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In greek myth Aracne was a spinner who challenged Athena and was cursed by her and forced to forever spin intricate designs by becoming the first spider. this has more info on global spider myths
Nothing in lore I can think of tied to spiders, however the personal UPG of a couple of people I've interacted with who have altars to Loki will put little puzzles and spider-related things on them sometimes.
In greek myth Aracne was a spinner who challenged Athena and was cursed by her and forced to forever spin intricate designs by becoming the first spider. this has more info on global spider myths
One of the high profile scholars (Dumezil, DeVries?) hypothesized that Loki was a spider.
There isn't a lot of spider lore since there aren't really any dangerous spiders in northern Europe, so they didn't have a large effect on people's lives.
One of the high profile scholars (Dumezil, DeVries?) hypothesized that Loki was a spider.
There isn't a lot of spider lore since there aren't really any dangerous spiders in northern Europe, so they didn't have a large effect on people's lives.
there is spider lore but its mostly not european. Theres lots of african lore about spiders
there is spider lore but its mostly not european. Theres lots of african lore about spiders
While an accurate point, it may be irrelevant. This thread seems to be focused primarily on Heathenism. That would largely restrict the answers to Europe (and not all of that) unless ConnollyCelt wants to include lore from other regions.
life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.
Yoda: Dark Rendezvous
"But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."
John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper
"You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."
Tylluan. This is something I'm completely unfamiliar with. Do you cover it in your recent book?
It does turn up in my psychic self defence book, but will also be in the AngloSaxon one... I'll dig up my notes and put a few pointers here about it tomorrow!
In greek myth Aracne was a spinner who challenged Athena and was cursed by her and forced to forever spin intricate designs by becoming the first spider. this has more info on global spider myths
Oh em gee, I totally remember that episode of "Hercules."
Thanks for that, Tylluan! I'm finding myself mre and more interested in Anglo-Saxon lore, but I'm not is place to research it properly myself. I'm finding the dwarf-spider ties interesting, as are the beings that are called on.
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