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The Underworld in the Basque Mythology

Geplaatst op 1 november, 2014 door Alder

The concept of the Underworld is to be found in many cultures and their myths. In Basque mythology it is believed that there are vast regions inside the earth, where rivers of milk flow; but they are unreachable for men as long as they live on the surface. Lees verder →

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The Underworld

Geplaatst op 1 november, 2014 door Morgana

Hallowe’en is the turning point, the ‘bringing back to the essence’, at which we celebrate the dying of the old year and the conception of the new year, or the reaffirmation of life. It involves the descent into the Underworld. In virtually all the mythologies there is an underworld, a place in which we are often judged and purified and after a period of rest, resurrected. Lees verder →

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