[caption id="attachment_17852" align="alignright" width="300"] The reborn goddess (Persephone) as a sheaf of wheat (carved marble relief, Classical, Eleusis, Greece. c. fifth century b.c.)[/caption] My grandfather was a farmer in rural Minnesota on land that was...

Myths that involve resurrection span cultures from the Pharaohs to the Pagans. We see them appear, be forgotten, and then reappear throughout history. From Passover to the Paschal Mystery, we continue to celebrate them in...

Over the last several months, we have been sharing MythBlasts with you: tastes of a mythic idea framed in not only Joseph Campbell's work, but together with historic and contemporary mythologists. We are so glad...