#ausos goddess

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Áusōs

Or as I write it, Áusos. Also found as Háusos, Héusos (with a hard h as in the ch in loch) or H₂éwsōs. Her name means "the Dawn" or "Rising"

Aúsos is the goddess of the dawn. She also reigns over light, youth and spring. She is characterized as a beautiful maiden who dances freely through the heavens. She is a bringer of light as she brings the day with her and paves the path of the sun. She seems to have been the most important goddess to the Proto Indo-Europeans

Áusos is also related to sexuality and love, sometimes ill-fated. She has a myth in which she falls in love with a mortal, Ausiwendhós, of whom she procures eternal life. Yet he forgot to ask eternal youth for him, so he ends up withering into old age as the dawn goddess takes her leave, broken-hearted.

Áusos is also a goddess of love and sexuality. There is however a Proto Indo-European love goddess, so love isn't Áusos' main domain, even tho she has a big role in it.

The archetype of the maiden fits her well

She is sometimes said to dwell in an western land at the edge of the world, a paradise called Usés Mág̑hās

She is also called Diwós Dhugətḗr, "Daughter of Dyéus" and Bhṛg̑héntī, "Exalted"

Offerings

Taken from here

Flowers, especially pink ones

vase of roses in various shades of pink

birch wood

birch bark

half-circle of birch wood with ribbons

Devotional acts

Dancing

Watching the sun rise

Depiction or imagery related to the dawn

Waking up early (there are myths of Áusos struggling with this, so she feels you!)

Sleeping in (if it's safe to do so)

Paint your nails or put on make up

Listen to your favorite feel good music and dance away

Picking flowers

Have a flower garden

Spend time with a loved one

Listen to love songs/watch romance movies

Self-care and self-love

Wear pink or another of her colours

Respect your own place and limits in your relationships

Associations

Pink

Yellow, Gold, Red and Saffron

Feminity

Birch (as a tree of spring)

the feast of Ostara

Friday

March

Descendants in later pantheons

Eos (Greek)

Aphrodite in some aspects (Greek)

Aurora (Roman)

Aušrinė (Lithuanian)

Ushas (Vedic)

Usha (Iranian)

Eostre/Ostara (Germanic)

Brigid (Celtic)

Finally, here's her wikipedia article

Also, fun fact! It is speculated that Aphrodite absorbed some of the aspects of Áusos (especially those related to love and sexuality), so she's also a descendant of her in a way. These aspects then got lost from her direct descendant in greek mythology, Eos.

[m-bj]

Yesterday I went and passed the whole evening reading about @skyscrapergods 's my little pony au, the existential dread giant gods really got me.

In particular this post about the two sis got me thinking about their relationship, how gods perceive emotions and about the fact that these two have basically forgot about how they used to interact. And idk probably it has already been done but I thought, what if after all this time, their paths begin to cross?

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Proto Indo Euroean Pantheon- Version 1

(Writing this on mobile since I never use desktop so please bear with me in the formatting)

((Also this list is ever expanding as I find new material, this is a brief list meant to just give a quick overview of potential names and functions. I have my own theories and in depth interpretations that will be published later)

Sources will be listed at the bottom.

Celestial Deities:

Dyeus Pater- Daytime sky, oaths, cosmic order, sovereignty. Cognates include Zeus, Jupiter, Tyr

Ausos- Dawn, light, youth, spring. Cognates include Eos, Aurora, Eostre

Aryomen- Social order, peace, commerce. Cognates include Aryaman, Irmin

Diwos Sunu- Horse twins, travel, rescue, healing.

Sawelyosyo Dhughater- the sun, order, healing, life, possible psychopomp. Cognates include Sunne, Sulis, Sol

Menot- the moon, mind, time measurement, learning, clear thinking, healing. Cogantes include Mani, Mona

Apam Nepots- water, wells, wisdom, fire in water. Cogantes include Neptune, Nechtan

Gwouwinda- cow goddess, plenty, fertility, health. Cogantes include Boand

Perkwunos- thunder, storms, fertility, protection, warriors. Cognates include Perun, Thor, Taranis

Leuketyos- god of fire, crafts, lightning. Cognates include Loki, Prometheus

Ekwona- sovereignty, war, sexuality, horses. Cognates include Epona, Medb, Rhiannon

Terrestrial Deities

Dheghom Mater- earth mother, nature, fertility, motherhood, agriculture, women. Cognates include Demeter, Jord

Westya- hearth, home, family, fire, women, domesticity. Cognates include Vesta, Hestia

Liminal Deities

Pahuson- liminality, flocks, roads, prosperity, psychopomp. Cognates include Pan, Pusan

Reudhos- arcane wisdom, frenzy, poetry, seers, "shamanism", world tree, wind. Cognates include Odin, Woden, Rudra

Cthonic Deities

Welnos- the underworld, the dead, wealth of the chronic earth, cattle. Cognates include Veles, Vali

Mertis- goddess of death, the underworld. Cognates include Kalypso, Hel

Primordial Deities

Werunos- night sky, celestial river, rain. Cognates include Ouranos, Varuna

Nokts- goddess of the night, primordial mother. Cognates include Nyx, Nott

Danu- rivers, waters of creation, mother of the gods. Cognates include Danu, Don

Nature Deities

Priya- love, fertility, flowers/vegetation. Cognates include Freya

Artkona- bear goddess, wild animals, hunting. Cognates include Artemis, Artio

Sources:

I encourage you to view these amazing resources, they have been invaluable to me and I give a very grateful thank you to the authors and researchers.

