#AlLat

[ancientbygone]

when i get back into the digital art groove i want to concept swap Sleep Token and Powerwolf. more preacher-like vessels with appropriate facepaint and a cryptic masked werewolf collective (now 50% more furry)

[certainstarfishsandwich]

And if I don't get an illustration of Kuras begging, and I mean GROVELING to Mc because Mc is going to walk into an obvious trap set up by his opps I will riot.

[nordseehexe]

The three goddesses of Mecca

[jezzzebel]

PRAYER TO THE ARAB GODESSES : ALLAT , AL-UZZA AND MANAT.

Image source:

https://www.thaliatook.com/AMGG/arabtriple.php

Mighty goddesses, you who have protected us from all harm through the centuries, please hear my prayers. Aid me in my hardest times, and look over me when i need you. I humbly ask you, great Al-Uzza , Al-Lat and Manāt , to protect me when i need it, and be there for me. May my life be as clean as a desert with yellow sand. May my future be as bright as the Sun protected by the goddess Shams. May my life be as abundant as Allat's grain fields. May my love be as gentle as Al-Uzza. And may the time of my death be as far away as time. Thank you, for everything.

Glory to you, great goddesses.

[solacedeer]

mon petit poney mon petit poney

AaahhhhhAaaaahhhhhh

Mon petit poney

je me demandais ce qu'était l'amitié

et avec moi vous l'avez tous partagé!

de grandes aventures

pleines de joies

un immense coeur pure

Et fort a la fois

un brin de tendresse

c'est oas bien complexe

UN TOUR DE MAGIE ET C'EST PARTI

Tu es my little pony

l'amitié est la magie qui nous uniiiiiiiiiiit

I’m not 100% but this MIGHT be the first time someone has sent pink pony club into my ask box and i’ve never been more thrilled

[arjuna-vallabha]

Incense burner with the goddess Allat on a lion, grasping his mane and holding a spear. 2nd - 3rd century. From the 10th Temple at Hatra, Iraq

[cigarette-room]

sometimes i remember how prison break the tv show started one of the most complex, nausea-inducing fictional portrayals of repeated cycles of abuse in 2005, completely by accident

[simmeons]

does anyone else reward themselves with basic human privileges? like y'all ever just say to yourself "i can piss after doing laundry. it'll be my reward" or am i just fucking weird

[sag-dab-sar]

Goddess Al'lat

Arabian Goddess

Often a chief goddess in various ancient Arabian locations.

*I could not get her Safaitic name inscription for the table

—How to use the Internet Archive Link

🔵 Information

From Chapter 4 The Goddess of Pre-Islamic Arabia by Zofia A Brzozowska in Byzantium and the Arabs. The Encounter of civilizations (Academia Link):

“Some scholars are of the opinion that the three goddesses: Al’lāt, Al’Uzzā, and Manāt whose cult reached back to ancient times, occupied a particularly prominent place in the pre-Muslim pantheon.” Page 55.

“The name of the first of these goddesses appears already in the works by Herodotus, written in the fifth century BC. In describing religious beliefs of the Persians, the father of history points to the Assyrians and the Arabs as those from who the Persians adopted the cult of Aphrodite Urania. enumerating various names given to the goddess by different ethnic groups, the Greek historian says that the Arabs called her Alilat.” Page 55

“According to many scholars Arab religious cults described by Herodotus and his continuators were particularly popular with the Arab tribes inhabiting Nabatea— the State that existed from the fourth century BC to the first century CE. Archaeological excavations in this area prove that Al’lāt and Al’Uzzā— along with the God Dūshara, topped the Nabatean pantheon.” Page 56

“The cult of the goddess did not ceased to exist when Nabatea fell under Roman rule in 106 [CE], but by assimilating elements typical to the ancient religion it acquired a new dimension. Al’lāt began to be equated with Athena as is evidenced by the basalt stele representing the Goddess […] dated to the second century CE the stele shows the goddess standing with A spear in the right hand and a small shield in the left. Attired in Greek robes the goddess is wearing a helmet and breast plate.” Page 58

“To the discussion of the main goddess of Nabatea one should add a few remarks on the religious system that existed in Palmyra. archaeological excavation’s conducted by Polish scholars Leads to the conclusion that Al’lāt was one of the most important deities in the Palmyran pantheon. her name appears in a great number of inscriptions discovered in the city. A temple dedicated to this goddess was erected in the first century BC. it was rebuilt several times adjusting its architectural design to the change in the development of the urban area. Michal Gawlikowski is of the opinion that the temple survived Roman interventions which took place in the third century CE and it was not until the fourth century CE that it finally fell into ruin.” Page 62-63

