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Amaterasu is a sun goddess of the Shinto religion. It is believed that Amaterasu sent her grandson Jimmu to Earth 3,000 years ago to be the first ruler of Japan, beginning the divine family of Japanese emperors... Amaterasu was given rule over the sky by Izangi when he handed to her his holy necklace... Later, in a competition with her brother Susano, Amaterasu gave birth to three goddesses, who with Susano's offspring, are collectively the ancestors of Jimmu... During this competition, Amaterasu was unwilling to admit defeat. This caused Susano to furiously wreak havoc throughout the heavens and the Earth. Amaterasu fled into a cave, and her absence caused darkness throughout Japan... Amaterasu's absence caused much dismay on Earth. As the crops died off and the people suffered, the gods decided they needed to return Amaterasu to her position in the heavens. They sought the help of several dieties, and performed ritualis and sacrifieces outside of Amaterasu's cave. They also hung a mirror from a tree outside of the cave... Amaterasu's presence illuminated the fields and life returned to Japan's land... More: http://bit.ly/5e7YIS http://bit.ly/12hcMK0 http://bit.ly/cpfAZX http://bit.ly/YGjHzq http://bit.ly/11TMNba http://bit.ly/18uEQ1i http://bit.ly/12X1tp2 http://bit.ly/ZIOtCX http://bit.ly/10jo5yt See Hepit: http://sco.lt/7HrpHF See Shapash: http://sco.lt/5G2lZB See Ra: http://sco.lt/6FFhTd Post Image: http://bit.ly/12fdCIv
The name ‘Yowie’ is the rather affectionate term for an unidentified hominid reputed to stalk the Australian wilderness... Yowie is native to the Australian Aboriginal folklore. This Australian cryptid is similar to the Himalayan Yeti and the North American Bigfoot... The Yowie is said to be a bizarre, hybrid beast, sometimes with big red eyes on the side of his head, big canine teeth and large fangs. It emerges from the ground at night to eat whatever it can find, including humans. This creature’s characteristics and legend are sometimes interchangeable with those of the bunyip... Yowies have been reported by some witnesses to be unbelievably aggressive, and to pursue people with what was interpreted as predatory intent. Yowies have sometimes been reported to peer into windows, hang around the outsides of houses, and to approach cars on remote roads – all motifs that sound familiar if you’ve read the sasquatch literature. In further parallels with sasquatch, extremely bad, lingering smells have also been associated with Yowie sightings, and Yowies also seem to be good swimmers and waders... http://bit.ly/17IFzKY More: http://bit.ly/13dEDxa http://bit.ly/12Mx3pD http://bit.ly/rnUav http://bit.ly/YqNiud http://bit.ly/QvtgL4 http://bit.ly/ZM36Zw http://bit.ly/1296FZr http://bit.ly/12cj9OA http://bit.ly/15u5Miy http://bit.ly/12cjocw http://bit.ly/YB9aFI See Bunyip: http://sco.lt/5OFp5d See Sasquatch: http://sco.lt/66ptuT See Yeti: http://bit.ly/wersN8 Post Image: http://bit.ly/13ozJwt
Aatxe means "calf" in Basque. In Basque folklore, Aatxe is a demonic shapeshifting spirit that takes the form of a bull and occasionally a human. He is a master shape-shifter but favors the appearance of a red bull or a bull-shape of fire. The latter emerges at night, especially in stormy weather, from his cave dwelling in the Basque mountains. Aatxe comes from the underground world of Euskal Herria. He haunts the caves and gorges of the Pyrenees Mountains... On stormy nights, Aatxe rises out of his lair and attacks criminals and other evil people... He also protects people by making them stay home when danger is near... More: http://bit.ly/YEYUFj http://bit.ly/YHPH1d http://bit.ly/15XcbAu http://bit.ly/Z7WvW3 http://bit.ly/12hGWkF Post Image: http://bit.ly/XIt7qV
Nagual or Nahual (both pronounced [na'wal]) is a human being who has the power to magically turn him- or herself into an animal form, most commonly donkeys, turkeys, and dogs, but also other and more powerful animals such as the jaguar and puma... Such a Nagual is believed to use his powers for good or evil according to his personality... Specific beliefs vary, but the general concept of nagualism is pan-Mesoamerican... Nagualism is linked with pre-Columbian shamanistic practices through Preclassic Olmec depictions which are interpreted as humans transforming themselves into animals... The system is linked with the Mesomerican calendrical system, used for divination rituals... The