Indigenous Land
Supernatural figures highlight the spiritual complexity of the Amazon
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Archaeologists explored a colossal rock in the Colombian Amazon with 3,200 ochre paintings, revealing ancient mythology and intricate human-nature relationships.
Culture
Banish demons and slay your enemies… with parsley
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Whatever you think of the taste and its position in the culinary hierarchy, parsley’s role in folklore and magic is significantly more dramatic, bringing together life, death, love, and demons like the very best of operatic metal albums.
News
Pagan Community Notes: Week of August 15, 2024
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Stonehenge Altar Stone from Scotland according to new “jaw-dropping” research, ECER issues a statement to recognize national shrines, a goddess figurine found in Italy, and more events.
News
National Black Cat Appreciation Day: It still matters
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Black cats face lower adoption rates and higher euthanasia rates despite their abundance and even potential disease resistance. Prejudice against them remains strong, leading to frequent neglect and mistreatment. Black Cat Appreciation Day hopes to stop that bias.
Europe
Study suggests Viking Age Denmark and Norway had distinct relationships to violence
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A new study uses skeletal trauma, grave goods, runestones, and infrastructure to argue that Viking Age Denmark and Norway had markedly different relationships to interpersonal violence.