The mythical figure of Sarah should be thought of in the same way as folk beliefs about fairies. The Black Sarah One is what folklore calls a “Saracen,” which is not an Arab woman but a Cthonian, fairy-like creature similar to those who live in fountains, springs, forests, caves, and other underground places that are … Read more
The dark season is the best time to start learning about the stories and rituals of the Middle Ages. On the edge of winter, the big mythical figures of both medieval Christianity and paganism start to take shape. We will look at this kind of thought in two ways: in the form of hagiography and … Read more
At 5:30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, something important happened in Alamogordo, New Mexico. At the White Sands Missile Range, which was called the White Sands Proving Ground at the time, there was a harmless stretch of desert. But that same stretch of desert wasn’t always going to be safe. Today, it’s a real piece … Read more
In the last, most memorable scenes of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, an award-winning movie from 1977 directed by Steven Spielberg, a huge spaceship lands on Earth in a remote place, where humans and aliens meet in just about the most direct way possible. This is how the movie got its name. Even though … Read more
Without a doubt, the Ark of the Covenant is one of the most important objects in history. In the Old Testament, there are stories about well-known and revered objects. It’s also one of the Bible’s most mysterious objects. In fact, both the Ark and the story about it are so mysterious that many different ideas … Read more
Shambhala is a mythical paradise. The word “Shambhala” comes from the Sanskrit language and means “place of peace” or “place of silence.” It is mentioned in ancient texts like the Kalachakra Tantra and the ancient scriptures of the Zhang Zhung culture, which lived in western Tibet before Tibetan Buddhism. Legend has it that only people … Read more
The fullest existing text of the Gilgamesh epic is on 12 unfinished Akkadian-language tablets discovered in the library of Assyrian monarch Ashurbanipal (reigned 668–627 BCE) at Nineveh in the mid-19th century by Turkish Assyriologist Hormuzd Rassam. Various fragments discovered elsewhere in Mesopotamia and Anatolia have partially filled the gaps in the tablets. In addition, five … Read more
The Epic of Gilgamesh has piqued Christians’ curiosity since its discovery in the ruins of Nineveh’s great library in the mid-nineteenth century, with its account of a universal flood that bears striking similarities to Noah’s Flood. The rest of the Epic, which may date from the third millennium B.C., is largely irrelevant to Christians because … Read more
Unidentified ancient aircraft have been discovered all throughout the world, particularly in locations where large civilizations formerly thrived. There is indisputable physical proof of alien intervention throughout human history. Ancient Astronaut Theory aims to explain alien involvement in the past, particularly in countries like India (Vimanas), Egypt, and Mesoamerica, through Ancient Aircraft and alleged landing … Read more
The Atrahasis is an Akkadian/Babylonian epic about the gods sending the Great Flood to wipe out humanity. Only Atrahasis (whose name means “very wise”) was informed of the impending flood by the god Enki (also known as Ea), who told him to build an ark to preserve himself. Atrahasis heeded the god’s directions, loading two … Read more