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1. Star charts reveal how ancient Egyptians planned to navigate the sky after death

   ... at the University of Tübingen Museum in Germany. The sky goddess Nut in an ancient Egyptian star chart that differs ... and the leg of an ox, among other deities. Nut was the goddess of the sky, and she is seen holding up the heavens on ... A detail of the star chart of Idy of Asyut showing the sky goddess Nut holding up the heavens at the top. (Photo by ...

   Mark Miller - 17/09/2015 - 06:09

2. What is the Real Celtic Creation Myth?

   ... Just as the Romans had incorporated Isis, the Egyptian goddess, into their pantheon, so too the people of Europe ... and there may be biases. 1st century statue of a Celtic goddess, probably Brigantia (Brigitte). ( CC0 ) In the book ... goes: “Long, long ago the great void produced a god and goddess, named Donn and Danu. When they looked at each other ...

   Khadija Tauseef - 01/03/2022 - 22:00

3. 3000-year-old Greek Processional ‘Sacred Road’ Discovered in Turkey

   ... Bilal Sogut / Facebook) The Sacred Road Was a Path to the Goddess of the Moon, Night, and Magic Many Greek cities, ... from antiquity to the present”. Hecate was the Greek goddess of the moon and the night, and was associated with ... May Destroy 2100-Year-Old Castle Site and Statue of Mother Goddess in Turkey Controversial Claim by Geologist: ...

   Ed Whelan - 10/07/2019 - 22:37

4. Satellite Images Reveal Japanese Kofun Tombs all Aligned to Rising Sun

   ... varying degrees east, facing the rising sun. Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu. ( Public domain ) Aligned in Death with an Ancient Goddess of Destruction The researchers wrote that this ... by claiming to be direct descendants from the Sun Goddess Amaterasu - the highest deity in Japanese mythology ...

   ashley cowie - 21/01/2022 - 22:00

5. Rare Harvest Moon Occurs on Friday 13th

   ... religious and spiritual traditions worship a Triple Moon Goddess, or three distinct aspects of the moon, most often ... earth, and the underworld . And this is why the Moon goddess 's sacred number is also the number associated with ... authors Carl Jung and Karl Kerényi wrote of the Triple Goddess as an “archetype arising at the most primitive ...

   ashley cowie - 13/09/2019 - 14:03

6. Picts, Gaels, and Scots: Exploring their Mysterious (and Sometimes Mythical) Origins

   ... Museum of Scotland. ( CC BY SA 3.0 ) Descendants of a Goddess They themselves believed that they were the descendants of the Goddess Brigid, considered to be sacred and benevolent across ...

   Steven Keith - 19/06/2018 - 20:55

7. Delving into the Depths of Japan’s Mysterious Tonkararin Tunnels

   ... to the theory that it is the hideaway of the ancient Goddess Amaterasu. To understand why this ancient ruin ... of Japan was the folklore of Amaterasu , sun and solar Goddess. This deity is supposedly the ancestor of the ... emperors of Japan. A common theme in this folklore is the goddess hiding inside a rock cave, which could have great ...

   Elizabeth Moore - 11/10/2020 - 13:58

8. Mother and Child Reunion Of Thetis And Achilles

   ... to that “ strange and mournful day ,” begins with the goddess Thetis’ marriage to her mortal husband Peleus, and ... persona. She is often portrayed as a sea nymph or water goddess, as well as one of the Nereids or a daughter of the sea god Nereus. Although she played a role as a sea goddess in the religious beliefs of Ancient Greece, it was ...

   Dr Kenneth C Gutwein - 02/12/2022 - 20:25

9. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Explore the Legends and the Myths

   ... Japan and Vietnam adopted the autumn celebration. The Moon Goddess - One of the Stories of the Mid-Autumn Festival There ... The most popular is the story of the Chinese Moon Goddess Chang'e and her husband Hou Yi, ECNS reports that ... and her beloved husband. Today, she is worshipped as the Goddess of the Moon, especially during the Mid-Autumn ...

   Ed Whelan - 13/09/2019 - 17:20

10. Unraveling Tutankhamun’s Final Secret: Enigmatic Sarcophagus the Key to Proof of a Double Burial? – Part II

    ... assumes the role here customarily played by the sky goddess Nut, protecting the corpse by enveloping it in her ... a winged sun disk – on the front, explains Marianne. The goddess figures on the sarcophagus are carved in high relief ...

    anand balaji - 28/04/2017 - 15:45

11. El Tepozteco – The Aztec Temple Dedicated to the Drunken Rabbit God

    ... drawing from the Florentine Codex which depicts the female goddess Mayahuel, and the making of pulque. ( Public domain ) ... — 400 to be precise! They were all the offspring of the goddess of alcohol, Mayahuel, and Petecatl, the god of ... . Having so many mouths to feed, Mayahuel was also the goddess of fertility and nourishment. The Aztec name for the ...

