The Story of the Husband and the Parrot
THERE was a certain merchant, of an exceedingly jealous disposition, having a wife endowed with perfect beauty, who had prevented…
Norwuz & Whitefish
We all know that the Chinese celebrate their New Year with the Moon-but there are other cultures which celebrate it…
Hymn to the Setting Sun (Assyrian)
O Sun, in the middle of the sky, at thy setting,may the bright gates welcome thee favourably,may the door of…
Divine Court: Hittite Prayers
The structure and rationale of a Hittite prayer is best understood as the enacting of a case in a divine…
Rabbi Avner: The Sinner
Moses ben Nachman, commonly known as Nachmanides, and also referred to by the acronym Ramban, was a leading medieval Jewish…
Healed by the Talmud Class
A Jew living in Poland was suffering from a lung ailment, from which his doctors informed him he would not…
The Civil War: A Story of the Incans
There once were two half-brothers born to a great leader. Their father expanded his civilization through a mixture of war…
The Vision of Yupanqui: An Incan Legend
The Inca Yupanqui before he succeeded to the sovereignty is said to have gone to visit his father, Viracocha Inca….