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a-bluedream-posts · 6 months

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Sky Goddess 2 by GenXWolf

#goddess #sky goddess #greek mythology #greek goddess #greek gods #blue sky #ai artwork #ai art generator #ai artist #ai art #genxwolf

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ancientstuff · 12 days

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https://www.archaeology.org/news/12320-240412-egypt-milky-way

This is an idea that has been kicking around Egyptology for quite a while.

#archaeology #ancient egypt #Nut #sky goddess #Milky Way

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spiritsdancinginthenight · 1 year

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goddess nut

#goddess nut #nut #ancient egypt #egyptian mythology #sky goddess #goddess of heaven

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chelsea-heller-tattoo · 9 months

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Nut, goddess of sky supported by Shu the god of air, and the ram-headed Heh deities, while the earth god Geb reclines beneath.

I am wanting to do some Ancient Egypt themed tattoos, so am preping some. Message if you are interested in getting one from me. More to come

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thecosmicrebel · 1 year

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I've finally gotten a chance to draw Nashira's, my D&D character, goddess that she and her race worship: The Sky Goddess or The Mother.

She is, as the mythology states, the creator of the Star Children and their land.

Her real name is unknown and no one is allowed to draw her face, as that is mainly a crime.

My party calls her "Sky Mommy"

#dnd #dungeons and dragons #dungeons and doodles #sky goddess #star children #sky mommy

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weronikaring · 2 years

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So I bought this miniature quite a while ago and had intended for it to represent the Lady of Sacrifice (based on this post). It then stayed on a shelf for nearly a year, until I finally got off my ass and painted it. While it's doubtful that it fits the Lady of Sacrifice aesthetic anymore, I'd argue that the end result turned out better than if I had insisted on sticking to the original plan. She's still some sort of deity, I'm just unsure of which specific one. (Possibly Selûne...?)

Honestly, the sky-themed cloak alone makes it worth the wait and hassle.

The miniature is called Aglanda, Herald of Razmir, from Reaper Miniatures.

#the lady of sacrifice #aglanda herald of razmir #Reaper #Reaper Minis #miniature #miniatures #miniature painting #figurine painting #sky cloak #deity #deities #goddess #sky goddess #d&d #dnd #dnd 5e #d&d 5e #dungeons & dragons #Dungeons and Dragons

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thepaganraccoon · 2 years

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Therasia: Minoan Goddess of the Sun, Fire, and Daytime Sky

Who Is She?

Within the Modern Minoan Path (MMP), Therasia is one of the Three Mothers at the top of the pantheon. The Three Mothers are split into a triplicity: sky, land and sea. Therasia represented the sky.

The Minoan civilization is largely a mystery to us because their language is still undeciphered! So how did we get to know about Therasia? Well, Linear A is undeciphered, but Linear B is readable. Linear B was a later version of Linear A, and an early ancestor of Ancient Greek, that gives us some insight.

“At Knossos [a large “city” of Crete which could have functioned something like a capitol if we use today’s thinking], in a LMIIIA context (14th century BC), seven Linear B texts while calling upon "all the gods" make sure to grant primacy to an elsewhere-unattested entity called qe-ra-si-ja and, once, qe-ra-si-jo. However this probably refers to a god or a person rather than to an island *Qherasia > Therasia.” Wikipedia.

How do we know there even was a Sun Goddess? Well, unexpectedly, one of the biggest sources the MMP has drawn knowledge from has been folk dance/ethno-choreography from around the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean regions. Ethno-choreography is “not just the study or cataloguing of the thousands of external forms of dances—the dance moves, music, costumes, etc.— in various parts of the world, but the attempt to come to grips with dance as existing within the social events of a given community as well as within the cultural history of a community. Dance is not just a static representation of history, not just a repository of meaning, but a producer of meaning each time it is produced—not just a living mirror of a culture, but a shaping part of culture, a power within the culture:

“The power of dance rests in acts of performance by dancers and spectators alike, in the process of making sense of dance… and in linking dance experience to other sets of ideas and social experiences”.” Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnochoreology

In many of these dances, there is honoring and implication of a Sun Goddess. In Knossos, there is a throne room just off the temple complex’s courtyard that implies this Goddess. A sun rising over the double-peaked sacred summit of Mt. Juktas flanked by palm trees and griffins, both things believed throughout the Mediterranean to be symbols of an ancient Sun Goddess. So whatever she might have been called in their native tongue, this Sun Goddess was obviously a sacred part of their religious practices.

