Bevan ThomasSep 12, 2024

In Welsh legends, Peredur (Percival) is the most Christian of King Arthur's knights. He once battled a man in rusty armour who rode a bony horse and came from under a stone slab. It's implied that this stone slab is some ancient tomb, making this man some kind of pagan undead.

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The Godyssey PodcastAug 15, 2024

Labor Gabala Erenn, the Taking of Ireland, is the tale of six generations, six groups who come to Ireland for a new beginning, and how they all but the last lost the land: the last are the Milesians, or the Gaels: the modern Irish. #ThursdayTrails

đŸ–Œ: J. FitzPatrick

Bevan ThomasJul 25, 2024

The strix is a bird of ill omen in Italian folklore (often linked to owls). According to Ovid, the strix would drink babies' blood, but Pliny claimed it would instead feed babies its own foul milk. In later stories, the strix was sometimes a witch in bird form.

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The Godyssey PodcastJul 25, 2024
For a sign of the future, look to the birds: since at least the time of the Hittites, omen and divination have looked at the flight patterns of birds for a sense of what's to come. This art, called ornithomancy, was popularized by Roman augurs. #ThursdayTrails
The Godyssey PodcastJul 25, 2024
For a sign of the future, look to the birds: since at least the time of the Hittites, omen and divination have looked at the flight patterns of birds for a sense of what's to come. This art, called ornithomancy, was popularized by Roman augurs. #ThursdayTrails
The Godyssey PodcastJul 25, 2024
When his sacred chickens refused to eat, thus giving him a bad omen for an upcoming battle, Roman general Publius Claudius Pulcher had them thrown into the sea. The Roman fleet was immediately devastated in the Battle of Drepana against Carthage. #ThursdayTrails