Géomancie Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. La géomancie est une technique de divination fondée sur l'analyse de figures composées par la combinaison de quatre points simples ou doubles (ou points et traits). Ces points sont obtenus par l'observation de cailloux ou d'objets jetés sur une surface plane ou posés dans un espace donné, par des lancers de dés[1], par le comptage de traits dessinés dans le sable avec un bâton ou sur du papier à l'aide d'un stylo[2] ou encore par l'observation d'éléments disposés dans la nature sans intervention humaine. Les oracles géomantiques sont basés sur une série de figures, chacune composée de quatre lignes de points, pairs ou impairs. Note : des missionnaires chrétiens parcourant la Chine au XIXe siècle ont indûment traduit la notion de feng shui, pan important de la pensée chinoise, en « géomancie », « traduction » qui a eu cours pendant des décennies, en français et dans d'autres langues occidentales. Étymologie[modifier | modifier le code]
Clan Mackintosh Clan Mackintosh (Clann Mhic an Tòisich) is a Scottish clan from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.[1] The chiefs of the Clan Mackintosh are also chiefs of the Chattan Confederation, a historic confederation of clans.[1] History[edit] Origins of the clan[edit] The Scottish Gaelic word toisech means leader and can also be translated as chief.[1] The seanachies of the Clan Mackintosh claim that the first chief of the clan was Shaw, second son of Duncan MacDuff, Earl of Fife of the royal house of Dál Riata.[1] In 1160 Shaw MacDuff accompanied Malcolm IV of Scotland on an expedition to suppress a rebellion in Morayshire.[1] In about 1163 he was also made constable of Inverness Castle and was granted land in the Findhorn valley.[1] The heart land of the clan was the lands of Petty which was also the burial place of the chiefs.[1] In 1179 Shaw MacDuff was succeeded by his son who was also called Shaw and was confirmed in his patrimony by William the Lion.[1][2] Scottish-Norwegian war[edit]
Bean nighe The bean nighe (Scottish Gaelic for "washer woman"), is a Scottish fairy, seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld. She is a type of bean sìth (in Irish bean sídhe, anglicized as "banshee"). Legends[edit] As the "Washer at the Ford" she wanders near deserted streams where she washes the blood from the grave-clothes of those who are about to die. It is said that mnathan nighe (the plural of bean nighe) are the spirits of women who died giving birth and are doomed to do this work until the day their lives would have normally ended.[1] A bean nighe is described in some tales as having one nostril, one big protruding tooth, webbed feet and long-hanging breasts, and to be dressed in green. Etymology[edit] A bean nighe ("washerwoman") is a specific type of bean sìth.[3] In Scottish Gaelic, bean sìth can also be spelled bean-shìdh. The bean nighe is sometimes known by the diminutives ban nigheachain (little washerwoman) or nigheag na h-àth (little washer at the ford).
