THE GODDESSES SERIES
Goddesses Series presents ancient Goddesses from ancient cultures and mythologies. Many of which have been banned by mainstream religions. It is a series dedicated to those of you who have a passion for ancient mythos, esoteric knowledge and neopaganism cultures. A deep dive into the secrets of the divine order. The series is also a commemoration of ancient cultures and of those who lost their lives for their beliefs. ________________________
Technique: Photo-manipulation
Style: symbolism, monumentalism, portrait, neoclassicism.
Inspiration source: ancient mythology, esoteric and occult , paganism, ancient knowledge & more
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GODDESS OSHUN
By the end of the 4th cycle, Terra was in perfect equilibrium. The Gods retreated into a long slumber, leaving the world of men to protect the equilibrium. As the ages passed by, mankind became greedy. Trees were cut down to the last, animals were killed for sport, rivers went dry, and golden plains became deserts. The equilibrium was no more. But the cries of the Earth awaken Oshun. She, the Goddess of the Purple Fire, has returned to restore the Divine balance. Ohh, you fools! Oshun said, You thought that you were Gods, but the Gods were only sleeping.
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GODDESS ISIS
Great mother Isis, the Goddess of healing and magic, was crucial to ancient Egyptian religious beliefs. She is known today by her Greek name Isis; however, the ancient Egyptians called her Aset. Her name translates to “Queen of the Throne”. Sometimes she is depicted with the vulture headdress of the goddess Mut, and other times with a disk with horns on the sides, attributed to the goddess Hathor. The main function of Isis was as the goddess of magic, love, motherhood, and fertility. The cult of Isis spread from Egypt to Greece and Roman Empire; from England to Afghanistan. She is still revered by schools of mysteries to this day.
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Great mother Isis, the Goddess of healing and magic, was crucial to ancient Egyptian religious beliefs. She is known today by her Greek name Isis; however, the ancient Egyptians called her Aset. Her name translates to “Queen of the Throne”. Sometimes she is depicted with the vulture headdress of the goddess Mut, and other times with a disk with horns on the sides, attributed to the goddess Hathor. The main function of Isis was as the goddess of magic, love, motherhood, and fertility. The cult of Isis spread from Egypt to Greece and Roman Empire; from England to Afghanistan. She is still revered by schools of mysteries to this day.
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GODDESS VENUS
The delight of Humankind, and Gods above;
Parent of Rome; Propitious Queen of Love;
Whose vital power, Air, Earth, and Sea supplies;
And breeds what power is born beneath the Skies:
Thee, Goddess thee, the clouds and tempests fear,
And at thy pleasing presence disappear:
For thee, the Land in fragrant Flowers is dressed,
For thee the Ocean smiles, and smooths her wavy breast;
And Heaven itself with more serene and purer light is blessed.
-LUCRETIUS – Hymn to Venus
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The delight of Humankind, and Gods above;
Parent of Rome; Propitious Queen of Love;
Whose vital power, Air, Earth, and Sea supplies;
And breeds what power is born beneath the Skies:
Thee, Goddess thee, the clouds and tempests fear,
And at thy pleasing presence disappear:
For thee, the Land in fragrant Flowers is dressed,
For thee the Ocean smiles, and smooths her wavy breast;
And Heaven itself with more serene and purer light is blessed.
-LUCRETIUS – Hymn to Venus
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GODDESS INANNA
Inanna, the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, sensuality, fertility, and war, was worshiped in many ancient cultures under different names. For the Akkadians and Assyrians, she was known as Ishtar, the Queen of the Heavens. The Phoenicians worshiped her as Astarte and the Greeks as Aphrodite. Later, the Romans identified her as the evening and morning star; Venus, and she became an upper pantheon goddess. One of the most complex ancient deities, the Goddess has fascinated humanity for thousands of years and led to the appearance of many myths, legends, and schools of mysteries.
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FREYJA
Welcome to Fólkvangr Hero. I am Freyja of the Vanir, daughter of Njord, Goddess of love, beauty, fertility, magic, war, and death, Queen of the Valkyries. You have been chosen to dwell In the wonders of my realm. Here, all that you have lost shall be regained, your wounds a memory, your soul One with Mine.
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ARTEMIS
Artemis, the Greek goddess of the wild animals, hunt, and vegetation was later worshipped by Romans as the goddess Diana. Daughter of Zeus and twin sister of Apollo, Artemis held an important role in the Greek pantheon. ‘’The Mistress of the Animals’’ would dance accompanied by nymphs in the mountains, forests and marshes, but would also serve as the fertility deity and a patron of young women.
