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Ara, the Aralez and Astghik (Shamiram)

The following is an AI assisted summary of the Armenian work "Արայ Գեղեցիկ" (Aray/Ara Gełec‘ik/Geghetsik/Gèetsik) by Dr. Alexander Matikian (Archive.org Link), ...

Mariamman

Mariamman, or Amman, is revered as the goddess of rain and fertility. She is celebrated for her protective qualities against diseases, especially smallpox, and ...

Symbols of Comets, Fireballs, and Meteorites (Continued)

In my first attempt to understand the customs, symbols, and words associated with fire-balls/meteorites and comets in the Greek and Roman historical record I wr...

Jiutian Xuannü

Mostly on my mind lately: Shamanism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Also: Jiutian Xuannü, who is a Taoist goddess and term of China origin that literally means "Dark Lad...

Tibetan Paintings

--- Beautiful thang-ka (thangka) paintings from the early 20th and 19th centuries from Tibet, preserved online at archive.org, showcase some concepts from Tibet...

Tara

Tara is a significant figure in Buddhism, often regarded as a female bodhisattva and a representation of compassion and protection. Her name, which means "star"...

Opusculum de Purpurâ

The Purple Snails/Mollusks Have you ever wondered about the etymology of the word Purple? Do you know how important this color was to the peoples of antiquity? ...

Collection des Anciens Alchimistes Grecs

--- The Collection des Anciens Alchimistes Grecs is edited by Marcellin Berthelot and Charles-Émile Ruelle; it is a seminal work published between 1887 and 1888...

Solar Anamnesis Publishing

The importance of decentralization has once again been highlighted by the recent attack on the Internet Archive. All PDFs uploaded to the Internet Archive were ...

The Cytherean Goddess

Venus or Aphrodite — the Roman/Greek Goddess born of the Ocean on the Island of Cyprus and Cythera, whose metal is Copper: the famous Cyprian ore of antiquity —...

Hygieia

> In Greek as well as Roman mythology, Hygieia (also Hygiea or Hygeia; /haɪˈdʒiːə/; Ancient Greek: Ὑγιεία or Ὑγεία, Latin: Hygēa or Hygīa), was one of the Ascle...

Astarte

--- Plenty of reading material: "Mémoire sur la Déesse Vénus" by Pierre-Henri Larcher (1776) "Nektar und Ambrosia: mit einem Anhang über die Grundbedeutung der ...

麻姑 Magu

> The historian and sinologist Joseph Needham connected myths about Magu "the Hemp Damsel" with early Daoist religious usages of cannabis. Cannabis sativa is de...

Gemu of Lion Mountain

The Mosuo people around their sacred Lake Lugu are society organized around the female and are matrilineal. Fascinatingly, their mountain Goddess Gemu resides i...

Mari of the Basques

In a prior post the name Mary was perhaps linked to Yemaya. Interestingly, there is another Goddess with a similar name: Mari or Mari Urraca, Anbotoko Mari, and...

The Great Mother of the Gods

A mix of music and history inspired by the Great Mother of the Gods. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu5OLBTMJfBsIZQ0ftpBIZOTvDrqHpLVI...

Net/Nit/Neith of Sais

Net, aka Nit or Neith is the Egyptian goddess of weaving with a shuttle and loom, of textiles; Sais is her city, which was not always called Sais. It was known ...

Artimpasa

Mélusine and her various depictions were discussed in a previous post. At the time of writing that post I was not able to find more ancient sources. However, af...

The Goddess Puzza

There is a story about Puzza that suggests she is a Water Nymph. > Puzza is a Chinese goddess who has some resemblance to Cybele and Isis of the Egyptians. [It ...

Mélusine

Pandion the 1st was the son of King Erichthonius of Athens and his wife, the naiad Praxithea. Naiads are female beings connected to springs, fountains, wells, s...