birth date often determines if a person will be a Nagual. Mesoamerican belief in tonalism, wherein all humans have an animal counterpart to which their life force is linked, is also part of the definition of nagualism. "Another legend of Mexico is "The Nahuales." This folktale is told from the viewpoint of a young man who heard the story from his uncle. It is about Nahuales, a people capable of morphing into animals like pigs, burros, and chickens in order to capture other animals. A man delivering wood walks down the road and encounters a burro carrying a pig. He tells his companion that he will take the burro. As he neared the animal, he notices that the burro had no tail and the pig was unsecured on the animals back. When the man beats the burro, it speaks to him, admonishing the man to stop hitting him... The man realizes that he has, in fact, come across a Nahuales. The man delivers his wood and returns to the animals, bearing fried pork and fried pig skin for them to eat..." http://bit.ly/147wg8P In English the word is often translated as "transforming witch," but translations without the negative connotations of the word witch would be "transforming trickster" or "shape shifter". More: http://bit.ly/11EKTv2 http://bit.ly/Zso4h0 http://bit.ly/YS5UjP http://bit.ly/Zso8NL http://bit.ly/147wg8P http://bit.ly/11EKTv2 http://bit.ly/12IPX3V http://bit.ly/c1Uitw See Lycanthrope: http://bit.ly/yb1b2b Compare with: *Werecat (Still werejaguar is a werecat): http://bit.ly/JBVgF9 *Werehyena: http://bit.ly/ymrgNx *Wererat: http://bit.ly/GNvGkJ Compare with werebear: http://bit.ly/J4NMOL Compare with Adlet: http://bit.ly/J1FRUv Post Image: http://bit.ly/147LhYj
(Sorath M. l, p. 637) The fire is also a great purifier. It purifles the metal. Agni is one of the three chief gods in the Rig Veda. Agni personifies fire; (Sanskrit: “Fire”). He is one of the 8 Vasus, some say. Son of Kasyapa and Aditi or of Dyaus and Prithivi. Son of Urvashi, some say. Brother of Mara. Husband of Ambi or Agnayi. Father of Agneyi. Father of Subrahmanya by Svaha. The fire altar was orientated towards the East, the direction of sunrise, the ever new beginning... As the bestower of immortality and the cleanser from sin after death, Agni acts as a mediator between gods and men... Agni is depicted as having exhausted his vigour by consuming too many oblations, he renewed his strength in consuming the Khandava forest, with the assistance of Krishna and Arjuna and in defiance of Indra... No longer the object of a separate cult Agni is invoked by Hindu lovers and by men for virility... When Agni is described in anthropomorphic form, he sometimes has two faces which are smeared with butter. He sometimes appears with seven fiery tongues and sharpened, golden teeth. He is red in color, with black eyes and wild, black hair. He has seven arms and three legs, and seven rays of light emanate from his body. He either rides on a ram, or on a chariot, pulled by goats or sometimes parrots... 'Wonderful is the fire which works wonders.' (Var Asa M. l, p. 464) More: http://bit.ly/ZdwOar http://bit.ly/cJqwEe http://bit.ly/14H24SM http://bit.ly/11ckdBq http://bit.ly/92r4jK http://bit.ly/17Q9CRK http://bit.ly/107BY2d http://bit.ly/akSuEr http://bit.ly/11XUI8y http://bit.ly/XYolrZ http://bit.ly/11sgIZo http://bit.ly/11tMe81 http://bit.ly/17F6jdq http://bit.ly/15xSlNT http://bit.ly/11A3sPE http://bit.ly/11tNSXe http://bit.ly/11A3BCv http://bit.ly/15vUbyw Post Image: http://bit.ly/13pc5iI
Ymir (pronounced “EE-meer", meaning Scream) is an old Norse hermaphroditic giant and the first creature to come into being in the Norse creation narrative... He is the ancestor of all jötnar (Jötunn). According to the medieval Icelandic scholar Snorri Sturluson, Ymir was born when fire from Muspelheim and ice from Niflheim met in the abyss of Ginnungagap. Ymir was suckled by the primeval cow Auðhumbla, and several other giants spontaneously sprang from his sweat.. Ymir grew so large and so evil until his two brothers, Vili and Vé, who are generally considered to be hypostases (extensions or alternate versions) of Odin, slew the primordial giant (Ymir). The blood that flowed from Ymir's wound was so great that almost all the frost giants drowned in the torrent. Only the frost giants Bergelmer and his wife escape the flood in a chest, arriving on the mountain of Jötunheim (Jotunheim), which became the home of the giants... As one of the poems in the Poetic Edda, Grímnismálor “Song of the Hooded One,” words it: From Ymir’s flesh the earth was created,
