In J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, there is a scene where the elf-Queen Galadriel of the Noldor tries on Frodo’s evil ring. Being a good and introspective elf she questions her abilities to overcome temptation, and sees the power of the ring to persuade as a test. And so she tries it on and […]
Beauties, Brigands, and Beasties
Our Mythological Connection to Animals
We should not forget, as the world now shrinks and the animals perish around us, the magnificent and powerful connection we have to the animal world, not as pets or as food, but as Myth! For in fairy tales and ancient stories we find something written that shows we once had some deeper bond to […]
The Earth Mother
One of the fascinating discoveries I have made as an amateur cultural sleuth and mythologist is the hidden archetypes of the old Earth Mother – a spirit our ancestors believed in for thousands and thousands of years prior to the advent of Greek, Roman, and Modern European civilizations took root. The Earth Mother in Western […]