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Goddess Brigid
Brigid, or the ‘’Exalted One’’, was the Irish goddess of the poetic arts, crafts, prophecy, divination, spring, fertility, and life. The equivalent of the Roman goddess Minerva; Brigid was beloved by poets, bards and artists. Even well into the Christian era, Irish writers credited Brigid as their inspiration. Her holiday, Imbolc, was held on February 1st and marked the midpoint of winter. Many of Ireland’s wells and waterways were devoted to her.
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OSTARA - ĒOSTRE
Ostara or Ēostre, is the Germanic Goddess of spring and dawn. She is the first warm spring winds, the birds that return, the trees that bud and curl forth leaves and flowers. She is the awakening earth, rabbits and hares, the eggs that appear after a winter of no light. Originally the name for the spring Equinox her holiday was later subsumed to the Paschal calendar for the Christian resurrection holiday. The name "Eostre" (Old Germanic "Ostara"), is related to that of Eos, the Greek goddess of dawn, and both can be traced back to a Proto-Indo-European goddess of dawn.
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MEDUSA
Perhaps one of the saddest stories of any mythology is that of Medusa. A priestess of Athena, Medusa swore an oath of chastity, but her immense beauty draws the attention of mighty Poseidon. Being rejected by a priestess of his biggest rival Athena, Poseidon rapes Medusa in temple of Athena. This sacrilege angers the mighty Goddess but unable to punish her uncle she inflicts an eternal curse to the young priestess. She turns Medusa into a hideous hag, making her hair into writhing snakes and her skin into a greenish hue. Anyone who locked gaze with Medusa was turned into stone. Eventually she is killed by the hero Perseus but from her blood sprang Chrysaor and Pegasus, her two sons by Poseidon.
This mythos reminds us of the cruelty and unfairness of the Olympian Gods and represents the tragic nature of the Greek mythology.
This mythos reminds us of the cruelty and unfairness of the Olympian Gods and represents the tragic nature of the Greek mythology.
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BENDIS
Mythology:
BENDIS was the ancient Thraco-Dacian goddess of the moon and hunting.
Bendis is so primordial that her origins are lost in the mists of time. Thracian brought her to Greece, where she became very popular during Plato’s time. The Greeks identified Her with Artemis and Hecate. She had various festivals throughout the year: two were celebrated at the full moons just preceding or coinciding with the solstices. Her festival the Bendidaea, featured ecstatic dancing, sexual rites, and nightly footraces with torches.
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Mythology:
BENDIS was the ancient Thraco-Dacian goddess of the moon and hunting.
Bendis is so primordial that her origins are lost in the mists of time. Thracian brought her to Greece, where she became very popular during Plato’s time. The Greeks identified Her with Artemis and Hecate. She had various festivals throughout the year: two were celebrated at the full moons just preceding or coinciding with the solstices. Her festival the Bendidaea, featured ecstatic dancing, sexual rites, and nightly footraces with torches.
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EUTERPE - Ευτερπη
The Muse of Music
EUTERPE was one of the nine Mousai (Muses). Also known as “the very pleasant one” and “the one with a pleasant genius,” Euterpe is the Muse of music, specifically the flute. She is typically represented with a crown of flowers in her hair and carrying a double-piccolo in her hands. In other depictions, she is also seen with instruments such as the violin, guitar, and drums.
Euterpe is also the mother of Rhesus, the king of Thrace, killed in the Trojan War, whose father was sometimes identified as Strymon, the river god of Thrace.
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The Muse of Music
EUTERPE was one of the nine Mousai (Muses). Also known as “the very pleasant one” and “the one with a pleasant genius,” Euterpe is the Muse of music, specifically the flute. She is typically represented with a crown of flowers in her hair and carrying a double-piccolo in her hands. In other depictions, she is also seen with instruments such as the violin, guitar, and drums.
Euterpe is also the mother of Rhesus, the king of Thrace, killed in the Trojan War, whose father was sometimes identified as Strymon, the river god of Thrace.
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GODDESS NUT
Mythology:
According to ancient Egyptian mythology, Nut (pronounced “newt”) is the goddess of the sky and heavens. She was the daughter of Shu, god of vital breath, and his wife Tefnut, goddess of heat. She was usually depicted as a woman bent over Earth with her head in the West and feet in the East. She was sometimes depicted as a celestial cow. She was part of the cosmogony (a theory of the origin of the universe) of Heliopolis. The ancient Egyptians believed that she protected the Earth deity Geb, her husband, from the night sky. Myths also state that the sun deity Ra traveled through her - she swallowed him at night and then gave birth to him every morning. Ra was then replaced by Thoth at night. She was often associated with coffins and sarcophagi because she protected the dead until they were reborn in the Afterlife.
-Text by The Rosicrucians Egyptian Museum
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Signs : Sky, stars, milky way.
Symbol: Depicted as a woman bent over Earth as milky way.
