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, and Baltic Goddesses

Phoenix the Elder – When personal web pages were new in the early 90s, you could find any goddess you wished, as many of their names were on the web, and there were tens of thousands, Now, everything that was, is practically gone, and the commercial algorithms have taken over for web profits and social […]
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 […]