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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...

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Asherah 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,...

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The 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...

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Wild 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...

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From 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....

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ISIS 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...

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Is 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...

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Poseidon 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...

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Urbanization 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...

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Pan 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...

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Similarities 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...

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From 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...

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Aries, 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...

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Gods 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...

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A mad, mad world

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I am from Kurdistan – Iraq, but I am not a Kurd and I am not an Arab, I am...

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Inanna (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),...

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Descent 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...

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The 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...

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The 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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