From The Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos: A Study of Religious Interaction in Roman Syria By Lucinda Dirven page 78-79 (Internet Archive Link):

“The nomadic origin of members of the Bene Ma’zin [tribe] is apparent from the predominantly Arab character of the deities venerated in both sanctuaries the goddess Allat is the deity most frequently attested in Safaitic inscriptions throughout Arabia until the advent of Islam. Her name derives from Arabic al-‘ilâhat meaning ‘the goddess’ a clear indication of her importance. The goddess is first mentioned by Herodotus in the fifth century BCE. according to the Greek historian the desert people of the Sinai worshipped two deities: Orotalt (i.e Arabic Rada, Palmyrene Arsu) and Alillat, by whom they took oaths”

🔵 Inscriptions to Al'lat

From The Religion and Rituals of the Nomads of Pre-Islamic Arabia: A Reconstruction Based on the Safaitic Inscriptions by Ahmad Al-Jallad Chapter 3 (Academia Link)

*apologies for no alt text in some of these, the notation causes gibberish when I use the copy/paste technology

Page 94:

🔵 Iconography

Relief from Temple of Ba'alshmanin, Palmyra. 1st cent A.D. Goddess Allat with Palm + Lion. Mains Mus, Germany. XII.5.20 (Link)

Lion of Al'lat

From Lions of Al'lat by Michal Gawlikowski (Link 1) (Link 2)

The sculpture represents a huge lion in frontal view and was certainly incorporated into the wall of the sanctuary. There are no clues as to its exact location, but it would be sensible to suppose that the animal served as a guardian of the gate. As all recovered fragments fit into the restored monument, there is no reason to believe that a symmetrical beast accompanied this one at the other side of the entrance.

The figure of the lion is 3,46 m high from tip to toe and 1,94 m wide at the head. The half-opened mouth shows menacing fangs. The luxuri­ ous mane covers entirely the breast, leaving only the front legs apparent. Between these, an antelope is crouching, putting confidently one front leg on the predator’s claws. The sculptor rendered precisely the features of oryx leucoryx (Pallas 1777), a large animal of white complexion and long straight horns, once frequent in Syrian and Arabian deserts. Extinct in Syria for a while, the species has been lately reintroduced in the Talil reserve not far from Palmyra, where a herd of some thirty animals roam now a fenced stretch of the desert. Though maybe deriving from a hunting motive, the composition clearly intends to convey the impression of an idyllic friendship between the predator and its usual prey. The oryx is being protected between the formidable paws and shows no signs of alarm, while the lion seems to deter the beholder from harming its charge. This impression is confirmed by a short text inscribed on the left paw of the lion. It runs: “May Allat bless whoever does not spill blood on the temenos.” […] In front of the primitive chapel there stood an altar, preserved in the same place inside the later cella. Only the lower part of it subsists today, but the fact that it remained in the 2nd-century temple is proof enough that no animal sacrifice was performed on it. The altar, when complete, had to be rather high and would be intended just for frankincense offering, as most Palmyrene altars were.

The statue was put on display in 2005 in Palmyra Syria, destroyed in 2015 by Daesh, but moved to Damascus and restored again in 2017:

Amulet with Al'lat (Link)

🔵 More Reading

Representing and Naming the Gods. Iconography and Nomenclature of the Goddess Allat in Palmyra and Hatra by Lucinda Dirven | Discussion of Al'lat’s cult images and identifications with Greek deities LINK

ALLĀT AND THE DESERT “KULTLANDSCHAFT” OF ALLĀT IN THE EAST by Aleksandra Kubiak-Schneider | “…offers a study not through the “Arabic”, ethnic, approach, but through the topography of the sacred places dedicated to the goddess. The paper focuses on the emplacement of the temples of Allāt” LINK

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i needed to make a feeeww oc memes im sorry (pjo ocs)

there will probably be more in the near future

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Nah cause we really don’t talk about Tristamp Knives i realize Orange went too far low-key😭

[egy-lany-blogja]

Legaranyosabb sztori amit valaha láttam ❤️🥰

[nordseehexe]

🦁🧿🌙 Pre Islamic Goddesses 🌙🕋☀️

Al-Lāt, syrian and arabian goddess of destiny and the city Mecca, Lady of the temple, her Name means „Goddess“ and is the female version of „Allah“, represented by the lion, married to Bel, prototype for the greek goddess of wisdom, Athena, her followers took her figures with them in battles, one of the three goddesses of Mecca, the kaaba 🕋 was build for them, her shrine was a red stone cube

