• CYPRUS: TREELORE – Trees associated with Aphrodite on Cyprus

    CYPRUS: TREELORE – Trees associated with Aphrodite on Cyprus

    Aphrodite was the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. Several trees are associated with Aphrodite on Cyprus. So the pomegranate, the myrtle and the apple tree. Discover their treelore and mythology.

  • CYPRUS: Myth and Cult of Aphrodite on Cyprus

    CYPRUS: Myth and Cult of Aphrodite on Cyprus

    Myth has it that Aphrodite, the Olympian goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation, arose from the sea foam on the south-western coast of Cyprus. References in ancient authors and archaeological evidence may prove that Aphrodite and her cult originated in Cyprus. What is certain is that throughout antiquity Aphrodite was worshiped on Cyprus. There…

  • INDONESIA: Here be dragons – History, Myth and Folklore of the Komodo Dragon

    INDONESIA: Here be dragons – History, Myth and Folklore of the Komodo Dragon

    Komodo dragons are the world’s largest living lizards, they only live on a hand full of islands in Indonesia. The crocodile and the Orah, as it is called by the locals, are the closest we have to dinosaurs. The dragons have long been a source of major fascination for the peoples of Flores who share…