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Yashoda maiyaa can never be mad at her kanhu for more than a minute 🥹
Happy Birthday to our sweet, precious 'Momma's Boi'.
HAPPY JANMASHTAMI!!!
#heheh#Janmashtami#y'all should know i dont really know how to....digital art? what#krishnablr#kanhaiya#krishna ji#gopiblr#kanha#desiblr ki gopiyan#krishna#kanhaji#desi tumblr#desiblr#being desi#desi tag#desi humor#hindublr#art#hinduism#hindu god#hindu gods#hindu deities#hindu#digital painting#comic#desi indian#desi girl#desi life#desi aesthetic#desi
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Hindu men if they were secure enough in their masculinity:
#bring back twink bodies#ancient india#ancient sculpture#hindu sculptures#hindu mythology#hindu gods#hindublr#ancient history#ancient cultures#ancient temples#history art#history#historical art#indian history#hindu deities#desiblr#desi tumblr#desi tag#desiposting#desi side of tumblr#being desi
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Lord Shiva, Mahadev, Bholenath, Adiguru 💙🔱
The best teacher of spiritual growth and transformation.
With his third eye, he sees beyond the illusions of the world, and his trident represents the power to destroy ignorance and ego.
His crescent moon is control of one's mind, and his serpent garland signifies the transmutation of poison, overcoming evil.
As the destroyer of the universe, he teaches us that transformation is necessary for rebirth and renewal.
With his teachings, we can learn to embrace change, let go of attachments, and find inner peace in the midst of chaos.
#lord shiva#mahadev#hinduism#desiblr#indian witch#yoga#kundalini#guru#spiritual growth#spiritual guidance#spiritual awakening#chakras#third eye#psychic#deity#quotes#spirituality#spiritualgrowth#spiritual journey#witchcraft
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Vishnu
A wonderful tribute.
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Creator: Sparkytron
#lego#bionicle#deity#god#india#indian#indian god#cloth#multiple limbs#multiple arms#four arms#gold#golden#trimurti#cloak#preservation#rainbow#vishnu#bottle#flower#discus#scepter#robe#hinduism#blue#blue skin
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#shakti#goddess#art#goddess art#goddess energy#goddesses#hindu art#hindu goddess#indian art#indian goddess#lotus#lotus flower#divine art#divine feminine#sacred feminine#lotus flowers#deities#deity art#deity#mother goddess
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currently reading (at snail’s pace)
i’ve never juggled between such vastly different, yet equally heavy genres before. one boggles my mind with yet another unexplored aspect of indian history, another makes me realise how little i know about the world, and the last one could’ve just been a twitter thread.
“we said goodbye to our mothers. they’d been around all our lives, but we’d never properly seen them. they’d been bent over washing tubs or cooking pots, their faces red and swollen from heat and steam, holding everything together while our fathers were away at sea, and nodding off every night on the kitchen chair, with a darning needle in hand. it was their endurance and exhaustion we knew, rather than them."
- we, the drowned by carsten jensen
#booklr#studyinspo#studyblr#light academia#book blog#books#dark academia#indian history#designblr#flight of deities and rebirth of temples#meenakshi jain#we the drowned#carsten jensen#ruined by design#design ethics#non fiction#study inspiration#studying#indian literature#self study
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Do any pagans here worship/work with any Hindu deities?
#I'm Indian and haven't really thought about working with any before#I have a couple who I would absolutely be open to working with#But I've only seen one or two posts about this#witchblr#deity work#witchcraft#deity worship#paganblr#witch#pagan witch#paganism#pagan
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Publishers’ Binding Thursday
This week for Publishers’ Binding Thursday I am sharing Indian Fairy Tales, selected and edited by New South Wales-born folklorist and writer Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) with illustrations by English painter, illustrator, and printmaker John D. Batten (1860-1932). Jacobs is best known for popularizing well-known versions of classic children’s tales like “Jack and the Beanstalk” and “Goldilocks and the Three Bears.” Batten illustrated a series of books by Jacobs, all focusing on folk and fairy tales.