And from his sweat [or, in some versions, blood] the sea,
Mountains from bone,
Trees from hair,
And from his skull the sky. And from his eyebrows the blithe gods made
Midgard, home of the sons of men
And from his brains
They sculpted the grim clouds. More: http://bit.ly/cI65vU http://bit.ly/XIiqWX http://bit.ly/14D4mkz http://bit.ly/IY41f3 http://bit.ly/2U5vpG http://bit.ly/k0vbL2 http://bit.ly/haQHvo http://bit.ly/13PwYaV http://bit.ly/bacwVY http://bit.ly/10vHBtf http://bit.ly/b3rKVa http://bit.ly/YujgpO See Auðhumbla: http://sco.lt/6PFEfJ See Jötunn: http://sco.lt/674uLB See Skadi : http://sco.lt/77RvOb Post Image: http://bit.ly/10nGlK0
Dagon is the Mesopotamian (Assyro-Babylonian) god of agriculture in Biblical times. The god of farming was the father of no less than the king of gods, Baal Hadad, and was, insofar as the deity takes care of the crops, a fertility god. Dagon is also associated with the Philistines, fertility, vegetation, and military strength... The image of Dagon is a debated issue. The notion that Dagon was a god whose upper body was that of a man and the lower body that of a fish has been prevalent for decades. This idea may stem from a linguistic error in translating a derivative of the Semitic 'dag.' The word 'dagan' actually means 'corn' or 'cereal'. The name 'Dagon' itself dates back to at least 2500 BCE, and is most probably a derivative of a word from a dialect of the Semitic tongue. This notion that Dagon was represented in iconography and statuary as part fish in Philistia proper is not supported entirely by coins found in Phoenician and Philistine cities. In fact, there is no evidence in the archaeological record to support the theory that Dagon was thusly represented. Whatever the image, a varying perception of Dagon developed around the Mediterranean... Dagon, after he discovered corn and the plough, was called Arotrios, Philos of Byblos... More: http://bit.ly/wJSBhu http://bit.ly/16sRXyS http://bit.ly/6UOsnS http://bit.ly/6dqzpx http://bit.ly/WIk1MW http://bit.ly/6dqzpx See Ba'al: http://sco.lt/6k9bH7 Post Image: http://bit.ly/YM6jCM
Seshat is the Ancient Egyptian goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing. She was the daughter of Nut and Geb, her siblings included Osiris, Isis and Seth. In Ancient Egyptian folklore there are confusing accounts as to whether Thoth was her brother or her husband... She is seen as a scribe and record keeper, and her name means she who scrivens (i.e. she who is the scribe), and is credited with inventing writing. She also became identified as the goddess of architecture, astronomy, astrology, building, mathematics, and surveying... Mistress of the House of Books is another title for Seshat, being the goddess whose priests oversaw the library in which scrolls of the most important knowledge was assembled and spells were preserved. Usually, she is also shown holding a palm stem, carrying notches to denote the recording of the passage of time.On her head she wears her headress which resembles a star or flower atop a pole or a bow... She is frequently dressed in a leopard-skin, a symbol of funerary priests, because the pattern of the skin represents the stars, both a symbol of eternity, and associated with the moon. In this context, she seemed to have associations with Anubis... Seshat assisted the pharaoh in the stretching the cord ritual. This ritual is related to laying out the foundations of temples and other important structures in order to determine and assure the sacred alignments and the precision of the dimensions... More: http://bit.ly/Xl1Rvv http://bit.ly/12ZDDxH http://bit.ly/VBHSxA http://bit.ly/WSADzM http://bit.ly/jUACFW http://bit.ly/17zakf http://bit.ly/XoFZ4a http://bit.ly/VrIZxj http://bit.ly/12Eb7BM http://bit.ly/ccDJhr http://bit.ly/W6ufBf See Anubis: http://bit.ly/LyihOd See Geb: http://bit.ly/12AJ4jT Post Image: http://bit.ly/XJq7
