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daddyjackfrost · 4 years ago

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HI! okay, this is chapter 1 (prologue) of a book i am in the *process* of writing.

if you’ve seen my previous posts named “The Gods- small drabble...” those small pieces are from THIS book.

at the moment, the book is called ‘Loving Khaos’ and it is based around Greek Mythology, intertwined with the idea of soulmates.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this!

taglist: @h-grangerstudies @demigod-groupchat @soliavenne @mayplesyrup

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A very long time ago...

Zeus hated many things, but one that stood out the most, was unpredictability. Zeus hated not knowing something, and he hated what he did not know. The ability to always have control, always know, was something the God fed off of. Zeus did not know when the hunger for power and control invaded his entire being, but he always felt starved. When the Gods appointed Zeus as their King, he promised himself one thing.

May I never be like my father.

And for a while, Zeus kept his promise.

Power became something that Zeus fed on, besides Ambrosia, it was the only thing that kept his growing hunger at bay. Zeus made sure that nothing happened without his consent, at least on Olympus.

He could not control his brothers.

As Zeus sat on his gold throne styled with bright jewels, the biggest in the room, and right in the center, he could not help but feel the unpredictability in the air. Something was coming, Zeus knew that. He, however, did not know that is was not a thing, but a who, and they were going to change the world.

The world Zeus worked very hard to control.

Putting his fingers to his temple, Zeus rubbed his head. He hated thinking. It took a large amount of effort and Zeus preferred to let others think for him, while all he had to do was give permission.

The air in the throne room smelled of agitation, and it was the first thing his wife, Hera, acknowledged as she waltzed into the room.

"My dear husband, you have spoiled the sweet smell of us into the smell of agitation and anger."

Zeus only grunted as a response. He watched his wife as she roamed the room. She had chosen to take the appeal as Zeus's latest conquest. Zeus's face betrayed him as a small smirk made a way to his face as he recalled Hera's fury after a night with one of his many Soulmates.

Zeus was sure that at one point he truly did love Hera, he felt something for his wife but it varied depending on the situation. Zeus remembered Aphrodite sitting him down after one of Hera's many outbursts.

"Are you not able to show the love you show countless bodies to your wife?"

At the time Zeus waved her off, dismissing her counseling. Now, as he watched his wife, he wished he felt something other than annoyance.

The air began to feel cold and Hera let out a hesitant breath, "Zeus?"

Zeus could feel the chill in the air, it became colder and he let out a ragged breath.

"My dear, please ring the bell. I want all the Gods here, now," Hera nodded and Zeus continued, "Hades as well."

Hera quickly left the room and the sound of a bell, a very loud ear-shattering bell that only reached the ears of Gods, reached his ears.

Instantly, Ares appeared. He let out a loud groan of frustration, "What is this about? I was in the middle of something."

Zeus let out a short laugh as he took in his son's appearance, "Yes, I see that Ares. Have you not been with many women these past days?"

Ares let out a booming laugh, "Just following your footsteps, Father."

In the midst of their conversation, Hermes and Dionysos appeared. Hermes had his favourite outfit on, his Hawaiian shirt and blue shorts, while Dionysos had a glass of wine in his hand and tiredness in his step.

Both Gods glanced at each other, shrugged, then went to sit on their respective thrones.

Zeus watched as Athena and Artemis appeared together. Athena had her recent favorite book in her hand with her sacred owl perched on her shoulder and Artemis had her weapon strapped to her back with disheveled clothes.

Artemis threw her father an annoyed glance. "What is this about Father? I had important business to tend to."

Zeus held up his hand. "Patience."

The seven Gods waited for the others to arrive.

There was a shift in the air and it started to smell of the sea, in an instant, Poseidon appeared with his trident and a large smirk on his lips. Poseidon's eyes swept through the room and his lips tugged downwards.

"Brother. I was busy with my wife. What is the meaning of this?"

Poseidon stared at Zeus and Zeus stared back. There had always been a power pull between the two brothers.

Hera broke their stare off, "Sit Poseidon. All in due time."

Poseidon nodded at his sister and sat on the throne to the left of Zeus, while Hera occupied the one to his right.

Next, Aphrodite and Hephaestus appeared, both with frowns. Though, Aphrodite made it look seductive while Hephaestus did not.

Aphrodite brushed past her husband and made her way to her throne, unconsciously swaying her hips, which only delighted Ares and annoyed Hephaestus.

Hephaestus watched as Aphrodite gave Ares a sultry smile, while Ares leaned back on his throne and let out a wild grin. Hephaestus felt his anger rise, as it always did when his wife and brother could not at least try and hide their affair.

Hephaestus wiped his hand on his black jeans and swept his eyes across the room. When he noticed his fathers frown he spoke up.

"Whose mess are we fixing today, Father?"

Poseidon let out a breathy chuckle and Hermes shook his head in amusement. Zeus, however, was not as amused.

"Sit son, and you shall find out."

Hephaestus received the message and made his way to his black throne, made purely of the gold and metals he treasured.

Hephaestus and Athena had re-designed the thrones half a century ago, and they were the best design and built yet.

Soon, the smell of wheat graced the room. Demeter appeared in her signature yellow dress, grumbling about farmers.

Dionysus watched his mother with amused eyes, he had spent his 'morning' listening to her rambles and knew exactly what she was grumbling about.

Poseidon watched her with heated eyes, his eyes roaming up and down the body he had seen so many times. Though she was beautiful in her human form, Poseidon always managed to imagine her in horse form, which only grew his hunger for her.

Zeus watched Demeter as well, much to Hera's dismay. The God had tried to marry his other sister, except Demeter refused.

Demeter smiled at Dionysus and Hermes. They visited her often and enjoyed the goddess's company. Demeter avoided Poseidon and Zeus's eyes. Though their tainted past had happened millennials ago, the pain and anger were fresh.

Quickly followed by Demeter, her sister, and the oldest of the six gods, Hestia appeared.

Hestia in many ways was the most valued Olympian. She was quiet, calm, and collected. All the things the rest of the Olympians were not. Though she was the eldest, and most times, wisest, she was often treated with indifference.

Hestia wore a traditional white cloth dress that flowed below her feet. She walked to her throne gracefully, giving Athena a small smile.

The Gods waited, they were missing two. After a moment of silence, Zeus turned to Artemis and asked her, "Where is Apollo?"

Artemis shrugged and in return, Zeus's frown turned into a scowl. She closed her eyes for a moment, trying to find Apollo's whereabouts, but came up short. "Sorry Father, I do not know."

Before Zeus could answer her, a chill of cold air spread across the room. The once bright room visibly darkened and Hera shivered.

A cloud of black smoke formed in the center of the room and slowly spread across the floor, reaching the feet of the Gods.

The air was tenses and Demeter gripped her throne, feeling the light she carried seep out of her. The only God who felt at ease was Hephaestus. The God of Blacksmiths often spent time in the Underworld, being in company with one of the only Gods who truly appreciated him.

Hephaestus let out a small sinister smile as his wife curled her toes and let out a frown. Ares clenched his fists as his deadly stare was targeted at the clouds. Every other God in the room felt uneasy, except Hestia, once she realized who it was.

Zeus cleared his throat and rolled his eyes, "Hades, that's enough."

The black clouds disappeared and a grinning Hades emerged, wearing a black suit and his dark crown. His eyes swept over the room, taking in the expressions of his fellow Gods, and let out an eerie grin.

"My, my, my. This is quite a surprise, yes," He tsked, "And here I thought you all would be excited to see me."

All the Gods let out a breath they were holding, Athena even let out a small breathy laugh. Hermes grinned at his uncle. "Quite the entrance, Uncle. You had some of us shaking in our thrones."

Hades's dark eyes twinkled, "It's not every day that I get to leave the Underworld, and on request from my dear brother too."

Zeus felt Hades's hostility but said nothing of it, Hades was right in a sense.

"Brother," Zeus called out to the dark God. "Take a seat. We're waiting on one more."

Hades had his arms behind his back, confidently walking to the throne specifically designed for him. It was a pity really, such a beautiful dark throne used so rarely.

Hades's eyes swept the throne room once again, taking in the harsh light and the light that emerged from the room and the Gods themselves. There was a reason Hades ever so rarely left his domain, he was not always welcomed, and he hated everything above the ground.

Millenials of darkness and solitude did no justice to the resentment he held for his brothers and the living. Hades initially wanted to bring some soldiers with him, except the message he received from Hera piqued his interest and decided today was not a good day to put on a show.

The thirteen Gods sat in silence, Zeus's anger and frustration was growing, Apollo was rarely ever not on time. Athena had opened her mouth to speak when the doors of the throne room burst open, catching the attention of all the Gods.

Apollo stood, wide-eyed, and out of breath as he took in the power of the room. The Gods watched as Apollo held onto his oracle, Delphi. The Gods all watched in anticipation as Apollo brought Delphi to the center of the throne room.

Delphi was known to be beautiful, but years of wisdom and truth wore her down. Hermes was surprised at the current state of the oracle. He was the last God, besides Apollo, to have visited her. Even that was centuries ago.

Her hair was no longer golden, but a murky white. Her once porcelain sun-glazed skin was now sickly looking, and her eyes were the most disturbing of all. They used to be as blue as Poseidon's seas, now they were white. Dull and tortured, just as she was.

Apollo whispered reassuring words to the Oracle, while Zeus assessed the situation. He felt uneasy. Apollo bringing the Oracle could only mean one thing, and for once, Zeus felt a prickling of fear. The last prophecy the Oracle had given was many centuries ago.

Zeus cleared his throat, gaining the attention of the room. "Apollo, What is going on?"

The Sun God frowned. He did not want to explain the events that led up to this conversation. He did not know how to mention the screams Delphi had been releasing or the eyes of the Fates that warned him at her cave. Instead, he chose to say the dreaded words he wished never to say again,

"Delphi has felt another prophecy. She called to me as soon as she received it."

And just like that, the peace that had developed not only in the room but between the divine beings disappeared.

Dread was powerful, but fear was intoxicating, and at the moment, it was all the Gods felt.

Zeus's eyes had turned into cold slits, his jaw was hard and raw fury rested behind his calm persona. Hera had her wide eyes on her husband, waiting for his command.

Zeus glared at the Oracle, who kept her eyes on the floor.

"Oracle," Apollo tensed at his Father's tone and brought Delphi closer to him. "Are you absolutely certain?"

Apollo resisted the urge to scoff at his Father, "Yes, Father. I can feel it myself."

Zeus shifted his hard glare on his son. "Not you, let her speak."

Apollo squeezed Delphi's arm reassuringly, and Delphi smiled. She looked up and met Zeus's glare. Zeus's eyes faltered and his glare turned into a pointed look. It was not the girl's fault, Zeus had to remember that.

"Indeed, my Lord. I have felt the stir for quite some time. It was not until Clotho visited me that I realized what was to come. The end is near, oh yes, it will come and we will all burn!"

Delphi had mumbled the last part, but every God had heard her and felt unease settle in. Though time had taken an effect on the Oracle, she had never been wrong. Dionysos and Demeter shared a look, if The Fates had been involved, trouble would rise.

Athena sat up and leaned forward. "What end, Delphi? What is coming?"

Delphi violently shook her head, "Darkness approaches, say goodbye to your sun, we shall burn."

The Oracle repeated those words like a mantra, turning the air colder. Zeus let out a scowl, he loathed prophecy.

"What do you mean, Delphi? Speak, or die."

Zeus had enough. Time was being wasted and he did not trust the Oracle, who seemed too lost in her own mind.

Apollo glared at his Father. Delphi was his Oracle, and he'll be damned before he lets anyone disrespect her.

"Father, be patient—"

Apollo was cut off by the girl in his arms.

Delphi began to shake and glow a bright red, her once dead hair and eyes turned red and pure power seeped out of her. Apollo took a step back giving her space. The Gods all watched in suspense as the Power of Prophecy took over the girl.

Delphi's once white eyes burned a deep red, calling onto the power of previous Oracles.

Delphi started to speak, in a voice that was not her own. It was raspy, old, ancient, and almost teasing,

"He as old as time,

Believes all shall be fine

When his kids are put in graves.

Beyond heaven and hell, he shall raise.

Masked love shall be revealed,

to storm or fire, she'll yield.

As she walks, the earth shakes

Born for a life of misery and ache.

Timeless beings afraid of their wake.

Disobedience to the queen you shall forsake,

For when two hearts become whole,

The world shall end as they control."

As soon as the last words were spoken, Delphi collapsed in Apollo's arms. Her head rested against his shoulder and he rubbed her arms gently, mortified at what had escaped her mouth.

No one spoke, for who could defy a prophecy?

Zeus's stormy eyes were set on the Oracle. Many thoughts ran through his head.

All the Gods had been thinking the same things, Who was 'he'? And who was the 'she'?

Most importantly, Zeus thought, was the last part of the prophecy.

No God spoke, for who could explain the words of prophecy?

Hestia, who had been quiet throughout everything, stood up. Tearing apart the fragile quietness of the air. She walked towards the Oracle and bent down, pressing two fingers to the Oracle's temple, causing the weakened being too slip into unconsciousness. She stood with grace and faced the Gods, eyes filled with ambiguity and gentleness.

"My dear Gods, I do believe we have been told the end of our era."

Hestia smiled, as thunder boomed in the sky, water crashed among the sands, and darkness crept into all their hearts.

It would finally be over, Hestia thought.

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winebrightruby · 5 years ago

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Mardi Gras: final week

In New Orleans, Mardi Gras is both a day and a season. This year, the day is February 25. Every year, the season starts on January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany/Twelfth Night/Three Kings Day/Saint Joan of Arc’s feast day and begins with the Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc walking parade. It ends, of course, the day before Ash Wednesday. I am too used to having the whole week to myself; it’s an adjustment to work with these Protestant-based school calendars literally everywhere else in the country.

So, the final week. In years past, when I still lived there, I went to occasional parades in the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras day, when I had a free weekend or evening. But the last seven days is when it really takes over all my scheduling -- and my offerings/religious calendar. This year:

February 19 is the Krewe of Nyx parade. Nyx is a newer all-women krewe, and they throw hand-painted purses and handbags (to complement Muses’ shoes). Offerings for Nyx and Hekate as well as other chthonic goddesses.

February 20 is the Krewe of Muses and therefore the feast of Muses in my home.

February 21 is Hermes, Morpheus, Selene. A big night and these are great parades.

February 22 is Endymion, a garbage tourist frat parade but a good excuse to honor My Lady’s consort and conveniently timed to boot. Also Iris that morning, which I somehow made it out to only twice in like twelve years.

February 23 is Athena, Okeanos, Bacchus. Another very big day+night for me. The Sunday parades Uptown are so great. The lazy hazy afternoon between when Thoth ends and Bacchus begins, just *chef’s kiss* perfection. Those days are peak Kindness Of Strangers in my memory. This is the first day of Anthesteria, which will span the next two days, for me.

February 24, Lundi Gras, is Proteus and Orpheus. If you’re thinking to yourself, “Wow, there’s a lot of less popular gods and spirits who are all inexplicably tied to Mari’s religious practice,” guess what, welcome to New Orleans. I am what I am. My city does not love me without reason. I was born to love her.

