Women on a Quest: The Hawaiian Saga of Pele the Volcano Goddess and Hiiaka

The saga of Pele’s youngest sister Hiiaka is a heroic quest across the Hawaiian archipelago. It conveys a perspective of women throughout Hawaiian culture.

#PhallusThursday – The Penis as Potent Symbol

Erotic art from Pompeii © Dee Dee Chainey

Many classical sculptures today have lost their penises to time and prudery but the ancient world was awash with explicit graphic imagery.

St Patrick’s Day Traditions: ‘My Patrick’s Pot on you!’

St Patrick’s Day Parade, Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare (2000). Photographer: Tom Munnelly

St Patrick’s Day, 17th March, is a key fixture in the Irish calendar, and indeed in many other places throughout the world. It may not have the wealth of traditions associated with the traditional Irish quarter days but its popularity and the festivities associated with it make it central to the Irish year.

Hunting for Unicorns

The Legend of the First Unicorn by Lari Don and Nataša Ilinčić

Scotland is one of the few nations to have chosen a mythological creature rather than a real one as her national animal, and probably the only nation to have chosen an animal that no one believed actually lived there…

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