These pieces of evidence and a collection of shared gnosis has led to the MMP understanding of Therasia.

How Therasia Differs From Other Sun Deity Traditions

We are used to thinking of the Sun as a masculine force in Hellenism and Wicca. However, before the Bronze Age Collapse, it seems the opposite was the norm. The Sun was a radiant woman, re-birthing herself yearly at the winter solstice. Personal experience and some shared gnosis has told me that while the Sun is a large part of her, she is not just this. She is the daytime sky, whether it is sunny with blue skies or dark and stormy. Rain, too, is her (though she shares this with the Serpent Mother). The nighttime sky, however, is our lady of stars Ourania. She may have also been regarded as the harbinger of the seasons. Many have encountered her as a powerful first contact when approaching Minoan spirituality.

While family trees are convenient and appealing in pantheons, as MMP founder Laura Perry puts it, the Minoan pantheon is more akin to a circus house of fun mirrors. However, Therasia is considered in MMP as the mother of Korydallos, god of joy, dance and humor, and Arachne, goddess of fate. Therasia and Korydallos may have been worshipped in a pair as Thumia and Kaulo in the form of hummingbird-lovers. (Mother-Son relationships among the gods was not considered incest, just a deity-thang).

Eruption on Therasia

If you googled Therasia, you would find the island Therasia, the second largest island in the volcanic island group of Santorini in the Greek Cyclades. What are now the two islands, Therasia and Thera, was once one island, split by a volcanic eruption known as the Thera Eruption or the Minoan Eruption. I talk about the Thera Eruption because it was a contributing factor to the decline of Minoan Crete. Many palaces and coastal areas were destroyed. At the same time, there is evidence of invasion from Mycenaeans. It is also possible that the eruption spawned tsunamis which further decimated the island.

“The Minoan eruption was a major catastrophic volcanic eruption that devastated the Aegean island of Thera (also called Santorini) in around 1600 BCE. It destroyed the Minoan settlement at Akrotiri, as well as communities and agricultural areas on nearby islands and the coast of Crete with subsequent earthquakes and tsunamis… the eruption was one of the largest volcanic events on Earth in human history.

Although there are no clear ancient records of the eruption, its plume and volcanic lightning may have been described in the Egyptian Tempest Stele, and the ensuing volcanic winter coincides with a cold wave mentioned in the Chinese Bamboo Annals. Since tephra from the Minoan eruption serves as a marker horizon in nearly all archaeological sites in the Eastern Mediterranean, its precise date is of high importance and has been fiercely debated among archaeologists and volcanologists for decades, without coming to a definite conclusion.” Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_eruption

In the aftermath, I would be fascinated to know what myths the surviving Minoan people told to explain the series of tragedies and whether Therasia was any part of it as the namesake of the island that erupted. Especially since, allegedly, the eruption affected the coloration of the sunsets for three whole years. Additionally, some people think that this tragedy might have contributed to the myth of Atlantis.

Associations:

☀️The Sun

☀️The Sun Wheel*

*(A perverted version of this symbol has been appropriated by Nazis so please be wary. It is still a sacred symbol but not all who use it use it in its original context. The Minoans were far from Aryan and have no support for the ideals of Nazism).

☀️Dates

☀️Date Palm Trees

☀️Griffins

☀️The Pillar, Pillar Imagery

☀️Figure of Eight Shields

☀️The Color Known As Phoenician Red/Tyrian Purple

☀️Yellow

☀️Saffron

☀️Sundays

☀️Electricity (a friend’s upg)

Ideas For Worship:

☀️Expanding your worldview

☀️Inspiration and creativity

☀️Connecting with the divine feminine

☀️Renewing your youthful spirit, as She does every winter solstice

☀️Fueling your inner strength and resilience

☀️Anything that needs passion, creativity, and/or vital energy

Ideas For Offerings:

☀️Water

☀️Fire

☀️Oil

☀️Honey

☀️Dates

☀️Figs

☀️Bread

☀️Milk

☀️”Scipy” scents (Cinnamon, ginger, frankincense)

☀️Relevant Imagery

☀️A Labrys

Divination:

I have found her to be open to tarot and pendulum; however, tarot wasn’t a favorite. Fire-based divination is a great fit. According to others I talk to, apparently any divination which involves reflection, reflection of the sun, is good to Her. White stones also seem to be a favorite for Her in the sense of geomancy/lithomancy or just as cult objects. One of the tarot cards I have come to associate with Her is the Page of Wands. I personally have a mirror dedicated to her from which I have received messages.