@fyeahmyths’s summer myth event ( day 5 ) – — african deity ( egyptian )
SOPDU — ❝ even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise. ❞
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@fyeahmyths’s summer myth event ( day 6 ) – — asian deity ( chinese )
XIHE — ❝ during the old chinese ten-day week, one sun would appear each day, until at the end of the week they all gathered together at the valley of light in the east. being a doting mother, xihe would wash them, brush their teeth with sunny smiles toothpaste, and put them to bed in the branches of a giant mulberry tree. but after a while, the ten suns became bored with this routine and ran off together, causing a terrible heatwave. her husband, di-jun, was then ordered by the emperor to keep the naughty suns under control — with disastrous consequences for them, but not for us. ❞
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@fyeahmyths summer myth event
day eight: any deity→ inti
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MYTHICAL:
Guanyin was the Chinese goddess of mercy.
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Geb, Egyptian god of the earth and fertility.
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Modern Mictēcacihuātl
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Japanese Mythology: Amaterasu
Solar goddess of the sun and the universe. She is the daughter Izanagi and sister of Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo, together they painted the landscape while she created ancient Japan. She was born when Izanagi was purifying himself upon entering Yomi(the underworld), when he washed out his left eye. He then placed Amaterasu as the ruler of the High Plains of Heaven. The Emperors of Japan are believed to be direct descendants of Amaterasu.
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Ariadne (Greek: Ἀριάδνη; Latin: Ariadne), in Greek mythology, was the daughter of Minos — the King of Crete and a son of Zeus — and Pasiphaë— Minos’ queen and a daughter of Helios. She is mostly associated with mazes and labyrinths because of her involvement in the myths of the Minotaur and Theseus.
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SUMMER MYTH EVENT
4/7 → Western or Southern European Deity: Amphitrite
Amphitrite was the goddess-queen of the sea, wife of Poseidon, and eldest of the fifty Nereides. She was the female personification of the sea--the loud-moaning mother of fish, seals and dolphins. Amphitrite was depicted in Greek vase painting as a young woman, often raising her hand in a pinching gesture. Sometimes she was shown holding a fish. In mosaic art the goddess usually rides beside her husband in a chariot drawn by fish-tailed horses or hippokampoi. Sometimes her hair is enclosed with a net and her brow adorned with a pair of crab-claw "horns". (x)
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@fyeahmyths’s summer myth event ( day 1 ) – — north american deity ( hopi )
TAWA — “i am tawa,” sang the sun god. “i am light. i am life. i am father of all that shall ever come .”
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SUMMER MYTH EVENT
3/7 → Northern or Eastern European Deity: Kupala
Goddess representing the mighty sun of summer solstice, but also goddess of joy and water. She is celebrated on Kupala Night with rituals of purification through water and fire. Kupala Night is a Slavic celebration of ancient pagan origin marking the end of the summer solstice and the beginning of the harvest (midsummer). (Photos: x)
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Gods and Goddesses: Hestia
Now I tend the fire. I fade slowly into the background. No one will ever write epic poems about the deeds of Hestia.
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greek mythology meme: titanesses (2/5) - anchiale
Anchiale was the Titan goddess of the warming heat of fire. She represented the power of the human hand to create and utilise fire.
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