Colleen Houck

Here is my A to Z list of things you will see in RECREATED!       A–AMON, ASTEN, AHMOSE, ANUBIS, ASHLEIGH, AFRICA, ARCHEOLOGY, AMUN-RA, AFTERLIFE, ARROW B-BENU BIRD, BRIDGE, BURN, BOON C-CLAWS, COSMOS, COSMIC RIVER D-DEVOURER, DREAMS, DEATH, DREAMWORLD E-EYE OF HORUS, EGYPT, EMBRACE F-FAIRY, FAIRY TREE, FIRE SCORPIONS, FOUNTAIN OF THE JACKALS G-GUARDIANS, GHOSTS, GODLING, GIFT H-HEART, HEART SCARAB, HELIOPOLIS, HIPPOPOTAMUS, HASSAN, HORUS I-IOWA, ISIS J-JACKALS, JUDGING, JOINING, JEWELS K-KISS, KNIFE, KILL L-LAKE OF FIRE, LION, LIGHT, LILY, LOST M-MA’AT, MIRES OF DESPAIR, MATCH, MERGE N-NEPHTHYS, NEBU, NANA, NEW YORK, NETHERWORLD O-OSIRIS, OATH, OSCAR P-PROTECTION, PAIN, POOL Q-QILINBIAN, …

  Charon or Kharon is the ferryman of Hades who ferries the newly deceased souls across the rivers Styx and Acheron which divide the world of the living from the world of the dead. To pay for the passage you need a coin to pay Charon. Normally an obolus or danake was placed in or on the mouth of the dead person to pay for this passage.  If the dead could not pay the fee, or if the body is left unburied those souls were left to wonder the shores for hundred of years. Watch how Perseus gains passage from …

  The origin story of the Minotaur is one of punishment given by the god Poseidon to the disobedient King Minos of Crete. King Minos sacrificed his most prized bull each year to Poseidon, but one year a calf was born that was so exquisite he chose to sacrifice a lesser bull in order to save the prized one for himself.  Poseidon was not fooled by the immolated calf, and punished King Minos by his wife, the queen gave birth to a half human half bull child.   Since King Minos we have seen Minotaur in movies and books.  In …

Recreated Sneak Peek #2   As she sipped her tea and rocked, her twinkling eyes studied me in the dim room. “What’s bothering you, Lilypad?” she asked. A stream of words crossed my tongue but melted away like chocolate over a flame. “I…it’s hard to talk about,” I said finally. “Is it your parents? College?” “No.” “Ah…it’s a young man then.” I grimaced and then nodded once. “Tell me about him,” she encouraged. Could I? If anyone would understand or believe me, it would be her. Anubis hadn’t said I couldn’t tell anyone. He probably just assumed that no one …