Al-Uzza, syrian and arabian goddess of destiny and the venus, one of the three goddesses of Mecca, the youngest of the them, she got worshipped at the kaaba 🕋 and was the greatest idol of the Qurayash who controlled Mecca, they used to journey to her, offer gifts and sacrifices, her shrine was a white stone cube

Anat, syrian and egyptian goddess of war and protector of wild animals, goddess of love and eternal virgin, mother of all, life and death

Ašera, syrian-canaanite sea goddess

Astarte, semitic goddess of love and fertility

Aštoreth, ugarit goddes, bride of the tyrrhenian sea,

Athirat, ugarit sea and sky goddess, lady of the sea, producer of gods, lady of gods

Ereškigal, sumerian goddess of the underworld and Inannas older sister, she can kill with her eyes, snake goddess, she is naked, with eyes out of stone and black hair, sometimes she wears a lions head and her palace is out of lapislazuli

Han-Ilat, northern arabian big goddess

Inanna, sumerian goddess of war, sex, love and the venus, lady of the sky, lady of all houses, city godess of Uruk, female leader goddess, her symbols are the moon and the star

Išhara, syrian underworld goddess

Ištar, babylonian and mesopotamian goddess of war, sex and the venus, most important diety in the ancient world of middle east, many goddesses are versions of her symbols are lions and the star

Ištar of Arbela, assyrian goddess of war

Kiriša, elamic mother goddess with an aspect of war, Lady of the sky, benefactor of the kings, mother of gods

Kulitta, servant of Ištar/Šauška

Lamaštu, babylonian sky goddess, demon with lion head who eats children and makes people sick, kills innocent people, always around rotten and filthy stuff like feces and dead animals,

Lilithu, sumerian goddess of mischief, misery, the night and the storm who lives in ruins, seduced men and stole children

Manat, arabian goddess of the moon, the venus, destiny, and one of the three big goddesses of Mecca. Her shrine was a black stone cube, pilgrims used to cut their hair at her shrine to conplete their journey to the kaaba 🕋

Nammu, sumerian creator goddess of the primordial sea, created together with her son Enki the first men out of clay

Nanše, sumerian goddess of water sources, and brooks, divination, dream interpretation and the holy order, most important goddess in Lagaš, Mother of her daughters Ninmah and Nunmar

Ninatta, servant of Ištar/Šauška

Ningal, mesopotamian goddess, wige of the moon god Nanna, great queen, high lady, lady, star of the prince, sevenfold light, treasured, goddes of the city Ur, goddess of epiphany, mother of Inanna and the sun god Ut

Ninmah, sumerian goddess of midwivery

Ninsianna, babylonian goddess, rust red lady of the sky, pure and sublime judge, sometimes war goddes with a scimitar and a lion headed club, she is the goddess of venus and she wears a star on hear horned crown

Ninšubur, sumerian goddess and holy servant of Inanna, Lady of the servants, been very popular because she was seen as a messenger between men and gods, seen as personal goddess by some kings, guardian who fights with the weapons of air and the sky

Nisaba, sumerian goddess of corn, goddes of writing texts, science and architecture, sister of Nanše and Ningirsu

Pinikir, elamian, later mesopotamian, hurrian and hittian mother goddess

Šauška, hurrian goddess of love, war, incantations and healing

Tiamat, babylonian goddess of the sea, embodiment of salt water, married to Abzu the embodiment of fresh water

Tunit, punish goddess of fertility and guardian of cartago, virgin mother of Baal, who gives him every year new life, her attributes are pomehrenates, figs, ears of corn and the dove

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The Hidden History of The Symbol of Islam

Official Pyramid Media 369 website: www.pyramidmedia369.com

According to Islam, the "Crescent and the Star'', the crescent phase of the moon is known to represent renewal and progress; as this represents the earliest phase of the moon after the New Moon is complete. This phase represents fertility, as the New Moon is the time to plant seeds, while the Full Moon is the time to reap the harvest of pre-existing seeds. For example: during the Full Moon, the trees soak in all the nutrients from the soil and Earth’s minerals will draw throughout the bark of the tree. This also happens energetically for us as humans. During the Full Moon phase, emotions usually run higher than they would on any other set of days throughout any 4 week cycles.