February 25, Mardi Gras features a multitude of parades throughout the city and surrounding areas, but the undisputed monarchs are Zulu and Rex, and Dionysos himself leads Rex. I will take a king cake to school; I will set trumpets playing during all my classes. I will wear glass beads and purple, green, and gold, a dainty mask pendant sparkling just below the hollow of my throat. Justice, Faith, Power. Pro Bono Publico. Les bon temps, y’all.

#the Crescent City #Mardi Gras lights up the city #my practice #Hellenic polytheism.#magnolia cultus #local cultus

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homehearthandheart · 5 years ago

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Setup Saturday / 27 July 2019

Welcome, Devotees!

Building up a foundation for your devotional work? Try one of these:

Deity Devotion: Do some research on different ways one of your beloved Deities used to be honored (if there are any available sources on this Deity). Are there methods of worship, or faces to this Deity, that you can incorporate into your current relationship with Them? How can you incorporate this new information?

Ancestor Work: Do you have an ancestor shrine? They are easy to make and maintain, if you want to create one. Find a suitable space for your shrine, and cover it with a clean cloth–white makes a good color in many traditions, but any color that is suitable for work with the dead can do. Offer a glass of cool, clean water to your ancestors by leaving it on top of that cloth. Refresh the water-offering every day, if possible, and spend a few minutes talking or sharing some quiet time with your ancestors.

Build Others Up: Look up people who can help you with divination when you need it. Even diviners need divination help (trust me on that one). What are their strengths? What do they need from you in return? How can you start reaching out to them? Having a network like this can be invaluable to a religious practice.

Today in the Hellenic Calendar:

Today is the 24th of the lunar month.

It is also the second day of the week-long Greater Panathenaia! See below for more details.

If you like incorporating daily hymns into your prayers, Drew Campbell recommends the following prayers for today: To Trieterikos, an Orphic (and possibly Thrakian) aspect of Dionysos honored with a festival every other year in Delphi; To Amphietos Bakkhos, an aspect of Dionysos associated with the annual grape-growing cycle; and To Silenos and the Retinue of Dionysos, including satyroi, nymphai, and bakkhai.

Kalá Panathenaía! (Happy Panathenaia!)

This festival, the grandest in the Athenian calendar, celebrates the birthday of Athens and honors Athene, the city’s patron.

As befitting a large-scale festival, there were many things that happened over the course of the seven-day festival. It started with a procession from outside the city gates up all the way to the Parthenon.

This procession carried a massive dress (Greek: péplos) that would be used to clothe the statue of Athene inside the Parthenon. Weaving this dress required effort from multiple people, and was a job reserved for women in Athens’ aristocratic families.

Also featured in the Panathenaia were a torch-race (difficulty: two miles, uphill, torch had to stay lit—but the winner’s torch was used to light the sacrificial fire), all-night services, and something rare and expensive in the ancient world: a free dinner for all attendees that included sacrificial meat.

Modern ways to celebrate the festival include holding your own races, creating your own clothes for an image of Athene, holding a communal meal (or at least a special meal) in Athene’s honor, and dedicating to the Gods some study of Athens and its history.

The reasons for this festival are pretty obvious: happy birthday, Athens! And Hail, Athene!

Since this festival celebrated Athens in particular, don’t feel like you HAVE to celebrate this. You may want to celebrate it if:

You live in Athens

Your religious calendar follows Athens’ religious calendar.

You have an especial devotion to Athene.

Daily Reminder: If you know of any resources you’d like us to incorporate on our site, or any sites/projects you’d like us to signal boost, send us an ask or fanmail!

#pagan #daily devotions #hellenic polytheism #Hestia #HestiaDeity #setup saturdays #july 2019

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ordulotusspa · 5 years ago

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tarot cards as foster the people lyrics 🌿✨

*based on the waite tarot deck

I've wanted to do this to better understand the relation of the cards with one another and I thought it'd be a good idea to post it here!

i. aces, the magician & justice

—houdini

“rise above, gonna start the war!” / “well, and eye for an eye, and an ‘f’ for a fight” / “well, you got what you want and what you never knew, perfect gift from me to you” / “focus on your ability, then they can’t get what they want to steal”

the aces have an aura of beginning, the spark of an idea, oportunity, birth. however, the magician is the “trigger” of that change, he controls it, activates it. he’s the architect and alchemist that has the ability to make use of each suit as he pleases. with justice, as we see, this power comes with a responsability. you get back what you give. and because the magician is also an illusionist, a liar and a thief, justice needs to be there as a reminder of what happens when you abuse magic.

ii. twos, high priestess & the hanged man

—shc

“you’re a secret, that’s worth keeping, and now i’m keeping my mouth shut” / “well, i’ve been sleeping waiting for something, but to feel nothing at all, avoid the call” / “when i’m alone, there’s a ghost the keeps talking, and i know there’s gotta be more, for sure”

the twos are a symbol of alchemy, and this can be clearly seen in the cups with the caduceus of hermes on the background. the high priestess is the master of occult knowledge, she channels cosmic knowledge through intuition, thus creating a bond, an exchange of energy within her and the universe. the hanged man needs meditation and contemplation in order to decide what’s next, what’s real from what’s an illusion. he urges stillness in order to recover, much like the two of swords.

iii. threes, the empress & death

—fire escape

“my spine is made of iron, my heart pumps out old red paint” / “I see the seasons change, all the young faces come and replace the dying ones” / “i’ve watched the dreamers find their legs, and i’ve seen the ones that come get reduced to bones and rags”

this procesion of cards illustrates the importance of cycles. the threes combine pain, sorrow (swords) with recovery, harmony (cups), planning (pentacles) with action (wands), conveying the message that one simply can’t exist without the other, for the presence of the other is what gives one its importance, its core definition. they’re light and shadow, much like birth (empress) and death.

iv. fours, the emperor & temperance

—coming of age

“you know i try to live without regrets, i’m always moving forward and not looking back, but i tend to leave a trail of dead while moving ahead” / “just like an animal, i protect my pride, when i’m too bruised to fight, and even when i’m wrong i tend to think i’m right. well, i’m bored of the game, and too tired to rage”

the emperor is the giver of stability, as we can see in four of pentacles and four of wands. he provides a stable foundation to build a home, he’s a father. meanwhile, the four of cups and four of swords portray temperance; they’re about patience, balance, and meditation. the emperor, as a leader, needs to balance the responsability of his power out with temperance, or else he will become a tyrant, ruled by fire.

v. fives, the hierophant & the devil

—pay the man

“say what you love, it’s alright don’t be afraid to find your light, embrace the day, at night we’re here to fight, we all go wild again” / “climbing up my own tree, hoping it can hold all the things i’ve seen but i’ve chosen to ignore. well, i said, well i believe i’ve been well fed but the wolf’s not dead” / “lift up your name, seasons change, you know that it'll never be the same, we'll see the sun again, and before it fades, i just wanna say that i love you”

this procesion is very deep. it speaks of the spirit on a level that no other procesion of cards does in the entire deck. because the hierophant is combined with the devil, i feel like it unites opposite religious concepts: heaven with hell, purity with dirt, wisdom with madness. this alchemy of the soul is pretty much a product of dionysos, and that’s why he’s often identified with both major arcanas. the fives, now, are the middle point of each suit; they mark a transcendental point in the path of the fool. they speak of poverty, sadness, confusion and conflict. this is the event that leads to the tower; the failure, the longing for illumination, the unmasking of the lies and illusions that have ruled one’s life until now. the unity of darkness and light, the highest power, thrice-born and divine, with the lowest impulses of nature, the satyrs and maenads that lure you into their orgy. the devil here demands to be payed back, he wants retribuition, while the hierophant presents himself as the saviour, the guide, that happens to also be incredibly biased. i think it’s very useful to view this procesion as a representation of dionysos, he who initiates us into the journey of self-discovery through mysteries and shadows.

vi. sixes, the lovers & the tower

—the truth

“well i’ve been trying to relearn my name, it feels like a thousand years that i’ve been out of frame and i surrender, the truth is what it’s what i’ve needed from you, cause i’ve been floating within your walls of opinion, and i’m tired. i only want the truth” / “a blinding call to prayer has touched my feet, like the call of the prophets, a purpose is needed before you know that you know, to never wonder what you are, and not forget where you’ve come from” / “is it really love you’ve been speaking of?”

the lovers and the tower have a closer relation than what i thought at first, and the verses of this song really show it. the lovers is, finally, the resolution of the devil and the hierophant: it is the unification of duality, the yin and yang, and its lust is still present in the devil; the impetus and dichotomy of human emotion. but the tower and the hierophant are both events of immense spiritual enlightment. they represent freedom. the sixes are about charity, change, escape, and victory.

vii. sevens, the chariot & the star

—doing it for the money

“just close your eyes, we’re gonna run this blind, we live our lives, we’re not wasting time, maybe we lost our minds, we’re gonna get what we can” / “i said it doesn’t matter where i go, i am calling all the poets into battle, i am shouting to the world let them know that we won’t be afraid to step into the fight when we can’t see the light” / “there’s no retreat and no escape if we keep dreaming while we’re wide awake”

dreams, hope, courage and art. this is a creative procesion of cards. after the breakdown of the sixth procesion, the seventh brings bravery forthward. there’s no time to waste and we’re now purified, convinced of our worth and what we need to do in order to achieve what is needed. we’ve accepted the situation, the nature of our uncontrolling emotions and the will of fate. the sevens take action, a bit impulsively, but still they trigger a necessary change after the depression seen with the lovers and the tower.

viii. eights, strength & the moon

—a beginner’s guide to destroying the moon

“and now i’m staring at the moon wondering why the bottom fell out, been searching for answers and there’s questions i’ve found” / “we’ve been crying for a leader to speak like the old prophets, the blood of the forgotten wasn’t spilled without a purpose, or was it?” / “you’ll never be whole until you lose control, and think freely to smash the wall of apathy, stop your self-importance and lift the weight off somebody else”

there’s a very pretty picture on the eight of cups in the ethereal visions illuminated tarot deck, because the moon is full, shining enormously over a deep blue landscape, and that perfectly illustrates the relation of this card to the major arcana of the moon. this procesion for me is about confidence. change is never easy, even when we’ve finally surrendered to the fate of circumstances, even when we were the ones to trigger it. eight of swords and eight of cups are not easy cards to gaze at, but we must remember that the moon is a mother, it is nurturing, it reminds us of the quality of nature to be cyclical, that things are always moving and flowing, and emotions don’t last forever. it’s also a card of illusions; it yells at us to remove the blindfold from our eyes and rediscover our worth. strength is about taming the beast, keeping on working, effort and struggle. so this tells me; no matter how much it hurts, keep going, be a leader, be the lion, make the blood you shed worth it.

xix. nines, the hermit & the sun

—pseudologia fantastica

“don’t be afraid of the knife, sometimes you gotta cut the limb to survive” / “you got to love the madness of the feeling, don’t have to rush the freshness of beginning, you got to get back up and face your demons, don’t ever be afraid of starting over”

the nines follow the archetype of the hermit and continue their path through the sun. when we’ve worked hard enough, when we’ve compromised to facing our shadow self, when we’ve retired to truly know ourselves, admiting what we’ve done, what we’re worth, and retreated into silence, then there’s a comeback filled with joy, music, light. the nine of swords is a necessary dark night of the soul leading to a definitive awakening.

xx. the tens, wheel of fortune & judgement

—iii

“and i wont be afraid, it’s true we’ll never know, when the night will come and take us home, and people change, we fade from youth, and evolve into eternal life” / “wake the sleeping from their dreaming, we all want more, we all want more saints will sing and hearts are beating, saying we all want more, we all want more”

there’s still much to learn in the ten of swords already, but because life is an ouroboros and our purpose is to return to having full control of all the suits and making use of that power faithfully and wisely, it doesn’t matter. in the tens, we admit that we can affect certain situations but there’s always something that escapes our sight; fortune acts alone. wheels turn again, endlessly, for eternity. we want more; the ten of cups portrays a couple with kids new life, new paths, a new story that is, again, yet to be unfold. ten of pentacles passes down its knowledge and experience to the youth; ten of wands continues with its struggle, in the conviction that the nine will come back. ten of swords, however, looks defeated. it ain’t. it’s finally the death of the past self. ten of swords is, actually, the scene of the moment the knight defeated his adversaries. it is a card of victory; but the knight is yet to become a king.

#tarot #witchcraft #witch #tarot deck #tarot spread #spirituality #divination #neophyte #baby witch #magick

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wildwood-faun · 11 months ago

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@thegodwhocums I'm only on night two of my seven nights of Dionysos so far but I've been able to just Sit with this more than I have been with things in quite a long time. Perhaps this is what will bring me back into my groove, perhaps not. I'm feeling relaxed and open minded about it, which is nice.

#adding this step to my more general daily offerings #yesterday was incense and a candle #today just the candle (my sensitive airways can't really do incense on a daily basis or i would)#red candles for now for the simple reason that they are what i have that will fit in that candle holder #keeping things pretty low key over here #oh and some music too. of course. adding that to my routine has been a great reminder of how impactful it can be #seven nights of dionysos #heart full of wine and fury

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uneminuteparseconde · 5 years ago

