Goddess
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Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Great Below, or the Sumerian Underworld, is less well known today than Her brighter sister Inanna. The Underworld is also called Irkalla. Sometimes Her name is given as Irkalla, in the same way that in Greece Haides could signify both the Underworld and its ruler. Ereshkigal is the daughter of…
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White Buffalo Calf Woman is one of the most important Native American Deities. White Buffalo Calf Woman, in Her native language, is called Ptesan-Wi. An alternate name is Wóȟpe. She has a specifically Lakota origin, but is considered significant to most tribes. I’m not sure if this was always so, or if it is a…
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Well, I did not do as much as I wanted for Oya this month. Since Oya is from an entire different system, and I know so little about Yoruba or Voodoo tradition, I was intending to seek out an elder to interview about it. I obviously didn’t get to that. I’ll either do that the…
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Oya is the West African Yoruba Orisha of winds, storms, fire, and transformation. She is also believed to be the Goddess of the Niger River in Africa, and the Amazon River in Brazil, where the worship of the Orishas was transplanted to the Americas along with the slave trade. Several of the sites I looked…
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Ebony skin glistens Stretched taut over hard muscle An arm raises above a dreadlocked head Sunlight glints across the razor-sharp machete edge Thick lips pull back in a sharp grin Just as razor-sharp as the weapon A bloodcurdling cry bursts forth from deep in the throat As the machete drops with deadly accuracy. Eyes black as…
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I have not had as much chance to leave the homestead recently, and since I am lacking internet out there currently, I’m afraid that I have been neglecting this blog more than I would like. So I decided to post a round-up of interesting links (the first one I’ve done since 2012! Whew, I fell…
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Chang-O Lady in the Moon She Who stole The Elixir of Life To escape Her husband And floated away. Chang-O Lady of Solitude Of contemplation Happily alone Chang-O Lady of the softly shining globe Whose hair is the inky blackness of space Skin as white as milk Whose eyes are as mysterious as the Stars.…
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In honor of Artemis’ sacred day in the Greek lunar calendar.
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Yes, I did reuse one of the same pictures I used for the Hekate collage, I had a couple of cards with that picture and it was just so evocative and magical.
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Neos Alexandria devotional to Female Divine. Link here. —- We celebrate the divine feminine in all forms. From well known deities to those not so widely appreciated, we want stories of goddesses. Take us to Asgard, to Olympus, to the far East or ancient Egypt; to the great plains, humid jungles, or mountain heights of the Americas; to…
Temple of Athena the Savior 