Who does Hera hate? Of all the sons Zeus had fathered on other women, Hera hated Heracles most of all, for the seed of Zeus flowed in his veins most copiously. But Zeus protected Heracles and he grew into the strongest of men and the greatest of all Greek heroes. Who did Ares love...
Why does Athena hate Poseidon? How did Heimdall get his powers? Why is Demeter important in Greek mythology? Why did Zeus overthrow his father? How did Loki get Balder killed? Why are Greek myths famous? Why do Pagans go to Stonehenge?
even if bad humans, or even subhumans, whereas Biden is the avatar of forces which are not entirely human, but composed of abstractions or categories.’ It’s a nice line, even though I thought the post-Landian right were supposed to scorn all such mawkish humanism. But...
As if that weren’t enough, this morning while John took O. to school, Baby Gus got into bed with me.He put his head on my pillow and let me kiss the side of his head until he said his ear tickled.He asked me, where did I get my face?Where did I get my head?“Gussy’s h...
Ancient Greeks believed the actions of the gods had a major impact on the world. They explained thunderstorms by saying Zeus was angry, they claimed gods shot them with arrows to make them fall in love, and they even blamed wars on the antics of the gods. They paid homage to the gods ...
History reveals that the idol Antiochus placed in the Temple—or “holy place”—was a statue of Zeus or Jupiter Olympus, the chief deity of pagan Hellenists of Greece and Macedonia. Volume Four of A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines makes this ...
From reader summonzeus: I am restricting my choice to birds that I have seen in the wild and my all time favorite is theWallcreeper[Tichodroma muraria] seen in the Tatry Mountains of Slovakia: From our own Greg Mayer, who chose theNumfor Paradise Kingfisher,Tanysiptera carolinae: ...
Interesting party, but they had a better time than I did. Hilariously, I had taken a selfie with them earlier in the night when we were all still BFFs. It was on a disposable camera, and that was one of the things they decided not to bother taking, so I still have the picture. ...
One reason you don't know anything about all this is that I did not allow Herder & Herder to publish Earth Read-Out in book form. They were eager but I said I wanted to know the number of sentient arboreal beings who would be screamingly sacrificed for the first edition. I wanted to...
Hi! First off, I am a huge fan of the Inheritance series, I really did enjoy that magic duality you put in. I like to think of it as the difference between Magic and Power. The thought of humans using rituals, blood, etc as a lever to move the big forces, while the gods simply...