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Des concerts à Paris et alentour en gras : les derniers ajouts :-: in bold: the last news Octobre 03. JB Dunckel + Mariachi + Freeka Tet + Alexis Langevin-Tétrault & Pierre-Luc Lecours (Biennale Némo) – Le Trianon (gratuit sur résa) 03. Piotr Kurek + Papivores + Matthias Puech – Espace B 03. A.N.I. – Le Bal 04. Kontravoid + Hide + Soft Riot – Espace B 04. Cosmic Neman + Blackthread + Renaud Bajeux – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 04. Anthony Rother + Galaxian + Sync 24 + Foreign Sequence – Rex Club 04. Ascion b2b D. Carbone + Hypnoskull + Years of Denial + Common Poetry + Salem Unsigned – Protocol (Pantin) 04. Tommy Four Seven b2b Ancient Methods + Regis + The Driver + Dave Clark + SHDW & Obscure Shape + AZF + ABSL + Amato & Adriani + DJ Bone b2b Ben Sims + Charles Green + Dax J + Dersee + DVS 1 + Félicie + Boston 189 + Louisahhh b2b Maelstrom (Pulse fest.) – Le Grand Dôme (Villebon/Yvette) 05. Stefane Perraud : “Sylvia” (Nuit blanche) – Collège des Bernardins (gratuit) 05. Meryll Ampe + Dinah Bird + Mr Moonlight + Irene Murphy + Mick O’Shea + Shruti Box Minimal Ensemble + Ian Wooldridge (Nuit blanche) – Paris Art Lab 05. Bernard Szajner + Marco Quaresimin + Monÿang + Vincent Heter & Lou-Maria Le Brusq + Mururoa + Richard Comte + Jules Wysocki & Natnada Marchal (Les Sonifères fest.) – DOC 05. Anetha b2b Randomer + Blush Response b2b Thomas P. Heckmann + Rebekah + Juan Atkins + Marcel Dettmann + Poison Point + Ben Klock + Andrejko + Bassam + Fabrizio Rat + Newa + Tripeo b2b Hemka + Analog Kitchen + Cleric b2b Stranger + Marko Nastic (Pulse fest.) – Le Grand Dôme (Villebon/Yvette) 05. Nuit de l'orgue avec des œuvres d'Éliane Radigue, Arvo Pärt, Olivier Messiaen, Philip Glass, Nico Muhly, Jonathan Fitoussi... (Nuit blanche) – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie (gratuit) 06. Aline Penitot + Nuits + Jean-Baptiste Zelal + Pali Meursault + Rodolphe Alexis + Aymeric de Tapol + Dasein (Les Sonifères fest.) – DOC 06. Forced into Feminity + Big Debbie + Sophie Torrell + L.T. Létext + Vestas + Divisas – Les Nautes 06. Fusiller – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) (gratuit) 06. Quator Bozzini joue : "Occam Delta XV" d'Éliane Radigue, "Five String Quartets" de Phill Niblock et "Koan" de James Tenney – La Marbrerie (Montreuil) 06. Daughters – La Maroquinerie ||COMPLET|| 08. Sleep + Pharaoh Overlord – Bataclan 09. Jozef Van Wissem : cinéconcert sur "Nosferatu le vampire" de Murnau – Cinémathèque 09. New Model Army – La Maroquinerie 09. Trumans Water – Espace B 09. Kollaps + Âme de boue + Alice Botté – L'International 09. Ty Segall & Freedom Band + Guadal Tejaz – La Cigale 10. Ty Segall & Freedom Band + Axis: Sova – La Cigale 10. Toecutter + Le Crabe + Tommpa Lanzakinen (Serendip Lab fest.) – Le Zorba 10. Dumb + Belmont Witch + À trois sur la plage – La Boule noire 10. Bruce McClure + Paul Smith joue "A Jim O’Rourke European premiere of a new 2019 Moog Synthesizer playback installation work" – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 11. Dominique Gillot + La Pisse + Flesh World + We Will Woo – Folie N4|Parc de la Villette (gratuit) 11. Bitpart + Mary Bell + Rive droite + Going away Party + Ours blond + Shit Rockets + Alison Backdoor – Espace B 11. Nova Materia + Scalping – La Station 11. Sonic Area + Shaârgot – Petit Bain 11. Kazumoto Endo + Spore Spawn + Vomir + Autocastration – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 11. Birds in Row + Lane (Jimi fest.) – Théâtre Antoine-Vitez (Ivry/Seine) 11. Frank Bretschneider + Robert Lippok – Protocol (Pantin) 11. Marc Acardipane aka Pop + Manu le Malin + [KRTM] + DJ Chuimix + Raw + Makornik + Fuerr – La Machine 11. AZF + Colin Benders + BLNDR – Dehors brut 11. Ansome & Ayarcana + H880 + Fred Terror b2b Panzer + Antenes – Protocol (Pantin) 11. New Order – Grand Rex ||COMPLET|| 12. Lucas Paris : "Emotional Synthesis" + Orson Hentschel + Sentimental Rave (Biennale Némo) – Le 104 12. Ben Shemie, John McEntire & Sam Prekop – Petit Bain 12. Osilasi + Tumulus + Kawaii & The Boulaouane Brothers + G de GNG & Julien Bobard + Nicolas Montgermont & Pali Meursault (Serendip Lab fest.) – Cirque électrique 12. Marion Guillet + Bear Bones, Lay Low + Full Quantic Pass + Pi Doom (Serendip Lab fest.) – Jazz y Jazz 12. Foudre! + Tiger Tigre + Front de cadeaux + Sierra Manhattan + Die Klar + Kwamē – La Station 12. I Hate Models + ABSL + Céline + Chafik Chenouf + Rommek – tba 12. Iggy Pop + Helena Deland (Arte concert fest.) – La Gaîté lyrique ||COMPLET|| 13. Andy Ortmann + Viki + Deeat Palace + Evil Moisture – Les Nautes 13. Foals + Ala.ni + Toh Imago (Arte concert fest.) – La Gaîté lyrique ||COMPLET|| 14. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Olympia 14. Shannon Wright – Trianon 15. Arno Bruil + Les pédales s'amusent + MMY – Espace B 15. Kate Carr + Valérie Vivancos – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 15/16. Metronomy – Olympia 16. Cycle péruvien + Laurene Ipsum + Robin Kobrynski (Serendip Lab fest.) – Cirque électrique 17. Vindicatrix + Descendeur + Lacustre + Gakona (Serendip Lab fest.) – Cirque électrique 17. City Dragon + Sunk Heaven – Le Zorba 17. Puppetmastaz – Trabendo 17. Automat : musique pour "Archeologia" d'Emmanuelle Huynh – Centre Pompidou 18. Dream Syndicate – Petit Bain 18. Total Victory + Leroy se meurt + Entracte Twist – Espace B 18. A_r_c_c + À travers + Simple Appareil + Blenno Die Wurstbrücke – église Saint-Merri 18. Arktau Eos + Zoät-Aon + Aeoga – Les Voûtes 18. Marie Guilleray + Justin Bennett + Jaap Vink + Gabriel Paiuk + Raviv Ganchrow + Kees Tazelaar + Gottfried Michael Koenig + Johan Van Kreij + Richard Barrett + Ji Youn Kang + Bjarni Gunnarsson (Akousma) – MPAA 18. Maud Geffray + Molecule + DNGLS (MaMA fest.) – La Cigale 18. Cloning + Leandro Barzabal + Léo Dupleix – tba 18. Sydney Valette + Le Prince Harry + Maenad Veyl – Protocol (Pantin) 18. Rendez-Vous + Marble Arch – Le Plan (Ris-Orangis) 18. Stanislav Tolkachev + Unhuman & AN-I + Oake + Nastia Reigel – Protocol (Pantin) 19. Shrouded and the Dinner + King Baxter + Vitaphone + À PLUSIEURS sous Raphaël Julliard + Enzo et Jacques – Folie N4|Parc de la Villette (gratuit) 19. Sisters of Mercy – Bataclan 19. Josin – Lafayette Anticipations 19. Françoise Barrière + Renaud Bajeux + Pali Meursault + Julia Hanadi Al Abed + Yan Maresz (Akousma) – MPAA 19. G4Z + Peru + Jean Turner + Monster X + Steven Marcato + Aly-x (Serendip Lab fest.) – Le Sultan 19. Jeanne Added + Regina Demina + Vale Poher + Theodora + Flore + Gonthier + Vikken (dj) + Rag (dj)... – La Station 19. Adam X + David Caretta b2b The Hacker + 14Anger + Phase Fatale + Terence Fixmer + Raffaele Atanasio + Darzack + De-Dust2 + Dersee – tba 19. Juan Atkins + Vril + Ceephax Acid crew + Antigone + Onur özer + Fasme (Le Champ des machines) – Le Ferme du Buisson (Noisiel) 19. Lingua Ignota – Espace B ||COMPLET|| 19. Pixies + Blood Red Shoes – Olympia ||COMPLET|| 20. Kim Gordon & Dimitri Chamblas – American Center Paris (gratuit sur résa) 21. Pawns + Youth Avoiders + Barren? – Espace B 21. Les morts vont bien + Rivière de corps + René Couteau + Razzle Dazzle (dj) (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 22. Carambolage + Deedee & Tha Abracadabras + Roger de Lille & The Gin Tonics + The Hare (dj) (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 22. Thurston Moore – Trabendo 22. David J – Petit Bain 23. Ecstatic Vision + Les Tigres du futur + Os Noctambulos – ESS'pace 23. Sly & The Family Drone + Stef Ketteringham + Decimus + Dust Breeders – Espace B 23. Plomb + Je t'aime + Electric Press Kit + dj Oxblood (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 23. Four Tet – Le 104 ||COMPLET|| 24. Last Night + Negative Space + Pedigree + Buzz Kull + dj Dave Rockin (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 24. The Necks – La Marbrerie (Montreuil) 25. A Certain Ratio – Petit Bain 25. Poutre + OK fdp + Bruant zizi – ESS'pace 25. Jozef Van Wissem – Crypte Notre-Dame de la Croix (sur résa : jvwparis[@]gmail.com) 25. Fiesta en el Vacio + Axell Larsen + Franz France + Sinead O'Connick jr + Paroi (Serendip Lab fest.) – Jazz y Jazz 25. Catastrophe + Sean O'Hagan + Form – La Maroquinerie 25. Curses + Sophie Morello + Tonn3rr3 + E for Ears & Grāv Jōnz + Trusspe – La Station 25. Bestial Mouth + Veil of Light – Protocol (Pantin) 25. DaGeist + Blind Delon + Outer Limit Lotus + Nick klein + UVB 76 + Dress Rehearsal (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 25. dj Varsovie + Paulie Jan + Blndr b2b Panzer + Mind Matter + End of Mortal Life – Glazart 25. Orphx + O/H + December + Unhuman + Limbus Puerorum – Protocol (Pantin) 26. The Monochrome Set + The Last Detail – Petit Bain 26. Nina Harker + Bianca Warlord – Le Zorba 26. Truckks + Terrier + Achab + Olive Pogo + Car Crash Control (dj) (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 26. The Wheal + Princesse Napälm + L'Orchidée Cosmique + Klymt (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 26. Mørbeck + Philipp Strobel + IV Horsemen – La Machine 26. Alignment + Hadone + UVB + Parfait + Repro – tba 26. Loto Retina + Jakub Lemiszewski + Somaticae + Le Compas dans l'oeil + Ahta Bat + Letal Ataraxia (Serendip Lab fest.) – Le Sultan 27. Stephen Mallinder + Laisse Moi + Hexenschuss (Obernoir fest.) – L'International 28. Kate Tempest – Le Trianon 29. Agent Side Grinder + DaGeist – La Boule noire 29. Pauwels + Mr Marcaille + BOB Cooper – L'ESS'pace 30. The White Screen + Techno Thriller + Novichok – Supersonic (gratuit) 30. Oiseaux-Tempête + Jessica Moss – La Maroquinerie 30. Jenny Hval – Centre Pompidou 30. Battles – Trabendo 31. Skepta + Mura Masa + Hamza + Zola + Ateyaba + Celeste + Duendita + Ezra Collective + Flohio + Kojey Radical + Master Peace + Slowthai + The Comet is Coming + Yussef Dayes + Charlotte Dos Santos + Kojaque (Pitchfork fest.) – La Grand Halle de La Villette 31. Arrington de Dionyso – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 31. Broken English Club + Cabaret nocturne + IV Horsemen + Gil. Barte – Petit Bain Novembre 01. Chromatics + Belle & Sebastian + Primal Scream + John Talabot + Weyes Blood + Barrie + Briston Maroney + Chai + Desire + Helado Negro + Jackie Mendoza + Nilüfer Yanya + Orville Peck + Sheer Mag + Squir + Loving + Nelson Beer + Sons of Raphael (Pitchfork fest.) – La Grand Halle de La Villette 01. Park Hie Jin + HAAI + Afrodeutsche + Nite Fleit (Pitchfork fest. after party) – Trabendo 01. Under Black Helmet b2b Hadone + Inhalt der Nacht b2b Echoes of October + Danilo Incorvala + Makornik + Félicie – Les Docks de Paris (La Plaine-Saint-Denis) 02. The 1975 + Charli XCX + 2manysdj (dj) + Aurora + Agar Agar + SebastiAn + Aeris Roves vs Jamila Woods + Jessica Pratt + Kedr Livanskiy + Korantemaa + BEA1991 + Caroline Polachek + Ela Minus + KhadyaK + Mk.gee + Oklou + Tobi Lou (Pitchfork fest.) – La Grand Halle de La Villette 03. Ensemble économique + CIA débutante – Le Chinois (Montreuil) 05. Body of Light – Supersonic (gratuit) 06. The Murder Capital – Nouveau Casino 06. Scattered Purgatory + Qian Geng + UVB76 + ruò tán – Le Cirque électrique 06. Glacial – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 07. Camilla Sparksss + Hyperculte [+ Xiu Xiu : ANNULÉ] – Petit Bain 07. Kælan Mikla – La Boule noire 08. Bedroom Community – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 08. Part Chimp + Gnod + Hey Colossus – Petit Bain 08. Sourdurent + Raymonde – Pan Piper 08. Jad Wio + Love in Prague – Gibus 08. Boy Harscher – Trabendo ||COMPLET|| 09. Molchat Doma + War Scenes – La Station 10. Amiina : cinéconcert sur "Fantomas" de Louis Feuillade – Le Studio|Philharmonie 10. Ôlafur Arnald + Hugar – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 10. Fontaine D.C. – Bataclan 12. Deerhunter + Moon Diagrams – Trabendo 13. Mick Harvey & JP Silo, Steve Shelley, Glenn Lewis – Les Trois Baudets 14. Dinah Bird & Jean-Philippe Renoult (Inaudible Matters) – La Gaîté lyrique 14. Girl Band + Silverbacks – La Maroquinerie 15. Kap Bambino – La Gaîté lyrique 15. Von Pariahs + Nursery – Point FMR 15. Chemical Brothers – Seine musicale (Boulogne-Billancourt) 17. Nitzer Ebb + Liebknecht – La Machine 17. Tropical Fuck Storm – Badaboum 18. Omni + The Gotobeds + Pleasure Principle – La Boule noire 19. Earth + Helen Money – Petit Bain 20. Lucy Railton + Sean Baxter + Jessica Ekomane – Instants chavirés (Montreuil) 21. Cate Le Bon + Grimm Grimm – Petit Bain 22. Rubin Steiner + Dombrance + Ambeyance + Meteo Mirage – La Maroquinerie 22. Nursery + Casse Gueule + Tout de suite – Cirque électrique 22. Kazu Makino (Blonde Redhead) – Les Étoiles 23. Billy Chyldish + Le Villejuif Undergroud + Petausaure (fest. BBmix) – Carré Bellefuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 23. 999999999 + Jawbreakrs + Nico Moreno + Perc + Sentimental Rave + Softcoresoft + Trym + Parfait + UR trax – tba 24. TR/ST – Le Trianon 24. Mdou Moctar – La Boule noire 24. Midori Takada + Carla dal Forno + Felicia Atkinson (fest. BBmix) – Carré Bellefuille (Boulogne-Billancourt) 24. The Young Gods + Les Tétines noires – La Machine 26. Wardruna – Olympia 27. Poly-Math + Bruit ≤ + Maven – Supersonic (gratuit) 27. The Stranglers – Olympia 28. Derek Holzer + Cate Hope & Lisa McKinney + Antoine Schmitt & Hortense Gauthier (fest. Bruits blancs) – Le Cube (gratuit sur résa) 28. The Psychotic Monks – Trabendo 28. Artl + Powerdove – Petit Bain 29. Scanner – Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil 30. Mondkopf – Médiathèque musicale de Paris (gratuit) 30. Donato Dozzy + Max Cooper + Terry & Cyan Riley + Ensemble intercontemporain joue "Drumming" de Steve Reich + Ensemble Social Silence joue "Music for Airport" de Brian Eno + Apollo noir + Récital pour marimbas (Marathon fest) – La Gaîté lyrique Décembre 01. Motorama – La Maroquinerie 03. White Hills – Supersonic (gratuit) 03. Belgrado – Espace B 06. Phillip Glass Ensemble : cinéconcert sur "Koyaanisqatsi" de Godfrey Reggio – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 07. Phillip Glass Ensemble : cinéconcert sur "Powaqqatsi" de Godfrey Reggio – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 07. Kokoko! – La Gaîté lyrique 08. Phillip Glass Ensemble : cinéconcert sur "Naqoyqatsi" de Godfrey Reggio – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 11. Boris – Le Gibus 12. Mono + Jo Quail – Petit Bain 12. Kompromat (Vitalic & Rebeka Warrior) – La Cigale 13. Contrefaçon – La Gaîté lyrique 13. Regards extrêmes + Lisieux + Ascending divers – Les Voûtes 18. Amenra – Bataclan 2020 Janvier 04. Rokia Traoré + Ballaké Cissoko & Vincent Segal – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 16. Black Midi – Le Carreau du Temple 17. Edith Nylon – Petit Bain 18. Lee Ranaldo & Raül Refree – Le 104 18. Franck Vigroux : "Flesh" (Biennale Nemo) – Maison des arts et de la culture (Créteil) 29. Rendez-Vous – La Cigale 30. Editors – Salle Pleyel 31. Tindersticks – Salle Pleyel Février 02. Sunn o))) – La Gaîté lyrique 09. Explosions in the Sky – La Cigale 13. Ride – Le Trianon 16. Orchestral Manoeuvre in the Dark – La Cigale 21. Ensemble Links joue "Drumming" de Steve Reich + Cabaret contemporain : "Détroit" + Molécule – Le 104 24. Sleater Kinney – Le Trianon Mars 06. Frustration – Le Trianon 07. Ensemble intercontemporain joue Steve Reich : cinéconcert sur un film de Gerhard Richter – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 20. Ensemble Dedalus joue "Occam Ocean" d'Éliane Radigue – Le Studio|Philharmonie 21. Front 242 + She Past Away – Élysée Montmartre 21/22. Laurie Anderson : "The Art of Falling" – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 27. Lebanon Hanover – La Gaîté lyrique 28. Ensemble Links joue "Drumming" de Steve Reich + Cabaret contemporain joue Kraftwerk – théâtre de la Cité internationale Mai 08. Max Richter : "Infra" + Jlin + Ian William Craig – Cité de la musique|Philharmonie 09. Max Richter : "Voices" – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 10. Max Richter : "Recomposed" & "Three Worlds" – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie 24. Damon Albarn – Salle Pierre Boulez|Philharmonie

