Asterope : Nature Deity, Celestial Sky, Lightning, The Golden Apples, Oceanid, Hesperide, Nereid, Nymph
By Phoenix the Elder – After I wrote my Arethusa article, I noticed in my astrology chart that the Hesperide Asterope was conjunct my Arethusa (Spirit of springs and rivers). I wasn’t surprised. Asterope falls under many mythology and deity categories and by that alone, makes her a more ancient goddess. Below are her definitions […]
Slavic, Balkan, Baltic Goddesses
Phoenix of Elder Mountain – When personal web pages were new in the early 90s, you could find any goddess you wished, or many of their names on the web, and there were tens of thousands, Now, everything that was, is practically gone, people moved on, or web servers close down or women’s websites were […]
Mother of Goddess – Matushka Zemlia
Matushka Zemlia Poem by Phoenix of Elder Mountain Blessings upon me from the Mother of the Moist Earth from whom my Soul and the Children of the Souls are all born. I take your hand as you are the binding that weaves the river into matter, into me. There is nothing false about any Mother Goddess and […]
Goddess Minerva
The Etruscan Lightening Goddess Cupra, later called Fulgora, is the Roman Goddess of Lightning, who forms a Triad (with the God of Lightening Tinia (Tina) and the Goddess of lightening & wisdom Minerva (Menvra). The Capitoline Triads were worshiped at various times, originating in ancient traditions that pre-dating the Roman Republic. Cupra is often depicted […]