Sylvia Rose
Ouroboros Glyph: Snake Eating its Tail
A mythical serpent or dragon, ouroboros appears in literature and illustration from ancient Greece. Tales of ouroboros spread east, and...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 13, 20236 min read
Seven Metals of Antiquity - Metallurgy
The Metals of Antiquity are the seven metals identified and used by humans in Europe and the Middle East in prehistoric times. They are...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 13, 20236 min read
House Spirits of Germanic Mythology
House spirits such as Kobolds , domestic elves , gnomes and the earth hen are popular figures in Germanic myth and folklore. They have...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 11, 20234 min read
Belsnickel - German Yule Ghoul
Belsnickel comes from the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. Part of the spirit of the season, Belsnickel is male but often dresses...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 9, 20234 min read
Pagan Christmas Yule Fests: Frau Holle
The Festival of Frau Holle decks the halls from her Feast Day 25 Dec to the 5-6th of January. An ancient German goddess, Frau Holle...
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Sylvia Rose
Oct 6, 20237 min read
Little Elder Tree Mother: A Fairy Tale
The Little Elder Tree Mother is an 1845 Danish fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It's also known as The Elderbush. The Elder Tree...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 28, 20237 min read
Hags in Germanic Myth & Folklore
Hags in folklore are old women associated with magic. They can be witches, demons, queens, crones or nature spirits, kindly or hateful....
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 25, 20235 min read
Fairy Rings, Magic and Mushrooms
Fairy rings are circles or semi-circles of wild mushrooms. They can appear overnight like magic and are part of the mystical world of...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 19, 20234 min read
Caraway Spice - Herbology & Folklore
Caraway (Carum carvi) is a cooking and medicinal herb with a pungent anise taste, known for its strong spicy fruits, called seeds. It's...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 11, 20236 min read
Alchemist Dippel: the Frankenstein Files
Notorious alchemist Dippel appears in German history and science in the 17th century. Achieving moderate success with Dippel's Animal...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 10, 20234 min read
German Myth & Folklore: Moss People
Moss people inhabit deep forests, trees, ancient rocks and rills. Nature spirits of German mythology, they can appear in various forms...
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Sylvia Rose
Sep 8, 20235 min read
Elves & the Shoemaker - A Fairy Tale
A poor shoemaker named Karl and his wife Frieda live above their shoe shop, near a small village. Hardship comes upon them. The shoemaker...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 24, 20236 min read
Victorian Trends: Sailor Suits to Taxidermy
Trends in natural health, exercise, pets, fashion, the occult, mourning and taxidermy span the nineteenth century. On the British throne,...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 28, 20238 min read
Animal Spirits - Frog, Cat, Bull
Ancient people of Europe including the Germanic tribes were close to nature in all its forms. In shamanic tradition, animal spirits can...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 17, 20233 min read
Maiden & The Lindwyrm: A Fairy Tale
The Maiden and the Lindwyrm is a 19th century fairy tale from Denmark. The Lindwyrm appears throughout Germanic mythology. Lindwyrm is...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 16, 20234 min read
Animal Spirits - Puma, Butterfly, Dog
Within the shamanic bestiary countless animal spirits and totems arise. An ancestor of the Puma once roamed the fertile valleys and...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 11, 20238 min read
Nature Spirits of German Mythology
Pagan nature deities are the core of German myth and folklore . To ancient Germans, spirits reside in all natural things, not only trees,...
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Sylvia Rose
Jun 8, 20237 min read
Animal Spirits - Bear, Stag & Eagle
Pagan peoples follow a tradition of nature reverence still active in parts of Europe. Spirits live in trees, water, sunlight, wind....
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Sylvia Rose
May 7, 20234 min read
Frau Holle - A German Fairy Tale
A mother, her daughter Hilda and stepdaughter Elsa live in a house in the woods. Elsa does all the work as the other two are lazy, but...
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Sylvia Rose
May 3, 20234 min read
Wiedergänger - the German Undead
Wiedergänger are Undead who cannot rest. They're hideous vampires who curse their families from beyond the grave; ravaging werewolves,...
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