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		<title>Science May Explain Why Egyptians Worshiped Dung Beetle as Sun God</title>
		<link>http://www.mythphile.com/2012/01/ancient-egyptian-scarab-beetle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greekgeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My mother sent me a link to a fascinating Scientific American article about zoologist Emily Baird&#8217;s research on dung beetles. Egyptologists give these poo-pushing champions the more dignified name of &#8220;scarab,&#8221; after an ancient Greek word for beetle. Dr. Baird&#8217;s specialty is insect vision, flight and navigation (see her profile at Lund University). She wrote her thesis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ritual of the Gift</title>
		<link>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/12/the-ritual-of-the-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greekgeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Time magazine article this week notes that traditional ink-and-paper paper books are seeing a surprising spike in sales this year, as they did last year, despite the meteoric rise in popularity of ebook readers. The article flails for causes: &#8220;The holiday spike may reflect this year’s partial lifting of economic gloominess.&#8221; If that&#8217;s true, why was there one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Meaning of Samhain/ Hallowe&#8217;en: Past and Future</title>
		<link>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/10/samhain-halloween-past-and-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/10/samhain-halloween-past-and-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 05:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greekgeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love both the old Celtic holiday of Samhain and the modern secular holiday of Hallowe&#8217;en, despite the over-commercialization of the latter. They are two different holidays. For me, they are both magical. Personally, I celebrate Samhain by honoring my ancestors: I light a candle and spend some time remembering my Nana, my other relatives, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Midas Has Donkey Ears,&#8221; Whistleblowers and Wikileaks</title>
		<link>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/10/midas-has-donkey-ears-whistleblowers-and-wikileaks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greekgeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve heard of King Midas of the &#8220;Golden Touch,&#8221; monarch of ancient Phrygia (See theoi.com&#8217;s Midas entry for classical Greek and Roman sources.) Probably you&#8217;ve heard Nathaniel Hawthorne&#8217;s version, which makes Midas into a moralistic fable about gold-greed and appreciating the simple things in life. Hawthorne supplies King Midas with a daughter to drive the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: Volcano Mythology Has Moved</title>
		<link>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/06/update-volcano-mythology-has-moved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greekgeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I maintain a microsite on volcanoes, and of course, I&#8217;ve got a page there devoted to volcano mythology. Thanks to my publisher restructuring how its platform works, I&#8217;ve had to rearrange everything. The URL of my volcano mythology article has changed. You will now find it here: Volcano Mythology Take a look if you haven&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Namazu, Japan&#8217;s Quake Maker</title>
		<link>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/03/namazu-japans-quake-maker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 01:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greekgeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been following the heartbreak in Japan along with everyone around the world. At such times, people often turn to art to express the unspeakable. One artist, @dosankodebbie on Twitter, has created a few collages of namazu, the mythical catfish that stirs in the mud and shakes their island chain. Recommended Link: &#8220;The Catfish Stirred&#8220; by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amaterasu Hides Her Face</title>
		<link>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/03/amaterasu-hides-her-face/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 22:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greekgeek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Creation Myths]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cart commemorating Amaterasu&#8217;s cave, Kyoto (click picture for details) Credit: Ganjin on Flickr, CC Several recent Mythphile posts hinge on &#8220;return of the sun&#8221; mythology. Around the world, people have always told stories about night and winter. They attempt to answer a life-or-death question that had no answer before the science of astronomy: how do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Word and Unstruck Sound</title>
		<link>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/03/the-word-and-unstruck-sound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greekgeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words have power, and many creation myths begin with god speaking or singing the universe into being. The New Testament speaks of Logos, the word. Kosmos, the universe, which also means &#8220;that which is ordered, structured,&#8221; arises from logos, the word. This is older than Christianity, of course: Greek philosophers spent a lot of time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Memoriam: The Shoe Tree of Nevada</title>
		<link>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/02/shoe-tree-middlegate-nevada/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/02/shoe-tree-middlegate-nevada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greekgeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Shoe Tree is dead. Long live the Shoe Tree. I learned about Nevada&#8217;s Shoe Tree on the &#8220;Loneliest Road in the World&#8221; from a touching article in the Los Angeles Times. In December 2010, this modern-day sacred tree was cut down by vandals with a chainsaw, after serving as a curious and cryptic symbol in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sopdet, Egypt&#8217;s Herald of the New Year</title>
		<link>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/02/sopdet-sothis-egypt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mythphile.com/2011/02/sopdet-sothis-egypt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 04:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greekgeek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Set your calendars, Egypt. No, not for 2/11/2011. (Congratulations and good luck!) I&#8217;m talking about August 2nd, when a very old Egyptian goddess is set to rise. Like most agrarian societies, the Egyptians watched the skies closely. They needed some sort of calendar to tell them when to plant and plan their harvests. The regular [...]]]></description>
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