0 Comments | April 2, 2009 at 2:04 pm by mahud
The (cosmic) ocean vessel or container that transports the divinity or hero across a threshold of death and rebirth, I would say, is closely related (and likely the prototype) to the waning and waxing moon, occasionally depicted as a lunar boat, passing across the waters of destruction and creation into a new mode of supra-cosmic […]
2 Comments | January 30, 2009 at 9:13 am by mahud
The Cyclic Serpent
The tail devouring serpent, known as the Ouroboros, is unarguably a cyclic symbol. In Norse mythology it is the sea-dwelling Midgard Serpent (Jormungand) that surrounds the world (Voluspa 50; Gylfaginning 34, 48; Skaldskaparmal 4; Hymiskvida 22; Husdrapa 4), making it a symbol of the cosmos, or like the Greek god Oceanos, the ocean […]
0 Comments | December 3, 2008 at 6:13 pm by mahud
Three months ago, during a visit to the town of Banff, I picked up a necklace with a dragon tooth pendant to wear as a replacement for the ‘lunar’ dolphin necklace I discovered at a Medieval Fair earlier in the summer:
I was really happy when I discovered this crescent-shaped dolphin necklace. As the cycle of […]
2 Comments | August 28, 2007 at 12:37 pm by mahud
In deos Shadow’s latest podcast The Celtic Creation Story, Brendan Myers explains why he believes that the battle between the Fomorians and Tuatha De Danann at the The Second Battle of Mag Tuired, was originally a Celtic creation myth.
I’d like to expand upon this idea with a theory of my own concerning the duel roles […]
0 Comments | June 1, 2007 at 9:54 pm by mahud
The war of the gods and the embodiment of wisdom
The Aesir and Vanir were once engaged in a futile war, and so calling a truce, all the gods spat in a pot, as a gesture of peace. To preserve the peace, they formed the all wise Kavasir from their saliva, a man who never lacked […]
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