Inanna is an important goddess of the ancient Near East... Inanna is the icon of love and fertility and warfare. Inanna is the daughter of either the sky god Anu or the storm god Enlil, or the moon-god Nanna. She is also associated with forces of nature such as rain and thunderstorms... In a legend probably dating from the end of the third millennium b.c.e., we find an explanation for her association with the me, the sources of Sumerian civilized order inherent originally in the primal waters, the Mother goddess Nammu. The me include, for example, ritual, priesthood, political power, security, crafts, animal husbandry, agriculture, sexual behavior, family, and decision making. Inanna, lacking any particular office or function among the gods, decides to visit the crafty Enki in the abzu at his home in Eridu with the intention of stealing the powerful elements of the me. The legend in question probably was enacted in a festival or cult drama, one type of which was the journey drama in which a deity traveled ritually from his or her home city to the city of another god, especially to Enki at Eridu, where great power was stored and could be obtained as a boon. It seems that after Inanna's gaining of the me and her becoming one of the four most important deities—truly a queen of heaven—she has yet to fulfill her destiny as a goddess of erotic love and fertility... http://bit.ly/WjA0M5 ; Inanna is portrayed as a fickle person who first attracts men and then rejects them. She is depicted as richly dressed goddess or as a naked woman. Her symbol is the eight-pointed star... Inanna is the Sumerian counterpart of the Semitic goddess Ishtar. More: http://bit.ly/WjA0M5 http://bit.ly/YQ4R31 http://bit.ly/RTh3lN http://bit.ly/VFF5kp http://bit.ly/XUfoJH http://bit.ly/DJNZX http://bit.ly/4bXT7E See Damuzi: http://sco.lt/8ngbDN See Ereshkigal: http://sco.lt/5qVbHd Post Image: http://bit.ly/ZBwpiw
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Ammit is the crocodile-headed goddess of the Underworld (Duat), the 'Devourer of the Dead' and 'Eater of Souls' in Ancient Egyptian folklore... Although Ammit is often referred to as a goddess of the Underworld, a more accurate description is that of a demon, a supernatural and malevolent being... She was depicted as having the head of a crocodile, the torso of a lioness and the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, a combination of the most terrifying and ferocious creatures known to the ancient Egyptians... She features in the Book of the Dead as the punisher and executioner... Ammit waited in the Judgement Hall of the Two Truths during the Weighing of the Heart ceremony, and devoured those deemed to be sinners... Depiction of Ammit in Papyrus of Hunefer The Papyrus of Hunefer is a historical document that gives a detailed account of the devourer of souls. It narrates that upon Hunefer’s death his heart was weighed at the head dress of Ma’at by Anubis. The results were being recorded by Thoth who was believed to have an Ibis’s head. It showed that if the results were bad then Hunefer would be restricted from entering the afterlife and would be passed on to Ammit who would devour his soul and keep him in a state of constant restlessness. Ammit was also sometimes said to stand by a lake of fire. In some traditions, the unworthy hearts were cast into the fiery lake to be destroyed. Some scholars believe Ammit and the lake represent the same concept of destruction... Probably Ammit has a link with the goddess Tawaret, who has a similar physical appearance and, as a companion of Bes, also protected others from evil... It is possible that Ammit's lion characteristics, and the lake of fire, may be pointers to a connection with the goddess Sekhmet. The relation to afterlife punishment and lake of fire location are also shared with the baboon deity Babi... More: http://bit.ly/1149pU5 http://bit.ly/13DlPaQ http://bit.ly/11NDPkT http://bit.ly/19NhAJJ http://bit.ly/lZNC6 http://bit.ly/14CWf4v http://bit.ly/g7dnYQ http://bit.ly/10FpW0S See Also: Annubis: http://sco.lt/7tx6Nl See Sakhmet: http://bit.ly/OQAM2q Post Image: http://bit.ly/14CZ7i2
Ogmios is a gaulish god of eloquence, and the personification of poetry, literature, learning and persuasiveness... He was also a binding god who would use his powers of persuasion to bind men onto himself and then escort souls on their journey to the after-live... It is he who invented the runic language of the Druids. His attributes are a bow and stick. The father of Ogham was Oghma; The mother of Ogham was the hand or knife of Oghma... Roman sources describe Ogmios as an orator of remarkable charisma. Celtic sources from the same era describe Ogmios as a educator and the creator of the ogam writing system. Combining these, Ogmios becomes a wise and charismatic teacher of Celtic ways and scholarly endevour.This was the guide and patron of the Druid Order of Teachers. A Celt, in a discussion with