I generally post my poetry and writing on another website or here in my eirelass journal but since I posted something here about the Temple of Artemis I thought it would be appropriate to post this poem here...besides I wrote it and I can post my writings at any of these locations I want to...so there ( Read more... )

The Valkyrie…just a little tidbit ( Read more... )

Where did the story of Atlantis begin? It began with two dialogues by Plato, Timaeus and Critias and they are the only known written records that refer to Atlantis. Many people hold absolutely no faith in the accounts of Plato’s reference to Atlantis as anything but fiction and simply a creation of Plato’s imagination. (They would probably say ( Read more... )

To me if someone wants to understand and appreciate great literature then some knowledge of mythology is necessary and Bullfinch’s Mythology is a decent book for that purpose. It may not be the most in depth book of mythology since it leaves a little to be desired in the section on Eastern Mythology. Overall it is a wonderful reference book and a ( Read more... )

In the beginning there was no earth or heaven, no sand nor sea nor cooling waves. There was only Ginnungagap, a great void. In the north there was Nilfheim, and from Nilfheim's spring flowed eleven rivers, known as Elivagar. As the rivers flowed south, they cooled and hardened into ice. In the south, there was the world of Muspelheim, a fiery world ( Read more... )

It is said that The Sidhe are generally benign, unless angered by a foolish mortal. They are known as The People of the Mounds, The Lordly Ones, and The Good People. They were descended from the Tuatha de Danann who settled Ireland millennia ago. The Sidhe were driven underground after losing a great war. They retreated to a different dimension of ( Read more... )

The Unicorn ( Read more... )