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WHY DO YOU KEEP GIVING ENERGY to #HolyDays that are NOT YOURS! EÁSTRE was an ANGLO-SAXON GODDESS of the dawn. IN MYTH, Eastre is said to have AMUSED CHILDREN by turning her BIRD into a RABBIT; the RABBIT thenTHEN LAID colored eggs much to the delight of the children. Easter has NOTHING to do with the Resurrection of Jesus except that eggs are SYMBOLIC of life and Resurrection is SYMBOLIC of life. ~ William Huff So HOW is it that one of the two major CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS was named by ANGLO SAXONS after a "pagan deity"? And HOW is it that THIS NAME was not only TOLERATED, but eventually became its NORMATIVE MONIKER throughout the English-speaking WORLD? According to the 1835 “Deutsche Mythologie” by Jacob Grimm, “This Ostarâ, like the [Anglo-Saxon] Eástre, must in heathen religion have denoted a higher being, whose worship was so firmly rooted, that the CHRISTIAN teachers tolerated the name, and APPLIED IT to one of their OWN grandest anniversaries.” The Venerable Bede, (672-735 CE), a Christian scholar, first asserted in his book De Ratione Temporum that Easter was named after EOSTRE (a.k.a. Eastre). She was the Great Mother Goddess of the SAXON PEOPLE IN NORTHERN EUROPE. Similarly, the "Teutonic dawn goddess of fertility [was] KNOWN VARIOUSLY AS Ostare Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostre, Eostur, Eastra, Eastur, AUSTRON and AUSOS." Her name was derived from the ANCIENT WORD FOR SPRING: "eastre." SIMILAR GODDESSES were known by OTHER NAMES in ancient cultures around the 'Mediterranean', and were celebrated in the springtime. Some were: 🌟Aphrodite, named Cytherea (Lady of Cythera) and Cypris (Lady of Cyprus) after the two places which claimed her birth 🌟Ashtoreth from ancient Israel 🌟Astarte from ancient Greece 🌟Demeter from Mycenae 🌟HATHOR from ancient Egypt 🌟Ishtar from Assyria 🌟Kali, from India; and 🌟Ostara a Norse Goddess of fertility. An ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION has been suggested. The name given by the FRANKISH CHURCH to Jesus' resurrection festival included the LATIN WORD "alba" which means "white." (This was a reference to the white robes that were worn during the festival.) "Alba" also has a SECOND MEANING: "SUNRISE." When the name of the festival was TRANSLATED INTO GERMAN, the "sunrise" meaning was SELECTED IN ERROR. This became "OSTERN" in German. Ostern has been PROPOSED as the ORIGIN OF THE WORD "Easter". There are TWO POPULAR BELIEFS about the ORIGIN of the English word "SUNDAY." 🌟It is derived from the name of the Scandinavian sun Goddess SUNNA (a.k.a. Sunne, Frau Sonne). 🌟It is derived from "SOL," the Roman God of the Sun." Their phrase "Dies Solis" means "day of the Sun." The Christian saint Jerome (d. 420 CE) commented: "If it is called the day of the sun by the pagans, we willingly accept this name, for on this day the Light of the world arose, on this day the Sun of Justice shone forth."

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Gaulish Gods and Their PIE Equivalents

Definite cognates:

(Note: many have attributes of other deities or have lost original attributes as is common with the passage of people and time. However, these are deities who I can confidently say descend directly from PIE source gods.)

Taranis- Storm/fertility god, *Perkwunos

Nantosuelta-Goddess of wide rivers, ect, *Pleto

Rosmerta- Goddess of grain, *Devi

Cernunnos-Psychopomp god of boundaries, ect, *Pauson

Dis Pater- First ancestor, residing in the Otherworld, *Yama

Artio- Bear, time, and natural order goddess, *Arta

Unclear:

Epona-Definite horse goddess, but is the horse goddess the same as the grain goddess or different?

Sirona- has both healing, spring, and Venus/Moon connotations. Probably a local goddess or an amalgamation

Sucellos- Has both underworld, prosperity, and boundry associations. Probably an amalgamation

Lugus- Unknown

Cathubouda- Unknown, though may have connections with death goddess

Missing PIE deities:

*Ausos- Dawn/Hearth goddess, though Brigantia may have some of her attributes

*Pria- "Garden" goddess of spring, romantic love, beauty, ect. Sirona may have some attributes

*Hepom Nepots- Freshwater, wells, and wisdom guardian god

Horse twins-Cannot be found as of yet in Gaulish mythology

Moon and sun god(ess)- Further research of PIE deities on my part needed