30 oktober 2019 3 Cor Hendriks – The Sphinx Speaks (8): De tijd van de Rigveda Rigveda en de interpretatie ervan Er is een enorm verschil tussen Rigveda en de Purana’s. De religie, de [...]
27 oktober 2019 5 Cor Hendriks – The Macaws (18): The Stolen Eyes (ATU 321) The cave or hole, wherein the boy in the Greek version ‘The Church and the Bird Nightingale’ seeks [...]
10 oktober 2019 5 Cor Hendriks – The Macaws (17): The Golden Bird The motif of the feather that fell from the Phoenix is very well known in folktales. It can be found in the [...]
9 september 2019 4 Cor Hendriks – The Macaws (15): Fabulous Birds & The Bet with King Solomon Clouston treats in a short space the bird Roc (Rûkh), Garuda of the Hindus, Eorosh of the Zend, Simurgh of [...]
24 augustus 2019 6 Cor Hendriks – The Macaws (14): The Eagle and the Snake in AT 301 (conclusion) In the Midrash Kohelet there is a story about a man returning from Babylon, who sees two birds quarrel, one [...]
12 augustus 2019 2 Cor Hendriks – The Macaws (13): The Eagle and the Snake in ATU 301 (the wonderful cure of the hero) The episode with the eagle is also a part of the Kirgizian epos Er Töstük, reviewed by Karl Reichl in his [...]
27 juli 2019 0 Eric Zuesse – The Difference Between Being a Liberal and Being a Progressive The difference between liberalism and progressivism is ideological. Historically, liberalism started with [...]
24 juni 2019 5 Cor Hendriks – The Macaws | Myth and Folktale (10): Return, recognition and revenge Because of the threat of his treacherous brothers the hero in ATU 301 after his return from the underworld [...]
11 juni 2019 4 Cor Hendriks – The Macaws | Myth and Folktale (9): Stuck on an island Being stuck on an island and rescued by a bird is an important part of the ‘Grateful Dead’-theme, grouped [...]
13 mei 2019 7 Cor Hendriks – The Macaws | Myth and Folktale (7): The rescue by the vultures The rescue by birds, who take the body of our trapped hero for bait, can already be seen in the 35th story of [...]