Mesopotamia
Aratta (later Urartu/Ararat and then Armenia) is a land that appears in Sumerian myths surrounding Enmerkar and Lugalbanda, two early and possibly mythical kings of Uruk also mentioned on the Sumerian...
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The land of Subartu (Akkadian Šubartum/Subartum/ina Šú-ba-ri, Assyrian mât Šubarri) or Subar (Sumerian Su-bir/Subar/Šubur) is mentioned in Bronze Age literature. The name also appears as Subari in the...
View ArticleIn the beginning of our Civilization
– – A new paper in Science uses Bayesian phylogeographic methods to model the spatial expansion of Indo-European languages from their Anatolian homeland. An informative video shows how the authors...
View ArticleSurya and Saranya in Hinduism
Surya Surya (“the Supreme Light”), also known as Aditya, Bhanu or Ravi Vivasvana in Sanskrit, and in Avestan Vivanhant, is the chief solar deity in Hinduism and generally refers to the Sun. He is the...
View ArticleThe fire bird in mythology
– Firebird (Slavic folklore) Sirin The Golden Bird Phoenix Peacock Hazaran Blbul – in Armenian mythology, Phoenix, sacred firebird found in the mythologies of many cultures, Bennu – Egyptian firebird,...
View ArticleThe coiling of the snake – Consciousness
Drawing by Theodoros Pelecanos, in a 1478 copy[1] of a lost alchemical tract by Synesius. The Celtic Triskele, also called the spiral of life, the triple spiral and the triple goddess, is three equal...
View ArticleThe Lord/Master of the Animals and Potnia Theron (“The Mistress of the Animals”)
Gundestrup Cauldron, Silver – Gundestrup, northern Denmark, 100 BC–AD 1 The Lord of the Animals (also known as Master of (the) Animals) is a generic term for a number of deities from a variety of...
View ArticleVår historie i korte trekk
Erebuni (Yerevan) fort – Erebuni Fortress Urkesh musikk Archatlas Noas barn European DNA pages Kort og godt kan det sies at det dreier seg om et folk som kaller seg ar-i-ere og som spredde kulturen...
View ArticleSkapelsen ifølge sumererne
Den kosmogeniske myten i Sumer var et hellig ekteskap hvor guddommelige prinsipper i form av dualistisk opposisjoner kom sammen som mann og kvinne for å føde kosmos. Det var før himmel eller jord...
View ArticleFra Homo Economicus til Homo Ecologicus
Vi står på stupet til vår egen undergang, og vil med dette bli den første dyreart som utsletter seg selv. Vi utrydder allerede dyrearter flere hundre ganger enn hva som er normalt og er ved å endre...
View ArticleAbout equality and primitive democracy
Çatalhöyük Çatalhöyük Feminist Archaeology versus the Goddess Movement Çatalhöyük had no apparent social classes, as no houses with distinctive features (belonging to royalty or religious hierarchy,...
View ArticleThe priests and priestesses – the Galli and the Archigallus
Ludi (Latin plural) were public games held for the benefit and entertainment of the Roman people (populus Romanus). Ludi were held in conjunction with, or sometimes as the major feature of, Roman...
View ArticleMore than a quincidence?
Hijri/Hijra The Hijri year (AH anno hegirae) is the year-numbering system (or Calendar era) used in the Islamic calendar. It commences from the first day of the year of the Hijra, or emigration of...
View Article“Sacred marriage” or “Chaoskampf”
The beginning Tiamat is the symbol of the chaos of primordial creation depicted as a woman. She represents the beauty of the feminine, depicted as the glistening one. It is suggested that there are...
View ArticleThe Germanic gods: Æs, Van and God
Oppositions: Masculine/Feminine – Sky/Earth Odin/Frigg (sky) – óðr/Freyja (earth) (Sumerian: An/Antu-Inanna) Balder/Nanna (Sumerian: Tammuz/Inanna) Šamaš (Sumerian Utu) is the god of the sun, who was...
View ArticleThe Sumerian pantheon: An, Dingir, Nin/Eresh
An In Sumerian mythology, Anu (also An; from Sumerian An, “sky, heaven”) was a sky-god, the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, spirits and demons, and dwelt in the highest heavenly...
View ArticleThe three zones of the ecliptic
Latitude in Astrology In Sumerian mythology, Anu (also An; from Sumerian An, “sky, heaven”) was a sky-god, the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, spirits and demons, and dwelt in the...
View ArticleDraco and Drakaina
Dragons European dragons are legendary creatures in folklore and mythology among the overlapping cultures of Europe. Roman dragons evolved from serpentine Greek ones, combined with the dragons of the...
View ArticleThe stone gigant
Ullikummi Atlas In Hurrian mythology, Ullikummi is a giant stone monster, son of Kumarbi and the sea god’s daughter. Ullikummi’s older brother, Hedammu, is a sea monster and appropriately the son of...
View ArticleThe origin of Odin
Hvor kommer Odin fra? Odin/Frigg (sky) – óðr/Freyja (earth) (Sumerian: An/Antu-Inanna) Balder/Nanna (Sumerian: Tammuz/Inanna) Šamaš (Sumerian Utu) is the god of the sun, who was associated with life,...
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