Taurus and the Pleiades
Taurus Pleiades Pleiades in folklore and literature Pleiades Pleiades (Greek mythology) Taurus (constellation) Taurus (astrology) Bull (mythology) Taurus Taurus is one of the constellations of the...
View ArticleAsherah pole and Irminsul – mighty pillar
Asherah pole Ancient monoliths in Mawphlang sacred grove, India An Asherah pole is a sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the Ugaritic mother-goddess Asherah,...
View ArticleThe history of the evil eye
A Ruby Eye Pendant from an ancient civilization in Mesopotamia was possibly used as amulet to protect against evil eyes. Nazars, charms used to ward off the evil eye. The evil eye is a curse believed...
View ArticleWild enigmatic dancers in Greece
Korybantes The Korybantes were the armed and crested dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. They are also called the Kurbantes in Phrygia and the Corybants in an...
View ArticleFrom Gal to Galli and Angel
From Gal to Galli A Gallus (pl. Galli) was a eunuch priest of the Phrygian goddess Cybele and her consort Attis, whose worship was incorporated into the state religious practices of ancient Rome....
View ArticleISIS Destroys Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Der Zor
The Islamic State (also known as ISIS) destroyed the Armenian Genocide Memorial Church in Der Zor, news agencies in the Middle East reported. The reports surfaced as Armenia was celebrating the 23rd...
View ArticleIs Armenia the proto-Indo-European urheimat?
According to Herodotus (7.73), the Armenians were “Phrygian immigrants” (‘Frug’wn apoikoi’), who were armed as the Phrygians as well, while according to a passage from Eudoxus of Knidus (the 5thcentury...
View ArticlePoseidon and the race of lords/giants
Poseidon/ Neptune Poseidon is one of the twelve Olympian deities of the pantheon in Greek mythology. His main domain is the ocean, and he is called the “God of the Sea”. Additionally, he is referred...
View ArticleUrbanization in the Near East (the first cities in the world)
Yerevan (Erban – Urban) Er/Ur/Ar – To create – Van/Ban – Home/Nest - Er/Ur/Ar – Urartu – Armenia In Sumerian (URU) is written before the city name, often in combination with (KI) after the city...
View ArticlePan and the Capricorn
Pan having sex with a goat, statue from Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum. Capricorn Mythology in ancient Sumeria was associated with the planet Saturn and the Mesopotamian god Enki. In ancient...
View ArticleSimilarities in the Sumerian and the Egyptian mythologies
Anshar and Kishar In the Babylonian creation myth Enuma Elish, Anshar (also spelled Anshur), which means “sky pivot” or “sky axle”, is a sky god. He is the husband of his sister Kishar. They might both...
View ArticleFrom Enki to Odin: Wedensday is the day of commerce
Mercury (commerce) Odin (Wôdan – Wednesday) Odin (from Old Norse Óðinn, “The Furious One”) is a major god in Germanic mythology, especially in Norse mythology. In many Norse sources he is the...
View ArticleAries, the ram – Sun/Sol/Sur
Surya – Syria (Aram) – Armenia The Sun, , the star at the center of the Solar System, is the planetary ruler of Leo and is exalted in Aries The Sun God Surya means “the supreme light.” Helios means...
View ArticleGods in Ast-ro-logy
New millennium astrological chart. Location of the planets on 30 January 1980. The blue circle is Earth. The yellow lines represent the division of the 12 Zodiac signs, and each planet falls within...
View ArticleI am from Kurdistan – Iraq, but I am not a Kurd and I am not an Arab, I am...
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View ArticleInanna (life/spring) and Ereskigal (death/autumn)
Anu existed in Sumerian cosmogony as a dome that covered the flat earth; Outside of this dome was the primordial body of water known as Tiamat. Anu had several consorts, the foremost being Ki (earth),...
View ArticleDescent to the underworld
Hermod pays respects to Hela Orpheus in the underworld, Jan Brueghel the Elder 1594 Jacob van Swanenburgh “Aeneas and Sibilla in the Underworld” 1625 National Museum, Gdansk Descent Into The...
View ArticleThe Queen of Heaven
Mother goddess Queen of Heaven Queen of heaven (antiquity) Queen of Heaven Mother of God Coronation of the Virgin Heavenly Mother Sacred prostitution Goddess Worship Guan Yin Nut (Egyptian sky...
View ArticleThe triple deity
Terracotta relief of the Matres, from Bibracte, city of the Aedui in Gaul Triple deity A triple deity (sometimes referred to as threefold, tripled, triplicate, tripartite, triune or triadic, or as a...
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