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The Pomegranate in Mythology – The Cycle of Life
Life, Death and Resurrection – The Cycle of Life Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone The female life cycle and the three phases of the Moon The realms of heavens, earth, and underworld Pomegranate is...
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Shassuru, the ‘womb goddess’
Pregnancy Pregnancy in art covers any artistic work that portrays pregnancy. In art as in life, it is often unclear whether an actual state of pregnancy is intended to be shown. A common visual...
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Near East: Neolithic In the Middle East, cultures identified as Neolithic began appearing in the 10th millennium BC. Early development occurred in the Levant (e.g., Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and...
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Virgo Virgo (Greek: Parthenos) is the sixth astrological sign in the Zodiac. Its name is Latin for virgin. Lying between Leo to the west and Libra to the east, it is the second-largest constellation in...
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Shassuru, the ‘womb goddess’
The “Frog” in history History of the Mother goddess Fertility and religion List of fertility deities Far before the words ‘vagina’ and ‘clitoris’ had to be spoken in hushed tones—or worse, euphemized...
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Sacred grove A sacred grove or sacred woods are any grove of trees that are of special religious importance to a particular culture. Sacred groves feature in various cultures throughout the world. They...
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The Golden Age The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the Works and Days of Hesiod, and is part of the description of temporal decline of the state of peoples through five Ages,...
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China: Fuxi and Nüwa
Fuxi and Nüwa Pangu Panguite (meteoritic mineral named after Pangu, discovered in 2012) First man or woman Kingu, Manu, Panhu, Purusha, Tiamat, Yama, Ymir Fuxi (伏羲), also known as Paoxi, is a culture...
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Adam and Eva – Humans (us) The serpent – Mercury Tree – the goddess Apple – knowledge – The Golden Age The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology, particularly the Works and Days of Hesiod, and is...
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Eridu In Sumerian mythology, Eridu (Sumerian: NUN.KI/eridugki; Akkadian: irîtu; modern Arabic: Tell Abu Shahrain), also transliterated as Eridug, was an archaeological site in southern Mesopotamia...
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David of Sassoun
David of Sassoun (Armenian: Սասունցի Դավիթ Sasuntsi Davit) is the main hero of Armenia’s national epic Daredevils of Sassoun, recounting David’s exploits as he drove Arab invaders out of Armenia....
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Mural by Grigor Khanjyan
The monumental mural painting by the well-known Armenian painter Grigor Khanjyan (1926-2000), located in the Khanjyan Gallery at the Cafesjian Center for the Arts, the Cascade, Yerevan. It was...
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Sagittarius – Nergal / Apollo
Ninurta Though Ninurta was originally worshipped solely as a god of agriculture, in later times, as Mesopotamia became more urban and militarized, he began to be increasingly seen as a warrior deity...
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Virgo – Pisces
Virgo (Greek: Parthenos) is the sixth astrological sign in the Zodiac. It spans the 150–180th degree of the zodiac. Under the tropical zodiac, the Sun transits this area on average between August 23...
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Heaven, the earthly world, and the Underworld Jupiter is the brother of Neptune and Pluto; the brothers preside over the realms of Heaven, the earthly world, and the Underworld. Pluto is associated...
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An Earth goddess is a deification of the Earth. Earth goddesses are often associated with the “chthonic” deities of the underworld. Egyptian mythology exceptionally has a sky goddess and an Earth god....
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Stone Age Brexit?
Doggerland was an area of land, now submerged beneath the southern North Sea, that connected Britain to continental Europe. Over time, the area was flooded by rising sea levels after the last glacial...
View ArticleThe Contribution of Armenians to World War II Victory
“From June 1941 to May 1945, more than 500000 Armenians were called up for military service, and it was a significant part of the people (according to the statistics, in 1941 the population of the...
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