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Jan
24
2008

Water Horse

by: Mu

The ancient Celts had an ambivalent attitude to the waters. Not only did the unpredictable sea, source of bountiful fish, swirl over the beasts and monsters lurking in the depths, but fresh water too was often hostile. From lakes, springs, and rivers emerged such fearsome entities as the Washer at the Ford, supernatural swans, dragons …

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Jan
24
2008

Minotaur

by: Mu

The story is of Ariadne. To speak of Ariadne is to speak of Theseus, and of the Minotaur. Her story tells of blood and betrayal, of broken trust and cowardly abandonment on the glittering island of Crete, land of the labyrinth.