Little Red Riding Hood, a female initiation rite by Hasan Andrea Abou Saida The fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood, widespread in ancient times and mainly in central-northern and southern Europe, is one of the most famous and ancient …
Saint Lucy, the light of the winter solstice by Hasan Andrea Abou Saida According to popular legends and the cult of saints, 13 December is one of the most important and cherished days of the year dedicated to the Virgin …
Saint Barbara, the sacred guardian of the hearth by Hasan Andrea Abou Saida “Hestia, thou who tends the sacred house of Lord Apollo, He who strikes from afar, in the divine Pito, with sweet oil that always drips from thy …
The Survival of the Pagan Gods: The Mythological Tradition and Its Place in Renaissance Humanism and Art – Jean Seznec (1953). Princeton: Bollingen Foundation, 400 p. The gods of Olympus died with the advent of Christianity–or so we have been …
