Spider Archive
Myths & Legends
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Despite their generally small size, spiders are often feared by many people. The origins of arachnophobia, or the fear of spiders, have been
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Paleontology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Found at McGraths Flat, NSW, a fossil site known for its iron-rich rock called "goethite," the new genus of spider is the first ever spider fossil of
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Fossils
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An extremely rare collection of 160-million-year-old sea spider fossils from Southern France are closely related to living species, unlike older fossils of their
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Like many other mythological tricksters, Iktomi finds himself in constant trouble. He is very destructive, primarily to himself. Iktomi likes to play games
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Goddess Athena was beautiful, wise, and skilled in battles, but like many other deities, she could be full of envy and jealousy. Arachne should
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African Mythology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Anansi the Spider is a very popular creature encountered in African mythology. This West African god frequently takes the form of a spider and
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