The salmon is perhaps the most sacred of all creatures in the Druid tradition - the Salmon of Wisdom. It also appears in Irish and Welsh legend, in the Vedas, in Hinduism and Buddhism, but also in Babylonian and Sumerian mythology. 

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Happy xmas! My gift to you. Now go read 😂

https://t.co/vhTK2m3Wap

romance, war, palace intrigue, buddhism, politics, steampunk, municipal bonds, what more can you ask for!?

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🛎️ New Episode Alert!🛎️

For the love of God — tracing back the Philippines' religious history through objects.

From Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, to Catholicism.

WATCH: https://t.co/2NUIrdQsW4

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I started out my last blog post making this of a chinese inspired dragon. A little research led me into the connection between dragons and in so that became the story. You can read it here: https://t.co/SwIZP6GrCu

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In Greek mythology, a Drakaina is a female serpent or dragon, sometimes with humanlike features (Echidna, Lamia, Campe, and Delphyne). You can also find similar serpent-like creatures in mythology of other nations: Naga (Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism) and Vuzhalka (Slavic) 🐍

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At Christmas 2011, Salvador, the Dalai Werellama of Andean Buddhism, launched a campaign at the monastery on the top of Mt Machopikachu to persuade the fashion unconscious to boycott boots made from the feet of critically endangered Peruvian Yeti
They sadly became extinct in 2013

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Buddhism, Sikhism & other: Preta are undead with a massive deficit of Karma. As punishment for leading horrid lives they roam the world searching for food & no way to eat it. Fire burst from their mouths when they try to eat charring the food. Always they hunger

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In Buddhism, Avīci or Avichi is the lowest level of the Naraka or "hell" realm, into which the dead who have committed grave misdeeds, such as intentional murder of a parent or Arhat (enlightened being) or shedding the blood of a Buddha, may be reborn.

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