Tag: mythology
Browse our exclusive articles!
Aether: The 1729 Debate Over What Fills the Heavens
Editorial Note The entry below ran as two installments of...
Odin and the Wild Hunt: Riders of the Winter Sky
As the sun begins its quiet return after the solstice pause, the skies do not resume as they were. In the traditions of Northern...
The Consequence of Santa: You Don’t Want to Hear This
There is a figure who enters nearly every home in the Western world. He arrives through stories, images, and rituals that repeat with the...
Krampus Origin: The Story Behind His Bag of Children
In the Alpine regions of Austria, Bavaria, and South Tyrol, the early days of December were never gentle. As the long nights settled in...
An Account of a Merman
The Wind being Easterly, we had 30 Fathoms Water ; when at 10 o'clock in the Morning, a Sea-monster, like a Man, appeared near our Ship, first on the Larboard, where the Mate was, whose Name is William Limone, who took a Grappling-iron to pull him up : But our Captain, named Oliver Morin, hindered him, being afraid that the Monster would drag him away into the Sea.
YETI: A Name And The Cold Truth Beneath It
Some brand names don’t just rise to prominence—they are implanted into the cultural consciousness, carrying occult meaning and an energy that goes beyond mere...
Popular
Gladiators are Fiction: Colosseums are Enormous Power Plants (Part 1)
Is it possible that, at some point in the...
The Ingenious Creator of the Hereford Mappa Mundi
The Hereford Mappa Mundi is one of the most...
Airship NORGE: The First to Conquer the North Pole
In the annals of exploration, few achievements stand as...

