Witches, Midwives, and Nurses by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English 1973. Source: The Memory Hole;First Published: in 1973 by The Feminist Press at CUNY.
Introduction. Phylogenetic analyses suggests fairy tales are much older than thought. (Phys.org)—A pair of researchers has conducted a phylogenetic analysis on common fairy tales and has found that many of them appear to be much older than has been thought.
In their paper published in Royal Society Open Science, Sara Graça da Silva, a social scientist/folklorist with New University of Lisbon and Jamshid Tehrani, an anthropologist with Durham University describe the linguistic study they carried out and why they believe at least one fairy tale had its origins in the Bronze Age. An Underground City of Giants Discovered in the Grand Canyon? Sunday, February 14, 2016 9:46 pm, Posted by Admin | News Even with advances in modern day archaeology, most of the world’s buried cities still remain a mystery.
Amazing discoveries require great efforts and sometimes, an even greater amount of luck. If we were to trust Early 20th Century Journalism, we would learn that serendipity led to the doorstep of the most famous and fascinating underground city of giants discovered to date. Elfdalian, the Ancient Viking Forest Language of Sweden, Set to be Revived. The ancient Viking language of Elfdalian has been almost entirely wiped out, with only 2,500 people in a tiny forest community in Sweden currently keeping it alive.
Now people fight to revive the historic tongue by bringing it back to schools before it vanishes completely. The Conversation reports that the ancient dialect of Elfdalian ( älvdalska in Swedish and övdalsk in the language itself) was a vigorous language until well into the 20th century. 7 Common Misunderstandings About Evolution Explained. The theory of evolution has been used to describe the natural world for the past 150 years, however, it is extremely misunderstood.
For example, comedian Steve Harvey in an interview with Tyra Banks said if we “evolved from monkeys [...] why do we still got monkeys?” Many scientists have tried to determine why evolution is questioned so often by the general public, even though it has been accepted by most scientists. In contrast to this, there are not many people who question the theory of relativity. Although there is no clear answer as to why, a few common misconceptions might have something to do with it. 1. Although scientists call it the “theory of evolution,” this actually means it is a well accepted scientific position. Some people use “theory” in everyday conversation to mean an unproven hypothesis, but this is not what it means in scientific terms. 2.
Ancient Tagalog Deities in Philippine Mythology. The stories of ancient Philippine mythology include deities, creation stories, mythical creatures, and beliefs.
Ancient Philippine mythology varies among the many indigenous tribes of the Philippines. The Lost Cycle of Time. EmailShare 1513EmailShare By: Walter Cruttenden Ancient cultures around the world spoke of a vast cycle of time with alternating Dark and Golden Ages; Plato called it the Great Year.
Most of us were taught that this cycle was just a myth, a fairytale, if we were taught anything about it all. But according to Giorgio de Santillana, former professor of the history of science at MIT, many ancient cultures believed consciousness and history were not linear but cyclical, rising and falling over long periods of time. Why Have Americans Stopped Resisting Economic Privilege? Schindler's Witch. Photos by the author 20 years after the Rwandan genocide, the country is still coming to terms with what took place during that period of extreme violence.
Perpetrators are still being brought to justice, and heroic stories are still emerging. One such story belongs to Zula Karuhimbi, a woman some Rwandans claim saved more than 100 people through “sorcery.” After we learned that she lived in the southern Ruhango District, we drove from Kigali to find her. On the way, we stopped at a roadside restaurant, where we told the waiter we were searching for the “witch” who had saved lives during the genocide. He brought us to Musamo Village, where we abandoned our car and ploughed by foot through waist-high shrubbery.
She looked wizened and frail as she slept, but she jumped to attention when we told her we had come to hear her story. “I hid so many people that I don't know some of their names. Karuhimbi grew up in a family of traditional healers. Noam Chomsky: The Kind of Anarchism I Believe in, and What's Wrong with Libertarians. May 28, 2013 | Like this article?
Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. The following is the adapted text of an interview that first appeared in Modern Success magazine.So many things have been written about, and discussed by, Professor Chomsky, it was a challenge to think of anything new to ask him: like the grandparent you can’t think of what to get for Christmas because they already have everything. So I chose to be a bit selfish and ask him what I’ve always wanted to ask him. Michael S. Listen to the Oldest Song in the World: A Sumerian Hymn Written 3,400 Years Ago. In the early 1950s, archaeologists unearthed several clay tablets from the 14th century B.C.E..
