#Medicine goddesses

[ace-of-anunnaki]

Day 4: Gula the Great

The “chief medicine goddess” who gained great popularity in the pantheon. Her original cult center was Umma, then Nippur became her primary area of worship. Ninurta eventually became reguarded as her spouse, though this wasn’t universal as Bau is his wife in Girsu. Her symbols include dogs, the scalpel and razor, and medicinal herbs.

It is important to note that while the other medicine goddesses I have covered were all eventually closely associated with Gula, they cannot be regarded as epithets or the same goddess as her. Particularly Bau (tomorrow) who had a completely different set of iconography. They developed independently of her and the syncretism happened over time.

[einkleinesmittelding]

Trying to cure

[daportalpractitioner]

holistic womb healing tip:

aim to keep your womb warm by avoiding or limiting the amount of cold you put into your body and replacing it with warm foods + liquids. this increases blood flow to the uterus and aids in fertility! even if you're not trying to get pregnant, on a spiritual level, having a fertile womb allows you to naturally magnetize the things that you want in life with ease.

[stasyanarts]

my OC - Seran

[teethands]

i was rawdogging these menstrual cramps because i was scared taking ibu would spurr on another panic attack but i finally broke and took a fucking. acetaminophen and brother i have not known a peace like this for the entirety of this past month. like i was sweating for fifteen minutes like "god fuck im just trading one pain for another" and then on the sixteenth minute i am getting sucked off by god. take a fucking tylenol brother

[daily-whistlepaw]

daily whistlepaw until ah becomes PoV day 1167

I think I finally understand how people feel when around a crush, can't say I enjoy it

[luci-luck]

Here is my Fluttershy redesign. Definitely a they/them demigirl. Their aesthetic would probably be fairy grunge

[rrcraft-and-lore]

Magical herbs in myths, and of course, therefore, in fantasy.

Long have there been stories of mystical flowers that imbue you with properties of: strength, cunning, wisdom, immortality or...bringing you back from the brink of death or just even from death itself, so long as you haven't been dead for too long.

Always those pesky terms and condition, eh?

This is the story of the Sanjivani Booti (or the Sanjivani flower). A magical flower that can save you from illness, injury, and of course, death!

We begin in the Ramayama (or Rama's Journey/The Journey of Rama). When Lakshmana is wounded by Ravana's son and nearly killed, Hanuman seeks sagely advice on what to do. The king of the varnas (monkey people) and monkey god himself is tasked with an adventure himself:

He must venture through what we know as the Himalayas to Mount Meru (think of this as the South Asian Mt. Olympus for those unaware of the mythology and need an easy comp).

There he will find the magical Sanjivani booti (flower) with which Lakshmana can be saved.

However, his quest would not be easy, and upon coming to the valley of flowers and the appropriate mountain area, he couldn't identify the flower in need.

So... he did what any badass god of strength and cunning would do. He LIFTED the whole mountain and yeeted off with it.

Interestingly, the mountain he yoted/yote? Off with left a scar and...the assumed mountain range from the stories in real life..bears a curiously similar scar ;)

Dronagiri Parvat - Uttarakhand India.

With his out of the box thinking, Hanuman was able to get back in time with the flower to save Lakshmana.

You don't just get magical flowers growing in your back yard.

You gotta quest for 'em in your epics, gorsh darnit!

[witchy-fibro-hippie]

It’s one of those nights…

Tossing and turning while my skin crawls

I cant get comfortable

Freezing cold outside of my covers, yet sweaty when they’re on

I want to rip my hair out bc it keeps making my face itch

These random sharp pains and muscle spasms making me twitch

There’s nothing I can do to stop these pain flares and it’s such a defeating feeling

Guess I’ll just smoke some weed about it 🤷‍♀️

[ace-of-anunnaki]

Days 1&2: Double Feature of Ninisina and Damu

The first of the Medicine Deities!