The star symbolizes the illumination of knowledge and the 'advocate of peace'. ALLAH is a Moon God, historically. Allah also has a feminine counterpart ALLAT. But lets get right into the Star.

The 5-pointed Star, Venus

Venus (ALLAT), the morning and evening star, is the brightest planet in our sky. I had first mistaken this star for Sirius in my earlier studies. I was wrong, however I did find a very interesting connection between the brightest planet and our brightest star.  In most cultures, Venus is associated with divine femininity, love, desire, passion, sexuality, harmony, and prosperity. Venus also represents “The Queen of Heaven” aka the Virgin Mary (Virgo) which rules the Taurus bull & the Libra scale of balance and justice (Ma’at). I will go more into the bull here shortly. As you might find, many Venusian goddesses have the same description as the Queen of Heaven. Venus represents the pentagram because of its orbit pattern around the Earth. It seemingly has a push and pull relationship with our planet; as if it plays a huge part in how we experience duality on Earth. See the pattern below. This is sacred geometry on display! It’s saying more than we might know how to think. Venus also represents the Eye of Ra. Venus has a 4 year cycle around the earth, but it appears to us as 8 years due to its unique pattern of coming and going.

How is Venus the Morning Star & Evening Star?

The duality of Venus on earth is due to her placement in the skies when it rises in the east (morning star) and when it sets in the west (evening star). Similar to our Sun, right? As I mentioned earlier, the effects of this pattern may also be similar to how the Moon phases affect us as a collective. In ancient times, the rising and the setting of this star had a pattern effect. I’ve also read that Venus represents the unification of opposites, like attraction. I put these images aside to try to give a good idea of the effects that the luminaries have on us. I am quite sure that the evening star position vs. the morning star position both produce a certain algorithm in our reality we may not be aware of. In the span of time it takes to come full circle of her trajectory (four years), her path traces the outline of the five-pointed star. This gives further fuel to the pentagram as a symbol of harmony, love and perfect union. But always remember there is duality to everything here. 

Who is ALLAH (Nannar-Sin)?

Allah, God of the Moon, whose symbol is the Crescent Moon and Bull, God of wisdom and cattle; is also an Annunaki/Sumerian from the Nibiru lineage (Planet X). This is where the word “sin” comes from. It’s not truly the word for a moral abomination as we have learned. In Ancient Sumeria, his name was Nannar-Sin/Nanna-Sin/Naram-Sin; son of Enlil and Ninlil. God Nanna-Sin’s symbol was a bull, essentially representing the horizontal crescent of the waxing moon appearing similar to the horns of that animal. I’ll go into animal symbolism in a different article. But Allah was appointed by Enlil to take over rulership of the Sumerian dynasty on Earth. God Nanna and Goddess Nigal had three children. One of them was Shamash, the God of Sun, truth, justice, and healing. The other children were Inanna, also known as Inanna/Ishtar, the Goddess of planet Venus, and Ereshkigal, the Goddess of the underworld.

The triad Sun-Moon-Venus are respected as the Regulators of time in ancient Babylonia. Allah is referred to as the head of the ancient Mesopotamian pantheon. Know that Mesopotamia and Babylonia both stem from the Sumerian pantheon. Several Moon Gods include: Allah, Nannar-Sin, Thoth, Yah(Iah), Khonsu, Artemis, Tecuciztecatl. Both Tecuciztecatl and Nannar-Sin are considered the “Man in the Moon.”

Who is ALLAT (Venus)?

Allat is known as the triple goddess and divine feminine aspect of Allah. Her symbol is the lion and the crescent moon. She is manifested as a pre-Islamic spirit who was once among the primary deities venerated at Mecca. Allat (goddess of fertility/Moon), Al Uzza (goddess of the morning star/Venus/guardian of the sea, fish & dolphins), and Menat (goddess of fate/ time) are the trinity of goddesses mentioned in the Quran. It is understood that the 3 goddesses represent different facets of one deity; Allat. She is respected as the counterpart of Allah and the judge of the afterlife. Interestingly, Lilith is also referred to as the triple goddess of astrology and is also Sumerian/Annunakian. However, Lilith in astrology represents the dark side of the Moon.

