#mythologyblr

[meruism]

The myth of why we have rain

Bes, the goddess of water, peace and forgiveness, is married to Fri, god of fire and passion and anger. They walk the Earth separately, and cannot meet on Earth, but only in Linya, the living place of the Deus (gods) when they’re not on Earth. While they’re on Earth, as they are fire and water, they cannot mix. 

This saddens Bes, who cries, leading to rain.  This also leads to wildfires, as Fri grows angry at not being able to hold his love on Earth. 

[lovel-y]

23.03.19

“tell me Atlas,

which is heavier

the world

or it’s people’s hearts”

your mythology obsessed gal strikes again

The Golden Book of Mythologies by Thomas Bulfinch just arrived. I bought it thinking it was all greek myth and had a good suprise to read that he talks about norse and a little celtic in the end 😁💛

Also, look at this beautiful Renoir bookmark that came with the book.

[oupacademic]

Flight has entranced and inspired humans since the dawn of time. From Daedalus to the Wright Brothers, people have continuously attempted to replicate the gravity-defying locomotion of flying creatures – sometimes with disastrous results. But just how do flying animals manage this extraordinary form of travel?

Insects, birds and bats achieve flight by oscillating their wings to produce lift. This lift supports the animal’s weight as well as producing thrust to overcome drag on the animal’s wings and body. This is essentially the function of the propellers and the wings of an aeroplane, combined!

The ability to generate lift depends on either the wings’ surface area or changing a wing’s angle of attack. Changes in wing area occur during each phase of a wing beat cycle. The wing beat cycle is divided into two phases: downstroke and upstroke. In vertebrates, the downstroke typically produces most of the weight support and thrust required for flight. During the downstroke the wing is usually fully extended to maximize wing area, for lift. Flight requires a lot of power, and as a result the flight muscles of vertebrates and insects are among some of the strongest muscles relative to the size of the animal in the animal kingdom.

Image credit: ‘La caída de Ícaro, óleo sobre lienzo’ by Jacob Peter Gowy. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

[floralcris]

Late night mythology review.

[itonje]

arthurianblr is more fun than greek mythologyblr because on that whenever i refer to achilles being gay in a post in an offhanded way i have to add on fifteen disclaimers about how sexuality was viewed different in the ancient world and there was no such thing as ‘gay’ or ‘straight’ and that i’m referring to a character/person as gay in a more offhanded casual way but i can make a post that just says ‘lancelot transgender’ completely seriously with no context and all my beloved mutuals and followers will leave a like or reblog like an italian-american family greeting their aging patriarch with a kiss on the cheek 

[meruism]

Creation myth

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oEpj6g4JS0Z85Ja3tU-W8Z32Rh7NwyZzbD1XkWA0sgU/edit?usp=sharing

[daebakbea]

While writing my novel, when I get resting hours, I’ll post a little about brasilian’s myths.

I’ll post about the native Indian mythology; the orixás of the candomblé and umbanda; the cultural mix myths and modern legends.