Creation, as it explores a collection of stories and legends detailing the creation of the 'Universe', the Earth, the Gods, and eventually Man, with all the ...