The story of Garuda
Garuda The brahminy kite (left) is considered as the contemporary representation of Garuda. Garuda may be also identified with an eagle. Vishnu riding Garuda, depicted as a complete bird in this...
View ArticleAn/Ar/As, Inanna/Jñāna, and Ishara/Ishvara
Dingir is a cuneiform sign, most commonly the determinative for “deity” although it has related meanings as well. As a determinative, it is not pronounced, and is conventionally transliterated as a...
View ArticleHecate/Heqet – Ereshkigal, Hel etc.
Asteria In Greek mythology, Asteria (Ancient Greek: Ἀστερία, “of the stars” or “starry one”) was a name attributed to the following eleven individuals: the daughter of Coeus, an Amazon woman, Heliad,...
View ArticleSouthern and Northern Cross
Big Dipper/ the Plough Ursa Major (also known as the Great Bear and Charles’ Wain) is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. It can be visible throughout the year in most of the northern...
View ArticleInanna (Pisces) and Tammuz (Aries) and the surrounding stars
Inanna and Tammuz Inanna was the Sumerian goddess of love, fertility, and warfare. Her symbol is an eight-pointed star or a rosette. She was associated with lions – even then a symbol of power – and...
View ArticleLost for 2 700 years: Tomb of the Serpent Jaguar Priests Uncovered in Peru
– Peru Portasar/Gobekli Tepe Sumer Jiroft Urartu/Armenia A very interesting tomb has been uncovered in San Pedro de Pacopampa, Chota Province, Cajamarca Region, Peru. The tomb contains a double burial...
View ArticleEagles of Armenia
Historic Armenian Coats of Arms The two oppositions – “higher”/”lower” Lion The lion has been an icon for humanity for thousands of years, appearing in cultures across Europe, Asia, and Africa....
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The deer Deer had a central role in the ancient art, culture and mythology of the Hittites, the Ancient Egyptians, the Celts, the ancient Greeks, the Asians and several others. Alulim Alulim was the...
View ArticleOdin and Tyr
Man The term man (from Proto-Germanic *mannaz or *manwaz “man, person”) and words derived from it can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their sex or age. It is derived from a...
View ArticleOn the origin of the Aryans
Ara Ara or ara may refer to the Latin for altar, Ara (constellation), “The Altar” constellation, Ara Pacis, the Augustan Altar of Peace, Great Altar of Hercules, also known as the Ara Maxima, Arag, or...
View ArticleThe psychopomp
Vanth, Etruscan Psychopomp Ningishzida Odin While the name of the tree is not provided in the poem and other trees exist in Norse mythology, the tree is near universally accepted as the cosmic tree...
View ArticleIndo-European Lexicon – Pokorny Master PIE Etyma
Indo-European Lexicon – Pokorny Master PIE Etyma List of Proto-Indo-European nouns List of Proto-Indo-European roots Proto-Indo-European pronoun Proto-Indo-European particle Proto-Indo-European...
View Article10 World’s Oldest Things From Armenia
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View ArticleThe god of vegetation
Telipinu (“Exalted Son”) was a Hittite god who most likely served as a patron of farming, though he has also been suggested to have been a storm god or an embodiment of crops. He was a son of the...
View ArticleThe Tree of Life or a cosmic tree has pagan origins
The Tree of Life or a cosmic tree has pagan origins. It is a sacred tree that symbolizes the underworld or spirit world, the earth and heaven. According to thе legend, the roots of this tree dig deep...
View ArticleManji / Wan (Buddhist “Swastika”)
Manji / Wan (Buddhist “Swastika”) Chinese Neolithic Painted pottery culture The swastika used in Buddhist art and scripture is known as a manji (Japanese; whirlwind), and represents Dharma, universal...
View ArticleThe mother goddess and the owl
– One of the longest lasting Goddesses from the ancient world is Sumer’s Inanna, who was revered in the Middle East for over 4,000 years. And even today in modern Islamic Iraq Inanna’s emblems of the...
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