The binding features an illustration of who I think may be the Hindu goddess of snakes, Manasa, resting in a lotus flower on the 7-headed snake demigod Shesha printed in red on tan book cloth. According to good old Wikipedia, Manasa is often pictured under the hoods of 7 cobras, not necessarily the multi-headed Shesha. On the reverse is the god Ganesha also printed in red with a little mouse at his feet. I believe the cover illustration to have been done by Batten, as there is a B near the bottom left of the cover image and the image of Ganesha is featured on the Wikipedia page for Batten. Of course, please take this information with a grain of salt, as most of this was researched on Wikipedia and we all know things on the internet can be wrong.
This book is from our Historical Curriculum Collection, which features books for children. I’ve included illustrations and details from the book that I personally love, like the little historiated letter O with a mouse in it, the serpent in the shape of the letter N, the kitty cat, and of course, the old hag.
View more Publishers’ Binding Thursday posts.
View more posts from our Historical Curriculum Collection.
-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager
#Publishers' Binding Thursday#publishers' bindings#Historical Curriculum Collection#Joseph Jacobs#John D. Batten#John Batten#fairy tales#Indian fairy tales#Manasa#Shesha#Hindu deities#Alice
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My insta: https://www.instagram.com/oaremn/
#my artwork#artists on tumblr#my art#mythology and folklore#greek tumblr#greek mythology#greek myth art#traditional art#oil paints#mixed media#drawings#greek deities#pandora's box#helios#atlas#Penthos#demeter#i mixed traditional and street art styles#does it work?#some of the art works are very detailed#and i hope you all appreciate ghe frustration that went into this#some of the styling crosses from greek/roman into indian.#i cant see it#but thats what ive been told.#so indian mythology#indian mythology#street art#let me know what you think
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Pavanputra by Satish Gupta
#Hanuman#Hindu deities#Hindu God#Pavan Putra#Hindu religion#Hindu mythology#Hinduism#Satish Gupta#Indian art
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Kanhu 🦚
#desiblr#desi tumblr#desi#being desi#desi tag#desi humor#hindublr#art#desi teen#krishna ji#krishna#krishnablr#kanhaiya#kanha#desiblr ki gopiyan#gopiblr#hinduism#hindu gods#hindu myths#hindu deities#hindu mythology#hindu#bharat#desi side of tumblr#desi aesthetic#desi indian#artist#hindu god#indian tumblr
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the shrine of saint sarah in the church of the saintes-maries-de-la-mer in in the camargue in france. the church itself was built in the 9th century and named for and dedicated to the three marys. a popular french legend goes that they and their maid, sarah, landed on a camargue coast.
saint sarah, or sarah-e-kali (sarah the black, “the black” is a title sometimes given to black/dark-skinned saints) in romani, is the patron saint of roma people in latin catholicism, though she isn't recognized by the catholic church. she is also revered as a protector for marginalized and poor people in general. her origins are thought to lie in a syncretization of the hindu goddess kali, the story of sarah along with the three marys, and the tradition of black madonnas. (christian roma have historically venerated other black madonnas as well.) the church is her major shrine - she's venerated here annually on the 24th of may by roma pilgrims.
#france#romani#interior#worship#christian#my posts#brahmic (hindu buddhist etc) deities are syncretized into a bunch of very specific forms depending on where you look#and one can have a bunch of different forms that are ultimately the same being/idea#it fits perfectly into the concept of saints if you think about it#not that people think saints are gods but the like. manifestations thing#i think there's some syncretic christianity/west african religions/hindu traditions in places 18th/19th century enslaved indians#were shipped to (mostly in central/south america which has a big history of syncretic christianity in general)
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Indians in the Greek epic Dionysiaca
1. Astraëis/Aristaeis: Led the first Indian contingent against Dionysos.
2. Cyllaros: Brother of Astraëis
3. Brongos: Father of Astraëis and Cyllaros, and honored by Deriades.
4. Hydaspes: Son of Thaumas and Elektra/Okeanos and Tethys, and (possibly twin) brother of Iris. He had horns for some reason. (River Jhelum)
5. Astris: Lover of Hydaspes, daughter of Helios and Ceto (a Naiad daughter of Okeanos)
6. Ganges: Son of Okeanos and Tethys (River Ganga)
7. Akesines: River Chenub.
8. Deriades: An Indian king, son of Hydaspes, grandson of Phaëthon (apart from Hydaspes' parents). He had horns too, just like his dad.