Lucian, explained how the Celtic Ogmios, personifying the power of speech was represented by Heracles rather than Hermes. This Celt made various references to Greek legends in the course of the conversation. - John Rhys, Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by Celtic Heathendom, London 1898. Stranger, I will tell you the secret of the painting, for you seem very much troubled about it. We Celts do not consider the power of speech to be Hermes, as you Greeks do, but we represent it by means of Heracles, because he is much stronger than Hermes. So if this old man Heracles, the power of speech, draws men after him, tied to his tongue by their ears you have no reason to wonder, as you must be aware of the close connection between the ears and the tongue. ...In a word, we Celts are of opinion that Heracles himself performed everything by the power of words, as he was a wise fellow, and that most of his compulsion was effected by persuasion. His weapons ... are his utterances which are sharp and well aimed, swift to pierce the mind: and you too say that words have wings... But, whereas Hercules was a mortal with supernatural powers, Ogmios seems more of a god to the Celts... The German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer depicted this deity. Commonly compared with the Irish Ogma... More: http://bit.ly/10CeIv1 http://bit.ly/16srnb8 http://bit.ly/10sg7mF http://bit.ly/YPeeGv http://bit.ly/13rhsQ4 http://bit.ly/19g9WY3 http://bit.ly/ZZ8BEs http://bit.ly/11wp85u http://bit.ly/18E9sNY http://bit.ly/YDtAM4 http://bit.ly/13RxoKz http://bit.ly/10GhALY http://bit.ly/ZSPUij Post Image: http://bit.ly/18EacT6
Coyote is a Trickster Figure and a symbol in Native American Culture and oral tradition... The Coyote based on the coyote (Canis latrans) animal. This character is usually male and is generally anthropomorphic although he may have some coyote-like physical features such as fur, pointed ears, yellow eyes, a tail and claws. He is a ubiquitous being and can be categorized in many types. He has also the ability of the transformer: in some stories he is a handsome young man; in others he is an animal; yet others present him as just a power, a sacred one... The legends which include Coyote vary widely from culture to culture... Among the Pueblo tribes, the coyote was believed to have hunting medicine. Zuni hunters kept stone effigies of coyotes as one of their six hunting fetishes, associating coyotes with the west and the color blue. In many Wasco legends, Coyote rivals the Raven (Crow) about the same ordeal: in some stories, Multnomah Falls came to be by Coyote's efforts; in others, it is done by Raven. http://bit.ly/9euZPM More often than not Coyote is a trickster, but he is always different. In some stories, he is a noble trickster, "Coyote takes water from the Frog people... because it is not right that one people have all the water."... In others, he is mean, "Coyote determined to bring harm to Duck. He took Duck's wife and children, whom he treated badly...."... Coyote as a Trickster is very difficult, if not impossible, to define. According to S.E. Schlosser of ‘Tricksters: Native American Trickster Tales and other Trickster Folklore’: “A Trickster is a mischievous or roguish figure in myth or folklore who typically makes up for physical weakness with cunning and subversive humor. The Trickster alternates between cleverness and stupidity, kindness and cruelty, deceiver and deceived, breaker of taboos and creator of culture.” The website “American Passages - Unit 8. Regional Realism: Context Activities” has this to say to add to the discussion of a Trickster definition: “Characterized by paradox, duality, cleverness, shape-shifting, duplicity, and a knack for survival, trickster figures are appealing in their ability to assert their individuality and shatter boundaries and taboos… Native American trickster tales are similarly interested in the inversion of social norms and the breaking of boundaries; their tales of Coyote and other supernatural characters celebrate the trickster as simultaneously vulgar and sacred, wise and foolish, but always surviving… The identity of the trickster continues to resonate in Native American culture today…Coyote embodies the duality and flexibility of contemporary Indian culture, figuring both resistance and strategic accommodation to Euro-American culture.” Coyote was a Fire-Bringer In Native American lore, Coyote was a fire-bringer and