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Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Today, two ancient scientists, Eratosthenes Of Cyrene and Posidonius of Rhodes are famous for their attempts to calculate the circumference of the Earth. As previously mentioned on Ancient Pages, these two ancient scholars did a very good
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Aesir were warlike gods who lived in total separation from the Vanir, the gods of fertility. The Aesir lived in Asgard, and the Vanir, who existed long before the first Aesir gods appeared, lived
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The Norse creation myth in the Poetic Edda tells how the gods were born and how the earth was created. It is said that there was nothing, only an empty void without any existence at
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – In ancient Egypt, where religion was an important part of daily life, everything focused on pleasing the gods. Certain gods, such as Bes and Tawaret, who protected ordinary people in their daily lives, were worshiped privately
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Fenrir (the Wolf) is the oldest of three terrible children of Loki, according to the literary works Poetic Edda (the Icelandic medieval manuscript known as the Codex Regius), Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda, and Heimskringla. The god
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Völuspá, the first poem in the Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda, is one of the most outstanding literary achievements in the Norse world. Left: God Odin meets the Völva – Credit: Illustration by
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One of the fearsome offspring of the cunning god Loki is Hel, a towering giantess and goddess of death. She reigns over Niflheim, a shadowy realm where the dead reside, hidden among the Nine Worlds
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Askeladden (in English: ‘Ash Lad’) is a charming, the youngest of all brothers, and the least resourceful figure from ancient mythological beliefs. When we hear that someone is ‘least resourceful,’ we immediately think of an
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – An influential Viking chief had many enemies lurking everywhere. To stay in power, he had to be protected. A hird consisted of hired professional warriors who guaranteed their leader’s safety day and night. They were
Thalia Lightbringer – AncientPages.com – The Cherokee have many wonderful legends. Some of the most interesting stories involve people who looked just like normal Cherokee but were apparently supernatural beings called the Nunnehi (Nunne’hi). They were not nature spirits or
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The history of ancient Egypt may sometimes seem very distant, but people living thousands of years ago had many problems and feelings that trouble us today. During the Fifth Dynasty (2,500 B.C. – 2,350 B.C), Egyptian
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Like in any other ancient society, Norse people had to follow laws and rules, but there were often disputes, and sometimes people decided it was better to solve a matter through a challenge. It was
Thalia Lightbringer – AncientPages.com – Many people recognize the Seal of Solomon or Star of David, and may have some vague idea of what it might mean. Some may think of it alternatively as like a pentagram and associate it with
Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – The Hopi await the return of Pahana, their lost white brother, who will come back dressed in red and bring with him a missing section of a sacred Hopi tablet. Pahana will come from the
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Frey is one of the most important gods of Norse mythology. Frey and his twin sister, Freya, are the most famous members of the Vanir tribe. When the war between the Aesir and Vanir finally
Thalia Lightbringer – AncientPages.com – You’ve heard of the da Vinci code, but what about the Michelangelo Code? Did this famous artist encode subversive messages in the work he did for the Church? Does the Sistine Chapel relate something other than the