9. Orontes: Son-in-law of Deriades. After he threw himself into a river, that river came to be known as the Orontes River.
10. Thureus: Led the second Indian contingent against Dionysos.
11. Morrheus Didnasides: Another son-in-law of Deriades, and brother of Orontes.
12. Didnasos: Father of Morrheus and Orontes.
13. Hyssacos: Morrheus's servant.
14. Orsiboe: Deriades' wife.
15. Cheirobie and Protonoë: daughters of Deriades (Cheirobie, possibly the wife of Morrheus and Protonoë the wife of Orontes)
16. Modaeus: New Governor of India after Deriades' death.
17. Eulaios: Possibly a dead king
18. Agraios and Phlogios: Sons of late Eulaios
19. Palthanor: Leader of the tribe Zabioi, who hated Deriades for some reason and hence sided with Dionysos, who, after the war, took him and made him settle in Thebes.
20. Phringos, Aspetos, Danyclos and Hippuros Horsetail: Leading chieftains (along with Morrheus) of the tribe Uatocoitai, or the Ear-Sleepers, who, as the name suggests, slept lying upon their long ears...
21. Tectaphos: A farshooter, held prisoner by Deriades.
22. Eërië: Tectaphos's daughter, who breastfed him coz he was almost about to die of starvation.
23. Habrathoös: Some guy who got mad coz Deriades chopped off his beautiful hair. Joined Deriades' army unwillingly and secretly fought for Dionysos by sending him Deriades' plans at night.
24. Ginglon, Thyraieus, Hippalmos: Some more leaders, idk.
25. Tarbelos: A javelineer.
26. Thyamis and Holcasos: Sons of Tarbelos, who also led the Cyraioi, a seaside tribe.
27. Pyloites and Billaios: Sons of Hippalmos.
28. Rhigbasos: Another leader of a certain group of men.
29. Aretos: Another dude... (worshipped the Greek Gods)
30. Lycos and Myrsos (twins perhaps), Glaucos, Periphas, and Melaneus (the lateborn): Sons of Aretos. They were born mute but Dionysos, possibly after the war, took pity on them and fixed the issue.
31. Laobië: Wife of Aretos.
32. Corymbasos: Another chief of the Indian army.
#greek mythology#greek myths#greek epic#dionysiaca#ancient greek mythology#greek myth retellings#classical mythology#nonnus#dionysus#dionysos#dionysus deity#bacchus#greek gods#epics#desiblr#desi tumblr#desi tag#desiposting#desi side of tumblr#indian tumblr#desi
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looking for some advice/insight
does leaving milk specifically, out as an offering for passing spirits, have any symbolism/meaning/spiritual significance?
please let me know your thoughts and opinions on this and possible interpretations
#witchcraft#witchblr#witch#spirits#spirit work#wicca#pagan#indian witch#hindu witch#magic#spirituality#energy work#deity work#witch community#divination#psychic#tarot#spirit worker#witchy#witchcore#baby witch
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Tapati, who is she, and why is she significant?
Well, first, she is a river goddess, but daughter of the sun god, Surya. However, her name means the hot one, the burning one. Interestingly enough, her name is tied to the river she's said to rule over - HOWEVER, language time.
Agni, a vedic fire god, has a scythian counterpart similar in name (and the scythian's are the older culture that broke off to form the vedic, indo iranian/iranian, and levant people as well as others - mixing, breeding, invading).
Back to Tapati.
Her name is cognate with the Scythian supreme fire goddess, Tabiti. Very interesting.
