The world of the Gods
Mythology has my special interest, it inspires me. Why? Because the Gods do all the things humans do
dated 2009 until 2011
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Babd Catha
2011In Irish mythology, the Badb (was a war goddess who took the form of a crow, and was thus sometimes known as Badb Catha ("battle crow"). (Wikipedia)
Tryprich The 3 Norns, Urd
2011The Norns in Norse mythology[1]are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men, a kind of dísir comparable to the Fatesin classical mythology. The three most important norns are, Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandiand Skuld. Whereas the origin of the name norn is uncertain, it may derive from a word meaning "to twine" and which would refer to their twining the thread of fate. (Wikipedia)
Tryptich The 3 Norns, Verdandi
2011The Norns in Norse mythology are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men, a kind of dísir comparable to the Fates in classical mythology. The three most important norns are, Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi and Skuld. Whereas the origin of the name norn is uncertain, it may derive from a word meaning "to twine" and which would refer to their twining the thread of fate. (Wikipedia)
Tryptich The 3 Norns, Skuld
2011The Norns in Norse mythology are female beings who rule the destiny of gods and men, a kind of dísir comparable to the Fates in classical mythology. The three most important norns are, Urðr (Wyrd), Verðandi and Skuld. Whereas the origin of the name norn is uncertain, it may derive from a word meaning "to twine" and which would refer to their twining the thread of fate. (Wikipedia)
Dancing Apollo
2010Apollo, the God of music Apollo connected the gift of prophecy with the git of the music. The music, which was acceptable to Apollo, had a clean, stilling, and calming force. It calmed down the passion, pain and restlessnes and gave relieve. So it is vis-à-vis the wilderness, exciting music, which was connected to Dionysus. Tthe flute was the instrument of Dionyssus, while Apollon had the zither (the kithara), which he had received from Hermes in exchange for the herds are stolen from him by god. Originally, only the music was kept under the auspices of Apollon; songs and poetry belonged to the territory of the Muse, but twhen songs and poetry began to speak out and develop, when citers pel and song are connected to each other, it was then that Apollo came in close relation to the Muse and either their fathers or their ringleader (Musagetes). He convinced the Muse on Mount Helicon, to no longer love dancing, but in August dance, to his instructions.
Eros & Antheros
2010Eros (Greek: Ἔρως, "Love"), in Greek mythology, was the primordial god of sexual love and beauty. He was also worshipped as a fertility deity. His Roman counterpart was Cupid ("desire"), also known as Amor ("love"). Anteros (Greek: Αντέρως, Antérōs) was the god of requited love, literally "love returned" or "counter-love" and also the punisher of those who scorn love and the advances of others, or the avenger of unrequited love. Anteros was the son of Ares and Aphrodite in Greek mythology, given to his brother Eros, who was lonely, as a playmate, the rationale being that love must be answered if it is to prosper.
Aphrodite
2009Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty and raw sexuality. According to Greek poet Hesiod, she was born when Cronus cut off Ouranos' genitals and threw them into the sea, and from the aphros (sea foam) arose Aphrodite. Because of her beauty other gods feared that jealousy would interrupt the peace among them and lead to war, and so Zeus married her to Hephaestus, who was not viewed as a threat. Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. Myrtles, doves, sparrows, and swans are sacred to her. The Greeks identified the Ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor with Aphrodite.
Ares
2009Ares is a major deity and a member of the Twelve Olympians, a son of Zeus and Hera, in Greek mythology. Though often referred to as the Olympian god of warfare, he is more accurately the god of bloodlust, or slaughter personified: "Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war."
Artemis
2009Artemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. In the classical period of Greek mythology, Artemis was often described as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of forests and hills, childbirth, virginity, fertility, the hunt, and often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows. The deer and the cypress were sacred to her.
Hephaistos
2009Hephaestus (Ancient Greek Ἥφαιστος Hēphaistos) was a Greek god whose Roman equivalent was Vulcan. His mother was Hera. He was the god of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metals, metallurgy, fire and volcanoes. He served as the blacksmith of the gods. Hephaestus, being the most unfaltering of the gods, was given Aphrodite’s hand in marriage by Zeus in order to prevent conflict over her between the other gods.