Sylvia Rose
Amazons - Warrior Women History & Myth
Amazons are warrior women first attested in the Bronze Age. They participate in the legendary Trojan War and colonize regions of the...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 126 min read
Stymphalian Birds & Greek Heroics
The Stymphalian birds are vicious flesh-eating birds in Greek mythology. They're believed to originate from the swamps of Stymphalia in...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 125 min read
Pontic Mountains: the Black Sea Alps
The Pontic Mountains curve around the southeast coast of the Black Sea in Turkey and the country of Georgia. For millennia they provide...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 117 min read
Colchis - Bronze Age on the Black Sea
Colchis is a Bronze Age kingdom on the the Black Sea famous as the destination of Jason and the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 116 min read
Bosporus: Black Sea Nature & Greek Myth
The Bosporus Strait has seen human footprints from Paleolithic times. As the only feed into the Black Sea from the Mediterranean, the...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 106 min read
Perchta, Bright One: German Goddess
Perchta lives in a well in southern Germany. She teaches humans how to spin flax into linen. Often represented as a hag, Perchta is also...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 96 min read
Alp or Alps: Elves & Alpine Mountains
In German Alp can refer to an Elf or a mountain. An antiquated term, Alp for Elf drops out of common vocabulary in the Middle Ages and...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 86 min read
Sträggele: Witch Hag of the Wild Hunt
Sträggele is the wife of the Dread Huntsman, der Türst of Lucerne canton in Switzerland. In Lucerne the huntsman, Sträggele and their...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 88 min read
Chamois - Alpine Wild Nature & Lore
Chamois are among the most popular prey animals since the rise of Homo erectus two million years ago. In folklore, chamois in Tyrol are...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 74 min read
Fänggen (Fangga): Man-Eaters of Tyrol
Fänggen are fearsome female tree spirits who dwell in the alpine forests of Tyrol, Austria, between Germany and Italy. Giants as big as...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 77 min read
Black Sea: Stone Age & Early History
The Black Sea coasts are occupied by Paleolithic people, later Bronze Age mountain raiders and a few centuries afterward, Ionian Greeks...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 66 min read
Sinope: Poison, Honey, Greeks & Clay
Sinope on the Black Sea is historically founded by the Greeks. Ionian migrants settle on the isthmus of İnce Burun c. 630 BCE. It's the...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 66 min read
Mad Honey - What's the Buzz?
Mad honey comes from a group of plant-produced neurotoxins named after Leucothoe grayana, a plant native to Japan. Grayanotoxins can...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 51 min read
Hematite: Iron Oxide Red Earth Pigment Link
This post has been update and moved here . Thanks! "Hematite" comes from the ancient Greek for blood. The stone creates red dust when cut...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 56 min read
Ancient Grains: Wheat, Barley, Millet, Rice
Wheat, barley, millet and rice are the four ancient grains, going back to the Neolithic agrarian revolution c. 10,000 BCE. Ancient grains...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 44 min read
Yahweh: Warrior Origins, Name & Lore
Yahweh is the God of the Israelites in ancient Levant. In the Book of Exodus he reveals his Hebrew name, YHWH, to Moses. The origins of...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 45 min read
Mugwort (Wormwood) Herbal Lore
Mugworts are used in folk medicine of India, China, Europe, America and other regions. A member of the Artemisia genus, mugwort is also...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 39 min read
Germany: A Little 19th Century History
To understand the mindset of 19th century Victorian Germany, it's good to have a little background history. Backtrack to 1806, when the...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 24 min read
Klagefrau: Wailing Woman of German Folklore
Klagfrau or Klagefrau is the Wailing Woman of German folklore. To hear her is an omen of death or disaster. She goes by many names but...
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Sylvia Rose
Apr 24 min read
Klabautermann - Germanic Sea Kobold
Klabautermann is a water kobold of the Baltic and North Seas. He's one of the noisy spirits, who can scream like the wind. In general he...
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