Giant’s Causeway, N. Ireland

According to legend the volcanic feature was built by the Irish giant Fionn Mac Cumhaill.

After being challenged to a fight by the Scottish giant Benandonner, Fionn constructed the Causeway over the sea to reach him. 

Actually the same immense lava flow that created the causeway also formed the basalt columns at Fingal’s Cave on the Scottish Island of Staffa, which may have influenced the story.

The Causeway is made up of approximately 40,000 basalt columns formed 50-60 million years ago from a massive eruption of lava as it cooled and cracked which formed a pattern.

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Erechtheion, Athens Acropolis

The caryatids stand outside the 5th century BCE temple built to honor Athena and Poseidon between 421 and 406 BCE.

The temple stands at the north end of the Acropolis built on a rocky outcrop which was first inhabited around 6,000 years ago.

The caryatids, six female figures, can be found on the southside supporting a porch.

The sculptures there today are replicas, five of the originals are in the Acropolis Museum, the sixth having been taken to London by Lord Elgin, and now resides in the British Museum.

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The Four Seasons

In Greek mythology, Demeter was the goddess of agriculture and helped farmer’s crops to grow. Her daughter Persephone, was abducted by Hades, god of the underworld, to be his wife. Demeter searched in vain for Persephone and her sadness caused crops to wither and fail. Ever more desperate to find her daughter, she asked her brother Zeus for help.

Demeter and Persephone

Zeus, king of the Olympic gods, made an agreement with Hades to allow Persephone to visit her mother each year for six months during Spring and Summer.

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The crops thrived during this time as a result of Demeter’s joy in seeing her daughter and the four seasons were thus established.