Animal: Cow
Plant: Musk
Gemstone: Turquoise, sapphire, tourmaline, blue topaz, and opal
Colors: Blue and black; the colors of the sky
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Mythology:
According to ancient Egyptian mythology, Nut (pronounced “newt”) is the goddess of the sky and heavens. She was the daughter of Shu, god of vital breath, and his wife Tefnut, goddess of heat. She was usually depicted as a woman bent over Earth with her head in the West and feet in the East. She was sometimes depicted as a celestial cow. She was part of the cosmogony (a theory of the origin of the universe) of Heliopolis. The ancient Egyptians believed that she protected the Earth deity Geb, her husband, from the night sky. Myths also state that the sun deity Ra traveled through her - she swallowed him at night and then gave birth to him every morning. Ra was then replaced by Thoth at night. She was often associated with coffins and sarcophagi because she protected the dead until they were reborn in the Afterlife.
-Text by The Rosicrucians Egyptian Museum
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Signs : Sky, stars, milky way.
Symbol: Depicted as a woman bent over Earth as milky way.
Animal: Cow
Plant: Musk
Gemstone: Turquoise, sapphire, tourmaline, blue topaz, and opal
Colors: Blue and black; the colors of the sky
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IDUNN Iðunn
Norse Goddess of Eternal Life
Mythology
Idunn is a goddess of Norse mythology who reigns over immortality of the gods. Her name means “Rejuvenating One,” “Rejuvenator” or “Ever-young.” Kennings for her name are about springs or eddies of water, and notions like the Fountain of Youth may be in reference to her. She is depicted as a summery maiden goddess adorned with blossoms, bearing fruit, and tending her gardens. She is the guardian of a sacred apple orchard, containing apples that are the secret to the gods’ eternal life. She is the wife of Bragi, a god of poetry and music.
Signs and Symbols
Apples (especially golden), apple cider, orchards, fruit trees, and spring blossoms. Eggs, seeds, and nuts (especially hazelnut). Springs, brooks, streams, and fountains. Spring (season) and dawn. Baby animals and baskets. The colors gold, light green and rosy pink. The rune: Vend.
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Norse Goddess of Eternal Life
Mythology
Idunn is a goddess of Norse mythology who reigns over immortality of the gods. Her name means “Rejuvenating One,” “Rejuvenator” or “Ever-young.” Kennings for her name are about springs or eddies of water, and notions like the Fountain of Youth may be in reference to her. She is depicted as a summery maiden goddess adorned with blossoms, bearing fruit, and tending her gardens. She is the guardian of a sacred apple orchard, containing apples that are the secret to the gods’ eternal life. She is the wife of Bragi, a god of poetry and music.
Signs and Symbols
Apples (especially golden), apple cider, orchards, fruit trees, and spring blossoms. Eggs, seeds, and nuts (especially hazelnut). Springs, brooks, streams, and fountains. Spring (season) and dawn. Baby animals and baskets. The colors gold, light green and rosy pink. The rune: Vend.
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NYX – Goddess of the Night
Mythology:
Nyx is one of the Protogenoi, primordial Deities of Greco-Roman mythology. The protogenoi were the first entities or beings that came into existence, they form the very fabric of the universe and as such are truly immortal. Everything in existence is born of them, including the Titans and the Olympian gods.
A shadowy figure and the first child of Chaos, Nyx is depicted as a goddess draped in a long flowing black robe that is coated with the void of space and glimmering distant stars.
Story:
Eons ago Gods lived side by side with mankind. Mystical creatures inhabited the lands. Demigods guarded ancient forests, everything was perfect; a golden age. But then, we decided to give man the power of Magic. Even the good ones can be corrupted by such power, and so it did... Therefore the gift of magic was hidden. But still, magic never subsided from this world. For those who seek for it, for the seekers and dreamers, for the good-hearted, it is always there. It can be seen in a child's eyes; in the sparkle of the stars. In the middle of the forest, you can sense it. Search it in your heart, in the stars and ancient rites. But keep in mind that such power comes with a price.
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Mythology:
Nyx is one of the Protogenoi, primordial Deities of Greco-Roman mythology. The protogenoi were the first entities or beings that came into existence, they form the very fabric of the universe and as such are truly immortal. Everything in existence is born of them, including the Titans and the Olympian gods.
A shadowy figure and the first child of Chaos, Nyx is depicted as a goddess draped in a long flowing black robe that is coated with the void of space and glimmering distant stars.
Story:
Eons ago Gods lived side by side with mankind. Mystical creatures inhabited the lands. Demigods guarded ancient forests, everything was perfect; a golden age. But then, we decided to give man the power of Magic. Even the good ones can be corrupted by such power, and so it did... Therefore the gift of magic was hidden. But still, magic never subsided from this world. For those who seek for it, for the seekers and dreamers, for the good-hearted, it is always there. It can be seen in a child's eyes; in the sparkle of the stars. In the middle of the forest, you can sense it. Search it in your heart, in the stars and ancient rites. But keep in mind that such power comes with a price.
