Fear was their way of thinking, not escaping. The Greeks used myth to face what we now try to forget - that the real darkness isn’t outside us, but in how we relate to our own nature.
I love Greek mythology The story of the separation of earth and sky tweaks my mind My uneducated mind I have to read it over and over to comprehend the story but once it sinks in I love it.
Traditional Christian Religions and the new Born-Again Religions should decide where they want your article to be added to the Bible. It is excellent in explaining the differences of Christian holidays in the northern and southern hemisphere and in pre Christian times.
It is amazing for people from the northern hemisphere to visit the southern hemisphere in December, mid summer, and see cutouts of Santa Claus and his sleigh in department stores.
Even scarier for Halloween skeletons in their beautiful springtime.
Thanks for your excellent articles about Classical history..
So you obviously love your Greek Mythology; however, as you must know, Halloween (All Hallows' Eve) is derived from the Celtic festival of Samhain, when the distinction between the dead and the living is at its thinnest. Then the dead spirits can roam the Earth for a day. Of course, as usual, Christians took over the festival as they did with Easter and Yuletide to attract the natives (sounds a bit like Netflix), and they decided that the spirits would be sent back to the afterlife by declaring the 1st Nov "All Saints Day"
Fear was their way of thinking, not escaping. The Greeks used myth to face what we now try to forget - that the real darkness isn’t outside us, but in how we relate to our own nature.
I love Greek mythology The story of the separation of earth and sky tweaks my mind My uneducated mind I have to read it over and over to comprehend the story but once it sinks in I love it.
Traditional Christian Religions and the new Born-Again Religions should decide where they want your article to be added to the Bible. It is excellent in explaining the differences of Christian holidays in the northern and southern hemisphere and in pre Christian times.
It is amazing for people from the northern hemisphere to visit the southern hemisphere in December, mid summer, and see cutouts of Santa Claus and his sleigh in department stores.
Even scarier for Halloween skeletons in their beautiful springtime.
Thanks for your excellent articles about Classical history..
John Shanahan, website: allaboutenergy.net Denver, Colorado, USA
My fav monster is Medusa
So you obviously love your Greek Mythology; however, as you must know, Halloween (All Hallows' Eve) is derived from the Celtic festival of Samhain, when the distinction between the dead and the living is at its thinnest. Then the dead spirits can roam the Earth for a day. Of course, as usual, Christians took over the festival as they did with Easter and Yuletide to attract the natives (sounds a bit like Netflix), and they decided that the spirits would be sent back to the afterlife by declaring the 1st Nov "All Saints Day"