Psychopompe Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. En mythologie, un dieu psychopompe (en grec ancien ψυχοπομπóς / psykhopompós, signifiant littéralement « guide des âmes ») est le conducteur des âmes des morts (guide ou passeur), le guide dans la nuit de la mort. Dans certaines cultures, la tâche de « psychopompe » est aussi l'une des fonctions des chamans. Dans les différentes mythologies ou croyances[modifier | modifier le code] Arabe[modifier | modifier le code] Al-Hama Celtique[modifier | modifier le code] Ankou Épona Manannan Mac Lir Ogmios Chrétienne[modifier | modifier le code] Les anges L'archange Uriel aussi appelé « Oriphiel ». Égyptienne[modifier | modifier le code] Anubis Horus Neith Étrusque[modifier | modifier le code] Turms Grecque[modifier | modifier le code] Hécate Hermès Morphée Thanatos Hindoue[modifier | modifier le code] Pushan Yama Inuit[modifier | modifier le code] Pinga Japonaise[modifier | modifier le code] Les Shinigami Judaïque[modifier | modifier le code] Sandalphon Ixtab Azraël Mithra Aumakua
Buxus sempervirens Buxus sempervirens (common box, European box, or boxwood), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Buxus, native to western and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia, from southern England south to northern Morocco, and east through the northern Mediterranean region to Turkey.[1][2][3] Buxus colchica of western Caucasus and B. hyrcana of northern Iran and eastern Caucasus are commonly treated as synonyms of B. sempervirens.[4][5] Description[edit] Distribution and habitat[edit] The species typically grows on soils derived from chalk, limestone, usually as an understorey in forests of larger trees, most commonly associated with Fagus sylvatica forests, but also sometimes in open dry montane scrub, particularly in the Mediterranean region. Box Hill, Surrey is named after its notable box population, which comprises the largest area of native box woodland in England.[7][8] Cultivation[edit] B. sempervirens 'Elegantissima'[16]B. sempervirens 'Latifolia Maculata'[17]
Will-o'-the-wisp A will-o'-the-wisp /ˌwɪl ə ðə ˈwɪsp/ or ignis fatuus (/ˌɪɡnɨs ˈfætʃuːəs/; Medieval Latin: "foolish fire") are atmospheric ghost lights seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes. It resembles a flickering lamp and is said to recede if approached, drawing travellers from the safe paths. The phenomenon is known by a variety of names, including jack-o'-lantern, friars's lantern, hinkypunk, and hobby lantern in English[1] folk belief, well attested in English folklore and in much of European folklore. Terminology[edit] In the United States, they are often called "spook-lights", "ghost-lights", or "orbs"[2] by folklorists and paranormal enthusiasts.[3][4] The names will-o'-the-wisp and jack-o'-lantern are explained in etiological folk-tales, recorded in many variant forms in Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales, Appalachia, and Newfoundland. One version, from Shropshire, recounted by K. Folklore[edit] Continental Europe[edit] Northern Europe[edit] Britain[edit] Asia[edit]
Divinités grecques chthoniennes Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Les divinités grecques chthoniennes ou telluriques sont des divinités anciennes ayant contribué à la formation du Panthéon grec. Elles sont dites « chthoniennes » (prononcé /ktɔnjε̃/, du grec ancien χθών / khthốn, « la terre ») ou « telluriques » (du latin tellus, « la terre ») parce qu'elles se réfèrent à la terre, au monde souterrain ou aux Enfers, par opposition aux divinités célestes, dites « ouraniennes » ou « éoliennes ». Des femmes et des hommes[modifier | modifier le code] Le rapprochement de ces objets avec ceux d'autres sites (notamment en Anatolie) suggère que cette antique religion méditerranéenne associait la déesse à un taureau ou à un bélier (voir le thème du veau d'or dans la Bible), symboles virils spermatiques[2] — un thème qui s'installera durablement dans la région (hétéropartenariat, sexualité originelle non-maternaliste, mais paritaire). En Anatolie, en Crète et à Agrigente[modifier | modifier le code]
Bearberry Bearberries are three species of dwarf shrubs in the genus Arctostaphylos. Unlike the other species of Arctostaphylos (see manzanita), they are adapted to Arctic and Subarctic climates, and have a circumpolar distribution in northern North America, Asia and Europe, one with a small highly disjunctive population in Central America. Species[edit] The name "bearberry" for the plant derives from the edible fruit which is a favorite food of bears.[1] The fruit, also called bearberries, are edible and are sometimes gathered for food. The leaves of the plant are used in herbal medicine.[2] Alpine bearberry - A. alpina (L.) Other recorded old English common names include arberry, bear's grape, crowberry, foxberry, hog cranberry, kinnikinnick, mealberry, mountain box, mountain cranberry, mountain tobacco, sandberry, upland cranberry, and uva-ursi. Uses in folk medicine[edit] Arctostaphylos alpina Arctostaphylos uva-ursi History and folklore[edit] Sources[edit] [edit] Jump up ^ Janice J.