Spring: Dragon Raises its Head
By Phoenix the Elder – I am a purist and creative at heart and I have never been a follower of festivals of getting drunk or high that western religions tend to do. Today on Mardi Gras, I celebrate and honor the Dragon Raises its Head Festival. The Chinese Dragon Heads Raising Day falls on […]
Shuimu: Chinese Magical Water Goddess 水母娘娘
“Goddess Positive” information by Phoenix the Elder – I am doing a series of divine women of China and the black and gold cover image will denote that, in the article section. This month it is a particularly favorite subject of mine: Water Goddesses who fall under the mystical, and magical when it comes to […]
Dragons, Drakonia and Draco
By Phoenix the Elder – Like all evolutions, the Dragons who had power still do and they still roam the earth, but one must be an advanced dreamer to really experience them. The female dragons are gentle and powerful in their nature and very different from male dragons. They are a collective animism soul and […]
Water Dragons
I finally finished my Water Dragon from a piece of driftwood that I found at the lake near Elder Mountain. Generally its a good place to find small driftwood pieces. ~Phoenix
The Delphi Earth Dragon (Python)
“In The Air Tonight” I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord And I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, Oh Lord Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord Well, if you told me you were drowning I would not lend a hand […]
Dragon Cloud
Camille André’s NEBULA (French Animation Short)
Alatyr – Slavic Magical Legends
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain Dreaming – The Russian Alatyr Stone, sometimes called the World Mother (Алатырь каменьям – мире мати) is a search for purity and truth and as a legend lost long ago on earth. The Russian myth explains it as a Mystical Stone of folktale and epic proportions, as the Russians prefer […]
Dragon & Thunderbird Drums
Crow Nation, Native American – Buffalo Shield with Flying Dragon Pawnee, Native American – Ceremonial Thunderbird & Lightening Drum
We at Elder Mountain are Dragon Friendly
The Red and Black Dragons – Turkish Folktale
There was once a Padishah who had the misfortune to have all his children stolen as soon as they reached their seventh year. Grief at this terrible affliction caused him almost to lose his reason, ‘‘Forty children have been born to me,’’ said he, ‘‘each seeming more beautiful than the one which preceded it, so […]