Making myths
Alligators in the sewer, the serial killer in the room upstairs, insects in the beehive hairdo, and the vanishing hitchhiker. These are among the urban myths identified by Jan Brunvand … Continue reading
Life, transmuted
The 2009 BBC series narrated by David Attenborough is called Life. It seemed that ‘life’ meant plant and animal life to the makers of the program. So where does that … Continue reading
Ariadne’s thread
This is an exploration of the myth of Ariadne, daughter of King Minos of Crete. Yet I have to proceed in the same way as Tristram Shandy did. He wrote … Continue reading
The Myth of Atlantis
Recently I watched an episode in National Geographic’s Is It Real? series, about Atlantis. Two pseudoscientists were interviewed, one who believed that the people of Atlantis were extra terrestrials who … Continue reading
Local heroes
Ned Kelly by Chris Rawlins It seems like every culture has its heroes. They represent qualities each culture values. A look at some heroic figures reveals the values are not … Continue reading
Jesus: the evidence
What if we discovered the gospel writers had made a mistake? Really there had been several Jesus Christs in Judea at the same time (actually there were a few Jeshuas) … Continue reading
Aphrodite, goddess of love and sex
An early statue fragment by an unknown 4th century BC master Aphrodité is the Greek god associated with love (and its various activities), and often referred to as Venus. Her … Continue reading