Tabiti is the supreme goddess of all things in the Scythian culture, primordial, the first flame, and much like Ianna (from Summerian mythology I talked about later) went on to inspire entire god/goddess roles, and had mantles inverted as interestingly enough, there's evidence some first/supreme deities were feminine, later flipped to male as cultures evolved - their places/roles attributes assigned to male gods and their places changed - made wives, daughters, so on a similar sort of flipping happens out of the Scythian culture/ proto Indo Europeans (that I've talked about) where the root word for a divine (doesn't mean good just divinely powered) being evolved along languages the ahura, asura, and asir (Norse) come from an older proto Indo-European/Scythian word.
In the Vedic stories, the daevas are good, the asura evil. In the Avestan and Iranian texts...the ahura/asura are good, and the daevas are evil.
We know the Norse asir and vanir warred also very interesting. And interesting how gods/goddesses are changed, subsumed, adopted and more, no? Tabiti was never represented in/by art, btw. Her representation was always an actual fireplace -- a flame. That's what you used.
There's historical written evidence in places of Agni's animal form being both referred to as a bull, AND a cow in places - different genders. And his flame being referred to as female in places.
In the Hindu bronze age, Agni had way more of a prominent role as fire did before later dwindling...as fire does (ooooo symbolic - okay that's just cuz of time and shifting priorities), but there are more similarities of these things in Baltic cultures -- but oh why?
(Why am I hopping around? Cuz gods/goddesses, archetypes, beats, stories all do too - all connected you muppets).
Well, did you know the closest cognate to Sanskrit is Lithuanian? It's kept so much of its proto Indo European roots.
Wait, a South Asian language and Baltic European language are cognates? YUH. WEIRD.
Almost like they both derived out of an older culture, language, their practices, beliefs and more.
And most of human history is just migrating, fucking, invading, and settling in new places and staying long enough until your features continue to change due to bow chicka wow wowing and environment.
Funny how that works.
Here's some Scythian clothing (oh btw, women were warriors/could be too - congrats you learned that).
Does this style look familiar? Yeah, you can see the evolution/adaptation from this to later styles (bearing similarities) in Iran, India, Mongolia, the Baltics.
Cuz....y'know, that's where the proto Indo Europeans went about their biz and got jiggy with it and settled. Wow-wow-wee-wah! Okay now I'm done. Circular ish convo to get there but started with a fire goddess, it's relevant, but it all comes back to this.
Btw, this is also an important lesson for fantasy authors.
Because of all these connections and how old a bad ass fire goddess is, many of the oldest cultures are regarded as fire worshippers (like the Zoroastrians) did you know some keep an eternal burning flame? -- one is in Udvada Gujarat in India.
This flame has been said to have been kept burning for 1,500 years.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED.
And again, while most of the surviving Indo Iranic sun gods are male, there is evidence the ORIGINAL sun deity (including in/from the German, Baltic, and Slavic religions) was FEMALE.
#Tapati#sun god#sun goddess#Scythian culture#first gods were female#womens history#female history#proto indo european#indo european#Indian#Hindu#Baltic history#European history#deity worship#asian mythology#myths and legends#mythology#folklore#religions#religion changes things#ancient world#ancient history#ancient culture#did you know#fun fact#long thread#fantasy writers#fantasy authors#fantasy books#an important lesson
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Recently felt compelled to buy this and then I did some channeling and Lord Lucifer seems to have requested it for his altar.
It's a candle holder with lips 🤣.
(He speaks of symbolism. "The time to speak and be heard has come." )
Burning a red candle since our Lord has a preference for red candles in my altar spaces.
#lord lucifer#witchblr#channeling#deity work#luciferian witch#offering#he also wants me to charge an antique set of earrings i got on his altar#he's got a lot of fancy designer stuff from all over the world. even an antique porcelain japanese sake bottle and a jade indian elephant#i travel and do antiquing as well so its easy to get him nice things on a budget#he also loves it when you drink tea with him#i left black tea on his altar and also gave mulled wine. he likes them both#lucifer
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