Tag Archives: greco-roman goddesses

Aphrodite documentary in the works

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Carisa

This is the trailer for a very interesting documentary project on Aphrodite in her original homeland on the island of Cyprus:

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Star of the Sea

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Carisa

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 →

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Asherah, Part III: The Lion Lady

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Carisa

The lion rider: These days a naked lady holding a snake and riding a lion is not the first image which comes to mind when the word “holy” is spoken. However, that is exactly the title of the goddess at … Continue reading →

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Is the Moon female?

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Carisa

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 →

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The Dawn

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Carisa

The Greek Goddess of the Dawn, Eos (Roman Aurora), is thought to be an exceedingly ancient divinity, dating back to the early speakers of the Indo-European language which forms the root of  most of the languages now spoken in the … Continue reading →

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Who is this mystery goddess? The serpent-wielding woman of Crete.

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Carisa

What’s her name and what divine power did she represent? No one knows.  Whoever made her did so in about 1600 BC on Crete, during a time when a people called the Minoans lived there.  They did leave writings, called … Continue reading →

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Mirror, mirror: Reflections on Medusa

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Carisa

When Athena looks in the mirror, does she see Medusa? When Perseus cuts off the head of the Gorgon Medusa, he does so with the aid of a mirror shield given to him by Athena, Goddess of Wisdom.  Later, he … Continue reading →

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Devouring Wisdom: Why the Sky God ate his first wife

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Carisa

I sometimes think a volume compiling the Greek Myths ought to be labeled Gods Behaving Badly.  No heavenly bad boy exhibits worse behavior than does Zeus, King of the Gods, wielder of lightning bolts, ruler of Olympus. Zeus is father … Continue reading →

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Theotokos: How the Mother Goddess became Mary

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Carisa

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 →

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The many names of Isis

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Carisa

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 →

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