If you’ve ever shouted at your stubborn laptop or thanked your car for starting on a cold morning, you’re in familiar company. Animism, the belief that objects, nature, and places can hold spirit, soul, or essence, slips quietly into daily life, often without notice. It’s in our DNA. Thousands of years of evolved belief systems around this central focus. Across ancient and modern cultures, the idea of a supreme being (or numerous Deities and/or Spirits) watching over the living world has shaped stories, rituals, and how we speak to the things around us. We also often not only give inanimate items a life force, but we also often give them a gender.
Tag: Goddesses
Driving the Ring of Beara in West Cork/County Kerry, Ireland I came across the infamous “Hag of Beara” stone – also known as An Chailleach Bhéara or the White nun of Beara, The Cailleach, “Hag”, “Old Crone”, or Old Woman of Dingle. In Irish lore, she is known as the Cally Berry or Cailleach Bheara.
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The Goddess ArduinnaArduina, Arduinnae, Arduinne, Ardbinna. Culture: Gallo-Roman, Gaulish, Celtic Mythology. Belgium; Luxembourg; France; Düren, Germany. Similiar to: Gallo-Roman Goddess Diana. Deity of: “Lady of the Forests”. Goddess of the Heights, Moon, Forests, and Hunting. Sacred Animals, Plants, Stones, Etc.: The Boar. Description: Her name is derived from the Gaulish “arduo” meaning “height”. Several place … Read More “Arduinna” »
Cabin in the Woods ~ (Rated R: 2012)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1259521/ * Director: Drew Goddard. * Written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard. * Starring: Kristen Connolly as Dana; Chris Hemsworth as Curt; Anna Hutchison as Jules; Fran Kranz as Marty; Jesse Williams as Holden; Richard Jenkins as Sitterson; Bradley Whitford as Hadley; Brian White as Truman, and many others.
4500 B.C.E. to ca. 500 B.C.E. The Mythological Cycle: The understanding of the folktales, folklore, myths, and legends of Otherworldly creatures who landed in Ireland in prehistoric times is known as The Mythological Cycle. A notable work exists called the Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland) or otherwise known as the … Read More “Ireland's First Mythical Inhabitants: The Fomorians” »