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|  | | Pagan Channel Islands Pagan Channel Island linksthe legacy and traditions of fairy tales, legends, early religions and ancient earth rituals to the Neolithic remains of the Channel Islands.
div style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal">span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt">Around three to five thousand years ago, an ancient people began building stone sites and monuments on the Channel Islands, creating a landscape as rich in mythology as any archaeological site in Greece or Egypt. Since early Christian times, the dolmens (stone chambers) and menhirs (single standing stones) have been reviled as the domain of witches, ghosts, and dragons. They were thought to bring bad luck and sudden death to all who came near. Yet they have also been cherished as sources of healin | |  | | The Moon Maiden This exciting story brings the enigmatic, ancient world of Minoan Crete back to glorious life in a fast moving tale of love, ambition and betrayal.
span style="font-size: 10pt">Abandoned by their harsh countrymen to suffer a harrowing death at sea, Thasos and his family are rescued by the mysterious Keftiu islanders and find themselves welcomed into a bizarre, but sophisticated society apparently ruled by a young girl called the Moon Maiden./span>
div style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt">span style="font-size: 10pt">The Keftiu are equally wary of their guests, whose rough warrior manners seem quite barbarous to the refined islanders./span>/div>
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