Rafu Sen Shinto Goddess  

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"RAFU-SEN" IS A SHINTO GODDESS AND IMMORTAL BEING WHO LIVES HIGH ON A SACRED MOUNTAIN OF "LOFU" IN JAPAN AND IS SAID TO BE THE SPIRIT OF THE PLUM TREE; HER NAME MEANS BUOYANT SUBTLETY, SHE REPRESENTS THE CYCLICAL RENEWAL OF SPRING AND IS USUALLY DEPICTED AS A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MAIDEN. SHE WANDERS " THROUGH FRAGRANT GROVES OF BLOSSOMING PLUM TREES AT NIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THE MOONLIGHT.

ACCORDING TO AN OLD JAPANESE LEGEND, A YOUNG MAN BECAME VERY COLD WHILE WALKING "MOUNT LOFU. " HE STOPPED AT A WINE SHOP TO WARM HIMSELF, AND IN THERE, HE MET A LOVELY YOUNG WOMAN IN A WHITE GOWN WITH WHOM HE DRANK SEVERAL CUPS OF PLUM WINE. EVENTUALLY, HE PASSED OUT, AND WHEN HE WAS AWAKENED BY A COLD DAWN WIND, HE FOUND HIMSELF LYING UNDER A PLUM TREE. HE KNEW THEN THAT IT WAS THE GODDESS HERSELF WHO HAD SAVED HIS LIFE.

"RAFU-SEN" STANDS FOR THE PLUM BLOSSOM, SYMBOL OF SPRING AND BRAVERY, FOR THE PLUM TREE BLOOMS WHILE THE SNOW IS STILL ON THE GROUND.

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Hades God Of The Underworld  

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HADES, in Greek mythology, is the god of the dead. He was the son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea and the brother of Zeus and Poseidon. When the three brothers divided up the universe after they had deposed their father, Cronus, Hades was awarded the underworld. There, with his queen, Persephone, whom he had abducted from the world above, he ruled the kingdom of the dead. Although he was a grim and pitiless god, unappeased by either prayer or sacrifice, he was not evil. In fact, he was known as lord of riches, because both crops and precious metals were believed to come from his kingdom below ground.

The underworld itself was often called Hades. It was divided into two regions: Erebus, where the dead pass as soon as they die, and Tartarus, the deeper region, where the Titans had been imprisoned. It was a dim and unhappy place, inhabited by vague forms and shadows and guarded by Cerberus, the three-headed, dragon-tailed dog. Sinister rivers separated the underworld from the world above, and the aged boatman Charon ferried the souls of the dead across these waters.

Somewhere in the darkness of the underworld Hades' palace was located. It was represented as a many-gated, dark and gloomy place, thronged with guests, and set in the midst of shadowy fields and an apparition-haunted landscape. In later legends the underworld is described as the place where the good are rewarded and the wicked punished.

Lesser Known Facts About Hades God Of The Underworld:

Hades, also called Aidoneus, was the sun of Rhea and Cronus (the lord of the Titans who ate everyone, including his own family, eventually). Fortunately, Hades was saved by his brother Zeus, who later gave Hades the underworld as his share of an inheritance. He was married to Persephone, who was condemned by Zeus to spend one third of each year in the underworld with Hades, for eating the fatal Palmagranate seeds (which was the symbol of marriage). Hades has also been portrayed as Pluto. Homer said that to pray to him, one struck the ground with bare hands or rods. Black ewes or rams were sometimes sacrificed to him. Plants sacred to the God of the Underworld will always be Cypress and the Narcissus, and of course, the mint plant, which reminds him of a special Nymph.

written by Nella

Further reading (free e-books):

Benjamin Rowe - The Book Of The Seniors
Aleister Crowley - The Soul Of The Desert
Albert Pike - The Book Of The Words

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Pomona Roman Goddess Of Fresh Fruit  

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I am the ancient Apple Queen,
As once I was so am I now.
For evermore a hope unseen,
Betwixt the blossom and the bough.
Ah, where's the river's hidden Gold!
And where the windy grave of Troy?
Yet come I as i came of old,
From out the heart of summer's joy."

--William Morris--
THE ROMAN GODDESS, "POMONA", WAS HONORED AS THE SPIRIT OF FRESH FRUIT, ESPECIALLY APPLES AND APPLE TREES. HER NAME DERIVES FROM THE LATIN "POMUM" WHICH MEANS FRUIT OR "APPLE." ALTHOUGH SHE DID LOVE ALL TREES, THE "APPLE "WAS, BY FAR, HER FAVORITE. "POMONA "RULES OVER ALL GARDENS, ORCHARDS, AND TREES THAT BEAR NUTS AND FRUITS, AND ACCORDING TO "OVID," CARES NOT FOR THE WOODS OR STREAMS. SHE IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEND HER DAYS NURTURING HER ORCHARD.