    Sahir - 14/07/2022 - 22:59

12. What’s It Like to Travel the Oldest Road in the World? Think Dragon’s Blood and Neolithic Barrows

    ... The Oldest Road in America Finally Surfaces The Celtic Goddess Epona that Rode Swiftly Across the Ancient Roman ... least 2000 years old, it may have represented the Celtic goddess Epona. (© Graham Phillips) Called the Uffington ... purpose remains a mystery. It may have depicted the horse goddess Epona , an important deity for the Celts who ruled ...

    Graham Phillips - 04/06/2017 - 19:06

13. Vestal Virgins: Powerful Priestesses of Rome’s Sacred Flame

    ... of Rome. The Vestal Virgins were priestesses of Vesta, the goddess of the hearth, and one of their most important ... the Temple of Vesta on the Forum Romanum. Sacrifice to the goddess Vesta by Sebastiano Ricci. ( Public Domain ) ... considered unlucky, as they had been consecrated to the goddess Vesta for most of their lives, and many chose to ...

    dhwty - 13/06/2019 - 18:04

14. Tremendous Discovery of 20 ‘New’ Tombs at Tell El Deir in Egypt

    ... Horus in the form of a winged falcon. Isis, An Egyptian Goddess Who Spread Her Wings Across Europe The Cult of Horus: ... Isis was a major deity in ancient Egypt, the great mother goddess associated with magic and healing. Her ancient ... Aset and Isis was the Greek name for her. Heqet was the goddess of fertility and was often represented as a frog. ...

    Sahir - 20/12/2022 - 17:06

15. Hyperion: Titan God of Heavenly Light, Son of Gaia and Uranus

    ... Our Role on a Living Earth Gaia: The Greek Earth Goddess Had No Tolerance for Cruel Family Members Gaia was ... god of heavenly light, and his mother, Gaia, was the earth goddess. ( Romolo Tavani / Adobe Stock) Hyperion, the Titan ... who goes above.” He married his sister Theia (the Titan goddess of the sun and sight) and together they birthed three ...

    Mark Johnston - 23/09/2022 - 01:57

16. Hair-Raising Tales of Paranormal Animals that Possess Humans, See Death, and Act as Messengers of the Gods

    ... ancient Egypt, cats were viewed as the messengers of the goddess Bastet. It was believed that, sometimes, even the goddess could take on the form of a cat, thus nobody was ... high esteem by the ancient Egyptians as a messenger of the goddess Sekhmet, while the Greeks associated the wolf with ...

    valdar - 11/03/2016 - 14:23

17. Secrets of the Four Gold Rings from the Tomb of the Griffin Warrior Revealed

    ... main characters. One of these is an image of a probable goddess holding a staff with two birds accompanying here on a ... rings depicts a woman making a bull’s horn offering to a goddess. The goddess in the image is seated on a throne and holding a ...

    Alicia McDermott - 04/10/2016 - 21:52

18. Two thousand year old Mercury figurine found in Yorkshire

    ... of the Gallic faith into the Roman pantheon The Celtic Goddess Epona that Rode Swiftly Across the Ancient Roman Empire Ancient Roman Curse Tablets Invoke Goddess Sulis Minerva to Kill and Maim The Porta Capena was a ... wood in which there was a sacred grove dedicated to the goddess Egeria. Mercury himself was venerated in a temple on ...

    Robin Whitlock - 05/06/2015 - 02:37

19. Selling Sex: Wonder Woman and the Ancient Fantasy of Lady Warriors That Goes Back Millennia

    ... south of modern-day Iraq, protected by  Ishtar , a great goddess of war and love often associated with lions. Ishtar, ... She could also be sensual. More than merely worship the goddess, the Kings of Uruk claimed to be Ishtar’s lovers, ... For the king, receiving sexual and military favours from a goddess served his political agenda, legitimised his reign ...

    ancient-origins - 30/05/2017 - 14:00

20. Remembering Brave Indian Queens: 10 Powerhouses History has Forgotten

    ... physical life. This weltanschauung of a primordial mother goddess is present in every Indian’s life and resonates ... Durga and Kali , the embodiment of Shakti – the power, goddess Saraswati , the embodiment of Wisdom and Education, goddess Lakshmi, the embodiment of Wealth and Prosperity, and ...

    Saurav Ranjan Datta - 16/04/2020 - 18:51

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