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I'll post something I want to learn about the next person will do a little research and post it along with something they want to learn about at the bottom.

Why reasearch someone elses idea? Because you may not have any interest in what they want to learn about, but researching it anyways will keep you openminded.

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(taken from wikipedia)

The Picts were a confederation of tribes in what later was to become central and northern Scotland from Roman times until the 10th century. They lived to the north of the Forth and Clyde. They were the descendants of the Caledonii and other tribes named by Roman historians or found on the world map of Ptolemy. Pictland, also known as Pictavia, became the Kingdom of Alba during the 10th century and the Picts became the Fir Alban, the men of Scotland.

The name by which the Picts called themselves is unknown. The Greek word Πικτοί (Latin Picti) first appears in a panegyric written by Eumenius in AD 297 and is taken to mean "painted or tattooed people" (Latin pingere "paint"). The Gaels of Ireland and Dál Riata called the Picts Cruithne, (Old Irish cru(i)then-túath), presumably from Proto-Celtic *kwriteno-toutā. There were also people referred to as Cruithne in Ulster, in particular the kings of Dál nAraidi.[1] The Britons (later the Welsh and Cornish) in the south knew them, in the P-Celtic form of "Cruithne", as Prydyn; the terms "Britain" and "Briton" come from the same root.[2] Their Old English name gave the modern Scots form Pechts.[3]

Archaeology gives some impression of the society of the Picts. Although very little in the way of Pictish writing has survived, Pictish history, from the late 6th century onwards, is known from a variety of sources, including saints' lives, such as that of Columba by Adomnán, and various Irish annals. Although the popular impression of the Picts may be one of an obscure, mysterious people, this is far from being the case. When compared with the generality of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, Pictish history and society are well attested.[4]

I've read some books that mention them, especially one called Kushial's Dart and the two books that follow where the Picts are a major role in a war. Just type in Picts into google and you'll get a lot!

I would like to know more about Bast and her mythology/history.

Bat mythology and symbolism

In China, the bat is a symbol of good luck and happiness. This is probably because the word for bat, "fu" sounds like the word for happines. The Chinese god of happiness is called Fu-xing; he is often represented by a bat and in human form he has bats embroidered on his robes. Five bats together symbolize the 5 blessings of health, long life, wealth, love of virtue and a good death. Some people believed the bat had a very heavy brain that forced it to roost upside down. Bats were sometimes used as ingredients of aphrodisiacs.
The Maya regarded the bat as a creature of the Underworld and of death. They called it 'he who tears off heads' and depicted it with the empty eyes of a skull. The 'House of the Bat' was one of the regions that had to be crossed to reach the Land of Death. The Tupinamba believe a bat will swallow the sun at the ending of the world. The Zotzil tribes revere Zotz, the bat-god of caves, as their patron.
The Zuni considered the bat to be a harbringer of rain. The Chami Indians of Colombia thought the vampire bat had the power to put its victims to sleep.
In ancient Europe bats were sometimes nailed to doors to ward off demons and black magic. Drops of bat blood under a woman's pillow were supposed to bring her children. Bats were also used against snakebites and plagues of ants or locusts. Later the bat was sometimes used as a symbol of the Devil and it was depicted as the companion of witches. It was also a symbol of envy, because envy works in the shadows and does not expose itself to the light of day.

from - http://www.dierinbeeld.nl/animal_files/mammals/bat/index.html#mythology

Astral travel, can anyone do it and how does one go about doing it?