#nature goddess

[moonwaterlight]

[sdcomix]

KID ICARUS; RE:UNION - VIRIDI REDESIGN

Been a second! but back to post my redesign for Goddess of nature Viridi!

Gonna be honest, I do like her OG design a lot - and the staff she has in insane - but I do wish people were a lil bit more chill with her features! I like the idea of her outfit potentially transitioning with the seasons but I'm not fully sure how to flesh that one out yet!

I do like that she becomes a supporting antagonist to Pit in his efforts to save Palutena and I'd like to think after the wholesale destruction of the Uprising - she maintains a steadfast approach in trying to make the world better her way - with Dark Pit as her Emissary.

More coming very soon!

[theinvitedrider]

[magpiemohr]

I don’t know her name yet but I’m in love with her…🌻

[looceyloo]

An Elven Queen~

The first of two commissions benefiting Trans Lifeline! Thank you to @shewhogoesabove for donating to a great cause!

[rocketyship]

Look— I really dislike when nature gods, especially female ones, are written like “oh but I’m so peaceful, and nature is so peaceful and kind, and loving. So here be this sword glorious hero that I’ve only known for two minutes” And then they get double points if they are a tree or green, or better yet green.

So um… Meet Fae

This is my rough concept for her, I feel like it’s impossible to make out anything on her. But all you need to know that when I say that she’s nature and the natural world. I mean it to the utmost extreme, she is natural disaster, sickness, rot, fires, all things horrid in nature but also the pretty stuff.

All you need to know about her personality is that she is crude, nonsensical, hates her family, sadistic, wrathful, but simply if you leave her alone there is still a chance she will destroy your house. Not cause she hates houses, she just wants to see if you can do it better.

[buriedpentacles]

Hi! I'm not sure if you've mentioned it on your blog, but I'd love to ask about your relationship with Mother Nature! How do you communicate with her? Are there specific signs that let you know when/if she's reaching out?

I love any excuse to talk more about my great Mother so here's some more on my relationship with Mother Nature:

I initiated the relationship, she didn't "reach out" to me in some special way, instead I chose to worship her. I was struggling with my understanding of the world, of gods and faith, and so I decided to step away from that and worship something real and tangible - that was Nature.

I have always admired nature and the decision to worship it as my deity felt so much more "right" than the other practices I had dabbled in. After a few weeks of offerings, prayers and messy attempts at communication, Mother came to me in a dream and we spoke. I decided I wanted a relationship beyond just worship and she agreed. Over time I have grown in my works with her, and am now a devotee - I have given my life to Mother Nature.

I am a zoology student, my years of study at University are dedicated to Her, entirely.

I spend weekends exploring forests, hiking mountains, cleaning beaches, all in Her name.

My future career, my home, my life will always be intwined with Nature. I will work in natural science education or conservation, I will ensure my home is full of life and I will have a garden if I have space, I will make the best decisions I can to protect nature. I am devoted to Nature not just in a spiritual sense, but in a tangible manner.

There are many facets to Mother Nature, all of them are as beautiful and powerful as the next. She is an impartial judge, an unmoving observer of cause and consequence, she is a cold winter that kills and culls and has no mercy or kindness, she is a beloved mother sheltering those in need, she is a warrior who defends her home. Mother Nature is life and birth, she is spring flowers and slow rivers, she is rot and death, harsh winters and lethal rapids, she is autumn and change, the wind beneath a bird's wings and the gravity that drags it down, she is the summer warmth and dew drops on the grass. She is all of this and more. I have seen her in many forms, from the long haired nymph to the stag-headed mother, from the hooded man to the small child, from the crow and fox, to the maggots and morels. I am grateful to see her in all her cloaks.

I speak with Mother through my tarot cards a lot - I am good at interpreting them, it is familiar and easier for me, she has her own devoted deck. I often use oracle cards in tandem as well. However, Mother Nature is pushing me to communicate with her in more ways. I use charm casting and bone throwing with her, grateful for my new set built from the sheep (?) teeth she gifted me. She also speaks to me in much less obvious ways - I find her messages in the world around me, written on cobwebs and in the needles of thistles, her whispers echo in the rustle of leaves and the crash of waves. I feel her more than I hear or see her, images and visions flashed in my waking and sleeping mind, feelings that aren't mine, conclusions I would not reach, understanding that was previously out of my grasp.

She is all around me and so I never feel like I must reach for her, I need only speak and I know that she will hear me.

This has been quite the tangent and I know its probably not quite what you were looking for - if you think Mother Nature is reaching out to you, or if you desire a relationship with her please send in more asks or dm me!! I would love to hear from any other worshippers or devotees!

[crystaletters]

"we are pieces of ancient land, pieces of sacred history drenched in intellect and filth".

[moonwaterlight]

[joseline-woodhouse]

So my wife and I had our honeymoon on Crete recently and in the museum of Heraklion we saw her:

I am obsessed!

What do you mean there was a possible Goddess of nature AND cats AND snakes and no one told me about this before??

So basically the Minoan civilization was one of the first civilisations in Europe and we know very little about them and what we know of them comes largely from the fact they were really talented artists, to the point where they have been hired by the Egyptian Pharos. They had a lot of cults on the Greek island Crete and built big labyrinth like "Palaces" there, which we by now know, probably weren't palaces at all. Most often they are assumed to have been temples, but it is subject of ongoing debate. Unrelated to the snake goddess (probably?) they found a cave on Crete filled with double edged axe heads of varying sizes, probably for religious reasons(?) because some of these sizes don't make sense as weapons or tools.

Why did Greek mythology tumblr not tell me about this?

Anyway I bought myself a tiny figure and a T-Shirt (picture below) of the snake goddess and am planning to become a collector of her merchandise now.

Anyway, I have been reading up on the Minoan culture on wiki and I advise other history or mythology nerds to do the same.

[charmiespecs]

"Can you still hear me... on the other side of this gate?" A doodle of a super old oc of mine! In the end of our rp, she had to say goodbye to the love of her life. She still thinks about him every day, even centuries later.

The reason why I say centuries later is because she is the Goddess of Nature for her world, and her beloved was essentially the keeper and regulator of pestilence on his world. They fell in love when their worlds collided, but in the end of the roleplay, they needed to go their separate ways. For him, for his people, and her own, she was the one to send him away. It crushed her heart, but she remained strong until he was out of sight. As of writing this, she never sees him again, which still makes me sad 😔 Her name is Silvia, btw. I love going back and drawing my super old ocs!

[oleksiignievyshev]

My new painting is ready! "Fauna" oil on canvas 90x200 cm

Fauna is a Roman nature goddess, she was the wife of Faunus.

[alexispink31]

Sunsets are my weakness 🤩

[czortofbaldmountain]

Day of the Divine Mother of Herbs [Assumption in Poland] is connected very closely to the season of harvest when the vegetables and fruits rippen, and when the crops are collected from the fields. This holiday was always seen here in Poland as dedicated to the femininity and to the ‘feminine’ side of the nature – its growth and ability to ‘give birth’ to the crops. [...] In the context of that holiday the Holy Mother is seen as a patroness of the soil, of lush greenery with all the nature’s flowers and herbs, and of all kinds of the ‘gifts of the earth’ – crops, fruits, vegetables. In the Polish folklore she is reflecting the nature’s fertility.

[Source - Lamus Dworski]

[narcan-necromancer]

[lexieintheforest]

one foot in a fairytale, the other in the abyss 🌙