COCA WAS A SACRED DRUG TO THE INCANS AND WAS VIEWED AS POSSESSING A GODDESS-LIKE ESSENCE. IT WAS USED FOR MANY PURPOSES SUCH AS GROUND INTO MEDICINE OR CHEWED BEFORE LONG JOURNEYS TO MAKE THE JOURNEY EASIER. "MAMA COCA" WAS CONSIDERED A BENEVOLENT DEITY, A SACRED GODDESS WHO COULD BLESS HUMANS WITH HER POWER. SHE IS THE "MOTHER" OR "SPIRIT OF THE COCA PLANT. " SHE IS DEPICTED AS AN INDIAN WOMAN WEARING A A FEATHERED HEADDRESS AND HOLDING COCA LEAVES IN HER HAND. SHE REVERED AS THE DAUGHTER OF THE "EARTH MOTHER, PACHAMAMA", AND COCA WAS CONSIDERED A GIFT TO THE PEOPLE TO BE USED TO DRIVE EVIL FORCES FROM THEIR HOMES AND FIELDS. IT IS SAID THAT BEFORE THE COCA HARVEST, THE HARVESTER WOULD SLEEP WITH A WOMAN TO ENSURE THAT "MAMA COCA" WOULD BE IN A FAVORABLE MOOD.
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, "MAMA COCA" WAS ORIGINALLY A MORTAL WOMAN WHO TOOK ON MANY MALE LOVERS. WHEN THE LOVERS LEARNED OF EACH OTHER, THEY BECAME JEALOUS AND BEGAN TO ARGUE AMONGST EACH OTHER. EVENTUALLY, THEY TURNED THEIR ANGER ON HER, AND, ENRAGED, THEY RIPPED HER TO PIECES, AND IT IS SAID THAT THE FIRST COCA PLANT GREW FROM HER BLOOD. THEREAFTER, INCAN RITUAL AND RELIGION DECREED THAT MALES IN THE INCAN EMPIRE COULD ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF THE COCA LEAF ONLY HE BROUGHT A WOMAN TO ORGASM. AND, TO ENSURE A GOOD COCA HARVEST, THE INDIANS OF SOUTH AMERICA ARE SAID TO HAVE FASHIONED THE LEAVES OF COCA PLANTS INTO SMALL FIGURES THAT REPRESENTED THE GODDESS.
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SYN is the Norse Goddess of vigilance. She is one of Frigg's handmaidens, and she stands guard at the door of Frigg's palace, refusing entrance to any who are not invited. Syn also defends the weak, and she is called upon by those who have been wrongly accused of crimes to aid them in their battles. Her name means "denial."
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Underwater panthers were powerful creatures in the mythological traditions of some Native American tribes, particularly tribes of the Great Lakes region. In Ojibwe, the creature is sometimes called Mishibizhiw ("Mishipizhiw", "Mishipizheu", "Mishupishu", "Mishepishu"), which translates as "Great Lynx," or Gichi-anami'e-bizhiw ("Gitche-anahmi-bezheu"), which translates as "the fabulous night panther. " However, it is also commonly referred to as the "Great Lynx, Great underground wildcat," or "Great under-water wildcat. " Sometimes it now is referred to as the Spirit Otter. Underwater panthers were major components of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex of the Mississippian culture in the prehistoric American Southeast.
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" THE RECOGNITION OF A PRIMORDIAL GREAT MOTHER GODDESS IS BY FAR THE OLDEST FORM OF SPIRITUALITY THAT IS KNOWN TO HUMANKIND; IN FACT, THERE IS EVIDENCE OF THE GREAT GODDESS REACHING BACK AS FAR BACK AS 7000 B.C.E. THE WORSHIP OF CYBELE", "THE GREAT MOUNTAIN MOTHER" IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN NORTHERN ANATOLIA, AND ALTHOUGH SHE HAS MANY NAMES,HER MOST COMMON NAME IS CYBELE. IT IS SHE WHO REPRESENTS THE POWER OF NATURE AND THE POWERS OF FERTILITY, PRESIDING OVER CAVES AND MOUNTAINTOPS. SHE IS ENVISIONED AS THE FORCE WHICH GAVE BIRTH TO ALL THINGS, AND WHICH GOVERNS ALL OF THE CREATURES OF THE WORLD. CYBELE REPRESENTS NATURE PERSONIFIED AND MADE DIVINE.
SHE PROTECTS THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE FROM INVADERS AND WAR, AND IS DEPICTED AS WEARING A TOWERING CROWN ON HER HEAD WHICH PORTRAYS HER PROTECTION OF THE MANY TOWNS AND CITIES. SHE IS OFTEN PORTRAYED HOLDING A TAMBOURINE, DENOTING HER PASSION FOR SINGING AND DANCING. ALSO, SHE WAS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY LIONS, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF HER.
CYBELE PERSONIFIES THE FERTILE EARTH IN ITS MOST PRIMITIVE AND SAVAGE STATE AND WAS WORSHIPPED ATOP OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE FORM OF A BLACK METEORITE. HER LOVER, ATTIS, REPRESENTS THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. WHEN HE WAS CASTRATED AND DIED OF HIS WOUNDS, SHE RESURRECTED HIM IN THE FORM OF A PINE TREE. TO CELEBRATE HER, A GREAT FESTIVAL WAS HELD WHICH BEGAN WITH THE ENTRANCE OF ATTIS, SYMBOLIZED BY A PINE TREE, AND WAS FOLLOWED BY A DAY OF MOURNING AND FASTING FOR HIM. AFTERWARDS, A GREAT FESTIVAL, LED BY CYBELE'S PRIESTESSES OCCURRED; IT WAS A DAY FILLED WITH DANCING, DRINKING, DRUMMING, AND ORGIES TO CELEBRATE THE GROWING SEASON.
CYBELE NOT ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED A ROMAN GODDESS, BUT THE ROMANS BEGAN TO CELEBRATE HER IN 204 B.C.E. WHEN HANNIBAL WAS CLOSE TO CONQUERING THE CITY. IT IS SAID THAT CYBELE STEPPED IN TO PROTECT THEM, AND HANNIBAL'S ARMY WAS DESTROYED. THE ROMANS, HOWEVER, WERE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE RAW POWER OF THE OF THE STONE SO THEY ADDED THE BODY OF A WOMAN. A TEMPLE FOR CYBELE WAS BUILT ON PALATINE HILL IN ROME, AND HER RELIGION QUICKLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE. CONSEQUENTLY, FOR THE NEXT 500 YEARS, SHE WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR RELIGIONS IN THE KNOWN WORLD.
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