#agenda concerts #concerts à Paris #gigs in paris #Paris music #paris gigs

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french-psyche · 6 years ago

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Playlist des Dieux grecs (à ne pas prendre au sérieux)

Zeus:

-Berzerk – Eminem

-Takin' back my love – Enrique Iglesias

-Cry me a river – Justin Timberlake

-Tonight – Enrique Iglesias

-Summer nights – Grease

-On top of the world – Imagine Dragons

-Billie jean – Michael Jackson

-Rain – Mika

-L'aigle noir – Patricia Kass

-I want it all – Queen

Poseidon:

-Face à la mer – Calogéro

-Indestructible – Disturbed

-Cake by the Ocean – Dnce

-Inside of you – Hoobastank

-Santiano – Hugues Augray

-Seek and destroy – Metallica

-Can't be tamed – Miley Cyrus

-Dès que le vent soufflera – Renaud

Hades:

-Highway to Hell – ACDC

-Les mots bleus – Christophe

-Knockin on heaven doors – Guns n' Roses

-Take me to church – Hozier

-Fear of the dark – Iron Maiden

-Je te promets – Johnny Halliday

-Stairway to Heaven – Led Zepplin

-While your lips are still red – Nightwish

-Falling inside the black – Skillet

-Le Diable ne s'habille plus en Prada – Soprano

-I don't care – Three Days Grace

Hera:

-Pour un infidèle – Cœur de Pirate

-Love the way you lie – Eminem et Rihanna

-Aint your mama – Jennifer Lopez

-She will be loved – Maroon 5

-I'm a woman – Peggy Lee

-Woman – Scorpions

Demeter:

-L'hymne de nos campagnes – Tryo

-Earth song – Michael Jackson

-Hiro - Soprano

Hestia:

-Savoir aimer – Florent Pagny

-Toi + moi – Grégoire

-Imagine – John Lenon

-Love life – John Mamann

-Wonderful life – Katie Melua

-Heal the world – Michael Jackson

Athena:

-Fighter – Christina Aguilera

-Fuck you – Lily Allen

-Liberian girl – Michael Jackson

-I'm a woman – Peggy Lee

Aphrodite:

-Je t'aime – Lara Fabian

-Nights in white satin – Moody Blues

-Crazy – Aerosmith

-Poison – Alice Cooper

-I put a spell on you – Jay Hawkins

-Addicted to you – Avicii

-Criminal – Britney Spears

-My heart will go on – Céline Dion

-On va s'aimer – Gilbert Montagner

-Stupid girl – Pink

-Fuckin' perfect – Pink

-Don't be so shy – Imany

-Love is blindness – U2

-Victime idéale – Jena Lee

-Te amo – Rihanna

-Aimer – Roméo et Juliette

-I hate everything about you – Three Days Grace

-I will always love you – Whitney Houston

Artemis:

-Survivor – Destiny's Child

-Où sont les femmes – Amandine Bourgeois

-If I were a boy - Beyonce

-Femme libérée – Cookie Dingler

-Hijo de la luna – Mecano

-Moondance – Nightwish

-I'm a woman – Peggy Lee

-Only girl – Rihanna

-Man ! I feel like a woman – Shania Twain

Apollon:

-Lose yourself to dance – Daft Punk

-I need a doctor – Eminem

-Rap god – Eminem

-Chanter – Florent Pagny

-Doctor doctor – Iron Maiden

-I feel good – James Brown

-I love Rock n' Roll – Joan Jett

-Hard rock hallelujah – Lordi

-Sleeping sun – Nightwish

-Don't stop the music – Rihanna

-Cheap thrills – Sia

-Let the sunshine in – The Hair

Hermes:

-Hit the road Jack – Acid Drinkers

-Bad boys – Bob Marley

-Gangsta paradise – Coolio

-The house of the rising sun – The animals

-Là où je t'emmènerai – Florent Pagny

-Sapé comme jamais – Maître Gims

-Black or white – Michael Jackson

-Roxanne – Police

-We no speak americano - Yolanda

Dionysos:

-Hangover - Alestorm

-Rock this party – Bob Sinclair

-Crazy – Gnarls Barkley

-Les démons de minuit – Emile et Images

-Bailando – Enrique Iglesias

-Lendemain de soirée – Keen'V

-Ça plane pour moi – Plastic Bertrand

-Don't stop me now – Queen

-Livin' la vida loca – Ricky Martin

Hephaistos:

-Iron Man – Black Sabbath

-Liar liar – Chris Cab

-I see fire – Ed Sheeran

-Mama – Genesis

-Allumer le feu – Johnny Halliday

-Who is it – Michael Jackson

-Welcome to the machine – Pink Floyd

Ares:

-This is war – 30 Seconds to Mars

-Bad company – Bad Company

-Little dolls – Indochine

-Salambo - Indochine

-Marie – Johnny Halliday

-Gangsta – Kehlani

-Blood red sandman – Lordi

-Bad – Michael Jackson

-Hard – Rihanna

-Zombie – The Cramberries

-Seven nation army – The White Stripes

-War of change – Thousand Foot Krutch

Persephone:

-Black is the color of my true love's heart

-Daughters of darkness – Halestorm

-Mon ange – Jena Lee

-Love crime - Siouxsie

Thanatos:

-Black black heart – David Usher

-My immortal – Evanescence

-Ta main – Grégoire

-Demons – Imagine Dragons

-Goodbye my lover – James Blunt

-Oh Death – Jen Titus

-Dead boys don't cry – Powerwolf

-Die die crucified – Powerwolf

-Russian roulette – Rihanna

-The good die young – Scorpions

-Stan – Eminem

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stellaruesonlinebookofshadows · 7 years ago

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Zeus

Zeus was the first of the gods and a very imposing figure. He was the king of the Olympian gods and the supreme deity in Greek religion, often referred to as the “Father of Gods and men,” he is a sky god who controls the weather, offered signs and omens and generally dispense justice, guaranteeing order amongst both the gods and humanity. He controlled lightning (often using it as a weapon) & thunder. Zeus is king of Mount Olympus, the home of Greek gods, where he rules the world and imposes his will onto gods and mortals alike.

Zeus’s father was Cronus and his mother Rhea. Cronus had usurped control of the heavens from his father Ouranos and he was constantly wary of not having the same thing happen to him from his own children. To pre-empt any takeover he, therefore, swallowed all of his children: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, & Poseidon. However, Rhea saved her youngest child, Zeus, by wrapping a stone in swaddling clothes and giving this to Cronus to swallow. Zeus was spirited away to Moutn Dikte on the island of Crete where he was raised by the primeval goddess Gaia (or in some versions by the Nymphs - Amongst them was the Nymph Amaltheia (in some versions of the myth she was a goat) who suckled the young god).

On reaching adulthood, Zeus made Cronus cough back up the children he and swallowed, and then he married his sister Hera. However, the lawless Titans, encouraged by Gaia, immediately tried to wrestle control of the world from the Olympian gods in a ten-year battle known as the Titanomachy (The Battle of Titans). The Titans were the brothers and sisters of Cronus and it was only through the help of the Cyclopes – who made Zeus his lightning bolts – and the hundred-handed giants / Hecatoncheires (Briareos, Cottus, & Gyges) that Zeus was finally able to imprision the Titans in Tartarus, the deepest part of the Underworld.

As the king of the gods and sitting atop the golden throne on Olympus, Zeus was revered by all. Mortal kings would boast that they were descendants of Zeus. With this supreme power came a number of roles and responsibilities. Hesiod described Zeus as a god who “brought peace in place of violence” and referred to him as the “lord of justice.”

Zeus the Punisher

The god was also the great punisher. Those who did wrong or committed acts of impiety were severely punished, often for all time. The Titans were imprisoned in Tartarus and after acts of impiety against Zeus, Apollo and Poseidon were made to build the magnificent walls of Troy which proved so useful in the Trojan War. An explanation for the war in mythology was that Zeus sought to curb the rising population of humanity. Zeus also selected Paris as the judge in the famous beauty contest between Aphrodite, Hera and Athena, and when the young prince won Helen as his reward for choosing Aphrodite it was cited as another, more human cause for the Trojan War.

Other victims of Zeus’ vengeance included The Titan Prometheus who was condemned to have his liver eaten by an eagle every day after he stole fire from the gods and gave it to humankind. Atlas had to support the heavens for eternity because of his role in the Titanomachy. Sisyphus, punished for his trickery, was condemned to forever roll a huge stone up a hill in the Underworld. Asclepius was killed by one of Zeus’ thunderbolts because the former’s medicine and his ability to raise the dead threatened the balance of power between men and gods. Pandora, the first woman was sent into the world by Zeus as punishment for receiving the gift of fire and she was to be the source of all mankind’s misfortunes, carried with her in a box. Phineus, who was tricked by Hera into blinding his two sons, was himself blinded by Zeus who also sent the Harpies to continuously harass him. Ixion rashly declared his love for Hera and so Zeus banished him to Hades to be forever bound to a rotating wheel. Lycaon gave human flesh to Zeus to test his divinity and the god punished his impudence by turning him into a wolf. Salmoneus thought he was a god and pretended to be Zeus by throwing flaming torches for lightning bolts and riding his chariot to make a noise like thunder but Zeus swiftly put a stop to his antics by killing him instantly with a real lightning bolt. The list goes on but the message is clear, wrong-doing and lack of respect would be severely punished.

Zeus the Peacemaker

Despite the terrible punishments Zeus could inflict he was also a peacemaker, famously reconciling Apollo and Hermes when they fought over the first lyre. Similarly, Zeus resolved the conflict between Apollo and Hercules over the tripod from Delphi. He also persuaded Hades to part with Persephone for part of each year and so end the terrible drought her mother Demeter had caused for the human race in protest at being held captive in the Underworld. For mere mortals, Zeus was at least fair-minded. At his feet Zeus had the jars of Fate - one full of bad things, another full of good things and he dispensed both with justice. Similarly, the time of a mortal’s death was carefully weighed in Zeus’ golden scales.

Sites Sacred to Zeus

Zeus had an oracle, the oldest in fact, at Dodona in northern Greece where ascetic priests served an oracle which interpreted the sounds from the wind in the branches of the sacred oak trees and the babbling of water from the holy spring. Another great sanctuary dedicated to Zeus was at Olympia where every four years from 776 BCE the Olympic Games drew crowds from all parts of the Greek world to honour the father of the gods and where 100 oxen were sacrificed to Zeus at the end of each Games. Also at Olympia, the massive 5th century BCE temple of Zeus housed the gigantic gold and ivory statue of the god by Pheidias which was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Other important sacred sites for the god were on Mt. Lycaios, in Athens, Nemea, Pergamon, Stratos, and in Libya.

There were surprisingly few festivals in honour of Zeus, one was the Diasia of Athens. Generally, though, Zeus, as head of the Greek pantheon, was omnipresent and so made no particular attachments to specific cities. Zeus was, however, worshipped in most family homes where an altar was often dedicated to him in each courtyard, for as Zeus Herkeios, he protected the family hearth and property in general. He was also Zeus Xenios, the god of hospitality, Zeus Polieus, protector of cities, Zeus Horkios guardian of oaths and Zeus Soter, the protector and general benefactor to all.

Associations: Thunderbolt, Aegis, Set of Scales, Oak Tree, Royal Scepter, Eagle, Wolf, Woodpecker

Offspring

Hephaistos, Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia - with Hera.

Athena - with Metis but as Zeus swallowed his wife in fear a son would usurp his position, Athena was born from Zeus’ head and she became the god’s favourite child.

Apollo & Artemis - with Leto.

Hermes - with the Nymph Maia. Zeus, impressed by his trickery and silver tongue, gave him the role of messenger of the gods.

Dionysos - with Semele who, being tricked by a jealous Hera, asked to see Zeus in all his godly splendour and immediately expired as a consequence. Dionysos was born from Zeus’ thigh as a result of his mother’s premature death.

Hercules - with Alkmene and he was, therefore, forever the subject of a jealous Hera’s scheming but on his death Zeus brought him to Mt. Olympus and made him into a god.

Perseus - with Danae, who was won over to the charms of Zeus when he appeared to her as golden rain in order to enter her chamber where she was imprisoned by her father Acrisius.

Persephone & Iacchus- with Demeter.

The Fates, the Hours, Horae (Seasons), Eunomia (Lawfulness), Dike (Justice), Eirene (Peace) - with Themis.

Helen, the Dioskouroi & Polydeuces - with Leda, for whom he transformed himself into a swan.

