The Legend of the Woman of Water Catalonia – Spain The Gorg Negre is a pond of dark water that opens up at the foot of a waterfall in the Gualba Creek, at the Montseny mountain massif, northern Catalonia. In ancient times, there were many astonishing and startling stories about it, such as the…
The Futility of the Elderly Romania, Serbia, Hungary, Macedonia and Greece In ancient times, in some places, there was a custom to get rid of the elderly because they were considered useless to the community and a burden to the survival of the collective. It is said that it was customary to abandon old…
The Goddess of Hunting Nu People – China and Myanmar A young hunter was roaming the Gaoligong Mountains in search of some game to take back to his village. But it had been raining non-stop since dawn. He was soaked, and potential prey seemed to detect him from a distance that day. There were…
The Woman Who Had a Bear as a Foster-Son Inughuit People – Greenland (Denmark) There was once an old woman living in a place where others lived. She lived nearest the shore, and when those who lived in houses up above had been out hunting, they gave her both meat and blubber. And once…
The Siblings Constellation Hlai People – Hainan Island, China In ancient times, in the mountains of Hainan Island in the South China Sea, there were seven sisters and brothers who, having been orphaned at an early age, cared for each other with great affection and diligence. Each undertook those tasks and activities that they…
Nishan Shaman Tengrism, Manchu, Buryat, Evenk, Daur and Nanai Peoples – Russia, Mongolia and China A long time ago, hundreds of years in the past, there was an official of the empire named Boldo Bayan. He was a rich man, gifted with many lands and huge herds of cattle. But he lived in a…
The Brown Man England It was midwinter and the man set off to climb the hill that he had climbed many times before but this time a question hung in his consciousness, did he really know this place? He decided to say goodbye to the year by watching the setting mid-winter sun. It was…
Gearraidh-a-Muigh Scottish Gaelic Highland Tradition My father and I were out on the hill to gather township sheep for the Annual dipping. Each year some of the men and women from the township would go out on the hill to gather all the sheep and bring them to the fank to be dipped and…
Rex Quondam, Rexque Futurus Celtic Tradition – Britain and France There was a time when the land of the Britons was thrown into chaos. It was when the empire collapsed under a band of inept and corrupt rulers, in cahoots with a few great merchants equally sick with greed, who did not leave the…
The Shambhala Warriors Tibetan Buddhism My best friend, Drugu Choegyal Rinpoche, gave me this teaching. It’s from the Kâlachakra Tantra and it’s about the emergence of the Kingdom of Shambhala. In this particular interpretation, by my friend from Tashi Jeong, the term ‘Shambhala Warriors’ arises. It is obvious that is a metaphor for the…