The Ancient World Web April 1994 - July, 2005 The Ancient World Web is now closed. Thank you to the people who contributed links, fixes, updates, technology suggestions, and to those who used (and loved) the site over the past eleven years. I've appreciated it very much, and enjoyed getting to know you. I'd like to send a special shout-out to Dawn Kirkland - the first person to stumble across the list of bookmarks I put on my website for my own convenience, and the first person to suggest a link I hadn't seen before. Shuttering the Ancient World Web was a difficult and sad decision for me. (That routine includes: hand-verifying links (to track down sites that have turned to porn, or are no longer what they once were), fighting hackers and spam, digging through the suggested links (98% of which are inappropriate), rooting out fraud (people will try all sorts of things to improve their ratings or site hit counts), and trying to keep abreast of the latest news and information to figure out what new sites to add.)
Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods One Year Bible Blog 10 Mythological Creatures and Shapeshifters Creepy Shapeshifting is a common theme in mythology and folklore. Many legendary creatures have this ability, which is represented in a full body transformation. The Leshy is a male woodland spirit in Slavic mythology believed to protect wild animals and the forests. Selkies are creatures found in Faroese, Icelandic, Irish, and Scottish mythology. Berserkers were a group of Norse warriors. In Japanese folklore the Kitsune is an intelligent and magical being. The púca is a legendary creature of Celtic folklore, most notably in Ireland, the West of Scotland, and Wales. The Wendigo is a creature appearing in the mythology of the Algonquian people. An encantado is a Brazilian legendary creature. An aswang is a mythical creature in Filipino folklore. Vampires are legendary creatures said to feed on the blood of humans and animals. Lycanthropes or werewolves are mythological humans that have the ability to shapeshift into wolves or anthropomorphic wolf-like creatures. Jamie Frater
Mythical Creatures List, Mythical Creatures A-Z Gods & Goddesses of the Greek, Roman, Celtic, Norse, Feary Pantheon Are the Gods and Goddess real? That depends on how you define reality. Do they live on Mount Olympus or Sinai ? Not likely. In Wicca, and Paganism in general, each of the Goddess and Gods represents an ideal, a human quality, something we as people can relate to, something to engender our passions. Above the individual Gods and Goddesses are the overall principles of male and female polarity. Above even this personification is the Universal Power. Know that in this way we are focusing on the Powers above all. So by all means, use the persona of the Gods and Goddesses to facilitate your workings but know in the back of your head that you are actually directing a much higher Power. Nor does it really matter which Gods and Goddesses we pick; a true Pagan will always be able to understand their personal God or Goddesses in the Gods and Goddesses of other Pagan peoples. So. Aphrodite Greek Goddess of love and passion: sexual rapture. Artemis: Greek; Goddess of the Moon. And the Gods . . .
MostlyLisa.com Celtic Twilight Otherworld - Celtic Religion Overiew To begin with, lets first look at the sources available to us: There are quite numerous sources available, contrary to the usual belief that there is almost nothing actually there. First, there are the archaeological sources. These are the only direct source for the prehistoric part of the religion we are talking about. The main elements we find here are sacred sites (being as well designed cult centers with a certain layout like the "Viereckschanzen" are, as there are "natural" places which were used to deposit offerings) and the findings and objects that came down on us (including as well bog bodies as graves, the objects found in ritual deposits and depictions of gods, most of which are from the time of the Roman occupation but which still tell us something about the Celtic religion) Second, there are the epigraphic sources, i.e. inscriptions. I will now start this look at pagan Celtic Religion with a survey of what we know about what we would call "priestly" functions more or less.
Native American Legends (Folklore, Myths, and Traditional Indian Stories) Indigenous languages Native American cultures What's new on our site today! This page is our collection of Native American folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. Sponsored Links As well as our collections of tribal legends and legend archives, we also have several pages of comparative legends, for the native stories of the Wabanaki tribes (including the Micmac, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Abenaki tribes,) the native stories of the Iroquois tribes (including the Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga, and Cayuga tribes,) for the native stories of the Anishinabe tribes (including the Chippewa, Ottawa, Algonquin, and Potawatomi tribes,) and for the native stories of the Algonquian tribes (including the Wabanaki, Anishinabe, Menominee, Wampanoag, Shawnee, and Lenape tribes.) Enjoy the stories! Native American Folklore by Tribe Native American Folklore Indexes Native American Mythological Characters Native American Creation Myths Native American Trickster Myths
Goddesses in World Culture - Patricia Monaghan In these three volumes, more than sixty international contributors unveil the myths and rituals of dozens of goddesses from all parts of the globe. VOLUME I: ASIA AND AFRICA 1. Lakshmi: Hindu Goddess of Abundance; Constantina Rhodes 2. Kali: Goddess of Life, Death, and Transcendence; June McDaniel 3. VOLUME II: EUROPE AND EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 1. VOLUME III: THE PACIFIC AND THE AMERICAS 1.