Aglaea (Splendour), Euphrosyne (Joy) & Thalia (Good Cheer) - (the three Graces) with Eurynome.

Minos, Rhadamanthys & Sarpedon - with Europa after Zeus disguised himself as a magnificent white bull and whisked her off to Crete.

Epaphos - with Io.

Iasion - with Electra.

Arcas - with the Nymph Callisto - both son and mother were transformed into bears by a jealous Artemis but Zeus made them into constellations - Ursa Minor and Major.

The nine Muses - with Mnemosyne after the couple slept together for nine consecutive nights.

Titles & Epithets

Zeus Olympios emphasized Zeus’s kingship over the gods.

Zeus Xenios, Philoxenon or Hospites: Zeus was the patron of hospitality (xenia) and guests, ready to avenge any wrong done to a stranger.

Zeus Horkios: Zeus he was the keeper of oaths. Exposed liars were made to dedicate a statue to Zeus, often at the sanctuary of Olympia.

Zeus Agoraeus: Zeus watched over business at the agora and punished dishonest traders.

Zeus Aegiduchos or Aegiochos: Zeus was the bearer of the Aegis with which he strikes terror into the impious and his enemies.

Zeus Tallaios (“solar Zeus”): the Zeus that was worshiped in Crete.

Zeus Geōrgos (“earth worker”, “farmer”), the god of crops and harvest, in Athens.

Astrapios (“lightninger”)

Brontios (“thunderer”)

Information taken from;

Zeus: https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net - Greek Gods & Goddesses, September 19, 2014

Cartwright, Mark. "Zeus." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 25 May 2013. Web. 16 Dec 2017.

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A Reconstruction of The Orphic Rhapsodic Theogony

A Reconstruction of The Orphic Rhapsodic Theogony (c. Late 5th Century BC):

THE FIRST KING

What was at the very beginning cannot be explained or understood; it can only be spoken of indirectly because there is no way to comprehend something in which its points of differentiation have yet to be expressed. It is called the Beginning Which Cannot Be Spoken. It is not created; it did not come to be; it has always been. It is there before anything else; it is there at the beginning; it is now and will always be. Orpheus, the founder of Mysteries, tells us that within this undifferentiated mixture are Earth and Water and it is from the dance of these two that everything which is comes to be. For Ageless Time was moved by Necessity and gave birth to Aither and a limitless chasm which extended in every direction, and everything was in tumult. In the Aither, Time formed a silvery egg. And the egg began to move in an enormous and wondrous circle and from the egg Phanes emerged, and as he was born, the Aither and the Chasm were torn apart.

Behold the son of Aither! The First-Born (Protogonos)! The Shining One (Phaethon)! Who by his nature illumines everything and was the first to appear in the Aither! Witness his four eyes looking everywhere and marvel at his four horns! Behold his golden wings which flutter all about! He bellows like a massive bull and roars like a lion! He is Erikæpaios, both male and female, who harbors in his heart blind and swift Eros! He is Metis, the progenitor of the Gods, who call him the Revealer and First-born! He is the one with the mighty voice; he is all-seeing Zeus! He can be seen only by his daughter Nyx, but his effulgent light shining in the Aither draws wonder for those who behold it, illuminating the world with great brilliance.

Now Phanes caused many things to occur. He built an everlasting dwelling for the Immortal Gods. He brought forth the Moon, which Gods call Selene and mortals call Mene, with mountains, cities, and mansions. And for the ephemeral beings he made a world separate from the Immortals, with natural laws and a sun as their lord, neither too cold nor too hot, but appropriate for their needs. These things he, Erikæpaios the first king, made from his seat in the misty darkness of the Cave of his daughter Nyx. Oh glorious Phanes! You are the father of Justice, Prudence, and Truth, the three nights! And thus did he divide the world between Gods and mortals.

THE SECOND KING

Phanes then united with his daughter Nyx, the Mother of Dreams, and gave her the rulership. He placed in her hands his mighty staff, the scepter of Erikæpaios, and bestowed upon her the gift of prophecy.

THE THIRD KING

Nyx, the nurse of the Gods, made obvious those who were previously concealed: she gave birth to Gaia, whose name means “earth,” and to Ouranos, the limits of the mind, whose name means “sky,” and she gave the scepter of Phanes to Ouranos and thereby gave him the kingship. Ouranos and Gaia united and this is the first marriage.

Now the royal couple produced children. Gaia first gave birth to the Moirae: Klotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. Then Gaia gave birth to the three Cyclopes and the three giant Hundred-Handers, but these were an unruly bunch and Ouranos cast them into the bowels of the earth, for he had received an oracle that his own children would overthrow him.

But when Ouranos imprisoned her sons, Gaia was greatly distressed, so she then gave birth to six lovely daughters and six kingly sons, indeed, the great Titanes who are the powers of the natural world, they who drag or stretch.

The six Titanic daughters are law-giving Themis and gentle Tethys, Mnemosyne the mother of the fair-haired Mousai, and happy Theia the mother of light. And Gaia bore radiant Phoibi who held the seat at Delphí, and glorious Rheia the mother of the aigis-bearing Olympian king of all.

The seven Titanic sons are querying Koios the father of Leto and Astæria, Kreios the lord of the vast constellations, light-giving Hyperion the father of the Sun and the Moon, genial Iapetos the father of the race of men, Okæanos who encircles and envelops the earth with his many streams, and greatest of all, kingly Kronos, he who strikes (awakens) the mind, father of glorious children. Of all these mighty sons and daughters of Earth and Sky it was Kronos who Nyx cherished and cultivated.

Gaia pleaded with the Titanes to overthrow their father for having cast her progeny into Tartaros. All the siblings rallied to her supplication with the exception of Okæanos who brooded darkly in the halls of his palace trying to decide what to do. The plot angered the mighty God against his mother and even more so against his siblings, so he declined to join them.

Gaia gave Kronos an adamantine sickle and when Ouranos came to lie with her, Kronos cut off his genitals. The members of Ouranos flew through the air into the wine-dark sea and swirled about in the restless blue waters forming a wondrous foam out of which emerged beautiful Heavenly Aphrodite, the mother of Harmony, and as she was born, Zilos (Rivalry) and Apate (Deceit) took her into their care. Kypris, daughter of Tethys, or Thalassa.

THE FOURTH KING

These things having been accomplished, Kronos assumed the kingship; he deserved this by his very nature and for having borne the greatest weight of the deed done to his father. He married his sister Rheia, and the other siblings married one another, Tethys and Okæanos, Phoibi and Koios, Theia and Hyperion, Themis and Iapætos, and the others.

THE FIFTH KING

And then Zeus went to the Sacred Cave and asked, “Mother, supreme of all the Gods, immortal Nyx, how am I to proceed? How can I inaugurate my rule with the immortal Gods? How can I keep all things as one, yet separate?” And blessed Nyx, gleaming with the blue of dawn, answered him saying, “Surround everything in the Aither …the heavens, the earth, the sea, and the stars… and bind them all with a golden aitherial chain.”

Thus mighty Zeus engulfed and swallowed Erikæpaios, employing all of his power, and drew everything that existed into the hollow of his belly. And now all things in Zeus were created anew: the sky, the sea, the earth, and all the blessed and immortal Gods and Goddesses, all that was then, and all that will be, all mingled in the belly of Zeus.

Mighty cloud-gathering Zeus, with deep fore-knowledge, understood that he must marry his mother Demeter, she who designed the works of the droning bees, but Demeter resisted his advances and transformed herself into a serpent. Zeus responded by becoming a serpent himself and the two intertwined in a Knot of Heracles producing the Daughter Persephone.

When adequate time had passed and life-giving Persephone was at the bloom of her youth, Zeus again became a serpent, united with her, and produced the child Zagreos (Dionysos), the sweet child of his father. Meanwhile, Demeter gives the throne to Persephone to rule in Dionysos’ place until he comes of age. She tells her daughter to go into the bed of Apollo and that they will produce the Eumenides.

Under Phanes there had been a Golden Age of men. And under Kronos there was a Silver Age where men had very long lives. But there would now be a new age, the Titanic Age, with humans and sundry kinds of animals, some who fly, some walking, and others swimming, all of whom have souls from the soot, but in due time their bodies grow old and fade away or are destroyed by disease or violence. {Reconstruction from https://www.hellenicgods.org/orphic-rhapsodies------24 and other selected Orphic fragments}.

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‘High Beltaine’ or Bhealltainn celebrates a ritual union of the May Lord and Lady (proto-Dionysos and Great Goddess, both regenerative, vegetation gods). On the night before, called, Walpurgisnacht, the Pleiades star cluster rises just before sunrise on the Bealtaine morning horizon. The Pleiades is known as the seven sisters (the nymphs that accompany the Goddess of of regeneration/transformation of Old Europe, before Indo-European patriarchal herders), and resembles a tiny dipper-shaped pattern of six moderately bright stars in the constellation of Taurus, near the shoulder. Watch for it low in the east-northeast sky, just a few minutes before sunrise.

Like the festival of Samhain, opposite Beltane on Oct. 31, Beltane was a time when the Otherworld was seen as particularly close at hand. The Sidhe returned to the land. Early Gaelic sources state that the druids of the community would create a need-fire on top of a hill on this day and drive the village’s cattle through the fires to purify them and bring Fortune and Fertility; (Eadar dà theine Bhealltainn in Scottish Gaelic, ‘Between two fires of Beltane’).

Also in Scotland, boughs of juniper were sometimes thrown on the fires to add an additional element of purification and blessing to the smoke. People would also pass between the two fires to purify themselves.

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Gods and Goddesses Master List

Greek Gods

Achelois - One of the moon goddesses.

Achelous - The patron god of the Achelous river.

Aeolus - (a.k.a. Aeolos, Aiolos, Aiolus, Eolus) God of air and the winds.

Aether - (a.k.a. Aither, Akmon, Ether) God of light and the atmosphere.

Alastor - God of family feuds.

Alcyone - One of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione.

Alectrona - Early Greek goddess of the sun.

Amphitrite - (a.k.a. Salacia) The wife of Poseidon and a Nereid.

Antheia - Goddess of gardens, flowers, swamps, and marshes.

Aphaea - (a.k.a. Aphaia) A Greek goddess who was worshipped exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf.

Aphrodite - (a.k.a. Anadyomene, Turan, Venus) Goddess of love and beauty.

Apollo - (a.k.a. Apollon, Apulu, Phoebus) God of the sun, music, healing, and herding.

Ares - (a.k.a. Enyalius, Mars, Aries) God of chaotic war.

Aristaeus - (a.k.a. Aristaios) Patron god of animal husbandry, bee-keeping, and fruit trees.

Artemis - (a.k.a. Agrotora, Amarynthia, Cynthia, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Orthia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron) Goddess of the moon, hunting, and nursing.

Asclepius - (a.k.a. Aesculapius, Asklepios) God of health and medicine.

Astraea - The Star Maiden - a goddess of justice, included in Virgo and Libra mythologies.

Até - Goddess of mischief.

Athena - (a.k.a. Asana, Athene, Minerva, Menerva) Goddess of wisdom, poetry, art, and the strategic side of war.

Atlas - The Primordial Titan who carried the weight of the heavens on his back.

Atropos - (a.k.a. Aisa, Morta) One of The Fates - She cut the thread of life and chose the manner of a persons death.

Attis - The (minor) god of rebirth.

Bia - The goddess of force.

Boreas - (a.k.a. Aquilo, Aquilon) The North Wind. One of the Anemoi (wind gods).

Brizo - Protector of Mariners.

Caerus - (a.k.a. Kairos, Occasio, Tempus) The (minor) god of luck and opportunity.

Calliope - One of the Muses. Represented epic poetry.

Calypso - (a.k.a. Kalypso) The sea nymph who held Odysseus prisoner for seven years.

Castor - (a.k.a. Castore, Kastor) One of the twins who represent Gemini.

Celaeno - The name of a wife of Poseidon.

Cerus - The wild bull tamed by Persephone, made into the Taurus constellation.

Ceto - (a.k.a. Keto) a sea monster goddess who was also the mother of other sea monsters.

Chaos - (a.k.a. Khaos) The nothingness that all else sprung from.

Charon - (a.k.a. Charun) The Ferryman of Hades. He had to be paid to help one cross the river Styx.

Chronos - (a.k.a. Chronus, Khronos) God of time.

Circe - (a.k.a. Kirke) A goddess who transformed her enemies into beasts.

Clio - One of the Muses. She represented History.

Clotho - (a.k.a. Nona) One of the Fates - Spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle.

Crios - The crab who protected the sea nymphs, made into the Cancer constellation.

Cronus - (a.k.a. Cronos, Kronos, Saturn) God of agriculture, father of the Titans.

Cybele - (a.k.a. Agdistis, Magna Mater, Meter, Meter Oreie) Goddess of caverns, mountains, nature and wild animals.

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Demeter - (a.k.a. Ceres, Demetra, Tvath) Goddess of the harvest.

Dinlas - Guardian of the ancient city of Lamark, where wounded heroes could heal after battle.

Dionysus - (a.k.a. Bacchus, Dionysos, Liber) God of wine and pleasure.

Doris - A Sea Nymph, mother of the Nereids.

Eileithyia - (a.k.a. Eileithyiai, Eilithia, Eilythia, Eleuthia, Ilithia, Ilithyia, Lucina) Goddess of childbirth.

Eireisone - The deity who embodied the sacred ceremonial olive branch.

Electra - (a.k.a. Atlantis) One of the seven Pleiades.

Elpis - (a.k.a. Spes) The spirit of Hope.

Enyo - (a.k.a. Bellona) A (minor) goddess of war, connected to Eris.

Eos - (a.k.a. Aurora, Eosphorus, Mater Matuta, Thesan) Goddess of the Dawn.

Erato - One of the Muses - represents Lyrics/Love Poetry.

Erebus - (a.k.a. Erebos) God of darkness.

Eris - (a.k.a. Discordia) Goddess of strife, connected to Enyo.

Eros - (a.k.a. Amor, Cupid, Eleutherios) God of love, procreation and sexual desire.

Eurus - (a.k.a. Euros, Vulturnus) The East Wind - One of the Anemoi (wind gods).

Euterpe - One of the Muses - represents Music/Lyrics/Poetry.

Gaia - (a.k.a. Celu, Gaea, Terra) Goddess of the Earth, also known as Mother Earth.

Glaucus - (a.k.a. Glacus, Glaukos) A fisherman turned immortal, turned Argonaut, turned a god of the sea.

Hades - (a.k.a. Aita, Dis Pater, Haidou, Orcus, Plouton, Pluto) God of the Dead, King of the Underworld.

Harmonia - (a.k.a. Concordia) Goddess of Harmony and Concord.

Hebe - (a.k.a. Juventas) Goddess of youth.

Hecate - (a.k.a. Hekat, Hekate, Trivia) Goddess of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, and the undead.

Helios - (a.k.a. Sol) God of the Sun.

Hemera - (a.k.a. Amar, Dies, Hemere) Goddess of daylight.