Ninisina was the patron deity of the city of Isin, her name meaning “Mistress of Isin”. She was a medicine and midwife goddess, sharing the symbols of dogs and the scalpel in common with other goddesses with similar functions. Like some of the other medicine goddesses I plan to draw, she became very closely associated with the goddess Gula and eventually became analogous to her. I don’t have a justification for her clothes other than that they are meant to evoke scrubs.

Damu was Ninisinas son (though Gula and Ninkarrak are also potential parents) who also was thought of as a medicine deity, though he additionally was among the dying gods and affiliated with plant life. The story of his early death and journey to the underworld are told by several texts. Him and his mother have a very close bond in the myths, with one hymn referencing how she has taught him how to perform surgery.

[briicarson]

🧘‍♀️🙏

[from-a-spiders-web]

Hygieia (goddess of health), Hippocrates (Father of Medicine), Flora (symbol of nature and flowering plants, incl. medicinal plants) and Galen (medical researcher) Shop signs for the The Golden Lion pharmacy in Josefstadt 1826 | Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller

[invoke-parlay]

I’m harvesting and drying my 100% organic, grown from seed Yarrow today. Let me know via DMs if you’d like some ☺️

Yarrow // Achillea millefolium

Parts Used: aerial portions, including flower and leaves.

Family: Asteraceae

Other Names: allheal, angel flower, bad man’s plaything, bloodwort, cammock, carpenter’s weed, devil’s mustard, devil’s nettle, devil’s plaything, dog daisy, gordaldo, gordoloba, green arrow, herbe militaris, hierba de las cortadura, knight’s milfoil, milfoil, nosebleed plant, old man’s mustard, old man’s pepper, sanguinary, soldier’s woundwort, squirrel’s taile, stanchgrass, staunchweed, thousand weed, thousand-leaf, thousand-seal, woundwort, yarroway

Native to Europe, Asia, and North America, yarrow is found in temperate regions all over the world.

Actions and Properties:

alterative, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-pyretic, antiallergenic, antibacterial, antiseptic, antispasmodic, appetite stimulant, aromatic, astringent, bitter, carminative, circulatory stimulant, diaphoretic, digestant, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, hemostatic, styptic, tonic, vulnerary

Constituents:

Yarrow is rich in essential oil and tannins. Yarrow contains 0.3% to 1.4% volatile oils (azulenes, eugenol, caaryophyllene, humulene, limonene, sabinene, thujone, borneol, and camphor), resin, sesquiterpene lactones, 3-4% tannins, flavonoids (including luteolin, apigenin, kaempferol, rutin, and quercitrin), alkaloids (achilletin, betonicine, stachydrine, trigonelline), alkamides, asparagin, aconitic and isovalerianic acids, selenium, beta-cerotene, proteins, sugars, phenolic acids, and coumarins. Its anti-inflammatory and anti-allergy effects may be associated with the constituent chamazulene. The alkaloid fraction of yarrow has shown evidence of hypotensive effects as well as antipyretic effects. Volatile oils in yarrow may have CNS depressent activity. The constituent Achilleine, an alkaloid, might decrease clotting time.

Yarrow is toxic to horses, dogs and cats

All my info is from this lovely website :)

[pr1ncealarm1ng]

Why is it every time I do a vent piece it goes way harder than my other work? Anyways this one is based on a lyric from the song Goddess by Laufey. I highly recommend the song, and any of her music honestly.

You can really see my background as a painter in this one, I kept it pretty loose and feelings based.

[evamacdesigns]

“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end."

Ecclesiastes 3:11 🙏🏾🕊️

God's timing isn't always our timing, but it's always perfect. Trust in His plan. 🫶🏾🦋

www.evamacdesigns.com

@evamacdesigns

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[universe-gods-and-goddesses]

Teocoatl

Name: Teocoatl Age: 2mil Species: quetzalcoatl Gender: nb Power: creates and invites new medicine God: medicine Rank: Head God of Medicine Children: medicine gods, penace gods Neieces: none Nephews: none Grandchildren: demigods Partners: Ilhuicacoatl Siblings: none Lives: in a very dense jungle by old ruins

(Tag for Teocoatl is Medi-snek)