Robbie Robertson Quotes

I have built my world through Native American mythology.

If you go back far enough and get a wider enough picture of history, we have let go of many things that follow a religious narrative. We don't burn witches anymore. Most people would consider that barbaric. We don't sacrifice human beings, which was a religious act practiced by numerous cultures on this planet.

Hardest of all for Europeans to negotiate are traditional African religions, whose transactions with unseen powers are central to the running of life in many areas, the main weapon in the struggle against the forces of evil.

The name Crow was inspired by a number of things. I thought it would be cool to have a robot with sort of a Native American feel to it.

During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.

I'm gonna put a curse on you and all your kids will be born completely naked.

Magic has been around forever, and it's also been in trouble forever. I'm not suggesting that there was ever a time when the practice of magic was celebrated by those in power. Actually, such practices were routinely demonized by monarchs and organized religions precisely because magic is inherently democratic.

I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.

Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.

Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.

I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

I always wear my evil eye necklace to ward off bad karma. I always wear one to protect me.

I love reading about the supernatural, and time-slip novels, and the mistress of both is Barbara Erskine.

In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest.

Reflective of the deep sense of gratitude and respect Mongolians reserved for wolves, there was a belief that only through wolves could the spirit of a deceased human be set free to go to Heaven.

Catch a black hen and beat it to death with a white cane. Keep the blood and smear a little of it on your enemy. If you get no chance to smear it on his body, obtain one of his garments and smear it.

Miracles are doomed; they will drop out like fairies and witchcraft, from among the matter which serious people believe.

Hearts and Minds

As a boy, I found myself drawn to Arthurian legends, and then to Celtic mythology, and then further east into the mysticism of Asian religions.

My all-time favorite is Shaktimaan,' and a supernatural show that I really like has to be Naagin.'

Actually, I don't even believe in curses.

I am not religious in any way, but I have a pagan ideology and pagan values.

I'm like Loki in Nordic mythology: one day I'll be a woman and the next day a snake.

I'm like a witch! You can't kill me!

'Legacies' is its own show, and it takes on a younger twist to the supernatural world.