Hephaestus - (a.k.a. Hephaistos, Vulcan, Sethlans, Mulciber) God of fire and blacksmithing who created weapons for the gods.

Hera - (a.k.a. Juno, Uni) Goddess of goddesses, women, and marriage and wife of Zeus.

Heracles - (a.k.a. Herakles, Hercules, Hercle) An immortal hero of many Greek legends, the strongest man on Earth.

Hermes - (a.k.a. Pyschopompus, Mercury, Turms) God of commerce and travel, and messenger of the gods.

Hesperus - (a.k.a. Hesperos, Vesper) The Evening Star.

Hestia - (a.k.a. Vesta) Greek goddess of the home and fertility. One of the Hesperides.

Hygea - (a.k.a. Hygieia, Salus) Goddess of cleanliness and hygeine.

Hymenaios - (a.k.a. Hymenaeus, Hymen) God of weddings.

Hypnos - (a.k.a. Somnus) God of sleep.

Iris - Goddess of rainbows.

Khione - The goddess of snow and daughter of the North Wind (Boreas).

Kotys - (a.k.a. Cotys, Cottyto, Cottytus) A Dionysian goddess whose celebrations were wild and liscivious.

Kratos - A god of strength and power.

Lacheses - (a.k.a. Decima) One of the Fates. Measured the thread of life with her rod.

Maia - (a.k.a. Mya, Fauna, Maia Maiestas, Bono Dea) One of the seven Pleiades, Goddess of fields.

Mania - (a.k.a. Mania, Manea) Goddess of insanity and the dead.

Melpomene - One of the Muses - represented Tragedy.

Merope - One of the seven Pleiades, married to king Sisyphos.

Metis - Titan goddess of wisdom.

Momus - (a.k.a. Momos) God of satire, writers, and poets.

Morpheus - God of dreams and sleep.

Nemesis - (a.k.a. Rhamnousia, Invidia) Goddess of retribution (vengeance).

Nereus - (a.k.a. Phorcys, Phorkys) Titan God who Fathered the Nereids. God of the Sea before Poseidon.

Nike - (a.k.a. Victoria, Nice) Goddess of victory.

Notus - (a.k.a. Auster) The South Wind. One of the Anemoi (wind gods).

Nyx - (a.k.a. Nox) Goddess of night.

Oceanus - Titan god of the ocean.

Pallas - A giant who was one of the ancient Titan gods of war.

Pan - (a.k.a. Faunus, Inuus) God of woods, fields, and flocks. Also a Satyr.

Peitha - (a.k.a. Peitho, Suadela) Goddess of persuasion.

Persephone - (a.k.a. Persephassa, Persipina, Persipnei, Persephatta, Proserpina, Kore, Kora, Libera) Goddess of the Spring who lives off-season in the Underworld.

Pheme - (a.k.a. Fama) Goddess of fame and gossip.

Phosphorus - (a.k.a. Phosphor, Lucifer) The Morning Star.

Plutus - God of wealth.

Pollux - (a.k.a. Polydeuces) One of the twins who represent Gemini.

Polyhymnia - One of the Muses - represents sacred poetry and geometry.

Pontus - (a.k.a. Pontos) Ancient god of the deep sea.

Poseidon - (a.k.a. Neptune, Nethuns, Neptunus) God of the sea and earthquakes.

Priapus - (a.k.a. Priapus, Mutinus, Mutunus) A (minor) god of gardens and fertility, best known for having an enormous penis.

Pricus - The immortal father of sea-goats, made into the Capricorn constellation.

Proteus - An early sea god before Poseidon.

Rhea - (a.k.a. Cybele) Goddess of nature.

Selene - (a.k.a. Luna) Goddess of the Moon and the 'mother' of vampires.

Sterope - (a.k.a. Asterope) One of the seven Pleiades, who bore a child of Ares.

Styx - A Naiad who was the first to aid Zeus in the Titan war. (Not to be confused with the river Styx).

Tartarus - (a.k.a. Tartaros, Tartarizo) God of the depths of the Underworld - a great storm pit - and the father of Typhon.

Taygete - (a.k.a. Taygeti, Taigeti) One of the seven Pleiades, a mountain nymph.

Terpsichore - One of the Muses - represented Dancing.

Thalia - One of the Muses - represented Comedy.

Thanatos - (a.k.a. Mors) God of death.

Themis - Ancient goddess of divine order, law, and custom.

Thetis - Leader of the Nereids, a shapeshifter, and a prophet.

Triton - Trumpeter of the sea and messenger of the deep.

Tyche - (a.k.a. Fortuna, Nortia) Goddess of fortune and prosperity.

Typhon - (a.k.a. Typhaon, Typhoeus, Typhus) God of monsters, storms, and volcanoes. Challenged Zeus for control of Mount Olympus.

Urania - One of the Muses - represented Astronomy and Astrology.

Uranus - (a.k.a. Ouranos, Caelus) God of the sky and the heavens. Father of the Titans.

Zelus - The god of zeal, rivalry, and jealousy.

Zephyrus - (a.k.a. Zephyros, Favonius, Zephyr) The West Wind. One of the Anemoi (wind gods).

Zeus - (a.k.a. Dias, Jupiter, Tinia, Jove, Jovis Pater) Leader of the Olympic gods, and god of lightning, thunder, and the heavens.

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Aah - (a.k.a. Aa, Ah) The god of the 360 day Egyptian calendar. He famously lost the other 5 days to Thoth in a game of dice.

Abtu - A fish deity, paired with Anet. Together they swim in front of Ra's boat to warn and protect him from danger.

Ahti - With the body of a hippo and the head of a wasp, this goddess was considered spiteful and chaotic and was rarely worshipped.

Aken - The ferryman who takes dead souls to the afterlife. Is often asleep, which means souls have to wake him for passage.

Aker - An earth god whose primary function is to protect the gateway into and out of the Underworld.

Amathaunta - Brought to Egypt from Sumerian myth, little is known of this goddess other than that she was associated with the sea.

Amaunet - The goddess of the North Wind in Lower Egypt. Also one of the 8 original gods, the Ogdoad.

Amenhotep - A pharoah who constructed so many great buildings he became the god of architecture and construction.

Ament - (a.k.a. Amentet, Amentit) The hostess of the Underworld. Greets new souls brought in by her husband Aken.

Ammit - (a.k.a. Ammam, Amemait, Ammut, Ahemait) A goddess of judgement. If one's soul is judged unworthy at the end of their life, this hippo/lion/crocodile goddess swallows it.

Amn - A greeter goddess of the Underworld. Possibly the same deity as Ament, except she is invisible.

Amsit - (a.k.a. Imset, Imsety) One of the 4 sons of Horus who protected the mummified remains of the dead. Amsit protected jars of livers.

Amun - (a.k.a. Amon, Ammon, Amen) One of the 8 Ogdoads (original gods) of Egypt who through time evolved to become the chief deity of all Egyptian mythology.

Amun Ra - (a.k.a. Amun Re, Amen Ra, Amen Re, Amon Ra, Amon Re, Ammon Ra, Ammon Re) The joining of Amun and Ra into one super-deity which occurred later in Egyptian mythology.

Anat - A war goddess brought to Egypt from Mesopotamia. Was also romantically linked to Set.

Andjety - (a.k.a. Anedjti, Anezti) The god of rebirth in the Underworld. Allowed souls to remain alive after their bodies died. Husband of Anit.

Anet - A fish deity, paired with Abtu. Together they swim in front of Ra's boat to warn and protect him from danger.

Anhur - (a.k.a. Inher, Onuris) A god of creativity who is best known for slaying the enemies of the Egyptian people.

Anit - Goddess of fertility, sex, war, and hunting. Originally from Canaan but also worshipped by early Hebrews.

Ankhet - (a.k.a. Ankt, Anuket) Goddess of the Nile, specifically flooding, fertility, and fertilization.

Anouke - (a.k.a. Anuke) An ancient Egyptian war goddess who was always shown with a bow and arrow.

Anti - An ancient god who became the patron god of ferrymen and travellers by sea.

Anubis - (a.k.a. Anpu, Imeut, Ienpw, Inpu, Lenpw, Yinepu) The jackal-headed god of Death in early Egyptian mythology. He holds the scales that weigh the souls of the dead.

Apedemak - (a.k.a. Apademak) A little known god of the Meroitic people. He had the head of a lion and was considered a warrior god.

Apep - (a.k.a. Aapep, Apepi, Apophis) A god of darkness in the form of a serpent. Would try to swallow sunlight and was the reason for eclipses.

Apis - (a.k.a. Hap, Haap, Hep, Hepi) A holy bull god in Memphis. Any bulls born all black with a white triangle on the forehead were considered him reborn.

Arensnuphis - (a.k.a. Arsnuphis, Harensnuphis, Ari-Hes-Nefer) A lion headed god of Nubia who wore a crown of feathers. His mythological function is unknown.

Aten - (a.k.a. Aten-Ra, Aten-Re, Aton, Aton-Ra, Aton-Re) A little known sun god until Pharoah Amenhotep IV decreed him to be the ONLY god. Also known as the "sun disc".

Atum - (a.k.a. Atum-Ra, Atum-Re, Tem, Tum, Temu) The creator of the world who began life as a single hill emerging from the water. Created the other gods from his semen.

Ba - A fertility god with a ram's head. Women hoping to get pregnant would invoke his name.

Ba-Pef - A minor Egyptian god whose name means "That Soul". Little is known except that he is often sad and woeful.

Babi - (a.k.a. Bab, Babay) A baboon demon who was considered a god of sexual prowess in the underworld. Rarely wore pants.

Banebdjetet - (a.k.a. Banebtetet, Banebdjedet, Banebdedet, Ba-Neb-Tetet, Baneb-Djedet, Banephthysdjedet) An Egyptian ram god from Mendes. Intervened in the great war between Horus and Seth. Possibly the same deity as Ba.

Bast - (a.k.a. Bastet, Ubastet, Ailuros) A famous cat-headed goddess who protected Egyptians from foreign attacks as well as fires. Later became known for cat-like sensuality.

Bat - (a.k.a. Bata) A fertility goddess in the form of a cow. Was known in Upper Egypt.

Benu - A sun god in the form of a golden bird. Is connected to Atum, the creator of the world.

Bes - (a.k.a. Bisu) An ugly, scary looking dwarf god who uses his appearance to ward off evil spirits and vibrations. Commonly invoked for protection.

Beset - Beset is the female version of Bes. Most likely a later spelling of the same name.

Buto - A cobra goddess who protected the pharaohs. Pharaohs would wear a cobra on their crown to invoke her protection.

Chenti-Cheti - A minor Egyptian god who took the form of a crocodile, then later a falcon.

Chenti-Irti - A minor Egyptian god of law and order who took the form of a falcon. Possibly Horus in disguise.

Cherti - (a.k.a. Kherty) Another ferryman of the dead, he took the form of a ram or a man with a ram's head.

Chontamenti - (a.k.a. Chonti-Amentiu, Khentamenti) A death god in Western Egypt. Took the form of a dog with horns and lived in the Underworld.

Dedun - (a.k.a. Dedwen) God of wealth symbolized by his association with then-precious incense.

Dua - The god of toilets and sanitation.

Duamutef - One of the four sons of Horus who protected embalmed stomachs of mummified corpses. Has a jackal's head.

Ehi - (a.k.a. Ihu) The Egyptian god of the sistrum, a rattle used in sacred ceremonies.

Geb - (a.k.a. Keb, Seb, Qeb) God of the Earth. Represented by the goose. His laughter caused earthquakes. His twin sister/consort was Nut, the sky goddess.

Ha - The god of deserts west of Egypt. Had a bull's tail.

Hah - (a.k.a. Heh, Huh, Hu) God of infinity and formlessness. One of the first Egyptian gods who supports the universe. He himself is the symbol for the number 1,000,000.

Hapi - God of the Nile who appears as a man but pregnant looking, representing his dedication to the fertility provided by the Nile.

Hapy - One of the four sons of Horus who protected embalmed lungs of mummified corpses. Has a baboon's head.

Har-Nedj-Hef - An incarnation of the god Horus, this one dedicated to protecting Osiris in the Underworld.

Har-Pa-Khered - (a.k.a. Harpakhered, Har-Pa-Khruti, Harpakhruti) An incarnation of the god Horus, this one as a child sitting on his mother's lap. Was invoked to ward off evil creatures.

Harmakhis - (a.k.a. Harmatchis) An incarnation of the god Horus, this one appearing as the Sphinx of Giza and representing ressurection identified by the setting and rising sun.

Haroeris - (a.k.a. Har-Wer) An ancient incarnation of Horus, considered "Horus the Elder", a combination of falcon-headed Horus and Wer, an ancient creation god.

Hat-Mehit - (a.k.a. Hatmehit, Hatmehyt, Het-Mehit, Hetmehit) A fish goddess primarily worshipped in the Nile Delta. Her husband was Banebdjetet.

Hathor - (a.k.a. Heret) The goddess of Happiness, Frolicing, and Cavorting. Was also a protector of women and had a complex history.

Hauhet - (a.k.a. Hehet) Goddess of infinity and formlessness. The female counterpart to Hah.

Hedetet - A little known goddess who took the form of a scorpion.

Heket - (a.k.a. Hek, Hektet, Heqat, Heget) An Egyptian goddess of childbirth. Was depicted on temple walls as a woman with a frogs head and on amulets as a frog.

Hemen - A little known Egyptian falcon god.

Hemsut - (a.k.a. Hemuset) A goddess of fate.

Henet - A pelican headed goddess who seemed to be linked to one's passing into the afterlife.

Heptet - The goddess who protected Osiris's body and soul in the afterlife. Had the head of a snake and held twin daggers.

Herishep - (a.k.a. Herishef) A minor god in Northern Egypt, he had a ram's head and horns and was associated with fertility.

Heru-Behudti - Horus in the form of the scorching sun.

Hez-Ur - A little known Egyptian baboon god.

Heka - (a.k.a. Hike) God of magic and magical rituals. Son of the Egyptian creator god Atum.

Horus - The great Egyptian sky god whose eyes were the sun and the moon. Son of Isis and Osiris and nephew of Seth.

Iat - A minor goddess of milk, childbirth, and nursing.

Ihy - God of music and dancing.

Imentet - An ancient Egyptian goddess who welcomed the deceased to the afterlife in Western Egypt.

Imhotep - (a.k.a. Imhetep, Immutef, Iunmutef) A mortal commoner whose brilliance in sculpture, architecture, and mathematics helped him ascend to the rank of a god.

Imiut - An ancient Egyptian god whose name means "He who is in his wrappings". May have been connected with the Underworld.

Iptet - A goddess of childbirth who took on the form of a hippopotamus.

Isis - (a.k.a. Aset) An extremely popular goddess, originally protected sailors but then became the Great Mother Goddess after giving birth to Horus.

Jah - (a.k.a. Joh) A god of the moon

Kebechet - (a.k.a. Khebhut, Kabehchet) The goddess of embalming fluid used in mummification.

Kebechsenef - One of the four sons of Horus. He would protect the intenstinal remains of the mummified.

Kek - (a.k.a. Kuk, Keket, Keku, Kauket) The great unknown darkness in Egyptian mythology. Took male form as a frog-man and female form as a snake-woman.

