Isis Temple of Isis in Philae, Egypt Isis (Ancient Greek: Ἶσις, original Egyptian pronunciation more likely "Aset" or "Iset") is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans and the downtrodden, but she also listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats and rulers.[1] Isis is often depicted as the mother of Horus, the hawk-headed god of war and protection (although in some traditions Horus's mother was Hathor). Isis is also known as protector of the dead and goddess of children. This myth became very important during the Greco-Roman period. Etymology[edit] The name Isis is the Greek version of her name, with a final -s added to the original Egyptian form because of the grammatical requirements of the Greek language (-s often being a marker of the nominative case in ancient Greek).
Juno Juno was the Roman goddess who protected the nation as a whole but also kept special watch over all aspects of women's lives. She is often thought of as the Roman version of the Greek goddess of love and marriage, Hera. Juno was the wife and sister of Jupiter, the chief Roman god, and the two of them were worshipped along with the goddess Minerva on the Quirinal in Rome. Historical Introduction After a long series of wars with Macedonia, the Roman army conquered the Greek peninsula, and as a consequence, Hellenic culture -- art, literature, and philosophy -- infiltrated much of Roman life. Juno's Origins & Roles Although her exact origin is unknown, Juno was one of the oldest of the Roman deities, that is, one of the three original gods -- Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva -- honored on the Quirinal (later on the Capitoline). Among other identities, she was known to many as Juno Sospita, the chief deity of Lanuvium, a city located in Latium southeast of Rome. The Matronalia Juno & Carthage
Hera Portrayed as majestic and solemn, often enthroned, and crowned with the polos (a high cylindrical crown worn by several of the Great Goddesses), Hera may bear a pomegranate in her hand, emblem of fertile blood and death and a substitute for the narcotic capsule of the opium poppy.[2] A scholar of Greek mythology Walter Burkert writes in Greek Religion, "Nevertheless, there are memories of an earlier aniconic representation, as a pillar in Argos and as a plank in Samos."[3] Etymology[edit] The cult of Hera[edit] Hera may have been the first to whom the Greeks dedicated an enclosed roofed temple sanctuary, at Samos about 800 BC. We know that the temple created by the Rhoecus sculptors and architects was destroyed between 570- 60 BC. In Euboea the festival of the Great Daedala, sacred to Hera, was celebrated on a sixty-year cycle. Hera's early importance[edit] According to Walter Burkert, both Hera and Demeter have many characteristic attributes of pre-Greek Great Goddesses.[15] Epithets[edit]
Leucótea En la mitología griega Leucótea (en griego Λευκοθεα Leukothea, ‘diosa blanca’) era uno de los aspectos bajo los que conocía a una antigua diosa del mar. Las fuentes mitológicas coinciden en que fue una ninfa transformada. En la versión situada en Rodas puede detectarse un nivel mítico mucho más antiguo. Allí, la mujer que se arrojaba al mar y se convertía en Leucótea era Halia (‘del mar’), una ninfa local y una de los telquines originarios de la isla que sucumbió a Poseidón, criado en la isla. Halia tuvo con él a Rodo y seis hijos. En la Odisea, Homero relata que Leucótea salvó la vida de Odiseo después de que Calipso le dejara regresar a su casa y le ofreciera para ello una endeble balsa. Leucótea tenía sus altares junto a los de Poseidón, siendo el principal el que se encontraba en Corinto. Leucótea es La diosa blanca de Robert Graves. No debe ser confundida con Leucótoe, aunque a veces su nombre se deletree así. Referencias[editar] Véase también[editar] Ino Enlaces externos[editar]
Minerva Etruscan Menrva[edit] Stemming from an Italic moon goddess *Meneswā ('She who measures'), the Etruscans adopted the inherited Old Latin name, *Menerwā, thereby calling her Menrva. It is assumed that her Roman name, Minerva, is based on this Etruscan mythology, Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, war, art, schools and commerce. She was the Etruscan counterpart to Greek Athena. Like Athena, Minerva was born from the head of her father, Jupiter (Greek Zeus). Worship in Rome[edit] Raised-relief image of Minerva on a Roman gilt silver bowl, 1st century BC As Minerva Medica, she was the goddess of medicine and doctors. In Fasti III, Ovid called her the "goddess of a thousand works". The Romans celebrated her festival from March 19 to March 23 during the day which is called, in the neuter plural, Quinquatria, the fifth after the Ides of March, the nineteenth, an artisans' holiday . Universities and educational establishments[edit] Societies and governmental use[edit] See also[edit] References Sources
Culto a las Diosas – El Santuario del Alba El tambor de marco fue el tambor más prominente desde la antigüedad. Entre el 3500-3000 a.C. hasta el 500 d.C., fue el principal instrumento de percusión, cuyo origen se encuentra en las antiguas culturas del mundo Mediterráneo. Desde las civilizaciones de Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Egipto, Grecia y Roma, la Diosa y el tambor de marco emergían como el centro de las tradiciones religiosas mistéricas. Leer más » Marija Gimbutas, en “El Lenguaje de la Diosa”, da muchos ejemplos de diosas pájaro y serpientes en toda Europa, con ilustraciones de tallas, figurillas y artefactos del Paleolítico y el neolítico que indican una cultura espiritual prevaleciente y poderosa que veneraban a estas deidades. Leer más » Los ritmos de la luna tejen juntos armonías, simetrías, analogías y participaciones que componen un tejido sin fin, una red de hebras invisibles que atan juntos a la humanidad, la lluvia, la vegetación, fertilidad, salud, animales, muerte, regeneración, vida después de la muerte, y más.
