The Greek government is working to have the Minoan sites in Crete included as a UNESCO World Heritage site. They submitted their application earlier this year and just had a site visit.
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I bought the TikTok Cheetos tarot deck – and it’s surprisingly good
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My “For You Page,” or FYP, on TikTok had recommended a filter that generates a tarot card featuring the sunglasses-wearing mascot for Cheetos snacks, Chester Cheetah. I smashed the filter button so hard that I cracked a nail.
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Classics of Pagan Cinema: Dancing at Lughnasa
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“Pagan nonsense, celebrating the feast of Lughnasadh. This is the month of August. The feast of our lady’s assumption into heaven.” Meg Elison returns with a review of the 1998 Irish-American film “Dancing at Lughnasa,” which juxtaposes Catholic misery and Pagan joy.
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Hellenic Pagans & Polytheists React to the Olympics Opening Ceremony controversy
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Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics was wild and sparked Christian outrage over a scene that had nothing to do with Christianity, but did have to do with Paganism and portrayals of deities.
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New exhibit explores Viking Age women’s role as sorcerers and prophets
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A new exhibition at Denmark’s National Museum uses the figure of the völva, a female oracle and sorcerer, to explore how pre-Christian Scandinavians thought of time, religion, and destiny.
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Reseña de Libro: Cryptids, Creatures & Critters, by Rachel Quinney
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Soy un fanático nato de la fantasía. Si llevan esa misma fantasía, cosas que deberían ser imposibles, a la vida real, caigo enamorado. Tengo esta fascinación por las criaturas imposibles. Algunos los llaman críptidos, otros monstruos, otros simplemente figuras y personajes del folclore y la mitología. Yo los llamo cultura. Por eso decidí darle una oportunidad a echarle el guante a Cryptids, Creatures & Critters: A Manual of Monsters & Mythos from Around the World, por Rachel Quinney.