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Category Archives: Mary
Black is Beautiful: A Black Madonna gallery
Who are they? The Black Madonnas are ostensibly medieval images of the Christian Mother of God, often with her child, the incarnate God Jesus, in which she is depicted as black. Mary is so typically presented throughout medieval Europe as … Continue reading
Virgin of Guadalupe, Spain
Since writing my previous post on Mary in the Americas, it has come to my attention that yet another possible source for Our Lady of Guadalupe (besides religious vision and Aztec mythology) is a Black Madonna in the town of … Continue reading
Posted in Artemis/Diana, goddess, Isis, Mary, Queen of Heaven
Tagged artemis, catholic mythology, earth goddesses, isis, mary, mary as goddess, queen of heaven
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An American Goddess: Mary in the New World
Every Christmas Eve at the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, the residents of the oldest town in America bring out an old, old statue of the Virgin Mary and give her a procession through an eager crowd. This representation of … Continue reading
Posted in goddess, Goddess in the Bible, Mary, Queen of Heaven, sun goddesses
Tagged american mythology, catholic mythology, earth goddesses, goddess in the bible, mary, mary as goddess, myths of the feminine, names of the goddess, our lady of guadalupe, queen of heaven, sky goddesses, snake goddess, sun goddesses, taos pueblo
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Star of the Sea
Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, the most beautiful of all the goddesses of Greece has an unusual origin. She was born out of the penis of the sky when it fell into the sea. The penis in question belonged to Ouranos, … Continue reading
Posted in Aphrodite/Venus, Asherah, Canaanite mythology, Goddess in the Bible, Greek/Roman Goddesses, Hathor, Hindu goddesses, Inanna, Ishtar, Mary, nammu/tiamat, Nut, Queen of Heaven, sea goddess, sky goddesses, Sumerian/Babylonian
Tagged ancient hebrew religion, ancient views of the feminine, aphrodite/venus, asherah, astarte, babylonian mythology, canaanite mythology, catholic mythology, egyptian mythology, el, goddess in the bible, greco-roman goddesses, hindu mythology, inanna, ishtar, lakshmi, mary, mary as goddess, myths of the feminine, nammu, nut, primordial sea, queen of heaven, sky goddesses, sky gods, tiamat, water goddesses, yahweh
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Is the Moon female?
It is popular in modern times, especially in neopagan circles, to think of the moon as representing a goddess. But what did the ancients think? Was the moon female to them? In classical Greece and Rome, the answer to that … Continue reading
Posted in Artemis/Diana, Egyptian, goddess, Greek/Roman Goddesses, Inanna, Isis, Mary, moon goddesses, Queen of Heaven, sky goddesses, Sumerian/Babylonian
Tagged ancient views of the feminine, artemis, babylonian mythology, catholic mythology, dianna, egyptian mythology, greco-roman goddesses, inanna, ishtar, isis, mary, mary as goddess, moon goddesses, moon gods, myths of the feminine, myths of the masculine, nanna, queen of heaven, sky goddesses, sky gods, sumerian mythology, thoth
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Theotokos: How the Mother Goddess became Mary
Mary becomes Mother of God: The year 431 A.D. was a momentous one in the history of the Queen of Heaven. That’s the year the church fathers, meeting in Ephesus in modern day Turkey, officially declared that Mary is Theotokos, … Continue reading
The many names of Isis
Google the name Queen of Heaven today and most of the sites you will find relate to Mary, the Mother of God in the Catholic faith. Just a click away are sites for churches, schools and other organizations named for … Continue reading
Mary Queen of Heaven
In this beautiful work by French painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) we see Mary enthroned in the Heavens and crowned with the stars like a luminous goddess of the sky. In every way (except the way of official theology) she is … Continue reading
Posted in goddess, Mary, Queen of Heaven, sky goddesses
Tagged catholic mythology, mary, mary as goddess, myths of the feminine, queen of heaven, sky goddesses
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Mother of Earth and Sky
Many people believe the ubiquitous feminine, often pregnant figurines found throughout Paleolithic and Neolithic sites in ancient Europe and the Middle East represented Mother Earth, out of which are born the plants and animals and people which are her children, … Continue reading
Posted in Egyptian, Inanna, Isis, Mary, nammu/tiamat, Nut, Queen of Heaven, Sumerian/Babylonian
Tagged ancient views of the feminine, babylonian mythology, earth goddesses, egyptian mythology, greco-roman goddesses, inanna, ishtar, isis, mary as goddess, myths of the feminine, myths of the masculine, nammu, nut, primordial sea, queen of heaven, sky goddesses, sky gods, sumerian mythology, tiamat
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