teacher, much like Prometheus in Classical Greek mythology. Tribe after tribe told tales of Coyote stealing fire from hostile beings for the benefit of humanity. In one tale, originally from the Karuk tribe of northern California, Coyote steals fire from the Three Fire Beings (called the Yellowjacket Sisters in some versions). He then passes the fire off to various other animals in a sort of impromptu relay-race to stay ahead of the angry fire beings, until the fire is trapped in a tree or piece of wood. Coyote then teaches humans how to make fire by rubbing two sticks together. http://bit.ly/11K8Fpj More: http://bit.ly/9euZPM http://bit.ly/115Xkom http://bit.ly/168qZOX http://bit.ly/16EZMDi http://bit.ly/Zw8lsJ http://bit.ly/sP4dAb http://bit.ly/1zlhdj http://bit.ly/ZHIPV5 http://bit.ly/11K8Fpj http://bit.ly/115XhZI http://bit.ly/138xEW8 http://bit.ly/18ltAUP http://bit.ly/ZHJmGz http://bit.ly/YmdLcm http://bit.ly/13UOmaf http://bit.ly/15h5w6Q http://bit.ly/10anO0R Post Image: http://bit.ly/ZHNtSU
Ereshkigal is the "queen of darkness" in Sumerian folklore... In Sumerian cosmogony, she is originally a sky goddess, who was carried off by force to the Sumerian Underworld by the dragon, Kur, and there enthroned as its lady... Her world is a place of shadows and dust, a place where the the spirits of of the dead huddle in the darkness... Ereshkigal rules over the magical arts, secret knowledge, and oracles. She was also the sister of the well known goddess, Inanna... Ereshkigal was carried away to the underworld when heaven and earth separated. Although sisters, Ereshkigal and Ishtar were enemies, this representing the conflict of life versus death. A conflict escalatd between the two sisters. This animosity caused the famous legend where Ereshkigal catches Inanna in the underworld, not releasing her until she sacrifices her husband Tammuz.
In another version of this legend, Tammuz rests with Ereshkigal half the year, the other half he is together with Inanna/Ishtar...
In early legends, her husband is Ninazu, later it is Nergal. Her son was Namtar, the demon (or god) of death. Ereshkigal forced Nergal to become her consort, threatening to kill all life on earth if he didn't agree. Together, the two ruled the underworld...
It is written in the ancient Sumerian scripts that:
The pure Ereshkigal herself upon her throne, The Annunake, the seven judges, pronounced judges, pronounce judgment before her, They fastened their eyes upon her, they eyes of death. At their word, the word which tortures the spirit... The sick woman was turned into a corpse, The corpse was hung from a stake… More: http://bit.ly/ZZCzn7 http://bit.ly/Zwm9qJ http://bit.ly/16eyoMc http://bit.ly/ZSeYbU http://bit.ly/ZgQSof http://bit.ly/14JZ0op http://bit.ly/ZSftTl http://bit.ly/ZgRESa http://bit.ly/dONi4K http://bit.ly/10ojXx0 http://bit.ly/11xEAct http://bit.ly/11xEDVu See Inanna: http://sco.lt/8oLj5l See Damuzi: http://sco.lt/8ngbDN Post Image adapted from: http://bit.ly/10okOO6
The Amazons are a nation of women dwelling near the river Thermodon in Greek folklore... Other historiographers place them in Asia Minor,or more often Ancient Libyē. They are, as a race, regarded as children of Ares and Harmonia. The Amazons, described in the Iliad as "antianeirai", meaning: those who go to war like men, were about the Thermodon river were in their full vigour a little before the Trojan war... The name Amazon is believed to descend from the word amazoi which in Greek means "breast less". They cultivated the manly virtues and pinched off the right breasts of all females so that they might not be hindered by them in throwing the javelin. But they kept the left breasts so that they might suckle, as they gave birth to children through normal intercourse with the other gender... Historically, Amazons were portrayed as beautiful women in Amazonomachies, which was an artform showing battles between the Amazons and Greeks. Normally seen on horseback, the Amazons wore armor made of animal skins and carried either a bow or spear. An Amazon warrior possessed the strength of a man and was as savage as a wild animal, but she was especially dangerous because she had reason and cunning. Amazons were trained to use all weapons and especially in single combat. They were honorable, courageous, brave and represented rebellion against sexism. The legend tells of the Amazons invading Attica to take back their queen, and on reaching Athens a great battle took place, but the Athenians were glorious. This scene has been depicted in art by the Greeks in many forms, but probably the most famous are the architectural marble carvings from the Parthenon sculpture (Amazonomachy). More: http://bit.ly/TkzzEq http://bit.ly/NULdjV http://bit.ly/ZoABNC http://bit.ly/Mkr0lJ http://bit.ly/115acWZ http://bit.ly/28zRRy http://bit.ly/115akFZ http://bit.ly/61rJFX http://bit.ly/KMIr0r http://bit.ly/16UQGzX See Ares: http://sco.lt/5uoa6z Post Image: http://bit.ly/Ztfp8a