HER CONSORT WAS "VERTUMNUS", THE GOD OF GARDEN AND FIELD PRODUCE". " HE REPRESENTS THE YEAR IN ITS GUISE AS A SHAPE-SHIFTER AND PERSONIFIES THE CHANGE OF SEASONS. THE CHANGE OF SEASONS IS SYMBOLIZED IN THE MYTH OF "VERTUMNUS" AND "POMONA" AS HE CHANGES INTO DIFFERENT FORMS IN ORDER TO GAIN HER AFFECTION.

POMONA", WHO TYPIFIES "AUTUMN", IS REPRESENTED AS A LOVELY MAIDEN, LADEN WITH BRANCHES FROM FRUIT TREES OR HOLDING IN HER HAND A "HORN OF PLENTY," FULL OF THEM, WITH A DOG BY HER SIDE. AS A GODDESS OF THE HARVEST, HER FESTIVAL WAS CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT GREECE IN THE "AUTUMN". SOME RESEARCHES BELIEVE THAT SEVERAL OF OUR MODERN HOLIDAY HARVEST CUSTOMS ARE REMNANTS OF HER OLD ROMAN FEAST. IN CLASSICAL ROME, SHE WAS WORSHIPPED WITH AT A SPECIAL ALTAR SET UP IN A GROVE OF FRUIT TREES CALLED A "POMONAI", WHICH HAD BEEN PAINTED OUTSIDE THE GATES OF ROME AND DEDICATED TO "POMONA. ".

"FIRST SEE THOSE AMPLE MELONS-BRINDLED O'ER"WITH MINGLED GREEN AND BROWN IS ALL THE RIND;"FOR THEY ARE RIPE, AND MEALY AT THE CORE,"AND SATURATE WITH THE NECTAR OF THEIR KIND."

"AND HERE THEIR FELLOWS OF THE MARSH ARE SET,"COVERING THEIR SWEETNESS WITH A CRUMPLED SKIN;"POMEGRANATES NEXT, FLAME-RED WITHOUT, AND YET"WITH VEGETABLE CRYSTALS STORED WITHIN."

"THEN MARK THESE BRILLIANT ORANGES, OF WHICH"A BY-GONE POET FANCIFULLY SAID,"THEIR UNPLUCKED GLOBES THE ORCHARD DID ENRICH"LIKE LOLDEN LAMPS IN A GREEN NILHT OF SHADE."

"WITH THESE ARE LEMONS THAT ARE EVEN MORE"GOLDEN THAN THEY, AND WHICH ADORN OUR RHYME,"AS DID ROUGH PENDANTS OF BARBARIC ORE"SOME PILLARED TEMPLE OF THE OLDEN TIME."

"AND HERE ARE PEACHES WITH THEIR RUDDY CHEEKS"AND RIPE TRANSPARENCY. HERE NECTARINES BLOOM,"ALL MOTTLED AS WITH DISCONTINUOUS STREAKS."AND SPREAD A FRUITY FRAGRANCE THROUGH THE ROOM."

"WITH THESE ARE CHERRIES MELLOW TO THE STONE;"INTO SUCH RIPENESS BATH THE SUMMER NURSED THEM,"THE VELVET PRESSURE OF THE TONGUE ALONE"AGAINST THE PALATE WERE ENOUGH TO BURST THEM."

"HERE TOO ARE PLUMS, LIKE EDIBLE RUBIES GLOWING -"THE LANGUAGE OF LUSH SUMMER'S EDEN THEME:"EVEN THROUGH THE SKIN HOW TEMPTINGLY KEEPS SHOWING"THEIR JUICY COMFORT, A RICH-CLOUDED GLEAM!"

"HERE TOO ARE FIGS, PEARS, APPLES (PLUCKED IN HASTE"OUR SUMMER TREAT JUDICIOUSLY TO VARY)"WITH APRICOTS, SO EXQUISITE IN TASTE,"AND YELLOW AS THE BREAST OF A CANARY. "

"AND LUSCIOUS STRAWBERRIES ALL FACETED"WITH GLITTERING LOBES-AND ALL THE LOVELIER SEEN"IN CONTRAST WITH THE LOQUAT'S DULLER RED,"AND VULGAR GOOSEBERRY'S UNLUSTROUS GREEN."

"AND LASTLY, BUNCHES OF RICH BLOODED GRAPES"WHOSE VINEYARD BLOOM EVEN YET ABOUT THEM CLINGS."THOUGH EVER IN THE HANDLING IT ESCAPES"LIKE THE FINE DOWN UPON A MOTH'S BRIGHT WINGS."

"EACH KIND IS PILED IN ORDER IN THE BASKET,"WHICH WE MIGHT WELL IMAGINE NOW TO BE"TRANSMUTED INTO A GREAT GOLDEN CASKET"ENTREASURING POMONA'S JEWELRY."

"CHARLES HARPUR"

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Pirwa  

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Pirwa (or Peruwa) is a Hittite deity whose nature is poorly understood. He/she is sometimes referred to as "queen", though archaeologists believe he/she was a male god. The name may derive from the Hittite peruna or "cliff", and the Pirwa worship seems to have involved horses and horse-related symbols.

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