#summermythsevent

Wi is the Lakota Spirit of the Sun. He is also the spirit of bravery, fortitude, endurance, honesty and reliance. His patron animal is the bison.

For fyeahmyths’ mythological event, day 6: favourite easthern european creature.

The goddess of death and the afterlife in Norse Mythology, Hel is the youngest of the three children of Loki and Angrboða. Ruler of a realm that bears her name, Hel receives a portion of the dead, specifically those who die off the battlefield of illness or old age. The Norse believed that all those who died off the glorious field of war would be denied entry to Odin’s great feasting hall of Valhalla, and would instead freeze for all eternity in Helheim.

Hecate — Goddess of magic, crossroads, ghosts, and necromancy. | Hecate or Hekate assisted Demeter in her search for Persephone, guiding her through the night with flaming torches. Hecate is Persephone's companion to and from the underworld each year.

the tridevi is a concept in hinduism joining a triad of eminent goddesses either as a feminine version of the trimurti or as consorts of a masculine trimurti, depending on the denomination. this triad is typically personified by the hindu goddesses saraswati, lakshmi, and parvati (kali). in shaktism, these triune goddesses are the manifestations of mahashakti, the supreme divinity.

Day 10: African Pairing →Isis and Osiris

Artemis and Atalanta, the Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls; a renowned and swift-footed huntress and favourite of Artemis.

Beaivi, the Sami goddess or spirit of the sun. She is a summer goddess of sanity and fertility, representing the end of winter and the return of the sun, which means the return of new life and growth as well as the end of seasonally-affected depression and madness. White animals, particularly white reindeer, and butter are sacred to her.