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ATHENA
Athena, the goddess of wisdom and military victory, and also the patron of the city of Athens, was Hercules' half-sister. She was always accompanied by her owl and the goddess of victory, Nike. Also known as Pallas Athena, she wore a breastplate made out of goatskin called the Aegis, which was given to her by her father, Zeus. Zeus heard a prophecy that the child Metis bore after she gave birth to Athena would become the lord of heaven, so, to prevent this from happening, he swallowed Metis while she was still pregnant with Athena.
When the time came for Athena to be born, the smith god, Hephaistos, opened Zeus' head with an axe, and Athena stepped out, in full armor. The birth of Athena was a favorite topic of Greek vase painters.
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XOCHIQUETZAL
Mythology:
Xochiquetzal is the Aztec goddess of beauty, sexual love, and household arts, who is also associated with flowers and plants. Xochiquetzal was renowned as the most beautiful of all the Aztec Gods.
According to Aztec mythology, she came from Tamoanchán, the verdant paradise of the west. Originally the wife of Tlaloc, the rain god, she was abducted for her beauty by Tezcatlipoca, the malevolent god of night, who enthroned her as goddess of love.
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Symbol: Red Rose, Moon
Animal: Dove, Bees
Plant: Red Rose, Flowers
Gemstone: Gold, rubies, diamonds and amethyst
Colors: Red, gold
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Mythology:
Xochiquetzal is the Aztec goddess of beauty, sexual love, and household arts, who is also associated with flowers and plants. Xochiquetzal was renowned as the most beautiful of all the Aztec Gods.
According to Aztec mythology, she came from Tamoanchán, the verdant paradise of the west. Originally the wife of Tlaloc, the rain god, she was abducted for her beauty by Tezcatlipoca, the malevolent god of night, who enthroned her as goddess of love.
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Symbol: Red Rose, Moon
Animal: Dove, Bees
Plant: Red Rose, Flowers
Gemstone: Gold, rubies, diamonds and amethyst
Colors: Red, gold
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SOPHIA
Mythology:
According to gnostic system of beliefs the shaping of the material world was the result of Sophia, who was often described as an emanation of eternal light. Through her desire to "know the Father", she was cast out of the Pleroma (the gnostic heaven) and her desire gave birth to the God who created the material world. Although she was eventually restored to the Pleroma, bits of her divinity remain in the material world.
The inferior God created by Sophia's desire, also referred to as the ''Demiurge'' is not seen as good but rather an evil, angry, violent God. The higher transcendent God, referred to as the ''Grand Architect'' is not a creator of the material world, and instead is a nurturer of the spiritual. The only hope for humankind, while locked in this material prison is to spiritually transcend this world.
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Signs and Symbols:
1. White Rose - Sophia, as spiritual whole, forms earth and heaven. Represented in visual form as a flower -- like the scent of a blossom, her spirit always remains attached to the earthly foundation of reality. Her luminous aspect overcomes darkness. In Dante's poem, she is the sacred white rose belonging to the Madonna, the ultimate flower of light revealed above the starry night sky.
2. World disc - She gathers the arts around her, teaches the philosophers, inspires the poets. She bears the world disc, the zodiac, planets, sun and moon.
3. Chalice - She represents the cup of the Last Supper, the mythical Holy Grail, baptism, the return to the Mother -- the spring of life.
Thus, she is represented as a spirit of eternal wisdom.
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HEKATE - HECATE
Hecate or Hekate is the ancient Greek goddess of the night, the moon, spirits, magic, witchcraft and underworld. In her form as a triple-goddess, Hecate was strongly associated with the crossroads. Child of Perses and Asteria, she was the only Titan to retain her control under Zeus’ reign. Hecate’s powers transcended the boundaries of the sky, the earth, the seas, and the underworld. Classical scholars dispute the origins of Hecate’s worship in Ancient Greece. For many, the goddess worship has a pre-Greek origin, while for others, it originated in Thrace. Nevertheless Hecate has become in modern times an icon for the occult societies and gothic culture. Demonized by the Christian church; Hekate represents the fight against oppressive and misogynistic systems of beliefs.
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THE MORRIGAN
The Morrígan was the Irish goddess of death, destiny, and battle. A trio of sisters who could take the form of a single goddess, she was the keeper of fate and a purveyor of prophecy. Appearing before great battles as the goddess of war, death, and fate, the Morrígan offered prophecy and favor to heroes and gods alike. She was often depicted circling the battlefield in the form of a raven to carry away and eat carrion, though she could also appear as a beautiful woman to seduce powerful men. She was a cunning shapeshifter and a terrifying omen of death to the characters of Irish mythology.
- Article from mythopedia.com - By Anne Williams.
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The Goddesses Series Part I
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