Kemur - (a.k.a. Kemwer) An oracular deity taking the form of a pure black bull in the Mnevis region.

Ken - An egyptian love goddess.

Khepri - (a.k.a. Kehperi, Kheper, Kehpera, Chepri) The god of ressurection. Symbolized by the scarab (dung beetle), which became a representation of ressurection itself.

Khnum - (a.k.a. Knum, Khnemu, Kemu, Knouphis, Chnum, Chnemu, Chnoumis, Chnuphis) He is where babies come from according to the ancient Egyptians. He would make a baby's body out of clay then sneak into a woman's home and impregnate her with it.

Khons - (a.k.a. Khonsu, Khensu, Chons) A brilliant young moon god who also was a god of time. Also an exorcist of sorts.

Kneph - (a.k.a. Cneph) One of the first Egyptian gods who is known to be connected to the creation of the universe.

Maat - (a.k.a. Ma'at) Goddess of Justice and Law.

Mafdet - (a.k.a. Maftet) Egyptian goddess of Protection.

Mahes - (a.k.a. Maahes) A lion-headed god of war. Possibly the Eastern Egyptian version of Apedemak.

Mehen - A large snake god who protectively coils around Ra during the night.

Mehurt - (a.k.a. Mehturt, Mehet-Uret, Mehet-Weret) The mother of the sky in Egyptian mythology. Takes form as a cow and represents the flowing water of life.

Menhit - (a.k.a. Menchit) Warrior goddess with the head of a lion and a lust for war. The female version of Mahes.

Monthu - (a.k.a. Mentu, Menthu, Monto, Month) A popular war god in Ancient Egypt. Mostly seen as a falcon-headed man, but occassionally as a white bull with a black face.

Meret - (a.k.a. Mert) Goddess of Rejoicing. Presided over song and dance and was often considered the wife of Hapy.

Meretseger - (a.k.a. Mertseger) Cobra-headed goddess who was both dangerous and merciful. She protected the Valley of the Kings and laid waste to graverobbers.

Meskhenet - (a.k.a. Meskhent) An important goddess of childbirth who breathed the soul into each child as they were born.

Min - The god of male fertility and sexual prowess and potency, once called the Chief of Heaven.

Mnewer - (a.k.a. Mnevis, Mer-Wer) A sacred black bull worshipped in Heliopolis. Was considered an aspect of sun god Atum-Ra and represented virility.

Mut - Mother goddess of nurturing and protecting, she was depicted as a vulture - whoichancient Egyptians believed to be excellent parents.

Nephthys - (a.k.a. Neb Hut, Nebthet) Could be called the "goddess of sympathy". Comforts both the living and dead after a person has died. Sister of Isis and Osiris.

Nef - (a.k.a. Nehab) A serpent god.

Nefertem - (a.k.a. Nefer Tem, Nefer Temu, Nefertum) Was born from a blue lotus flower at the beginning of creation. Created mankind from his tears.

Nehebkau - (a.k.a. Nehebkhau, Nehebu Kau) Protects against poisonous snake bites and scorpion stings. Also binds the souls (Ba and Ka) after death.

Neith - (a.k.a. Neit) A goddess of war, hunting, and wisdom. Was very wise and was said to be the mother of Ra.

Nekhbet - (a.k.a. Nekhabed) Patron goddess of the city of Nekheb, and seen as an "adoptive mother" in Egyptian myth. Depicted as a white vulture.

Neper - (a.k.a. Nepra, Nepri) A god of grain and corn. Paired with the goddess Nepit.

Nepit - A goddess of grain and corn. Paired with the god Neper.

Nun - (a.k.a. Nu) God of primeival and stormy waters. Was one of the 8 Ogdoad (early gods) of Hermopolis. His wife is Nunet.

Nunet - (a.k.a. Naunet) Goddess of the skies above stormy waters. Was one of the 8 Ogdoad (early gods) of Hermopolis. Her husband is Nun.

Nut - (a.k.a. Nuit, Newet) Goddess of the sky. One of the oldest and most prominent goddesses. Portrayed as a nude woman covered in stars.

Osiris - (a.k.a. Ned Er Tcher, Usire) Former god of vegetation and fertility until he was killed by his brother and ressurrected by his sister. Now the Judge of the Dead.

Petbe - The Egyptian god of revenge.

Ptah - (a.k.a. Ptha) The crafting god who covered all sorts of industry - masonry, craftsmanship, carpentry, sculpture, metalworking, and shipbuilding.

Qetesh - (a.k.a. Qadeshet, Qadesh, Qudshu) A goddess of fertility, representing sacred ecstasy and sexual pleasure.

Ra - (a.k.a. Re) The great sun god. Often considered the most important deity in Egyptian mythology.

Renenet - (a.k.a. Ernutet, Renenutet) Goddess of Prosperity. An important cobra-headed goddess associated with motherhood, the harvest, and the magical properties of linen for mumification.

Renpet - Goddess of youth and the spring season.

Reshep - (a.k.a. Reshpu) Originally known by the Syrians as Ramman, this storm god became an Egyptian war god. Associated with Min and Qadesh.

Sahu - The Egyptian incarnation of the constellation Orion. A star god associated with the change between night and day.

Satet - (a.k.a. Satis, Satjit, Sati, Sates) The Egyptian goddess associated with flooding the Nile River - the key source of life in ancient Egypt.

Sebek - (a.k.a. Sobek, Sochet, Sobk, Sobki, Suchos) The deification of the power of the Egyptian pharoahs. He was associated with the Nile river and had the head of a crocodile.

Seker - (a.k.a. Sokar, Sokaris, Soker) Falcon god of death and ressurection. Shown as a mummified falcon or hawk. Associated with gods Ptah and Osiris.

Sekhmet - (a.k.a. Sachmet, Sachmis, Sekhet, Sakhmet) An important, multi-faceted goddess of war, healing, and the desert. Depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness.

Sepa - (a.k.a. Sep) The god who protected dead bodies from insects. Most often seen in the form of a venemous centipede.

Serket - (a.k.a. Selket, Serqet, Serquet, Selcis) The goddess protector against poisonous animal bites and stings. She wore a scorpion crown.

Seshat - (a.k.a. Sesat, Seshet, Sesheta, Seshata, Safkhet) Her name means "She Who Is A Scribe". This goddess of knowledge, wisdom, and writing is the record keeper of the gods.

Sesmu - (a.k.a. Shesmu, Shezmu, Schezemu, Sezmu) A minor "demonic" god of slaughter. He also embodied blood, wine, pressed oils, and perfumes.

Set - (a.k.a. Seth, Seti, Setekh, Setakh, Setesh, Sutekh, Suty) One of the major gods, representing violence, chaos, and evil, as well as storms, the desert, and foreign wars. Famously killed his own brother Osiris.

Shai - (a.k.a. Shay) The gender-changing god of fate (see Shait). Often seen paired with Renenet (fortune) as the "hands of Toth" - the divine knowledge of the gods.

Shait - The feminine incarnation of Shai (as a goddess rather than as a god).

Shed - He is the god of salvation, tied to Horus in the form of "Horus the Child".

Shesmetet - An ancient Egyptian goddess from the land of "Punt" - a close foreign trading neighbor. Possibly an incarnation of Sekhmet or Bastet.

Shu - (a.k.a. Su) A very ancient Egyptian god of air, father of Nut and Geb (the sky and earth, respectively), and pacifier of the winds and the earth.

Sopdet - (a.k.a. Sothis) Goddess of the star Sirius - the brightest in the night sky - which also represented the upcoming flooding of the Nile.

Sopdu - (a.k.a. Septu, Sopedu, Sopd) A god of war and the sky god of eastern Egypt. Protected Egypt from foreign attacks from the East and by the Red Sea.

Sphinx - With a human head and the body of a lion, the great Egyptian statue is dedicated to the very same figure from Greek mythology

Tatenen - (a.k.a. Ta-tenen, Tatjenen, Tathenen, Tanen, Tenen, Tanenu, Tanuu) A Memphis god who was associated with creation from the primoridal mounds of the Earth.

Taweret - (a.k.a. Taueret, Taurt, Thoeris, Thureris, Apet, Aptet, Ipy, Ipet, Opet, Reret, Reret Weret) An important goddess of Maternity and Childbirth she took the form of a pregnant hippopotamus.

Tefen - A male associate of Tefnut who helped with the weighing of the hearts of the dead.

Tefnut - (a.k.a. Tefnet, Tefenet, Tphenis) The goddess of moisture in Egyptian myth. She consorted with Shu, the air god to create rain and humidity.

Thoth - (a.k.a. Thot, Tetu, Techu, Tehuty, Tehuti, Tahuti, Djehuty, Zehuti) One of the most powerful and heralded gods in Egyptian mythology. Said to have created himself, then created the Universe.

Tutu - A unique monster god who protected the Egyptian people from demons, ill-willed gods, and later dreams and nightmares.

Un Nefer - A name for either Osiris, Horus, or Ra (depending on who you ask) that refers to one of their roles judging and preparing the dead.

Unut - (a.k.a. Un, Wenut, Wenet) A rare, rabbit-headed goddess who symbolized birth and fertility. Formerly took the form of a swift-moving snake.

Wadj Wer - (a.k.a. Wadj-Wer) A somewhat androgynous god who represents the fertility of water and land, personified by the flooding of the Nile.

Wadjet - (a.k.a. Uadjet) A snake goddess often worshipped along with Bast, she protected pharoahs and pregnant women in cities who worshipped her.

Weneg - (a.k.a. Uneg) A sky and death god who could be invoked via a spell via the Pyramid Texts.

Wepawet - (a.k.a. Wepwawet) A war deity in the form of a wolf. He was first known as a scout, then as one who opened the way to victory, then to the afterlife.

Wosyet - (a.k.a. Waset, Wosret, Wasret, Wosret) A guardian goddess of Thebes whose name means "The Powerful"

Nordic Gods and Goddesses

Baldur - God of beauty, innocence, peace, and rebirth. Consort: Nanna, Killed by Loki, who tricked his blind brother Hodr into killing him with a spear of mistletoe.

Borr - Father of Odin, Vili and Vé. Consort: Bestla

Bragi - God of poetry, music and the harp. Consort: Iðunn.

Búri - Ruler of Prehistory, the first god and father of Borr.

Dagr - God of the daytime, son of Dellingr and Nótt.

Dellingr - God of dawn. Father of Dagr. Husband of Nótt.

Eir - Goddess of healing.

Ēostre - Goddess of spring.

Elli - Goddess of old age.

Forseti - God of justice, peace and truth. Son of Baldur and Nanna.

Freyja - Goddess of love, fertility, and battle. Consort: Óðr.

Freyr - God of fertility. Consort: Gerðr.

Frigg - Goddess of marriage and motherhood. Consort: Odin. Can also be pronounced "Frigga".

Fulla - Frigg´s handmaid.

Gefjun - Goddess of fertility and plough.

Hel - Queen of Helheim, the Norse underworld.

Heimdall - One of the Æsir and guardian of Asgard, their realm.

Hermóðr - The heroic son of Odin.Tried to rescue Baldur.

Hlín - Goddess of consolation and protection.

Höðr - God of winter. Killed by Vali.

Hœnir - The silent god.

Iðunn - Goddess of youth. Consort: Bragi.

Jörð - Goddess of the Earth. Mother of Thor by Odin.

Kvasir - God of inspiration. Killed by Dwarves.

Lofn - Goddess of forbidden loves.

Loki - Trickster and god of mischief . Consort: Sigyn (also called Saeter).

Magni - God of strength. Son of Thor.

Máni - God of the Moon.

Mímir - Odin's uncle. Decapitated by Vanir.

Nanna - Goddess of joy and peace, an Ásynja married with Baldur and mother to Forseti. Died because of Baldur's death.

Nerthus - A goddess mentioned by Tacitus. Her name is connected to that of Njord.

Njord - God of sea, wind, fish, and wealth. Killed in Ragnarok.

Nótt - Goddess of night, daughter of Narvi and mother of Auðr, Jörð and Dagr by Naglfari, Annar and Dellingr, respectively.

Odin - The "All Father" God of war, associated with wisdom and poetry (The Ruler of the gods).

Rán - Goddess of the sea.

Sága - An obscure goddess, possibly another name for Frigg.

Sif - Wife of Thor. Goddess of harvest.

Sjöfn - Goddess of love.

Skadi - Goddess of winter; Njord's wife.

Snotra - Goddess of prudence.

Sól (Sunna) - Goddess of Sun. Swallowed by Skoll.

Thor - son of Óðinn God of thunder and battle. Consort: Sif.

Thrud - daughter of Thor and Sif.

Tyr - God of war. Also the god of the skies.

Ull - God of ski/winter, hunt, and duel. Son of Sif.

Váli - God of revenge.

Vár - Goddess of contract.

Vé - One of the three gods of creation. Brother of Óðinn and Vili.

Vidar - God of the forest, revenge and silence.

Vör - Goddess of wisdom.

Yggdrasil - Tree of life. Connects the 9 worlds.

Roman Gods and Goddesses

Jupiter: The mighty king of the gods. Roman god of the sky, thunderstorms, lightning, weather and air. Also god of law, order, justice, governance and strength. Most important god of the Romans and usually had the highest divine authority over other gods. Husband of Juno.

Neptune: One of the brothers of Jupiter, one of the prime gods and ruler of the seas. The patron of sailors and the protector of ships.

Juno: Queen of the gods and wife of Jupiter. Goddess of Marriage and Women. Protector and Counsellor of Rome.

Mars: God of War, Spring and Justice. Patron of the Roman Legions and divine father of Romulus and Remus.

Venus: Goddess of Love and consort of Mars. Divine mother of Aeneas, ancestor of the Romans.

Bellona: Goddess of War, Conquest and Peace.

Minerva: Goddess of Wisdom, Divine Counsel, Useful Arts, Crafts and Later War.

Janus: God of Beginnings, Endings, Transition, Doorways and Keys.

Vesta: Goddess of the Home and the Hearth. Matron of Rome.

Triads

Indian Gods and Goddesses

Durga

Bhadrakali, a peaceful form of Kali

Ardhanarishvara

Muneeswarar

Muthappan

Bhairava

Nataraja

Pashupati

Harihara

Rudra

Lingam

Dakshinamurthy

Ravananugraha

Vaidheeswara

Lingodbhava

Somaskanda

Bhikshatana

Narayana

Thirumal

Jagannath

Hayagriva

Venkateshwara, as Vishnu is known in parts of South India.

Vaikuntha Chaturmurti

Vaikuntha Kamalaja

Mohini

Lakshmi Narayan

Vishvarupa

Ranganatha

Dasavatara, the 10 incarnations of Vishnu

Padmanabha

Ananta Shayana

Radha, the life energy, the soul of lord Krishna and the goddess of kindness, humanity, beauty.

Brahma, despite being the creator god among the Trimurti, is rarely worshiped today

Parvati, a form of Shakti and the wife of Shiva

Ganesh, son of Shiva and Parvati and was also called Ganpati, the Ganapatya sectary worshipped Ganesh as their chief deity. He is god of wisdom and remover of all obstacles. He is worshipped before any other devi or deiti.

