Flo's History

  The various Inuit people inhabiting the artic region have their own spirits and monsters. The Tupilaq was one of such creatures, coming straight from the native tribes of Greenland. The Tupilaq was a rather feared beast, they were vengeful spirits casted by someone to punish someone else that had wronged him. It is said that conjuring (i.e. making) a Tupilaq was extremely easy as anyone, let they follow the instruction properly, could do it. All they need was some animals or human parts, like bones, skin or hair to make a statue. The Tupilaq has no define form other than being animalistic. You can make it have the body of a seal with polar bear forearms and walrus tusks if you want to, as long as you have the proper ingredients it will count as a Tupilaq. Once the sculpture is completed, you must attach to it something that belongs to the targeted person and then place it to the sea. From here your vengeful spirit is set to hunt down its target on its own. However, calling upon a...

  Today, let's dive into the Aztec (or, as they called themselves, the Mexica). The deity that interests us today is Huitzilopochtli, god of war and sun. He is the one who pushed the Aztec to leave their legendary home of Aztlan (around southern America and Northern Mexico) to their future capital city of Tenochtitlan. Huitzilopochtli was a ruthless and bloodthirsty god. Even the battle-hungry Thor and Ares would find this guy completely nuts. Some of his actions included butchering his sister Coyolxauhqui and scattering her body in the sky, creating the moon and the milky way. Those that read my post on Ymir could say that Odin and his brothers did the same. Unlike Coyolxauhqui, Ymir was an evil being who started the fight first. Huitzilopochtli also did atrocious things like brutally murdering his nephew for being raised by his sister, the sorceress goddess Malinalxochitl. He told the Mexica priest to carve his heart out and throw it in a lake to accomplish this. Oh, and his neph...

  In today's post, we will explore something a little different from usual. Indeed, I've decided that this week's post should be about a particular castle. This bastion was built by King Herod The Great, the last king of Judea before the Romans officially took over (they were the ones who installed Herod on the throne in the first place). Masada Castle was ordered sometime around 37 and 31 BCE by the king for unknown reasons, most likely as a symbol of power. It was viewed as Herod's greatest bastion and one of his most significant architectural projects. Sometime after his death, the Jewish revolt of 66 BCE started, and Masada was their last stand after the fall of Jerusalem. The Romans abandoned it after they conquered it. The fortress can be found in Israel, close to the Dead Sea. It is located on top of a rock cliff, elevated at around 450 meters from the ground, and is 400 meters above sea level. The fact that it was built on top of such a remote place makes it one...