Cycles

Stories tagged Cycles:

• Anansi and the Circle of Time Aug 23, 2025

  

  Anansi and the Circle of Time

  Gathered from the oral traditions of the Akan people of Ghana

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  Draw near, children of the eternal cycle, and I shall tell you of Anansi and the Circle of Time, a tale that teaches us the deepest wisdom of all – that everything in existence moves in sacred patterns, and that understanding these patterns is the key to living in harmony with the world. This story comes from the time when Anansi thought he could outsmart time itself, and learned instead that time is not a river to be crossed, but a circle to be danced.

• The Morrígan and the Dagda at Samhain Aug 12, 2025

  

  When the wheel of the year turned toward Samhain, the night when the veil between the worlds grew thin, the gods themselves felt the pull of ancient powers stirring. It was on such a night, with the harvest gathered and winter approaching, that one of the most fateful meetings in Irish mythology took place – the encounter between the Dagda, the Good God of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the Morrígan, the phantom queen who ruled over war, fate, and sovereignty.