Mythological Toad. Illustration by Khristine Annwn Page. In the twilight, you leave your hut and head out into the forest, perhaps to draw water from the pond, perhaps for a last handful of fallen wood for the fire. Darkness falls. Suddenly, all around you, the forest springs alive with voices: trilling, croaking, muttering. Voices are everywhere, yet you see nothing. What are these voices in ...

Wolf Folklore Crying Wolf - The Wolf as a Symbol in Folklore The Horror of the Werewolf (Back to Main Page) Copyright 1999 Wolf Song of Alaska and Earthway Network. Wolf Song of Alaska , and the logo is registered and protected and cannot be used without permission. All rights reserved. ...

Tell me when this page is updated Elephant lore - in myth, legend, religion and war Even today the elephant has a prominent place in Buddhism unlike other animals. It is the only animal possessed of grace to carry the sacred reliquary containing the 'Danta-dhatu' (Tooth-relic) of the Buddha, in the annual Esala Perahera in Kandy. All Buddhist temples follow the same procedure in choosing an ...

TITLE--- AUTHOR--- SUBTITLE--- VOLUME--- NUMBER--- ISSUE--- YEAR--- START PAGE-- END PAGE--- AREA--- BATS in South American Folklore and Ancient Art Bats have fascinated people for thousands of years especially in the New World tropics where more kinds of bats live than anywhere else in the world... by Elizabeth P. Benson South America is a land of contrasts. Across the equator, the Andes raise ...

Children of Arachne By Suzi Fovargue (Published Samhain 1995, artwork Liz Taylor) As the pagan new year approaches, and commercially we see all things ghastly, ghostly and beastly in the shops, I thought I'd spin you a little tale of the eight-legged creature that often adorns Hallowe'en gifts - the spider! That humble little arachnid that gives you a heart attack in the bathroom and, ...