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The Ancient Italian Adriatic Veneti and Their Pora Reitia Nature Cult
Between the eighth and seventh centuries BC, the first manifestations of the Italic people known as Veneti appear in the territory of today's Veneto, the main region of the northeast of Italy together with Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino Alto-Adige (an area known in Roman times as the X Regio, then Venetia et Histria). And the Veneti were distinctive for the nature worship beliefs through their Pora Reitia goddess in open grove settings.
Jari Padoan - 25/02/2022 - 01:00
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Ancient Remedy of the Boswellia Tree - Still Great for Joint Health!
... permeating scent during rites of passage such as weddings, childbirth, and funerals. In fact, it even accompanied ...
Sahir - 26/04/2022 - 01:58
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A Loyal Companion and Much More: Dogs in Ancient China
... creature’s arch-enemy is Zhang Xian, the Chinese god of childbirth who fires arrows at the Tiangou to ward him off. ...
dhwty - 27/11/2015 - 00:52
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Ancient Dogu Figurines With Large Goggle-eyes Defy Scholarly Explanation
... knowledge was limited and the likelihood of dying in childbirth was high, these fertility images would have been ...
Riley Winters - 13/08/2023 - 22:58
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Ancient Greek Pottery Workshop Provides Stunning Examples of Craft!
... away evil spirits. He was also associated with music and childbirth. The oldest use of the site appears to have been ...
Sahir - 13/04/2022 - 22:59
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The Alternative Lifestyle and Loves of Pinudjem II
... she was murdered, whilst others say that she died during childbirth. After her death, the oracle of Amun published an ...
Natalia Klimczak - 03/04/2016 - 22:11
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Stone Age Spaniards ate domestic dogs and badgers
... can survive the ravages of the cold, infectious diseases, childbirth and war wounds, then these people live healthily ...
Mark Miller - 29/05/2018 - 00:04
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Ikea-style flat-pack church that sunk in a shipwreck around 500 AD to be revived
... of life, including love, war and human activities such as childbirth, smithing and agriculture. They also believed in ...
Mark Miller - 18/11/2015 - 21:54
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Intriguing Collection of Gold Jewelry Found at Amarna Burial
... of households, and more specifically mothers, children and childbirth. Later the deity evolved into the champion of ...
Sahir - 14/12/2022 - 22:00
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Why No Nose? The Ancient Breath of Life and Remarkably Powerful ‘Living Statues’
... the Ka was associated with the first breath of life during childbirth. In essence, the Ka is the double or replica of ...
Willem Witteveen - 04/05/2017 - 14:00
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Tracing the origins of the Serpent Cult
... Wadjet, was protector of the land, kings, and women in childbirth. In Minoa, the Snake Goddess was addressed as ...
Katrina Sisowath - 03/12/2014 - 11:14
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Somalia: The Ancient Lost Kingdom of Punt is Finally Found?
... from Punt - and there is evidence that Bes (the goddess of childbirth) came from Punt Land as well. Other inscriptions ...
Tarek El-Diwany - 18/04/2019 - 00:38
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800-Year-Old Skeleton Discovered in Troy Shows Signs of Death from a Fatal Infection
... a few women died from complications during pregnancy and childbirth," notes Kiesewetter, a co-author of the eLife ...
ancient-origins - 13/01/2017 - 14:46
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Medieval Sex and Scandal: Consistory Courts and Morality in Medieval England
... long to get married or to start a family, especially since childbirth grew increasingly dangerous as a woman got older. ...
Meagan Dickerson - 30/04/2021 - 18:41
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Is This Byzantine-Era Demon-Repellent Amulet Jewish or Gnostic?
... Chariot Racer Hexed by Calling on Balaam’s Angel Ancient Childbirth Beliefs and Rituals Thought to Protect Mother and ...
ashley cowie - 27/05/2021 - 14:57
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The Hill of Sorcery: Mythology and Archaeology of the Tlachtga Barrow
... bore him three sons; Dorb, Cuma, and Muach, dying in childbirth at the enclosure which bears her name. This is ...
Jason Jarrell - 18/10/2016 - 21:49
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What is the Real Celtic Creation Myth?
... gave birth to the god, Cernunnos. So great was her pain in childbirth that she ripped bark from the one tree and hurled ...
Khadija Tauseef - 01/03/2022 - 22:00
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Nine Parts of the Human Soul According to the Ancient Egyptians
... that either the fertility goddess Heqet or the goddess of childbirth Meskhenet breathed the Ka into a body at the time ...
Sarah P Young - 03/08/2019 - 22:57
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Six Amazing Ancient Tattoo Discoveries
... they were related to Hathor’s guidance over women in childbirth. Ancient Ink: How Tattoos Can Reveal Hidden ...
Lex Leigh - 11/12/2022 - 13:58
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The Ritual behind Wishing Wells: Buying Favors and Good Fortune
... This nymph goddess is said to have been associated with childbirth and healing, and her well, the source of a spring, ...
beth - 24/03/2015 - 02:55