Africa
Excavations uncover new images of Isis-Aphrodite and Harpocrates
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Two recent excavations in Egypt have uncovered new terracotta figures of several Egyptian deities, including Isis, Isis-Aphrodite, and Harpocrates, the god of silence.
Arts & Culture
“A song is Pagan when we use it in a Pagan way”: Danica Boyce on folk songs and ritual
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Eric O. Scott continues his conversation with Danica Boyce, host of the Fair Folk Podcast, about her research into folk song and tradition for her new course on Pagan ritual music.
Arts & Culture
“Paganism never stopped existing and continues to exist”: Danica Boyce’s anticolonial folklore
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott sits down for a wide-ranging interview with Danica Boyce, host of the Fair Folk Podcast. In the first half of the conversation, Boyce discusses seasonal folklore, how Indigenous education influenced her Paganism, and a new vision for how to incorporate traditional knowledge into modern Paganism.
Arts & Culture
The Best of the Weekend Section, 2023
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Weekend Editor Eric O. Scott reviews the best of the weekend section from 2023’s offerings in The Wild Hunt, including the most popular article of the year, Meg Elison’s “Barbie is the new Inanna.”
Arts & Culture
British Museum and British Petroleum are bedfellows again
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The British Museum has announced a new £50 million partnership with the oil company BP after an apparent break between the two institutions earlier this year.