Dr. Joe: Be Not Afraid of Ogres!
Prince Five Weapons Faces an Ogre: “Ogre, why should I be afraid? for in one life one death is absolutely certain. What’s more, I have in my belly a thunderbolt for weapon. If you eat me, you will not be able to digest that weapon. It will tear your insides into tatters a
Read MoreMyth 101: The Duende
From out of the alchemically green-gold valleys and hillsides of Andalusia, Spain, comes the myth and aesthetic experience of the duende. From “duen de casa” or, Master of the House, the duende is reminiscent of the Trickster, said to bring havoc and interruption when the home is upen
Read MoreMyth 101 – The Tanagran Triton
Tanagran Triton – a sea-monster with the upper body of a man and a fishtail. A solitary creature with an appetite it is said to have red eyes, scaly fish skin, and vicious sharp teeth. Pausanias recounted the legend that “the women of Tanagra before the orgies of Dionysos
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