Eagle and Ratatosk
More to come in a few weeks on cuisine in Mesopotamia: food and the dead, feasting with the gods and a few other topics. A diversion this week for something too wonderful to pass up. Post by TV6 & FOX … Continue reading →
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Another Review For “Invoking Animal Magic”
This review, from Before It’s News, a UK publication, was published last August, but I just recently ran across it. Obviously, I didn’t learn about it until long after it was news.Invoking Animal Magic can be purchased in bookstores or … Continue reading →
More Drinking in Mesopotamia
The Sumerians already had the technology of brewing beer when they arrived in Mesopotamia from unknown parts. Dedicated beer drinkers though they were, the Sumerians did not invent the process of fermenting grain and their words related to this process … Continue reading →
Drinking in Mesopotamia
I don’t know if other priestesses begin to notice a pattern in the goddesses they are attracted to in the various pantheons. With a few exceptions, I seem to gravitate toward the young mother goddesses rather than the crone goddesses, … Continue reading →
Cooking in Mesopotamia
What was cooking and eating like in Mesopotamia? Last week’s post gave some idea of the range of ingredients used by Mesopotamian chefs. It is not surprising that food in Mesopotamia was heavily spiced, given the evidence that even hunter-gatherers … Continue reading →