Subramanya, son of Shiva and Parvati and was also called Muruga, Karthik, Kumara or Shanmukha, the Kaumaram sectary worshipped Subramanya as their chief deity. He's also the brother of Lord Ganesha.

Ayyappa, son of Shiva and Mohini and was also called Shastha

Saraswati, also known as Gayatri, is the wife of Brahma and goddess of knowledge and the arts

Lakshmi is the wife of Vishnu and goddess of wealth and prosperity

Hanuman, the 11th incarnation of Lord Shiva, is the monkey devotee and messenger of Rama (incarnation of Vishnu) and was also called Anjaneya, since his mother is anjana

Shesha Naga, the serpent devotee of Vishnu

Chinese Gods and Goddesses

Ao: The 4 dragon kings named Ao Ch'in, Ao Kuang, Ao Jun and Ao Shun. Each was responsible for a part of Earth and an area of sea. During droughts, teh dragon kings were worshipped with noisy parades of music and dance which followed a cloth effigy of a dragon. Every stream and river had its own Ao.

Ch'ang-o: Goddess of the Moon and wife of I.

Ch'eng-Huang : God of walls and ditches. Each town/village had its own local Ch'eng-Huang. Rules Over: Protection, justice.

Chih-Nii: Goddess of spinners, weavers and clouds. Rules Over: Handcrafts, rain.

Ch'in-Shu-Pao: Guardian God. T'ang dynasty military hero elevated to the job of guarding doors. Rules Over: Protection, privacy.

Chuang-Mu: Goddess of the bedroom and sexual delights. Rules Over: Sex.

Chu-Jung : God of fire and executions. Rules Over: Justice, revenge, death.

Erh-Lang : God who chases away evil spirits and shape-shifter who had up to 72 different bodily forms. Widely worshipped. Rules Over: Protection from evil.

Feng-Po-Po Description: Goddess of winds. Rules Over: Storms, moisture.

Fu-Hsi : God of happiness, symbolized by the bat. Rules Over: Destiny, love, success.

Hou-Chi: Ancient harvest God. Depicted as a kindly old man with millet stalks growing on his head. Rules Over: Harvest, crops.

Hsi Wang Mu : Highest Goddess of ancient China. Her palace iss in the Khun-lun mountain where she protects the herb of immortality. Rules Over: Curing disease.

Hsuan-T'ien-Shang-Ti Ruler of Water, God who removes evil spirits and demons. Rules Over: Exorcism.

Hu-Tu: Female deity Earth. The Emperor offered sacrifices to her on a square marble altar in the Forbidden City each summer solstice. Rules Over: Earth magick, fertility.

I-Ti : God of wine who invented winemaking. Rules Over: Wine.

Kuan Ti : God of war and fortunetelling. Shown dressed in green and had a red face. Rules Over: Protection, valor, justice, divination, revenge, death, dark magick, prophecy.

Kuan Yin : Great Mother, patroness of priestesses. Sometime depicted holding a child. It is thought this Goddess sits on her paradise island of P'u T'o and answers every prayer to her.Rules Over: Success, mercy, purification, fertility, children, motherhood, childbirth, healing, enlightenment.

K'uei-Hsing : Protector of travelers. God of tests and examinations, literature and students. Rules Over: Protection during travel, tests, literature, students.

Lan Ts'ai-Ho : One of the 8 Immortals of ancient China, this Goddess dressed as a woman but had a male voice. Carried a flute and basket of fruit.Rules Over: Music, fertility.

Lao-Tien-Yeh : The Jade Emperor. "Father Heaven."

Lei-King : God of thunder and retribution, he had few shrines. Shown as an ugly man with blue skin, wings and claws, clad in a loincloth. He punished the guilty that human law did not touch. Rules Over: Justice, punishment.

Lo Shen : Goddess of rivers. Rules Over: Water magick.

Lu-Hsing : God of pay and employees. Symbol was a deer which he rode on.Rules Over: Prosperity, success, law, employment.

Lu-Pan : God of carpenters and masons. Rules Over: Artistic abilities, fame.

Ma-Ku: Goddess of springtime. Rules Over: Spring rites.

Men Shen: Two deities who warded the door against evil spirits and hostile influences. One had a red or black face, the other a white face. They both wore military dress, holding a long-handled mace.Rules Over: Protection.

Meng-Po Niang Niang: Goddess who lived just inside the door to hell where those reincarnating would depart. Her sacred potion, of which she gave a few drops to each departing person, made all humans forget previous lives. Rules Over: Passing over rites, past-lives.

Nu Kua: Creator Goddess who made humankind. Rules Over: Creation.

Pa: Goddess of droughts. Rules Over: Droughts.

P'an-Chin-Lien: Goddess of prostitutes. Rules Over: Prostitution.

Pi-Hsia Yuan Chin : Goddess of childbirth and labor, she brings health and good fortune to the newborn and protection to the mother. Rules Over: Protection, good fortune, health, childbirth, labor.

Sao-Ts'ing Niang: Goddess of the clouds.Rules Over: Ending droughts.

Shaka-Nyorai: Historical Buddha. Rules Over: Virtue, enlightenment, self-realization.

Shang-Ti : The Supreme God.

Shen Nung : God of medicine, pharmacy, agriculture. Rules Over: Medicine, pharmacy, agriculture.

Shou-Hsing : God of longevity and old people, keeper of the book of the life-span of men. Shown with a prominent bald head with white eyebrows and whiskers. A stag beside him, he leaned on a staff and carried a peach, symbol of immortality. Rules Over: Life plan, date of death, reincarnation.

Shui-Khan: God who defends men against all evil and forgives sins. Rules Over: Averting evil.

T'ai-Yueh-Ta-Ti: God of the affairs of men, protector of men and animals. Rules Over: Children, fortune, honors, fate, animals, payment of good and bad karma, prosperity, success.

Tien-Hou: Protectress of sailors and others in time of danger. Rules Over: Protection.

T'ien-Khuan : God who bestows happiness. Rules Over: Happiness.

Tien-Mu: Goddess of lightning. Rules Over: Lightning.

Ti-Khuan: God who grants remission of sins.

Ti-Tsang-Wang-Pu-Sa: God of mercy, he visited those in Hell and tried to arrange for a good reincarnation. Depicted as a smiling robed monk with a halo around his body and carried a pearl that gave off light. Rules Over: Knowledge for reincarnation.

Tou-Mou: Goddess of the polestar and record-keeper; scribe of the Immortals. Judge of all peoples. Rules Over: Stars, records, writing, judgement.

Tsai Shen: God of wealth, most popular chinese god. Shown dressed in exquisite silks. Rules Over: Abundance, success.

Tsao-Wang: Kitchen god, god of the hearth. Protector of families and recorder of the actions and words of each family. His wife recorded the behavior of women in particular. He gave his report to the Jade Emperor who then determined the family's coming fortunes.

Tsi-Ku: Goddess of the outhouse. It is said that when a woman wanted to know the future, she went to the outhouse and asked Tsi-Ku. Rules Over: Outhouses, divination.: God of literature and poetry. Rules Over: Writing, publishing, artistic fame.

Yao-Shih : "Master of healing." Rules Over: Psychic abilities, healing powers.

Yeng-Wang-Yeh: FOremost of the ten Yama Kings of Lords of Death. Ruler of hell. He decided the fate of all new arrivals, determining if they went to a special court for trial, were punished or sent straight back to the Wheel of Life. Rules Over: Judgment, punishment, karmic justice.

Gaulish and Brythonic Gods and Goddesses

Abandinus, possibly a river-god Abellio (Abelio, Abelionni), god of apple trees Alaunus (Fin), god of healing and prophecy Alisanos (Alisaunus) Ambisagrus, a god of thunder and lightning, Ancestor God, Sky God, God of Wind, Rain & Hail Anextiomarus (Anextlomarus, Anextlomara), a protector god Ankou, a god of death Atepomarus, a horse god Arvernus, a tribal god Arausio, a god of water Barinthus (Manannán mac Lir), a god of the sea and water Belatucadros, a god of war Belenus, a god of healing. Borvo (Bormo, Bormanus), a god of mineral and hot springs Borrum, a god of the winds. Buxenus, a god of box trees Camulus (Camulus, Camalos), a god of war and sky Canetonnessis Cernunnos horned God or God of fertility, life, animals, wealth and the underworld. Cicolluis god of Celtic army Cimbrianus Cissonius (Cisonius, Cesonius), a god of trade Mars Cnabetius, a god of war[1] Cocidius, a god of war Condatis, a god of the confluences of rivers Contrebis (Contrebis, Contrebus), a god of a city Dii Casses god of refuse Dis Pater (Dispater), a god of the underworld Esus (Hesus)(possibly) the God of vegatation Fagus, a god of beech trees Genii Cucullati, Hooded Spirits Grannus, a god of healing and mineral springs Intarabus Iovantucarus, a protector of youth Latobius[2] Lenus, a healing god Leucetios (Leucetius), a god of thunder Lugus, creation and learning Luxovius (Luxovius), a god of a city's water Maponos (Maponus), a god of youth Mogons (Moguns) Moritasgus, a healing badger god Mullo Nemausus, a god worshipped at Nîmes Nerius Nodens (Nudens, Nodons), a god of healing, the sea, hunting and dogs Ogmios Robor, a god of oak trees Rudianos, a god of war Sedatus[2] Segomo, a god of war Smertrios (Smertios, Smertrius), a god of war Sucellus (Sucellos), a god of nature Taranis, a god of thunder Toutatis (Caturix, Teutates), a tribal god Tridamos bovine triplication and abundance Veteris (Vitiris, Vheteris, Huetiris, Hueteris) Virotutis Visucius Vindonnus, a hunting and healing god Vinotonus Vosegus, a god of the Vosges Mountains

Abnoba, a goddess of rivers and forests Adsullata, goddess of the River Savubalabada Aericura Agrona, a goddess of war Ancamna, a water goddess Ancasta, goddess of the River Itchen Andarta, a goddess of war Andraste, goddess of victory Arduinna, goddess of the Ardennes Forest Aufaniae Arnemetia, a water goddess Artio, goddess of the bear Aventia Aveta, a mother goddess, associated with the fresh-water spring at Trier, in what is now Germany Belisama, a goddess of lakes and rivers, fire, crafts and light, consort of the god Belenus Brigantia Britannia, originally a personification of the island, later made into a goddess Campestres Clota, patron goddess of the River Clyde Coventina, goddess of wells and springs Damara, a fertility goddess Damona, consort of Apollo Borvo and of Apollo Moritasgus Dea Matrona, "divine mother goddess" and goddess of the River Marne in Gaul Dea Sequana, goddess of the River Seine Debranua, a goddess of speed and fat Epona, fertility goddess, protector of horses, donkeys, and mules Erecura, earth goddess Icaunus, a goddess of a river Icovellauna, a water goddess Litavis Mairiae Nantosuelta, goddess of nature, the earth, fire, and fertility in Gaul Nemetona Ritona (Pritona), goddess of fjords Rosmerta, goddess of fertility and abundance Sabrina, goddess of the River Severn Senua Sequana, goddess of the River Seine Sirona, goddess of healing and fertility Suleviae, a triune version of Sulis Sulis, a solar nourishing, life-giving goddess and an agent of curses Tamesisaddas, goddess of the River Thames Verbeia, goddess of the River Wharfe

Welsh Gods and Goddesses

Aeron - god of war

Amaethon - god of agriculture

Arawn - king of the otherworld realm of Annwn

Afallach - descendant of Beli Mawr and father of Mabon ap Modron

Beli Mawr - ancestor deity

Bendigeidfran - giant and king of Britain

Culhwch

Dwyfan

Dylan Ail Don

Euroswydd

Gofannon

Gwydion

Gwyddno Garanhir

Gwyn ap Nudd

Hafgan

Lleu Llaw Gyffes

Lludd Llaw Eraint

Llŷr

Mabon

Manawydan

Math fab Mathonwy

Myrddin Wyllt

Nisien and Efnysien (twin brothers)

Pryderi

Pwyll

Taliesin

Ysbaddaden

Arianrhod

Blodeuwedd

Branwen

Ceridwen

Cigfa

Creiddyla

Cyhyraeth

Dôn

Elen

Habondia

Modron, Welsh derivation of Dea Matrona, possible prototype for Morgan le Fay

Olwen

Penarddun

Rhiannon

Gaelic Gods and Goddesses

Abarta

Abcán

Abean (Abhean)

Abgatiacus

Aed (Aodh)

Aengus a.k.a. Óengus (Aonghus)

Ailill

Alastir

Aí (Aoi)

Balor

Bodb Dearg (Bodhbh Dearg)

Brea

Bres (Breas)

Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharba

Buarainech

Cian

Cichol a.k.a. Cíocal

Conand (Conann)

Corb

Credne (Creidhne)

Crom Cruach

Crom Dubh

Dagda a.k.a. Dag Dia (Daghdha)

Dáire

Delbáeth (Dealbhaeth)

Dian Cecht

Donn

Ecne

Egobail

Elatha (Ealadha)

Elcmar (Ealcmhar)

Goibniu (Goibhniu)

Lén

Lir

Luchtaine a.k.a. Luchta

Lug a.k.a. Lugh (Lú)

Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht, and Mac Gréine

Manannán mac Lir

Miach

Midir (Midhir)

Mug Ruith

Nechtan

Neit, Irish god of war, husband of Nemain and/or Badb

Nuada (Nuadha)

Ogma (Oghma)

Seonaidh

Tethra

Tuirenn (Tuireann)

Aibell (Aoibheall)

Aimend

Aífe

Áine

Airmed a.k.a. Airmid

Anand a.k.a. Anann a.k.a. Anu

Badb (Badhbh)

Banba (Banbha)

Bec (Beag)

Bébinn a.k.a. Béfind (Bébhinn, Bébhionn or Béfhionn)

Bé Chuille

Beira

Biróg

Boand a.k.a. Boann (Bóinn)

Brigit (Brighid or Bríd)

Caer

Caillech (Cailleach)

Canola

Cessair (Ceasair)

Cethlenn (Cethleann)

Clídna (Clíodhna or Clíona)

Crob Derg (Crobh Dearg)

Danand

Danu (Dana)

Ériu (Éire)

Ernmas

Étaín (Éadaoin)

Ethniu (Eithne)

Fand

Finnguala (Fionnghuala or Fionnuala)

Flidais

Fódla (Fódhla)

Lí Ban- (Líban or Liban)

Macha

Medb (Meadhbh or Méabh)

Medb Lethderg (Meadhbh or Méabh Leathdhearg)

Mongfind (Mongfhionn)

Morrígan (Morríghan)

Mór Muman (Mór Mumhan)

Nemain (Nemhain)

Niam (Niamh)

Nic Naomhín

Plor na mBan

Sheela na Gig

Scathach

Tailtiu (Taillte)

References

http://www.scns.com/earthen/other/seanachaidh/godchina.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_deities

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_deities

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Norse_gods_and_goddesses

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_mythological_figures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Celtic_deities

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