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Aphrodite documentary in the works
This is the trailer for a very interesting documentary project on Aphrodite in her original homeland on the island of Cyprus: Advertisements
Posted in Aphrodite/Venus, Greek/Roman Goddesses, sea goddess
Tagged greco-roman goddesses, mary, mary as goddess, water goddesses
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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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Asherah, Part III: The Lion Lady
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
Posted in Anat, Asherah, Canaanite mythology, Egyptian, goddess, Goddess in the Bible, Greek/Roman Goddesses, Hathor, Hittite mythology, Inanna, Ishtar, lion goddesses, Queen of Heaven, sea goddess, Sekhmet, sky goddesses, Sumerian/Babylonian, sun goddesses
Tagged anat, ancient hebrew religion, ancient views of the feminine, asherah, astarte, babylonian mythology, canaanite mythology, cybele, earth goddesses, egyptian mythology, freya, goddess in the bible, greco-roman goddesses, inanna, ishtar, mary, mary as goddess, mistress of beasts, mother of the gods, mountain mothe, myths of the feminine, names of the goddess, primordial sea, qadesh, queen of heaven, sky goddesses, snake goddess, sumerian mythology, sun goddesses, turkey, war goddesses, water goddesses
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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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The Dawn
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
Who is this mystery goddess? The serpent-wielding woman of Crete.
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
Mirror, mirror: Reflections on Medusa
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
Posted in Athena, Egyptian, goddess, Greek/Roman Goddesses, Serpent and the Goddess, sun goddesses
Tagged ancient views of the feminine, athena, cybele, egyptian mythology, greco-roman goddesses, medusa, myths of the feminine, perseus, primordial sea, sky goddesses, sky gods, snake goddess, sun goddesses, tiamat, water goddesses
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