#great goddesses: life lessons from myths and monsters

[words-and-coffee]

You smell of death. Everything about you  is an endless goodbye

Nikita Gill, Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monster - Demeter To Hades (A Mother's Fury)

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Book review: Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters by Nikita Gill

Rating: 5⭐️

Do you know when you start a book and instantly fell in love? Yape. That happened to me. I fell in love with the way Nikita expressed their sentiments. I was captured by the poems. I don't usually read poetry because it's kind of difficult for me to understand. But in this book, I felt everything. It was beautiful. And I indulge myself and bought the hardcover and I was really surprised with the illustrations!!! They are amazing!!!!!!

Quotes:

“What good is it to be the leader of a legendary tribe of women who do not bow and do not break, if the myth still ends this way? With the same message every time: ‘You are powerful. You are revered.’ But still you will meet your end at the hands of men.”

“Maybe that's why you demonised them, turned them into monsters, because you think monsters are easier to understand than women who say no to you.”

“If a woman does not fit the shape of what you think a woman should, if a woman is not obedient, does not see things the way you do, if a woman is too independent to need anything more than herself, does she automatically become a threat filled with such terror to you?”

“And when the burning inside your chest claws, insults you as forgotten, hideous, unloved every single night, you learn how to create iron, then a sword, and challenge those demons to a fight.”

“Why be a half-finished poem in some forgotten poet’s story, when one can be an odyssey in and of herself, part magic, part villain, part Goddess, part lover.”

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[alinaandalion]

She finds it difficult to cry. Rage suppresses her tears. She has shed her girlhood, traded her emotions for power. It is easier to be hated than to face not being loved. Easier to be angry than accept sadness.

“Hymn for Hera” from Great Goddesses:  Life Lessons From Myths and Monsters by Nikita Gill

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[starsforpupils]

Nights filled with worship, holding each other like a prayer unspoken,

Nikita Gill, from "Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths & Monsters,"

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[iliosflower]

Circe

Did the girl choose magic, or does magic choose the girl? An eternal riddle that circles even the fiercest of divinities.

Perhaps magic is the habit of choosing sharpeyed girls who ask too many questions for their own good. Perhaps it chooses girls who are not unloved, but not fully loved either.

Or maybe she calls to it by her being immortal, but rejecting her thick, sweet-smelling ichor and naming herself traitor to her kind.

Who needs a Sun God's ruthless court of the forever living and bitterly gleaming when one can have an island filled with lions and wolves who adore her for who she is, Goddess of herbs, or poisons, of turning every man who dares step foot here into pigs.

Some of us prefer the lonely to the glittering, the shaded hoods of trees to the constant glare of burning ochre.

Why be a half-finished poem in some forgotten poet's story, when one can be an odyssey in and of herself, part magic, part villain, part Goddess, part lover.

Magic aids her turn from defenseless nymph to Goddess - deathless majesty of a Titanide, summoner of an army of sharks and scorpions alike that would die to protect her.

Great Goddesses, Life lessons from myths and monsters - Nikita Gill, p. 31-32

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[belovedapollo]

hey ~~ can you maybe recommend some poetry books? I went through your recs but I need more help :>

Hey! So, that really depends on what kind of poetry you’re looking for but here are some of my favorites:

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho translated by Anne Carson

Averno by Louise Glück

Crush by Richard Siken

Great Goddesses: Life lessons from Myths and Monsters by Nikita Gill

If you need more feel free to send a message :)

#ask #poetry

[oldwinesoul]

Nights filled with worship, holding each other like a prayer unspoken

—Nikita Gill, “Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths & Monsters,”

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[words-and-coffee]

seek no homes in other people’s chests,

Nikita Gill, Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters - Advice From Hestia to Girls

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tag nine people you want to know better.

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[favorite-book-quotes]

After all, what is more powerful than women who know all about the blessed fires inside them that grow.

Nikita Gill, Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths and Monsters

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[msexplorer]

"If a woman does not fit the shape of what you think a woman should, if a woman is not obedient, does not see things the way you do, if a woman is too independent to need anything more than herself, does she automatically become a threat filled with such terror to you? Did her tresses turn into red snakes because she dared to refuse you? Did the dulcet voices become unbearable cries because you couldn't stand to hear her laugh? Did her gaze turn you to stone because she was so completely unafraid? Perhaps the truth about Gorgons is they are just women, women who do not bend to the world or fit into the narrow mould you want them too. Maybe that's why you demonised them, turned them into monsters, because you think monsters are easier to understand than women who say no to you."~ ~Nikita Gill, "Great Goddesses: Life Lessons From Myths and Monsters" art: Matteo Arfanotti

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2023

I re-watched Clash Of The Titans (1981)

In 2010 they made an unremarkable, unmemorable remake of this film, full of bland CGI effects. Fuck that movie. Here's the original 1981 version.

Perseus, son of Zeus and a mortal woman, must defeat mythical monsters and the satyr Calibos in order to marry his beloved Andromeda.

Ray Harryhausen's stop motion special effects are an endlessly interesting piece of talent and film history. Dated in some respects, but full of the charm and wonderment that fantasy cinema is all about. That's why, when you ask me why I prefer the old version of this film to the newer soulless CGI laden trash heap, the answer is simply, because I like film not budgets and technology.

The 1981 version of Clash Of The Titans is the last flicker of an era of films, most of which involved Ray Harryhausen's effects. Films about classical myths and fables, Gods and Goddesses, a hero's journey and lots of claymation monsters. The best of these films are usually considered to be The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and Jason and the Argonauts. The former coming out in 1958 and the latter in 1963. That means Clash of the Titans is, on average, twenty years older than both films. But, despite it's '81 release, Titans has more in common with those older films than anything made in its era. Making it dated in style.

