Our Lady of Leiden — The Herring Sentinel Let us introduce you to Our Lady of Leiden – the mythological icon heroine who represents the bravery and fortitude of the people of Leiden when besieged by the Spanish in 1574. This story was featured in yesterday’s blott. Domains: Appearance & Iconography [ed. note: Our Lady […]
Category: Gods, Goddesses, and Mythical Heros
Elder JimZim et. al. recently returned from a site inspection of WLBOTT-Ireland. Following his inspection, he and his corporate entourage had time to visit the Irish countryside, and the highlight of the trip was a visit to the ancient 4th millennium BC passage tombs at Loughcrew. Elder G:Fascinating! Those ancient burial mounds in Ireland are […]
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Oh Fortuna!
Let’s say Oh Fortuna! is a statistically probabilistic phenomena. That means most days will be a blend of good and bad, yielding a tepid and flavorless day. Some days will be weighed heavily toward Fortuna Buena, but unfortunately those days will be marred by suspicions of undeserved happiness. And then there are the bad days […]
Across cultures, harbors have always been liminal spaces – between safety and peril, home and the vast unknown. Many traditions placed protective figures at the edge of the water, blessing or watching over departing sailors. Mazu From Elder G: Mazu is often depicted in art and statues wearing red robes, which legend says she wore […]
In the WLBOTT canon, there are three major Daisies and a plethora of minor Daisies. The three major Daisies are [A peripherally related flower is found in Kurt Vonnegut’s short story “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”, which features anti-gerasone, a substance made from mud and dandelions that prevents aging. The world gets even more crowded […]
How much of our time and money is wasted because of crooks? Here’s today’s nonsense. Apparently I’ve sent myself a nastygram about my own web site. They attached an html file. Note the attempt at encryption – easy to convert, but I was losing interest at this point…. A couple of items of note: Recent […]
Elder JimZim has provided us with some Fresh Hell. Gentle People: I think all this talk of deities and anti-deities will send us all to Hell (Norway, that is). I have travelled past this village several times when going to Trondheim. Hell is 10 degrees latitude north of Edmonton and features two post offices. Most importantly, it […]
Today the WLBOTT team follows Hera and her sister-goddesses as they explore opportunities to revitalize their Temple of Saturn. The Decline of Heran Worship Hera was saddened that her once might congregation was in decline. Now the statues are in disrepair all throughout west Texas. Annoyingly Few Congregants…. … and the congregants they do have […]
Hera has been so kind and accommodating as the WLBOTT team documents her community’s struggles in the west Texas town of La Mesa. Snapshots of Daily Life A Walk in the Park A beautiful morning as goddess Rhea heads over to the Dog [God spelled backwards] Park. Making Ends Meet As the La Mesa Temple revenues dwindle[1], a […]
Hera has been so kind and accommodating as the WLBOTT team documents her community’s struggles in the west Texas town of La Mesa. A Day In The Life Kids’ Soccer The Laundromat It’s such a pain when your washing machine conks out. Ecumenism We asked Hera, in the spirit of ecumenism, if we could artfully […]