Breo Saighead, or the "Fiery Arrow or Power," is a Celtic three-fold goddess, the daughter of The Dagda, and the wife of Bres. Known by many names, Brighid's three aspects are: (1) Fire of Inspiration as patroness of poetry... (2) Fire of the Hearth, as patroness of healing and fertility... (3) Fire of the Forge, as patroness of smithcraft and martial arts... She is mother to the craftsmen. Sons of Tuireann: Creidhne, Luchtaine and Giobhniu... Excalibur, King Arthur's sword, was forged by the Lady of the Lake, a figure sometimes associated with Brighid because of her fire and forgery aspect... Like the Arthurian Avalon, or "Isle of Apples," Brigid possessed an apple orchard in the Otherworld to which bees traveled to obtain it's magickal nectar... The Romans equated Brigantia with Minerva, a goddess of war, wisdom and crafts. There is evidence of this from a statue at Birrens in Dumfriesshire which shows her with Minerva’s symbol of the Gorgon’s head on her breast, a mural crown, a spear and the globe of victory. Brigid, which means "one who exaults herself," is Goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare (derived from "Cill Dara," which means "church of the oak") and often is considered to be the White Maiden aspect of the Triple Goddess...
Today, many places in the British Isles bear her name. As “Brigantia” she gave her name to the Celtic lands of the North of England. Rivers are also named after her including, Afon (River) Braint, the longest river on Ynys Mon (Anglesey); Brent, London; and Brue, Somerset. More: http://bit.ly/ebeJ6g http://bit.ly/ZIcGHZ http://bit.ly/bnxnsZ http://bit.ly/10JeF1j http://bit.ly/ZsN6xw http://bit.ly/aSJEqt http://bit.ly/17lKgek http://bit.ly/Z2l8py http://bit.ly/14YbRD6 Post Image: http://bit.ly/14Q8U73
Asteria, the daughter of the Titan Coeus and Phoebe, is the Titan goddess of the oracles and prophecies of night, including prophetic dreams, the reading of the stars (astrology), and necromancy. She is the mother of the goddess Hekate by Perses (the Destroyer). After the fall of the Titanes, Asteria was pursued by the god Zeus. She fled his advances, transforming herself into a quail (ortux) and leaping into the sea (or the island which had fallen from heaven like a star), afterwards called Delos. Her sister Leto later sought refuge on the isle and there gave birth to her son Apollon. Asteria appears in Athenian vase-painting alongside the other Delian gods--Apollon, Artemis and Leto. She is often labelled as "Delos." More: http://bit.ly/YbvOib http://bit.ly/ZfZoUa http://bit.ly/ZfZ2N4 http://bit.ly/YJQT7k http://bit.ly/Xk6ea http://bit.ly/152xyli http://bit.ly/12H2zqJ See Apollon: http://sco.lt/8aFV5N Post Image: http://bit.ly/12HbF6S
Rheia, the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, the Titanis mother of the gods, and a goddess of female fertility, motherhood, and generation. Her name means "flow" and "ease". Rhea was seen by the classical Greeks as the mother of the Olympian gods and goddesses, though never dwelling permanently among them on Mount Olympus. As the wife of Kronos (Time), she represented the eternal flow of time and generations ; as the great mother (Meter Megale), the "flow" was menstrual blood, birth waters, and milk. She was also a goddess of comfort and ease, a blessing reflected in the common Homeric phrase "the gods who live at their ease (rhea)."... Her children are her children are Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus. Cronus, jealous of the future power of his children and to secure his dominion, ate his own children but Rhea managed to rescue one son, Zeus. She hid him in the Dictean Cave in Crete and gave Cronus a stone wrapped in the clothes of the infant, which he swallowed. Cybele is her Asia-minor counterpart. Rhea is depicted between two lions or on a chariot pulled by lions... More: http://bit.ly/5jGeMx http://bit.ly/10y5HYD http://bit.ly/132zmea http://bit.ly/116W2IT http://bit.ly/6aoeaW http://bit.ly/1Zieb http://bit.ly/16CYYNy http://bit.ly/10pOD3t See Gaia: http://bit.ly/Mxt7Be See Uranus: http://sco.lt/7bN57J See Hades: http://bit.ly/NZZbC0 See Poseidon: http://bit.ly/N3pcQ1 See Hestia: http://sco.lt/8Ufy8P See Hera: http://sco.lt/62EIHx See Demeter: http://sco.lt/7JiyNV See Cybele: http://sco.lt/7mcHDt Post Image: http://bit.ly/15f3ZIL