It's actually beautiful to see stop motion so heavily used in the 1980's. It was certainly still used in films at the time, but not in the heavy way it is here. What's so fantastic to me about it's use here, is that it still works so well. Yes, it's not all perfect and it's obviously fake, but I'd argue it's just somehow more magical than CGI is ever going to be. It's incredibly human and beautifully flawed.

It's 2023 and we're all still so glad to see a director of any film use practical effects over CGI, because seeing the work that went into something and the winking trickery on screen is part of the fun.

(I wanna be clear that CGI does have its place and that I do see it as an artform, so don't come at me lol. But, it's overuse over every other time tested style, is ruining filmmaking a bit.)

Clash of the Titans isn't perfect. You could blame the original myth for that. Greek and Roman mythology isn't exactly deeply written and is more about life lessons and spectacle than character growth or development. But, this fact doesn't really distract from my ability to enjoy this movie. I'm here for the pompous stage style acting, the story or heroes and monsters, those fun special effects. I'm here because I love Ray Harryhausen's work and believe he should be celebrated for what he gave to cinema. I'm here because I love movies.

I honestly don't know how you could not like this one, unless you really hate cheesy fun movies.

There's a really great cast, fine direction, some interesting sets and shots, good pacing, Maggie Smith looking pretty hot, etc...

Watch this with your kids, and if your kids don't like it, get new kids.

[the-hem]

"The Power." From the Nrisimha Tapaniya Upanishad, "The Exploration of the Mysteries of The Golden Victor."

There is a peculiarity with Hindu god forms. Under ordinary circumstances they are paper dolls- lumps of sculpted wood or metal that are accompanied by stories that allow the secret knowledge of the Supreme Being to trickle in between the cracks of the mind and affect it through indirect experience.

Who ever listened to Moses and obeyed the Commandment, "Do not commit adultery"?"

What if the handsome prince pissed in Cinderella's glass slipper, put it on her foot and ran off with one of her step sisters instead? You'd feel for her wouldn't you? But for your boyfriend or wife, no you do not.

Gods and goddesses, stories, illusions, and myths, the legends, these are used to illustrate the lessons in a way that the ego will not reject them out of fear of its guilt.

Methods uses facts instead of stories and force the ego into direct confrontation with itself. Upanishads, like this one use both approaches.

Here we are building up the identity of this hideous man-monster that wants to be our friend and teach us, and doing so gives it truly Godlike status:

11 The Third Upanishad

The devas requested Brahma to teach them the power of Anushtup Mantra Raja (The king of Chants set to anushtup meter which means it has intentions and a conclusion) and also its root. Brahma told them: This illusion (Maya) which is the power of Narasimha (which is EEm) is the one which creates everything, protects them and destroys them.

Therefore you have to realize that this illusion is the power. The one who understands the power of this illusion, he crosses all sins and also attains deathlessness.

 He enjoys the wealth with fame. The experts in Brahmam argue among themselves whether this is short, long or extra long (Pronunciation?).

One who pronounces this with short ending, will burn away all sins and would attain deathlessness.

-> EEm invokes the guidance of the divine. If you believe God will help you when you are in trouble then EEm is already spoken.

To call upon God the invisible and indivisible, the silent, wordless, but omniscient Self is delusional but we all do it, believing it has the ability to invoke God and bless us.

This is not true, but without the words, we would have no concept at all of God's graces which are all over the place, thus the power of the illusion to define what is real.

He who pronounces this in long ending, would get wealth with fame and also attain deathlessness.

He who pronounces it with extra long ending would attain ethereal knowledge and also deathlessness. What follows is the explanation given by sages: “Oh power behind EEm who is the personification of the power of illusion, please protect us.

Please bless us so that we are able to cross easily in a straight forward manner this sea of birth and death. People who know you, call you also as Sreedevi (Goddess of Light), Lakshmi (Goddess of the Heart), Parvathy (Goddess of the Mountain), Bhoodevi (The Goddess of Earth), Sashti Devi (a goddess who protects children), Sree Vidhya (science) and Indra Sena (the supremacy of the intellect).

Requesting you to give me long life, I submit myself to you who is the mother of all Vedas. All the beings and things in the world were produced from the sky (Ether).

All living things were made from the sky. They live in the sky. They go towards the sky and enter and disappear there. So we have to understand that the sky is the root (The root word for the sky is Ham).”

The explanation given by sages are as follows: “That root “Ham” is the Sun God traveling in the pure sky, in “Air” in the atmosphere, in “Fire” in fire sacrifices, and exists as “Guests” in homes. That is the only one thing which is with devas and also with men. It is the truth.

It is that thing which is born out of sky, water, earth, sacrificial fire and mountains. This is the great truth. The Upanishad says that “only the one who knows this knows the secret implication of the mantra”.

-> It is the power of the Creator that is able to unite this Thing, this Narasimha out of the all the elements, sacrifices, out of the gods and men, and through it, to guide us and teach us how met out justice on behalf of those afflicted by the crude, the corrupt, and the cruel.

So long as we believe the Upanishad is correct, sanctuary and long-life are ours.

[writermuses]

Nikita Gill from “Great Goddesses: Life Lessons from Myths & Monsters”

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After all, what is more powerful than women who know all about the blessed fires inside them that grow?

Great Goddesses: Life Lessons From Myths and Monsters, Nikita Gill