A jealous and powerful god Being the ruler of the Mediterranean Sea, he is described as gathering clouds and calling forth storms, but at the same he has it in his power to grant a successful voyage and save those who are in danger, and all other marine divinities are Read more…
The word Rāvana is from the Sanskrit, meaning “roaring.” In mythology, Rāvana played the role of a villain, but may have been a bringer of equilibrium, a balance in the equation of good and evil. Rāvana was born to a great Sage (good) Vishravan while his mother was the Raksashi Read more…
In Sumerian mythology, the goddess Ki (also known as Ninhursag or Ninmah) is a primordial deity associated with the earth. She is considered the mother goddess and the consort of the sky god An (Anu). Ki is often depicted as a nurturing and fertile figure, responsible for the creation and Read more…
Itzpapalotl was a deity in Aztec mythology, known as the “Obsidian Butterfly.” She was a fearsome and complex figure associated with warfare, darkness, and death. Itzpapalotl was often depicted as a skeletal goddess with butterfly wings made of sharp obsidian blades. She was believed to dwell in Tamoanchan, the paradise Read more…
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…
“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…
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…
“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…