Edda – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

Odhinn and Týr: war, law and magic in the Germanic tradition

Published on: April 29 2020 Last updated on: 10 September 2020 Written by: Federica Zigarelli Categorized into: Anthropology, Right, Esotericism, Mito, History of Religions

Notes on mythical sovereignty in the Germanic tradition: a comparison between the two divinities (Odhinn and Týr) assigned to the ambit, from the point of view of the "Indo-European functional tripartite division", of the so-called "First function" - in the light of the historical evidence emerging from Tacitus's “Germany” and of comparative studies (with the Vedic and Roman traditions) of the French historian of religions Georges Dumézil.

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Blood Metaphysics

Published on: March 18 2020 Last updated on: November 11, 2020 Written by: Robert Eusebius Categorized into: Anthropology, Christianity, Esotericism, folklore, Mito, History, History of Religions

Blood has always been considered, in the history of ideas, the vector of a powerful magical force and the vehicle of a complex and varied symbolism, starting with the rock paintings dating back to the Paleolithic to reach the three "book" religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism), passing through the cosmogonic myths of ancient traditions (Babylonian, Hindu, Norse, etc.), obviously without neglecting its use in traditional oriental medicine and its sacrificial value within ceremonial practices.

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Pinocchio in Scandinavia: the roots of the fable in the Kalevala and in the Edda

Published on: March 24 2019 Last updated on: November 24, 2020 Written by: Pier Vittorio Formichetti Categorized into: folklore, Italian Literature, Mito

Everyone knows "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by the Florentine writer Carlo Collodi; but many are unaware that he used archetypes, episodes and scenes to write him drawn from the legendary and fabulous heritage of Northern Europe.

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Fairies, witches and goddesses: "subtle nourishment" and "bone renewal"

Published on: March 20 2019 Last updated on: 14 September 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Esotericism, folklore, Mito, Shamanism, History of Religions

An analysis of some beliefs concerning the "subtle nourishment" of witches and fairy beings will lead us to the discovery of a recurring mythology through the millennia, from the archaic times of the shamanic cultures of hunters to the era of inquisitorial processes: that of the so-called "renewal of the bones ".

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