Adam and Eve – Annie Dieu-Le-Veut

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The Derivation of Smaug

By: Annie Dieu-Le-Veut October 12, 2017February 17, 2018

MythologiesAdam and Eve, apples, C S Lewis, Celtic mythology, dragons, Garden of Eden, Hydra, Idun, J S Tolkien, Norse mythology, Scythians, Smaug, starloreLeave a Comment

In my researches as a story archaeologist, I often find myself plundering the same rich, golden seams of ancient Celtic and Norse myths that inspired the imaginations of much greater writers that went before me, notably J.S. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. And as I stand there, trowel in hand, before these gloriously resonant archetypal images…

The real story of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden

By: Annie Dieu-Le-Veut September 10, 2017February 1, 2020

MythologiesAbrahamic religion, Adam and Eve, Hydra the water serpent, Mesopotamian tablet, mythologyLeave a Comment

I’ve described myself previously as a sort of story archaeologist – someone who digs underneath the story mats of the wandering troubadours and tale-tellers of old to find the original myths. What I didn’t say, though, is that when you eventually reach the bottom, what you find is not the first rug but a richly…