As children, our imaginations were fueled by fantastic sea voyages, intrepid heroes and heroines, gods and goddesses, and magical stories from the past. These stories have helped shape our lives and beliefs and, in many cases, taught us life lessons. The Mythological Corridor is a labrinth dedicated to all things of myth and legend. Don't forget to pick up your ball of string before you enter! Below, you will find brief intros to each posting.
~ Brief Intros to Current Postings ~
Mythology and Symbolism in Middle Eastern Dance by Andrea Deagon, Ph.D.
(The Keynote Speech for the First International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance, May 1997)
We have come to this conference as practitioners of a dance form which has existed for millennia, and in diverse cultures, as a meeting place for timeless truths and individual expression. This is the solo improvisational dance that arises from the feminine principle. This form of dance has taken on a particular artistry and profundity in its Middle Eastern manifestation. In recent years, the dance of the Middle East has emerged as a living, breathing art amongst practitioners in many parts of the world, from Japan to Germany to the United States. Read More . . .
Lesser-Known Gods, Demi-Gods, and Goddesses (for fun) by Unknown Author
Listed below is a selected list of many of the lesser-known gods and demi-gods of Greece that have apparently been ignored or forgotten by historians for various and sundry reasons. Some of these gods were obviously important and useful in everyday life habits, others apparently had no redeeming value whatsoever, but somehow achieved god- or goddesshood. Read More . . .
Sexson's Mythology by Barbara Quanbeck
It was many and many a week ago,
In Wilson eleven fourteen,
That a professor there stood whom you may know
By the name Sexson known was he;-
And this prof he lived with no other thought
Than to avow true lies of mythology. Read More . . .
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