April / Dragons / Early Christianity / Festivals / Legends / Occult / Occult Biographies
by Daniel Parkinson · Published April 20, 2009 · Last modified November 19, 2018
Today St George’s Day is not celebrated in England with anywhere near the vigour it was in past centuries, and is actually celebrated more in other countries that share his patronage, with traditions that have not been broken for hundreds of years.
Sockburn village now comprises of a ruined church, a farmhouse and a mansion called Sockburn Hall (built in 1834) all positioned within a loop in the River Tees known locally as Sockburn Peninsula. Sockburn has an amazing secret history though, as it is a place where bishops were crowned, a dragon was killed and some of our greatest writers fell in love.
Ancient Sites / Burial Mounds / Dragons / Early Christianity / Legends
by Ian · Published February 15, 2009 · Last modified December 11, 2018
La Hogue Bie is a major Neolitic ritual site dating back to 3500BC and one of the best preserved cruciform passage graves in Europe. Its passage is twenty meters long and is covered by a 12.2 meter high earth mound. The mound istelf is 58 meters in diameter and covers an area of 2400 square meters.
Articles / Articles / Cryptozoology / Dragons / Legends
by Ian · Published February 11, 2009 · Last modified November 21, 2018
No other country on earth has such rich dragon lore as the British Isles. Our tiny little homeland is crawling with legends of these beasts. If you have ever wondered if there is a dragon legend close to where you live, then take a look at the following list.
Dragons / Festivals / Legends / May
by Ian · Published September 22, 2008 · Last modified November 18, 2018
8th May – The Helston Flurry Dance takes place, where Helstonians take part in a pagan ritual processional dance through the town in a custom that pre-dates Christianity and probably dates back to Celtic times. The dance takes place each eighth of May unless it falls on a Sunday or Monday and was probably originally a fertility or Spring festival.
Dragons / Festivals / Legends / May
by Ian · Published September 22, 2008 · Last modified November 19, 2018
1st May – The festival starts at midnight in the early hours of Mayday. The actual Hobby Horse is a hoop covered with black material with an African mask, and a horses head with snapping jaws. A man stands inside the hoop and the procession parades around the town. The festival has ancient origins.
by Ian · Published September 20, 2008 · Last modified December 15, 2018
During the twelfth century a worm lived in a hollow on the Northeast side of Linton Hill (called Worms Den today).
Aquatic Monsters / Cryptozoology / Devil / Dragons / Legends
by Ian · Published September 13, 2008 · Last modified November 29, 2018
Filey Brigg is a long ridge of rocks jutting into the North Sea, associated with folklore concerning the Devil and a dragon.
The dragon is a legendary creature, which is prevalent to the mythic culture of many countries. Britain, with its diverse history, has a tradition of dragons stemming from Saxon, Celtic and Norse influences, as well as those from further afield. What follows is a brief overview of the dragon in legend and folklore, as well as some theories as to what the dragon may signify.
Articles / Articles / Cryptozoology / Dragons / Legends
by Ian · Published September 12, 2008 · Last modified January 2, 2019
The dragon is the great, great grandfather of all monsters. Before the daemon, before the vampire, before the werewolf, before the giant. Before them all was the original uber-monster the dragon. The dragon’s image has crawled across cave paintings 25,000 years old, dwarfing mammoths. It has slithered across Chinese rock art in Shanxi province 8000 years before Christ.
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