Anhur  

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Anhur (also spelled Onuris, Onouris, An-Her, Anhuret, Han-Her, Inhert) was originally a foreign god of war, who started being worshipped in the Egyptian area of Abydos, and particularly in Thinis, during the 11th dynasty. Myths told that he had brought his wife, Menhit, who was his female counterpart, from Nubia, and his name reflects this-it means (one who) leads back the distant one. One of his titles was Slayer of Enemies. Anhur was depicted as a bearded man wearing a robe and a headdress with four feathers, holding a spear or lance, or occasionally as a lion-headed god (representing strength and power). In some depictions, the robe was more similar to a kilt. Due to his position as a war god, he was patron of the ancient Egyptian army, and the personification of royal warriors. Indeed, at festivals honoring him, mock battles were staged. During the Roman era the Emperor Tiberius was depicted on the walls of Egyptian temples wearing the distinctive four-plumed crown of Anhur. Because Anhur's name also could mean Sky Bearer, and due to the shared headdress, Anhur was later identified as Shu, becoming Anhur-Shu. Since Anhur was the more popular and significant deity, and, indeed, Shu was more a concept than a god, Shu was eventually absorbed completely into Anhur. In the New Kingdom, his popularity increased and Anhur was also titled Saviour, becoming to the people their deliverer from human burden, due to their view of war as their source of freedom and victory. The aspects of war, and saviour, shared with Horus, contributed to Anhur's eventual identification with the much greater Horus. During the Egyptian period of dominance over Nubia, the Kushites named Horus-Anhur as Arensnuphis (also Arsnuphis, Harensnuphis), Ari-hes-nefer in Egyptian, meaning something along the lines of Horus of the beautiful house. Consequently once Osiris became identified as an aspect of Horus (and vice-versa), Arensnuphis was viewed as having Isis as his wife.

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Kupala Slavic Water Goddess  

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"KUPALA" IS tHE SLAVIC WATER GODDESS ASSOCIATED WITH SPRINGS AND RIVERS. HER WORSHIPPERS BATHED THEMSELVES IN RIVERS OR IN DEW GATHERED ON JUNE MORNINGS WHILE CALLING ON HER NAME IN ORDER TO PURIFY THEMSELVES. KNOWN AS THE "WATER MOTHER," SHE IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH MAGIC, FERTILITY, TREES, FLOWERS, AND HERBS. HER EFFIGY IS SHOWN AS A STRAW FIGURE DRESSED IN A WOMAN'S GOWN AND ADORNED WITH RIBBONS.

HER CELEBRATION FALLS UPON "SUMMER SOLSTICE, "A SACRED DAY HONORING ELEMENTS OF FIRE AND WATER, BOTH PRIMAL COSMIC ELEMENTS. BONFIRES WERE LIT, WITH CELEBRANTS JUMPED OVER THEM IN PURIFICATION RITES. THEY ALSO DROVE THEIR CATTLE THROUGH THEM IS PURIFICATION RITES THAT RECALL SIMILAR RITES IN OTHER TRADITIONS. ON THIS DAY, WREATHS MADE OF "KUPALA'S" SACRED HERBS, FLOWERS, AND PLANTS WERE WOVEN AND TOSSED INTO THE WATER. IN THE BALKANS HER EFFIGY WAS THROWN INTO A RIVER IN A PURIFICATION RITE TO TAKE AWAY EVIL. ELSEWHERE, IT WAS BURNED OR DROWNED AT SUNSET FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.

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Njoku Ji  

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Njoku Ji was the guardian deity of the yam for the Igbo people of southeastern Nigeria. In parts of Igboland there are still annual rituals in honor of the yam deity known as Ifejioku In some parts children who were dedicated to the service of the deity were named Njoku. As adults such children were expected to become prosperous yam farmers which made them into nobility.

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The Charge Of The Goddess  

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Whenever ye have need of any thing, once in the month, and better it be when the moon is full, then shall ye assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of She, who is Queen of all witches. There shall ye assemble, ye who are fain to learn all sorcery, yet have not won its deepest secrets; to these will She teach things that are yet unknown. And ye shall be free from slavery; and as a sign that ye be really free, ye shall be naked in your rites; and ye shall dance, sing, feast, make music and love, all in Her praise. For Hers is the ecstasy of the spirit, and Hers also is joy on earth; for Her law is love unto all beings. Keep pure your highest ideal; strive ever towards it; let naught stop you or turn you aside. For Hers is the secret door which opens upon the land of youth and Hers is the cup of wine of life, and the cauldron of Cerridwen, which is the Holy Grail of immortality. She is the gracious goddess, who gives the gift of joy unto the heart of man. Upon earth, She gave the knowledge of the spirit eternal; and beyond death, She gives peace and freedom, and reunion with those who have gone before. Nor does She demand sacrifice, for behold, She is the mother of all living, and Her love is poured out upon the earth.

She who is the beauty of the green earth, and the white moon among the stars, and the mystery of the waters, and the desire of the heart of man, calls unto thy soul. Arise, and come unto Her. For She is the soul of nature, who gives life to the universe. from Her all things proceed, and unto Her all things must return; and before Her face, beloved of gods and men, let thine innermost divine self be enfolded in the rapture of the infinite. Let Her worship be within the heart that rejoiceth; for behold, all acts of love and pleasure are Her rituals. And therefore let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility, mirth and reverence within you. And thou who thinkest to seek Her, know thy seeking and yearning shall avail thee not unless thou knowest the mystery; that if that which thou seekest thou findest not within thee, then thou wilt never find it without thee. For behold, She has been with thee from the beginning; and She is that which is attained at the end of desire.



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