 Lilith comes from the word “Lilitu”, who’s ancient story seems to mirror back to the Annunaki goddess, NINMAH, who is the sister-wife of Enki + Daughter of Anu & Namma/Ki/Tiamat, and half sister of Enlil(Lord of the Wind). It was Namma/Ki/Tiamat who came up with the idea to create humans from clay with her son, Enki (Lord of the Earth); who created the Igigi with the help of Homo-sapien DNA. There is not a lot of backstory on Namma, but her daughter, Ninmah is equivalent to the Egyptian goddess, Hathor/Isis, and Aphrodite, Kali Ma, and Lilith, who are also equivalent to the Egyptian Goddess, Sekhmet; all of which are Venusian goddesses. And all possess the symbol of the Eye of Ra, which has a connection to Venus and the star Sirius as well. Ninmah/Ninhursag is known as the first goddess of Venus, also known as the Mother of Venus. I hope this partially shows you the Islamic Moon-Venus connection. 

Nannar-Sin’s wife was Ningal, goddess of the spring, fertility, abundance, and the Lady of Dreams. I have not found that she has any connection to Venus or Moon as her own deity, but her energetic signature surely ensues she had her own power.

Venus also represents Death and Resurrection in the ancient Mayan tradition

“They believed that the night sky contained messages that could guide one’s life and decisions on Earth. This was much more useful than discovering a heliocentric theory.”

Venus Cycles, Signs in the Sky

“Indeed, the patterns in the night sky seemed to cry out, “Decipher me! This is no coincidence! There is deep meaning in the stuff up here!” For example, Mesoamerican mathematicians realized that 5 x 584 = 8 x 365. This begged the question: “What does this mean!?” So, 8 Venus cycles equaled 5 Earth years. It had to mean something. The night sky was revelatory and this 8 to 5 ratio might not be immediately understood, but it was a piece of the overall puzzle to be kept for the day when it could be placed meaningfully into the greater picture.

The information derived from the night sky and other information used in magical predictions was arithmetical and numerological to the Mesoamericans. There was, for instance, a Sacred Round of 260 days. Nobody, anymore, is sure where they got this from – maybe the period of time for human gestation.

It became a type of mathematical constant, however. 2 x 260 = 520, which equals, for instance, three lunar half years. The Dresden Codex, from which we learn of the importance of the planet Venus in the lives of the power elite in Mesoamerica, was a book of divination  with the stations of the Venus cycle as important aspects of when, for example, war would or should occur.”

Death and Resurrection

“To believe that union must emerge from divorce, mercy must emerge from revenge, kindness from callousness, patience from petulance, joy from despair, love from hatred, brotherhood from antagonism is to realize a meaning in the Ancient Star’s journey. To be able to pick Venus out of the sky, and understand that it can be a symbol of death and resurrection, of adversity and hope, is an extraordinarily powerful aesthetic experience.”

Source for indented paragraph quotes above: “Venus also represents Death and Resurrection in the ancient Mayan Tradition” (LINK)

Nibiru, Orion’s Belt & Sirius Star System

I caught myself asking, “how is Venus and Sirius associated with each other?” Going far back in ancient history, I have found that just about all Mother Goddesses are Venusian goddesses but the eldest Mother Goddesses are symbolic to both Venus and Sirius. Ironically, Sirius is the brightest star and Venus is the brightest planet. There is an obvious connection between those two planes and Earth. It is said that Annunaki's native planet, Nibiru/Planet X was shifted out of Sirius’s orbit and took on a new orbital motion. The Annunaki are beings of a higher density. So they had to use Orion’s Belt as a portal to travel here from Sirius, their place of origin.

Additional Links:

Christ, Pisces & The Mother Goddess (Dogon Moon Goddess, Yemaya, Nommo of Sirius)

IXCHEL, the Mayan Moon Goddess (Mesoamerican Moon Goddess, Venus/Frigg, Dreamworks Logo)

Earth’s Twin Flame? Fun facts about Venus! (Parallel Universe, Sevan Bomar, Aphrodite/Inanna)

Thank you for reading!

[katlimeart]

Made in 2017

If you’ve seen this anywhere else, I posted it back on my deviantArt when it was made.

Mario girls cosplaying as Goddesses - requested by moon-shadow-1985

1. Eostre/Ostara (Anglo-Saxon Goddess)

2.al-Lat/Allat (Pre-Islamic Goddess)

3. Marici (Buddhist Goddess)

4. Snake Goddess (Minoan Goddess)

5. Bendis (Paleo-Balkan Goddess)

6. Amaterasu (Japanese Shinto Goddess)

7. Izanami (Japanese Shinto Goddess)

8. Chang’e (Chinese Goddess)

9. Guanyin (Buddhist Goddess)

[arjuna-vallabha]

Statue of an enthroned Arabian goddess, probably Allat, from Hatra, Iraq. 2nd to 3rd century AD