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Ancient gods, elusive monsters, bad luck and roach eggs in envelope glue; what do all of these things have in common? All of them have a basis in stories that are part myth, part legend, and in some cases part truth.
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Saluting Magpies
SALUTING MAGPIES: Walking down the street, your morning routine is interrupted by a flash of black and white wings, settling down on the street in front of you is a largish blackbird with a few white…
A Black Cat Crossing Your Path
A BLACK CAT CROSSING YOUR PATH: It’s late and you are walking home at a brisk pace in an attempt to beat the oncoming storm. You are only a few streets from your destination when you spot a…
Do Birds Flying Into A Home Equate To Death?
DO BIRDS FLYING INTO A HOME EQUATE TO DEATH?: Birds have long thought to be associated with otherworldly powers- not other planetary but other worldly, as in the spirit world.…
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MNRagdoll
Re: Do Birds Flying Into A Home Equate To Death?
My mother (God rest her soul) told me the wives tale when I was young. Just before her death.a bird flew into our front living room window. She…
17 May @ 3:37 AM

SailingMyth
Re: Women on Board Ship - Bad Luck
I wonder when this superstition was founded and when it died out? I suggest it might well be that the distraction of women on board a ship was so…
16 May @ 6:02 PM

nicole
Re: Take up Arms with Ares, the Greek God of War
It was cool and I learned things I didn't know
16 May @ 4:14 PM

Kupcake
Re: Appreciating Aphrodite, the Greek Love Goddess
They really need to talk more about WHY APHRODITE WAS WORSHIPED. I searched everywhere and all people write about on the internet is the basic…
11 May @ 4:01 AM

baconlover07
Re: A Black Cat Crossing Your Path
Thank you for helping me with my speech I had to write a speech on a superstition and I chose the one about walking under a ladder and the origin…
18 April @ 12:47 AM

Anette
Re: Zeroing in on Zeus, Father of the Greek Gods
Such interesting reading! I suddenly got the urge to know more about the Greek gods after watching Wrath of the Gods.Thank you for putting up such…
10 April @ 7:21 AM

skittles
Re: Hercules, the Hero of the Greek Pantheon
what did he really look? like what did he do? how strong was he? and WHY?????? WHY IS NO BOADY LIKE THAT IN OUR TIME AT ALL
5 April @ 5:04 PM

chrissie
Re: Gold Finger Actress' Death from Paint
The skin still needs to be able to "breath" as it needs the to keep the body temperature constant if it over heats it begins to denature the…
14 November @ 2:13 PM

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