Characters and histories from past Ages
Dionysus was the son of Zeus and Semele, the only Olympian with a mortal parent During the course of her pregnancy, the god’s jealous wife Hera tricked Semele into asking Zeus to appear before her in his full glory. Bound by an oath on the River Styx, the god was Read more…
Pantheon: Ancient SumerianParents: An and UrashSpouse: NabuSiblings: NinsunChildren: Ninlil, the wife of Enlil and the mother of GilgameshColor aura: Deep plum and whiteReincarnation: Danika Zayed She appears with flowing hair, crowned with horned tiara bearing supporting ears of corn and a crescent moon. According to Professor Tikva Fryman-Kensky in her outstanding work “In the Wake of the Read more…
Born and raised in Caemlyn, family ties and the dire situation of her House were the only things to keep Nythadri rooted. Outside of House Vanditera, she was a persona stooped in mystery. Rumour claimed her to be the wayward daughter of a dying House, reluctant to accept her title Read more…
Often pictured as a woman with the head of a lioness, Sekhmet was known as a fierce huntress. Though her reputation was primarily as a violent goddess, she was also a remarkably skilled healer. She could issue pestilence to those who wronged her, but also provided cures and healing. She Read more…
“When, under Hades’ semblance, Zeus divine deceived with guileful arts dark Persephone. Hence, partly black thy limbs and partly white, from Hades dark, from Zeus ethereal bright. Thy coloured members, men by night inspire when seen in spectred forms, with terrors dire; now darkly visible, involved in night, perspicuous now Read more…
The sword depicted here is one of the last known power wrought weapons made near the end of the 6th Age. It was forged by Hephaestus and given to Priam. When Priam’s son, Achilles, who wielded the sword in the God Wars, fell, the Atharim who killed him, Paris Callas, Read more…
“You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.” Nietzsche Though the ruler of the Aesir tribe of deities, Odin often ventured far from his kingdom, Asgard, on long and solitary wanderings throughout the cosmos Read more…
Just as in other countries, so too in Meso-America and South America did the gods reign. In Central America, most of the gods were harsh, cruel and capricious in their treatment of the people. Among the followers of Huitzilopochtli, this was especially true. As the sun approached winter solstice, its Read more…
The Norse Pantheon was made up of male and female channelers centered within the city of Asgard. Aesir – The ruling male channelers, led by the All-father, Odin from his seat in Valaskialf.Asynjur – The ruling female channelersDvurges – the greatest of all craftsmen, forgers of weapons, ter’angreal, and notable Read more…
Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 200 ff (trans. Weir Smyth) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) : “When first the heavenly powers Titanes and the Olympian gods were moved to wrath, and mutual dissension was stirred up among them–some bent on casting Kronos from his seat so Zeus, in truth, might reign; others, eager Read more…