Article from Iceland Review:

A couple of weeks ago Eygló wrote her Daily Life about “Iceland's hidden people” and referred to a study concluding that Icelanders are more superstitious than any other people in the Western world.

While I can't personally vouch for the existence of elves and trolls who hide in rocks and hillsides in Iceland (after all ( Read more... )

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Hi,
This looks like an interesting community. I've always liked folk tales, and was wondering if anyone knew about this link:

Folktales and Myths of Trees

"Folktales are the soul's nourishment...
They keep the flame of possibility alive." --- Rafe Martin

The tales presented here, taken from oral traditon, have been handed down over generations and are ( Read more... )

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...As the co-creator of this community almost 2 years ago, I wandered over here to see if anything has changed and developed in my absence. I see there are a fair few new members, but no posts as yet. If any of you are interested in giving this community new life - I'd be keen to share ideas with you.

Or, simply, anything folkloric or mythical that ( Read more... )

This lady is an inspiring woman. She wrote the excellent book to my first ever & most favoured deck of 7 years: The Haindl Deck. I feel through my use of the tarot, and in sharing it with others, I have learnt some interesting things & shared some unique experiences/conversations with those around me ( Read more... )

I was not so familiar with the symbolism of bees until this week. I don't know how I ever missed that ( Read more... )

Funny, synchronicities strikes again. I had promised to post this up here, and when I do, someone had posted about Tara. This posting is about a part of the Hero's Journey, "The Meeting With the Goddess", of which Isis, Tara, et. al. takes various forms as the World Mother. ( Read more... )

ISIS:The Supreme Manifestation of the Earth Mother ( Read more... )

The difficult point is made vivid in an anecdote from Yorubaland (West Africa), which is told of the trickster-divinity Edshu. One day, this odd god came walking along a path between two fields. "He beheld in either field a farmer at work and proposed To play the two a turn. He donned a hat that was on one side red but on the other white, green ( Read more... )