Similarly, our Goddess had a sacred cow that suckled a king, the same as Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt. India and many other cultures revere the cow as a symbol of nurturing. In fact, up until the ...

St. Brigid's Day, celebrated on February 1st, honors both the Christian saint and the ancient Celtic goddess Brigid. It marks ...

“The gods are in fact the most powerful work of art created by the Greeks,” wrote Ken Dowden ... According to Hamilton, he shows up more often in Greek mythology than any other god. As goddess of the ...

The non-Christian carvings include figures of a horse and an Earth Goddess known as a Sheila-na-gig, which are believed to be Pagan symbols for fertility. Other carvings similar to those in the ...

All of this points to discontinuity in continuity. It is wrong to assert that there has been no discontinuity between the worship of pagan goddesses and Mary. Catholic theology never predicated Mary ...

The second book of Kings describes Hezekiah’s suppression of pagan places of worship, or “high places.” It outlines how he “removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones” and “did ...

The Halsted A&A Foundation has acquired a 1st-century Roman statue of the ancient Greek goddess Athena ... beginning 25 January at the Chicago art space Wrightwood 659. Before it became Halsted ...

Bunny reminds us of another magical gift-bearer; he's a bit like Santa Claus: a benevolent bearer of gifts for good children and a star of posed holiday pictures (sometimes including crying children!) ...

In fact our nation is named after the Goddess Ériu. Brigid the pre-Celtic pagan Goddess and the Christian Saint appear to have morphed into each other over the centuries. In the legends of Brigid ...