Legends Religion Spirituality

There are legends of little people all over the world. Even more interesting is that a race of very small people, who were close to three feet tall, were uncovered recently in Indonesia. This race is called the Flores Man, and was of a similar size to the beings in many of the legends of the little people. In this audiobook, we cover these little beings from different areas of the world. This includes where they came from; stories about them possibly coming from different dimensions, and stories about sightings of them.

From the spectre of Queen Victoria, to Mary Queen of Scots’s picky ghost, and from Henry VIII and the restless phantoms of his many wives, to Oliver Cromwell, who claimed to have conversed with the ghosts of Kings long gone, we are going to be exploring the haunted history of the Royal Family.

Urban legends are thought by most to be tall tales passed down through the ages. Some of the stories are obviously make believe, while others, as strange as they may seem, have their origins in actual events. Do alligators roam the dark tunnels deep beneath New York City? Do boogeymen who terrorize those afraid of the night really exist? Are killer clowns a myth born from our fear of the unknown or could such evil truly walk among us? These are just a few of the urban legends that are explored in this book.

The stories in Haunted Lakes are sure to leave listeners with a deep sense of dread and unease, as they contemplate the terrifying mysteries that lie hidden just beneath the surface of these seemingly innocuous bodies of water. With each minute, the audiobook draws listeners further and further into a world of darkness and despair, where the line between the living and the dead is blurred, and the only certainty is that the horrors that lurk beneath the waves are very, very real.

We'll explore the dark and distasteful topic that everyone prefers to avoid: death, represented as the Grim Reaper! According to scientists, death occurs in all living organisms at some point and is the complete end-of-life mechanism. Unfortunately, this definition isn’t very descriptive. It doesn’t describe how it feels to die. This book will explore everything you need to know about the Grim Reaper, who people believe he is, and the myths surrounding his existence.

Japanese folklore is abundant with tales of ghostly creatures and the supernatural. In Haunted Japan, author Catrien Ross reveals the legends that have been passed down for generations and continue to terrify us today.

In the early 19th century, two literary works appeared and helped shape Christmas. The first was a collection of stories by Washington Irving, entitled Sketch Book, from 1819. Next came "A Visit from St. Nicholas", a children's poem better known as “The Night Before Christmas”, which was published anonymously in 1823. The poem spread quickly and helped install a definitive image of Santa Claus in the popular imagination, with his sleigh, his eight reindeer (each one with a name), his red nose, and his journeys down chimneys to fill children's stockings with toys.

In this work, the British Orientalist Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge discusses the seven Babylonian tablets discovered in Nineveh by Sir A.H. Layard, Mormuzd Rassam, and George Smith. These tablets contain the Babylonian beliefs regarding the creation of the world. It includes the myth of the primordial Abzu and Mother Tiamat.

The US Census Bureau defines the Midwest as consisting of a dozen states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Outsiders often deride the region, and for many who have never been there, America's heartland is just a bunch of "flyover states" with little influence, little history, and little interest.

La temática referida a chamanísmo, es algo muy popular en nuestros tiempos y viene de larga tradición. Siempre nos hemos preguntado el porque de ellos y qué sentido aportaban y aportan a nuestra sociedad. El chamán es una persona que nuclea los conocimientos más útiles en los niveles cultural, tradicional, espiritual, histórico, medicinal, científico y social de una comunidad, y los activa con sabiduría, ayudando a las personas de su pueblo a desarrollarse y evolucionar para cumplir su misión de vida y conectarse con el gran espíritu.

Taking meta-realist allegory to new heights! Stifled for 50 years - the facts behind the "Fall of Man". The Zandernatis Trinity, based on the ancient Haakon Urn texts discovered under the Antarctic ice in 1962, culminates with the events described in the epic "Song of Gorin" saga that shaped the future of a whole civilization - and ultimately our own. For they laid the foundations of the myths and legends from which most of the world's folklore, beliefs, and religions subsequently evolved.

This book examines the history of mythical people in Ireland such as the Tuatha Da Danann, the gods of these peoples, and their descendants. The fairies include the leprechauns - there being several different types - and the druids, who may also be descended from these ancient peoples. What is the history of fairies and druids? Did they really exist? There are stories about all of these beings who may have all been interrelated. Information on “the Otherworld” is also included. It is supposed to be a realm where these beings all originated and can return to.

La leggenda aurea è una collezione di vite di santi scritta in latino da Iacopo da Varagine, vescovo di Genova e frate domenicano. Fu compilata a partire dal 1260 e l’autore ci lavorò fino alla sua morte, avvenuta nel 1298.

Unveiling our forgotten history, Zinovya Dushkova, PhD continues to reveal sacred texts that have been immortalized in the secret depositories of Shambhala. This time her new award-winning work represents a synthesis from the pages of the Book of Dzyan and the Book of Fiery Destinies, which tell about the creation of our world by Woman.

Today, the Salem Witch Trials are often remembered as being a relic of a superstitious past. Salem has transformed itself into a tourist haven and Halloween destination by capitalizing off the Salem Witch trials. But it was deadly serious in 1692, when 19 men and women found themselves taken to "Gallows Hill" and hanged for being witches.

Alongside St. Ignatius, who founded the Jesuits, St. Francis of Assisi is widely regarded as one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic Church due to his work establishing religious orders that have done an incalculable amount of good and service for societies. Like St. Ignatius, St. Francis also got his start as a soldier who experienced a vision that put him on a more divine path.

Angels have been a critical part of humanity for as long as we can imagine. Often depicted as benevolent beings, they have been at the center of many religious texts, especially in Abrahamic religions, Christianity especially.

If you want the absolute best day, then you need to prepare yourself for the thoughts you will allow into your mind, the emotions and behavior of others that you will allow into your heart, and the people and circumstances that you will allow access to your spirit. What's it going to be? Do you want to evolve beyond your current situation and circumstances, or do you want to continue to repeat lessons you are just so tired of seeing become a reality in your life? Today, and every day ahead, you get to decide.

A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' Legends of the Middle Ages series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of the most important medieval men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute, while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known.

There are thousands of reports of Bigfoot in North America and other sites around the world. These sightings include videos, pictures, and the stories of witnesses. I’ve researched and written about many types of cryptids and the reports of bigfoot sightings are orders of magnitudes greater than any other cryptid sightings. These witnesses definitely saw something which is not human but bipedal.