Sylvia Rose
Cleopatra the Alchemist of Alexandria
Cleopatra the Alchemist is an intriguing figure in the hazy history of science and magic. She works and writes in the 3rd or 4th...
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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
Sep 9, 20236 min read
Great Women Artists - Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz (1867 - 1945) is a stellar German artist. A doctor's wife among the less privileged of society, she works with her husband...
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Sylvia Rose
Aug 1, 20234 min read
Great 19th Century German Woman Artists
Women artists of the late nineteenth century include Elisabet Ney, Anna Peters and Dora Hitz. In the youthful German Empire women's...
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Sylvia Rose
Jul 13, 20234 min read
Four Early German Inventions We Still Love Today
Coffee filters, gummi bears, guide dog school and refrigeration are among the German inventions of the 19th and early 20th centuries,...
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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 22, 20232 min read
Aufhöcker - Cursed Undead of German Myth
When traveling through realms of German mythology and folklore, it's wise to avoid these deadly hitchhikers. The Aufhocker (pl...
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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 9, 20234 min read
19th Century: Home Gym, Bicycles, Antiseptic
The home gym, antiseptic, bicycles and Bunsen burners all emerge in the 19th century . European engineers, scientists, physicians and...
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Sylvia Rose
May 17, 20233 min read
3 Great German Artists for Art Lovers
Here are three amazing German artists everyone should know. Franz Marc is a founder of German expressionism. Käthe Kollwitz depicts war...
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Sylvia Rose
May 12, 20232 min read
Nibelung - Stories of Heroes & Worms
Ancient Worms, Germany is central to the story of Germanic hero Siegfried and epic poem Nibelungenlied (Song of the Nibelungs). Prince...
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Sylvia Rose
May 8, 20234 min read
The Anxious Victorian - Mental Health
The Victorian era brings progress to Europe, but also problems. Increased pace of life leads to stress conditions such as neurasthenia ,...
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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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Sylvia Rose
Apr 18, 20232 min read
Lora Ley Adventures - Feast of Fools
Action, celebration and madness ensue as half-Nyx Lora and Wolf find themselves in the year 1148, the early Middle Ages of Germania....
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 17, 20233 min read
Wild Women and Winter Tales
December 25 marks the Feast of Frau Holle or Hulda in Germany. She's also celebrated at the Winter Solstice as a goddess of Light. Her...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 12, 20234 min read
Queen Eleanor & the Calamitous Crusade
The final novella of the Lora Ley - Winter Tales has a time travel twist and takes us to the Germania of 1148 AD. The Feast of Fools ...
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