In Ngan-hwei, paper-houses are burnt to convey necessities to the deceased, a persistent ancient custom.
China. Paper-house burnt for the benefit of the dead.
Category: Mythology
Tibet. Mo divination with bones, also called Sho-mo.
Mo is a form of foresight (also known as divination) that is part of Tibetan culture and religion.
Antigone and Ismene. Greek mythology.
Antigone and Ismene. ANTIGONE (ancient Greek Ἀντιγόνη), daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta (in Homer’s work, Iokaste is called Epikaste.) was a noble Greek maiden, with a heroic attachment to her… Read More
Alethe, Priestess of Isis. The Epicurean, by Thomas Moore.
When Alethe arrived at a suitable age, she was taught, like other children of the priestesses, to take a share in the service and ceremonies of the shrines.
Electra waits for the return of Orestes.
Electra, the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, mourning the fate of her father, waits for the return of Orestes, her brother, as the avenger of his father’s death.
Thorpe’s “Northern Mythology.’ Loki and Sigyn.
Loki and Sigyn. Northern Mythology. WHEN the gods had captured Loki they bound him to the rock, and Skadi hung a venomous serpent above his head that dripped poison on… Read More
The Magic word Abracadabra as magical power.
Abracadabra. A charm. It is regarded as the word that in most languages has the same pronunciation.
The Sphinx, sister of Hydra, Chimera, Kerberos, and Orthos.
Ancient Greek mythology. The Sphinx was considered a demon of destruction and doom.
Female bust of a Bacchante. Maenad of Dionysiac cycle.
This bust has been called that of a Maenad or Bacchante, an attribution which the comparison of other Bacchic types would seem fully to justify.