Category: folklore

  • Crab comes Calling.

    Crab comes Calling.

    Crab as a spirit animal is asking you to change direction. It is the totem animal of the people who can go with the flow. As power animal it can help you release emotions. This amazing creature from Phylum Arthropoda is also associated with astrology.

  • The Spring Symphony

    The Spring Symphony

    Spring festivals intertwine mythology with tradition, celebrating renewal and love, epitomized by Vasantasena’s romantic allure amidst vibrant festivities.”

  • Kaapi Kronchiles — Ides of March

    Kaapi Kronchiles — Ides of March

    “Amidst Mango Meadows’ tranquility, pondering the significance of the Ides of March, reflecting on history’s lessons with a wry smile.”

  • NagaYakshini.

    NagaYakshini.

    Nagapanchami is also about the Snake goddess cult, Manasa devi, Manchamma and NagaYakshini.

  • Goan Reader’s club — discussing the Devsar.

    Goan Reader’s club — discussing the Devsar.

    Recently, an aunt told me some stories of a ghost / spirit that used to stay in the forests around some of the villages in Goa long ago when her mother was a young woman – my aunt is in her eighties now – I tried looking up this word devsaar / deosaar? But I…

  • Arrows

    Arrows

    An interesting comparison. Rama had only four arrows, each arrow would cleanse itself in the sarayu after use and return to Rama’s quiver. The arrow would manifest its use according to the need. The arrow of Jambupati was poisonous and magical, it could transform into anything at all and no one could match its power.It…