Horse – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

The cosmological meaning of the laughter of the gods: on the myth of Baubò and its surroundings

Published on: May 11, 2021 Last updated on: May 11, 2021 Written by: Andrew Casella Categorized into: Astrotheology, Esotericism, Mito, History of Religions

Emerging from every corner of the globe, the mythology of divine laughter hides an ancestral and terrible secret. Why should we make the worried gods laugh? From Demeter to Amaterasu, the answer points once again to time and cosmic palingenesis.

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Buffalo sacrifice and megalithic funerary cults in Sulawesi and Southeast Asia

Published on: July 7 2019 Last updated on: April 25 2023 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Archeology, Atlas, folklore, Megalithism, Photo reportage, History of Religions

From the analysis of the Indonesian funerary rites (Sulawesi and Sumba), and more generally in Southeast Asia, a conceptual plot emerges including the erection of megaliths, the ritual sacrifice of the water buffalo (psychopomp animal par excellence), the cult of the Ancestors and its link with the fertility of rice fields. Let us try to understand how such different symbolic areas have harmonized with each other over the millennia.

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Kasenian Réak: the Sundanese horse dance between artistic performance and ceremonial possession (II)

Published on: May 21, 2019 Last updated on: November 10, 2020 Written by: Luigi Monteanni Categorized into: Anthropology, Atlas, folklore, Photo reportage, History of Religions

Luigi Monteanni spent a year in Indonesia to study the Kasenian Réak, the traditional Sundanese horse dance, during which the participants in the ritual are possessed by spirits. What…

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Kasenian Réak: the Sundanese horse dance between artistic performance and ceremonial possession (I)

Published on: May 17, 2019 Last updated on: November 10, 2020 Written by: Luigi Monteanni Categorized into: Anthropology, Atlas, folklore, Photo reportage, History of Religions

Luigi Monteanni spent a year in Indonesia to study Kasenian Réak, the traditional Sundanese horse dance, during which the participants in the ritual are possessed by spirits. What we propose in two episodes is a full-bodied extract from his master's degree thesis born from this experience.

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Turan, the land of wolves

Published on: 29 September 2018 Last updated on: December 2 2020 Written by: Daniel Perra Categorized into: Anthropology, folklore, Islam, Mito, History, History of Religions

Journey to discover the founding myths of the warrior and deeply religious nature of the people who over the centuries have traveled, occupied and inhabited the vast geographical area of Turan.

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Cimmerians, Scythians and Sarmatians: the Iranian peoples of ancient Eurasia

Published on: March 10 2018 Last updated on: March 11 2018 Written by: Alfonso Piscitelli Categorized into: Anthropology, Mito, History, History of Religions

Journey to discover the ancient Indo-European populations of warrior knights who occupied, during the Iron Age, the vast territory between Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the steppes of Central Asia

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Emerging from every corner of the globe, the mythology of divine laughter hides an ancestral and terrible secret. Why should we make the worried gods laugh? From Demeter to Amaterasu, the answer points once again to time and cosmic palingenesis.

Luigi Monteanni spent a year in Indonesia to study Kasenian Réak, the traditional Sundanese horse dance, during which the participants in the ritual are possessed by spirits. What we propose in two episodes is a full-bodied extract from his master's degree thesis born from this experience.

Journey to discover the founding myths of the warrior and deeply religious nature of the people who over the centuries have traveled, occupied and inhabited the vast geographical area of ​​Turan.

Journey to discover the ancient Indo-European populations of warrior knights who occupied, during the Iron Age, the vast territory between Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and the steppes of Central Asia

Journey to discover the founding myths of the warrior and deeply religious nature of the people who over the centuries have traveled, occupied and inhabited the vast geographical area of Turan.