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Aug 02

The hero archetype and Lugh

Museum of Anatolian Civilizations Çatalhöyük Leopard reliefs all in 2019 01

At its core the “hero” is the figure who steps out of ordinary society, confronts chaos or a monster, and returns (or dies) having secured order for the group. In Jungian and comparative-myth terms it sits in the “warrior-champion” slot of the collective story-board; evolutionists would say it crystallises the survival value of decisive coalition leadership in small bands.

Anciens Arsenaux Neolithic Settlement, Sion – Switzerland

Upper Rhone Valley

Sion lies midway along the upper Rhône Valley, an east‑west trench gouged by repeated Pleistocene glaciers and now flanked by the Pennine and Bernese Alps. The settlement area sits on the alluvial fan of the Sionne torrent, a cone of well‑sorted sands and gravels that projects onto the wider Rhône flood‑plain. 

Mar 27

Were Thornborough Henges built by giants?

I’ve started to realise there are an awful lot of myths involving giants in Yorkshire, and in the rest of Britain, regarding monument having been built by giants

Jan 24

Briefing – The Myth of Breogán and the Tower of Heracles

Statue of Breogans at a Coruna

Breogán is a legendary figure in Galician mythology and is regarded as the founder of the Galician people. The myth of Breogán is part of the ancient Celtic tradition, and while the details of his story vary across sources, he is universally seen as a key figure in the mythological ancestry of the Galicians.

Dundon Hill Fort

Dundon Hill from Lollover Hill

Dundon Hill rises as a freestanding limestone knoll above King’s Sedgemoor near Compton Dundon in central Somerset. A single earth-and-stone rampart, now anywhere between half a metre and a couple of metres high, encloses roughly five hectares on the summit.

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