Ares
Ares Father of Victory; Lord of the Dance ORIGIN: Thrace CLASSIFICATION: Olympian spirit Ares, Lord of War, is the Greek Olympian spirit who garners the…
Month: August 2017
Ardat Lili
Ardat Lili ORIGIN: Sumeria Ardat Lili is a dangerous storm spirit from ancient Sumeria, a vampiric succubus who visits men at night. She inspires them…
Arang
Arang loved to go moon-gazing at Youngnamru Pavillion. A respectable young lady could not go out alone: the female servant assigned as her chaperone c…
Arachne
Arachne Arachne, master weaver of fabrics and tapestries, was the daughter of a man involved in the rare purple dye industry. Only royalty and the…
The Fort Garry Hotel – Winnipeg
Built in 1913, the Fort Garry Hotel is a majestic, 14-story, chateau-style structure that is both a national landmark and beacon of pride in the…
Empress Theatre – Fort Macleod
Many performers at the Empress Theatre have claimed to look out into the audience during rehearsals or performances and see a hairy-armed character sitting in…
The Deane House – Fort Calgary
Fort Calgary was built in 1875 at the junction of the Bow and Elbow Rivers because the region had become a haven for whiskey traders…
The Charles Camsell Hospital – Edmonton
The existing Charles Camsell Hospital was built in 1967 and closed its doors in 1996. The original part of the building housed a tuberculosis sanatorium…
Fort Edmonton Park
Renovating a house can bring out both contractors and entities. Can you imagine what happens when buildings from different parts of the country are uprooted…
The Guilty Martini – Edmonton
The Guilty Martini is housed in a very nondescript brick building in the heart of Old Strathcona—a trendy area in Edmonton. Built at the turn…
