#goddeses

Drawing illustrates figures from East Asian, MIddle Eastern and European mythology. Surrounding the drawing, encyclopedic text in French organizes gods, goddesses, heros and muses into categories.

"Tableau des mythologies anciennes et modernes." Atlas Universel Des Sciences. 1839.

First of all is the REAL QUEEN OF EDENIA....MILEENA my first favourite character

Next is obviously to the one TRUE MOTHER....JUN KAZAMA. Every time i see her i go CRAZY fr

Then its our TAEKWONDO QUEEN....JURI HAN. The second i saw her i just knew.

Then its our UMBRA QUEENS....CEREZA AND JEANNE. Bayonetta one of THE TOP 3 BEST GAMES EVER.

Then we have the lady her self...MAI. Need i say more

Idk how many of you know her but...THE QUEEN OF TAKING DOWN ROBOTS IN THE FUTURE.....ALOY OF THE NORA. Or just Aloy but you get my point.

And now to my two QUEENS AND MOTHERS of Balkan....THE singers

THE LADY HER SELF...CECA, i love her music. This picture is from the 90s.

And now to the GODDES OF THEM ALL....

LEPA BRENA. The best Singer ever...THE BALKAN QUEEN..i grew up with Her and her music AND movies....she is my mother, Queen...GODDES....THE ONE AND ONLY. This photo if from the 80s.

And another picture of Lepa brena but in the 90s

Mi Corizón Mexica

Identifier: greatmotherofgo00show (find matches) Title: The great mother of the gods Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors:  Showerman, Grant, 1870-1935 Subjects:  Cybele (Goddess)Mythology, Classical Publisher:  Madison Contributing Library:  Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor:  University of Toronto

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Text Appearing Before Image: The ministers of ordinary rank were sometimes men, sometimes women, the former being the castrated Galli.. Their garb was similar to that of the high priest and high priestess—garments of various bright colors, necklaces, im- ages, etc. 1 The occabus, defined by Hesychius as ra rrepl rovppaxtova if eWta, and the corona, a golden crown with medal- lions, were sometimes presented by the quindecimviri. 2 There were sacerdotes primi3and sacerdotes secundo loco4and consacerdotes. 5 A priest at Ostia was minister of both the Great Mother and Isis, and one at Brundisium of these tw oand Dea Syria.6 There is little evidence as to the period of service. A priest at Lugdunum has perpetuitatem sacer- doiii bestowed upon him by decree of the ordo Lugdunensis. 7 Among the official servants of the Mother were the tibi- ———————————————— 99 Ibid. VI 502, 2257. 100 Visconti Museo Pio-Clem. VII p. 104. 1 Dionys. Hal. II 19; Ovid Fast. IV 339. 2 C. I. L. X 3698; XIII1751. 3 Ibid. IX 1541. 4 Ibid. 1538, 1541. 5 Ibid. 1540. 6 Ibid. XIV 429; IX 6099. 7 Ibid. XIII 1751. BULL. UNIV. WIS., PHIL. AND LIT. SER. VOL. 1, PL. 2. Text Appearing After Image:

Oftentimes, it seems like modern female ideals are made to cater to a specific part of womanhood: be it the tender, semi-passive side of the loving and caring partner; or be it the wrathful side of the evil “witch”, the one who catalysts war with her look and vibes: the arch-murderer even. 

However, for us it is quite clear the femininity is not a one sided archetype but a rounded experience containing the whole scope of emotions - from the easy-breezy, pastel-esque ones onwards to the harsh and dark hues. 

As the ideal female has been limited and even forgotten at times, it is quite necessary to look back to our ancient cultures (yes, they are ours; the fact that X person was born in Y geographic place does not, in my view, limit its conciousness - especially spiritual conciousness, to derive meaning only from Y ancient heritage and mythologies. On the contrary: to better understand the spiritual meanings of our human-made myths we have to reach to the largest scope available and look for the mutual, for the sameness which will contain the needed hints to detect our very nature. 

Who is Innana?

In Mesopotamian culture, the cult of the goddess Innana was strong, and she embodied both war/sex and beauty/love. She was the main revered deity in the ancient city of Uruk, and her sculptures and reliefs were found across various Mesopotamian cities. 

How was she described?

As she was the embodiment of both love and war, the writings and literature about her were quiet varied. For example, a very famous tale is called The Descent of Inanna into the Underworld. In this myth, Inanna chose to go down to the underworld when her sister, Ereshkigal, was mourning her husband’s death. However, in a very underworld-ly fashion, Inanna had to go through 7 different gates to get to her sister. In each gate, she was forced to lose one of her clothing items: from her veil to her jewellery and her clothing.

But the darkest truth was that she could not get back to the human world after visiting the underworld, that is, unless she found a living human to replace her there. And so Inanna was relcutant to change with her son or her friend. Finally, she chose her then-husband to replace her - simply because she has found him drunk and definitely not mourning her absence... 

A very different work is that of the female scribe Enheduanna, which is a hymn dedicated to Inanna’s powers. You can read it here.

What can Inanna teach us about the real role of Venus in astrology?

When thinking about it from a Mesopotamian perspective, it is clear why many people have a misconception about the power of Venus as a planet in astrology. In Sumer, Inanna was known as the goddess of both sex/war and beauty/love. It was only later that her round character was divided into two separate goddesses: Venus/Minerva (in Roman terms) or Aphrodite/Athena (the Greek equivalent of the same goddesses). It gets even darker thinking how Inanna was, according to some sources, the most popular deity in ancient Mesopotamia. Seems like she was more relatable and therefore, adored, as a goddess of not only the pretty and pink hues of reality but also the darker shades of existence...

In such fashion, knowing the myth of Inanna and her dual powers reminds us that Venus is not just about love and beauty, but is also very much about sex, power, desire to get to that love and beauty. So you could say that the dark side works in favor for the light side. 

Athena: I’m pretending you’re in jail

Hermes: why?