s thousands of people. Every year during the lantern festival, people head to the small village of Pingxi to throw sky lanterns with messages for the gods into the night sky. These are messages of love, good health, success in work... In short you can pray for just about anything as well as all the ...
eece, a festival was organized in the Spring in honor of the goddess Rhea, the mother of Zeus, also nicknamed the "Great Mother" or the "Mother of the gods". In Rome, a religious festival celebrated matrons (married women and mothers) on March 1st, during the Matronalia. Choose a gift carefully! E ...
work At the beginning of the Odyssey, Odysseus is held captive on the island of the nymph Calypso and cannot return home to his wife Penelope. All the gods are in favor of his return, except Poseidon, who resents him for blinding his son the Cyclops Polyphemus. While Zeus sends Hermes to ask Cal ...
on the arid ground, legend has it that Hercules buried the Giants under these rocks after defeating them. This episode recounts that the Giants attacked the gods of Olympus. They attempted to climb Olympus by piling mountains upon mountains and began hurling flaming trees and huge rocks. Faced wit ...
island, which is the second largest in the Hawaiian archipelago, is famous for the beauty of its landscapes, which indeed seem to be a gift from the gods. Copyright: dronepicr It is also called the valley island, because of the very fertile isthmus that separates its two volcanoes. The ...
lames with his aunt. Prahlad accepted the challenge and triumphed. Holika was punished for her vanity, while Prahlad was saved and rewarded by the gods for his loyalty and devotion. It is from this legend that Holi, a festival that symbolizes the victory of Good over Evil, is said to have orig ...
use of its beauty and its incredible colors... Its Latin name Dianthus barbatus means 'bearded carnation'. But it is also called the flower of the gods because the term Dianthus is formed from the Greek words Dios (Zeus) and anthos (flower). This nickname may seem grandiloquent for such a smal ...
To discover a fascinating civilization. Egypt is a destination whose very name is enough to conjure up images of pharaohs, pyramids, and strange gods such as Seth, Horus, or Isis... In this country largely covered by the sands of the Sahara, the population is concentrated on the banks of the Nile. ...
