Ariadne: Lady of the Labyrinth and Double Axe
0 Comments | December 30, 2009 at 11:41 am by mahud
Ariadne: Lady of the Labyrinth and Double Axe
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0 Comments | December 30, 2009 at 11:41 am by mahud
Ariadne: Lady of the Labyrinth and Double Axe
Photos
Vera
woolen clew 2
0 Comments | April 15, 2009 at 8:57 am by mahud
As mentioned by Joseph Campbell (citing Classical scholar Gilbert Murray: Occidental Mythology p.162-163), in Homer’s Odyssey, there is found a grand celestial and mythic theme that mirrors the 19 year Metonic Cycle (the meeting of the sun and Moon). Yet the Odyssey pre-dates the discovery by the astronomer Meton (5th century BC), by well over […]
0 Comments | December 3, 2008 at 6:13 pm by mahud
Three months ago, during a visit to the town of Banff, I picked up a necklace with a dragon tooth pendant to wear as a replacement for the ‘lunar’ dolphin necklace I discovered at a Medieval Fair earlier in the summer:
I was really happy when I discovered this crescent-shaped dolphin necklace. As the cycle of […]
4 Comments | December 1, 2008 at 12:23 pm by mahud
This post is one of many in the Fifth Mythology Synchroblog: Mythical Monsters and Otherworldly Entities (View the list of other bloggers below)
Seven-Headed Serpent of Mesopotamia
There is an Akkadian Seal impression (mid to late 3rd millennium B.C.), excavated from Tell Asmar (Iraq, near Eshnunna), that depicts two gods slaying a gigantic monster with seven serpentine […]
9 Comments | August 23, 2008 at 4:54 am by mahud
A small selection of articles on various goddesses I’ve posted over the past couple of years, including Medusa/Athene from Greek mythology, Chinnamasta from Hindu Mythology, The Egyptian myth of Isis and the hidden name of Ra (which includes parallels to the myth of Lilith and The Golden Ass by Apuleius), The myth of Inanna’s underworld […]
10 Comments | April 2, 2008 at 6:52 am by mahud
My contribution for the Mythology Synchroblog on the theme of Motherhood. For more posts see below.
Sections
The Anatolian Mother
Cybele in Greece
Magna Mater in Rome
Magna Mater’s Spring Festival (15th and 27th March)
The Taurobolium in the Magna Mater Cult
The Anatolian Mother
Both the Greek and Roman worship of the Great Mother derives from Anatolia/Asia Minor (Turkey). Her name appears […]
8 Comments | January 29, 2008 at 11:40 am by mahud
I’d like to try something new. Every week or so, I’ll pick a Deity (in alphabetical order), and from memory write all I can remember from myth, archaeology, experience, or elsewhere, relating to that Deity. It would be great if you could play along in the comments. Also, feel free to add or correct any […]
0 Comments | October 18, 2007 at 1:30 pm by mahud
Dionysus, accompanied by his army of bacchic revellers, was accredited as the universal distributor of his own worship and the knowledge of the vine. Like Noah, he was the inventor of wine, and like Soma, he himself was the ambrosial drink poured out, everywhere releasing mankind from suffering. Below, in one of many magnificent […]
0 Comments | September 26, 2007 at 9:51 am by mahud
Apollo, created for Jeff over at Druid Journal: Word of the Day » Apollo
The God Apollo
Image based on Gustave Moreau’s Apollo and the Nine Muses
9 Comments | August 24, 2007 at 7:04 am by mahud
Calling out to other mythology (there’s not nearly enough of you!) or Pagan bloggers out there! Does anyone have any requests for some divine digital art?
If you would like me to create a piece of digital art (for use on your blog) of a particular god, goddess, religious symbol, etc, let me know in […]
0 Comments | August 13, 2007 at 7:24 am by mahud
An abstract representation of the labyrinth built by Daedalus.
The place of the double axe.
Minos aspired to the throne [of Krete], but was rebuffed. He claimed, however, that he had received the sovereignty from the gods, and to prove it he said that whatever he prayed for would come about. So while sacrificing to Poseidon, he […]
0 Comments | May 15, 2007 at 12:11 pm by mahud
In a previous entry I gave my interpretation of the slaying of Medusa interpreted as Cosmogonic myth, associating Medusa with the temporal realm (in its primordial chaotic state), and the separation of both the temporal and eternal orders of reality, symbolized respectively by the birth of Pegasus (linked with the streams of Oceanos), and the […]
2 Comments | February 6, 2007 at 3:46 pm by mahud
Lunar Beasts (part 1)
Lunar Beasts (part 2)
Lunar Beasts (part 3)
Lunar Beasts (part 4)
Lunar Beasts (part 5)
Lunar Beasts (part 6)
Lunar Beasts (part 7)
Lunar Beasts (part 8 )
The God Dionysus
Dionysus , accompanied by his army of bacchic revellers, was accredited as the universal distributor of his own worship and the knowledge of the vine (The ambrosial plant). […]
0 Comments | November 15, 2006 at 8:10 am by mahud
Demeter and her daughter Persephone — known as ‘the two goddesses’ — were the prominent deities associated with the famous Eleusinian Mystery cult, celebrated for over a millennium until the end of the 4th century A.D.
“For those who were initiated into the mysteries of Demeter, an identification was made between the resurrection of the new […]
0 Comments | November 15, 2006 at 12:32 am by mahud
The Place of the Double-Axe
The Place of the Double-Axe, or Labyrinth, was a mythical maze built by Daedalus on the island of Crete to house the Minotaur, the monstrous progeny of Queen Pasiphae and the bull (tauros) of King Minos.
“The place of the double-axe was the threshold period when the moon appeared to be […]
0 Comments | November 14, 2006 at 10:17 am by mahud
The Phrygian myth concerning the goddess Cybele and Attis begins with the god Zeus who manages to impregnate the earth (Cybele was identified with the earth goddess Rhea) while he slept, resulting in the birth of the Hermaphrodite Cybele (called Agdistis).
The gods castrate Cybele, and an almond tree grows from her severed genitals. Nana, the […]
2 Comments | November 14, 2006 at 1:53 am by mahud
I see a parallel between the opening chapters of the book of Exodus, and the intro to the Iliad, but I’ve never really discussed it with anyone before. Is there a connection do you think, or is it just coincidence, that both match up on a number of different points? I can’t help but think […]
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