Why Did Orpheus Look Back?
Before we begin, I wanted to say in advance that this post is going to be different than my older posts were. I am going to be looking at material …
A site for the Esoteric and the Historian
Before we begin, I wanted to say in advance that this post is going to be different than my older posts were. I am going to be looking at material …
In Greek mythology there are numerous deities who are larger than life. Often bearing witness to such events, especially in the case of when a God or Goddess is expressing …
Hekate, What She Controls And Her Liminality In the religion of the ancient Greeks, there is a deity by the name of Hekate (also spelled Hecate). She is a deity …
How Hades Got The Underworld At the end of the Titanomachy, the three sons of Cronus drew lots to see who would get the each realm to rule over. Zeus …
Who Are Zeus’s Parents? Zeus is the king of the cosmos and the ruler of the Olympian Gods, but he was not always in this position. Even Zeus, as incredible …
Zagreus and Dionysus Zagreus and Dionysus are the same deity, under two different names. Zagreus was his original name given to him by his original mother, Persephone. The reason why …
The Two Births Dionysus was actually born twice. First, he was born as Zagreus and he was the son of Zeus and Persephone. However, he was torn apart by Titans …