Is the eye of Venus herself? She emerged from the volcanic rock of Herculaneum, at the feet of Vesuvius, after a sleep of very close to two thousand years. Seventeen years before the well documented eruption of 79 CE, the Basilica at Herculaneum was almost entirely destroyed by an earthquake, and the Proconsul, Marcus Nonius …
I remember having to learn this sentence at school, it demonstrated a rule in Latin, a very important rule, one which I have completely forgotten. But let’s start with a quick explanation for the ones who weren’t force-fed Latin grammar in their childhood. Delenda Est Carthago, Carthage must be destroyed, or more exactly: “Ceterum censeo …
The Chinese excel in fable, similar to the tales of Aesop, with an underlying moral. Fables have enriched the Chinese language and the morals of these tales are still deemed relevant.
The tradition of playing games with a rubber ball existed throughout Mesoamerica well before the arrival of the Europeans. The Royal ball game of the Maya meant a lot more than bringing home a football trophy however, for the game often involved the blood of Kings.
Kalevala is a collage of poems put together some 160 years ago by scholar Elias Lönnrot. It contains several mythical worldviews, ancient myths, ideas adopted from Viking-age adventurers, Christian legends, rustic tales, ideas expressed by female lyric poets, and tradition passed on by wise women, witches and shamans.