Heavenly Mother (Mormonism) The Heavenly Mother doctrine is mainly taught by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church),[1] the Restoration Church of Jesus Christ,[2][3] and branches of Mormon fundamentalism, such as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.[citation needed] The doctrine is not generally recognized by other faiths within the broader Latter Day Saint movement, such as the Community of Christ, where trinitarianism is predominant. In the LDS Church, the Heavenly Mother is sung about in church hymns and briefly discussed in church teaching manuals and sermons.[4] In the heavens are parents single? No, the thought makes reason stare. Truth is reason: truth eternal tells me I've a mother there.When I leave this frail existence, When I lay this mortal by, Father, Mother, may I meet you in your royal courts on high? Some early Mormons considered Snow to be a "prophetess".[10] Later, church president Joseph F. Early leader George Q. Early 20th-century church leader B.
La Iberia Mágica: La Sagra y la diosa Ceres Investigando la comarca natural e histórica castellana de La Sagra, situada entre las actuales provincias de Toledo y Madrid, aunque abarcando mucho mayor ámbito territorial de la primera, hemos descubierto una vinculación o hipótesis que relaciona el origen etimológico del nombre de esta comarca con la palabra romana sacra -Sagrado/a-, además de con la diosa romana de la agricultura y de la fecundidad, la diosa Ceres. Ceres proviene del protoindoeuropeo ker, que significa 'crecer' o 'crear', y en los campos arcillosos de La Sagra, desde tiempos romanos, casi siempre creció el cereal de forma abundante. También se dice que La Sagra procedería del árabe "al-Saqra", que significa campo cultivado, no andando lejos, por tanto, un significado de otro. El término "La Sagra" procede del árabe "al-Saqra" que significa "campo cultivado"; está etimológicamente emparentado con la Puerta Antigua de Bisagra de la ciudad de Toledo.
Rhea (mythology) Rhea (or Cybele), after a marble, 1888. Then she hid Zeus in a cave on Mount Ida in Crete. According to varying versions of the story: Rhea only appears in Greek art from the fourth century BC, when her iconography draws on that of Cybele; the two therefore, often are indistinguishable;[10] both can be shown on a throne flanked by lions, riding a lion, or on a chariot drawn by two lions. Most often Rhea's symbol is a pair of lions, the ones that pulled her celestial chariot and were seen often, rampant, one on either side of the gateways through the walls to many cities in the ancient world. In Homer, Rhea is the mother of the gods, although not a universal mother like Cybele, the Phrygian Great Mother, with whom she was later identified.
EL ORIGEN DE MARI (Oñati, Guipúzcoa) Vivían juntas... Hathor Hathor (/ˈhæθɔr/ or /ˈhæθər/;[2] Egyptian: ḥwt-ḥr and from Greek: Άθωρ, "mansion of Horus")[1] is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of joy, feminine love, and motherhood.[3] She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt. Hathor was worshiped by Royalty and common people alike in whose tombs she is depicted as "Mistress of the West" welcoming the dead into the next life.[4] In other roles she was a goddess of music, dance, foreign lands and fertility who helped women in childbirth,[4] as well as the patron goddess of miners.[5] The cult of Hathor predates the historic period, and the roots of devotion to her are therefore difficult to trace, though it may be a development of predynastic cults which venerated fertility, and nature in general, represented by cows.[6] Hathor is commonly depicted as a cow goddess with horns in which is set a sun disk with Uraeus. Early depictions[edit] Temples[edit] Hesat[edit] Notes[edit]