To be in grief

To be in grief

An Arabic traditional tale tells about a hunter who is out hunting with his son. During the hunt, the son is killed by a monster. The hunter is in grief, but what really pains him is how to tell this to the child’s mother, his wife. When he arrives back home he...
Death #FolkloreThursday

Death #FolkloreThursday

It is now three weeks since my oldest son passed away. It became our personal Ragnarok. The tree Yggdrasil trembles when it loses an important branch. Since November 2014 we have lived in the shadow of death, when Daniel found out that he had cancer. Finally it became...
Death is not an unfriend

Death is not an unfriend

Death is often associated with a dark dressed figure with a scythe in the hand. Where does this image comes from? Is it Christianity’s interpretation of Hades which has been adapted to folklore? In Berlin in a not too long time (iiik I need to practice), I will...