Haumia Tiketike, the son of Rangi and Papa, is the god of uncultivated food, i.e. wild berries and roots, wild plant, and fernroot, a staple food of the Māori; the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealando. Haumia contrasts with his brother Rongo, the god of the kūmara and all cultivated plants... Haumia agreed to the forced separation of his parents. Because of this he was subjected to the fury of his brother Tāwhirimātea, god of winds and storms, who would have killed him if their mother had not hidden him in her body, that is, in the ground. While he escaped from Tāwhirimātea, he was later discovered by Tū, god of war, who saw Haumia's hair sticking up out of the earth... Haumia is particularly associated with fernroot or aruhe, the starchy rhizome of the bracken fern Pteridium esculentum, which formed a major element of the Māori diet in former times... More: http://bit.ly/W6IaqR http://bit.ly/ZIq4Ox http://bit.ly/YpA3Xt http://bit.ly/14aIgpH http://bit.ly/139IXjn http://bit.ly/GFzHpR http://bit.ly/14aIpt6 Post Image: http://bit.ly/YEX083
The term is generally used in reference to elf-like creatures, including fairies, and similar beings (although not earth beings), but can also signify various spiritual beings, including ghosts. In Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl books, sprites are a race of fairies with green skin and wings. In The Spiderwick Chronicles, sprites are creatures that resemble insects or flowers. The word "sprite" is derived from the Latin "spiritus" (spirit). Variations on the term include "spright" (the origin of the adjective "sprightly", meaning "spirited" or "lively") and the Celtic "spriggan". The term is chiefly used in regard to elves and fairies in European folklore, and in modern English is rarely used in reference to spirits or other legendary creatures... At night the insect-like sprites' bodies give off a faint glow that can have them mistaken for fireflies, which, along with other flying insects and small birds, they are fond of riding. Sprites can also cause plants to bloom in the middle of Winter and are the nurturers of the strange fruits that faeries delight in.
In forests with sprites, it is possible to find the hollowed-out acorns they use as cups; dandelion-tuft mattresses, and hats made from folded leaves... More: http://bit.ly/kFM0X0 http://bit.ly/ZnWivS http://bit.ly/ZRtMGs http://yhoo.it/14kbQsv See the Kobold: http://sco.lt/7hA4X3 See Goblin: http://sco.lt/579ksz See Robin Good Fellow: http://sco.lt/62RP6n Post Image: http://bit.ly/X6mKPJ
Dumuzi is the Sumerian god of vegetation and fertility, and also of the underworld... Dumuzi means "faithful or true son" in Sumerian... In the Sumerian Descent of Inanna he is the consort of the goddess Inanna... According to the Sumerian King-List Gilgamesh was descended from 'Dumuzi a shepherd'. Dumuzi was originally a mortal ruler whose marriage to Inanna ensured the fertility of the land and the fecundity of the womb... This marriage, however, according to a legend whose denouncement has only recently come to light, ended in stark tragedy when the goddess, offended by her husband's unfeeling behavior toward her, decreed that he be carried off to the netherworld for six months of each year-hence the barren, sterile months of the hot summer. At the autumnal equinox, which marked the beginning of the Sumerian new year, Dumuzi returned to the earth... His reunion with his wife caused all animal and plant life to be revitalized and made fertile once again... In Babylonia, the month Tammuz was established in honor of the eponymous god Tammuz, who originated as a Sumerian shepherd-god... More: http://bit.ly/9XW3NT http://bit.ly/15rLNhd http://bit.ly/XQdj2n http://bit.ly/XQdquP http://bit.ly/YNlgqu http://www.jstor.org/stable/3642771 http://bit.ly/Ora9RH http://bit.ly/YYET0R http://bit.ly/YIf8O3 http://bit.ly/56vaBp http://bit.ly/YYEKdM See Inanna: http://sco.lt/8oLj5l See Ereshkigal: http://sco.lt/5qVbHd See Gilgamesh: http://sco.lt/6JLDEn Post Image: http://bit.ly/Y7FeKl
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