Phoenix (mythology) In Greek mythology, a phoenix or phenix (Ancient Greek φοίνιξ phóinīx) is a long-lived bird that is cyclically regenerated or reborn. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. The phoenix was subsequently adopted as a symbol in Early Christianity. While the phoenix typically dies by fire in most versions of the legend, there are less popular versions of the myth in which the mythical bird dies and simply decomposes before being born again. Garuda. In Hinduism[edit] Garuda is known as the eternal sworn enemy of the Nāga serpent race and known for feeding exclusively on snakes, such behavior may have referred to the actual Short-toed Eagle of India.
The image of Garuda is often used as the charm or amulet to protect the bearer from snake attack and its poison, since the king of birds is an implacable enemy and "devourer of serpent". Garudi Vidya is the mantra against snake poison to remove all kinds of evil.[3] His stature in Hindu religion can be gauged by the fact that an independent Upanishad, the Garudopanishad, and a Purana, the Garuda Purana, is devoted to him.
Various names have been attributed to Garuda - Chirada, Gaganeshvara, Kamayusha, Kashyapi, Khageshvara, Nagantaka, Sitanana, Sudhahara, Suparna, Tarkshya, Vainateya, Vishnuratha and others. Garuda wears the serpent Adisesha on his left wrist and the serpent Gulika on his right wrist. Garuda Vyuha is worshiped in Tantra for Abhichara and to protect against Abhichara. Garuda4. Garuda -image Search. Gwk-4. Bennu. Roles[edit] Depiction[edit] The Pyramid Texts refer to the yellow wagtail as a symbol of Atum, and it may have been the original form of the Bennu bird.
New Kingdom artwork shows the Bennu as a grey heron with a long beak and a two-feathered crest, sometimes perched on a benben stone (representing Ra) or in a willow tree (representing Osiris). Because of its connection with Osiris, it sometimes wears the atef crown.[2] A large species of heron, nowadays extinct, occurred on the Arabian Peninsula in comparatively recent times; it may have been the ultimate inspiration for the Bennu. Worship[edit] Connection with the phoenix[edit] The Greek historian Herodotus, describing Egypt in the fifth century BC, wrote that the priests at Heliopolis described the phoenix to him.
Citations[edit] Further reading[edit] Labrique, Françoise (2013). External links[edit] Media related to Bennu at Wikimedia Commons. Lusasett, the grandmother of deities. Atum (/ɑ-tum/), sometimes rendered as Atem or Tem, is an important deity in Egyptian mythology.
Name[edit] Atum's name is thought to be derived from the word tem which means to complete or finish. Thus he has been interpreted as being the 'complete one' and also the finisher of the world, which he returns to watery chaos at the end of the creative cycle. As creator he was seen as the underlying substance of the world, the deities and all things being made of his flesh or alternatively being his ka.[2] Origin[edit] Atum is one of the most important and frequently mentioned deities from earliest times, as evidenced by his prominence in the Pyramid Texts, where he is portrayed as both a creator and father to a king.[2] Roles[edit] In the Old Kingdom the Egyptians believed that Atum lifted the dead king's soul from his pyramid to the starry heavens.[6] He was also a solar deity, associated with the primary sun god Ra.
Atum is the god of pre-existence and post-existence. Iusaaset's myth connection to magic. Well, define what Isis mean to you.
Isis is the “Source of all Life” also known by her sacred name, Iusaaset - the “Utterer of Words” and “Conceiver of Worlds.” She gave birth to the sun-god Horus and she brought arts, language, medicine, architecture (all culture) to her people. I see her as a beautiful, strong, self-supporting woman that’s not afraid to take control of her destiny. I’d chant something like this (based on what she means to me…) “I open my arms wide as a gesture of awakening and receptivity,I breathe your grace deep into me,I honour my past by absorbing what I’ve learned into my everyday life,I stand tall, I am the author of my lifeI listen to the voices of wisdom that comes from within, and everything will be revealed to me. I honour you by knowing I’m worthy of loveI honour you by trusting my own inner knowingI honour you because I can speak and create my world.” Good luck!