Hadad  

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Haddad was a northwest Semitic storm and rain god, cognate in name and origin with the Akkadian god Adad. Hadad was often called simply Ba'al (Lord), but this title was also used for other gods. Hadad was equated with the Anatolian storm-god Teshub and other storm gods of the region, for which reason he is sometimes called Teshub-Hadad, Baal-Hadad or Baal-Hadad-Yahweh. He was further associated with the Egyptian god Set, and the Greek god Zeus, as Jupiter Dolichenus.

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Goddess Mazu  

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"MAZU" (MOTHER) IS THE CHINESE MOTHER GODDESS OF THE SEA. AS THE PROTECTOR GODDESS OF FISHERMEN, SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL GODDESS, AND PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FOLK DEITIES IN TAIWAN; MANY SEAFARERS IN CHINA PLACED THEIR TRUST IN THE ASSURANCE OF SAFETY PROVIDED BY THIS GODDESS. LEGEND HAS IT THAT SHE ALWAYS HELPED PEOPLE THROUGH HARDSHIPS AND, IN PARTICULAR, RESCUES FISHERMEN WHEN THEY FACE CRISIS AT SEA.

"MAZU'S" STORY ILLUSTRATES ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE CHINESE PANTHEON AND THE HUMAN ORIGIN OF THEIR GODS. SHE BEGAN AS A MORTAL BEING WHO ACTUALLY LIVED DURING THE TENTH CENTURY AS A PIOUS YOUNG WOMAN WHO, AT THE AGE OF 28, SACRIFICED HER OWN LIFE TO SAVE HER FATHER AND ALL BUT ONE OF HER BROTHERS FROM DROWNING. TRADITION HAS IT THAT SHE WENT INTO A TRANCE, AND AND SAW HER FAMILY DROWNING AT SEA, AND MIRACULOUSLY, SEPARATED FROM HER SOUL TO SAVE THEM. AFTER HER DEATH, LOCAL BOATS BEGAN TO CARRY AN IMAGE OF HER FOR PROTECTION AT SEA, AND AFTER TWO CENTURIES OF THE VENERATION, SHE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PROMOTED INTO THE CELESTIAL HIERARCHY. EVENTUALLY, IN THE 17TH CENTURY, SHE BECAME THE "EMPRESS OF HEAVEN."

IN TAIWAN, SHE IS OFTEN CONSIDERED THE PATRON GODDESS OF THE ISLAND, AND HER TEMPLES ARE FOUND IN ALMOST EVERY MAJOR CITY OR TOWN. IN SHANGHAI, VISITORS TO HER TEMPLE OFFER FLOWERS AND INCENSE AND GIFTS OF MONEY. IN SOME TEMPLES SHE IS CALLED "GREAT AUNTIE" OR "GRANDMOTHER. "SHE CONTINUES TO BE WORSHIPPED IN CHINA TODAY.

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Greek Goddess Diana  

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DIANA is the Roman Goddess of nature, fertility, hunting, crossroads, and the moon. She was originally worshipped by the Latins and Sabines as a Goddess of the moon and of forests; her worship was brought to Rome by the Etruscan King Servius Tullius in the sixth century BCE. He built a temple to her on the Aventine Hill, and she was worshipped mainly by the plebeians and the slaves. The two main centers of her worship were at Aricia in Latium and in the forests of Mount Tifata near Capua. Here, she was called upon by women to bless them with fertility and easy childbirths. Diana's consort as Goddess of the woods was Virbius, God of the woods.

As Diana came to be associated with the Greek Goddess Artemis, her roles in fertility and childbirth were lessened. Her image was that of a huntress with her bow and arrow and a crescent moon on her brow, and she was often accompanied by dogs, who were sacred to Artemis. She became known as the daughter of Jupiter and Latona, corresponding to Artemis's parents, Zeus and Leto. Diana was also seen as a triple Goddess, as DIANA TRIVIA (of the three ways). This epithet led to an association with death, as a three-way path was often seen as the gateway to the underworld.

Diana's name comes from the Indo-European root di-, which means "shining" or "light." Her many epithets include:

DIANA LUCINA (Goddess of childbirth)

DIANA AVENTINENSIS (of the Aventine)

DIANA CAELISTIS (celestial)

DIANA NEMORENSIS (of the woods)

DIANA OMNIVAGA (wandering one)

DIANA OPIFERA (aid bringer)

DIANA VENATRIX (huntress and mistress of wild animals)

DIANA TIFATINA (of the town of Tifata)

DIANA LUCIFERA (bringer of light)

DIANA LATONIA (from her mother, Latona)

DIANA ORTYGIA (born on the island or Ortygia, the Roman name for Delos where Artemis was born)

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Nu Kua The Goddess Of Creation  

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"NU-KUA "IS THE ANCIENT CHINESE GODDESS OF CREATION, THE DIVINE FOREMOTHER OF HUMANS. SHE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST POWERFUL OF THE FEMALE DEITIES FROM ONE OF THE EARTH'S OLDEST CIVILIZATIONS. SHE IS DEPICTED AS A BEAUTIFUL CREATURE, HALF-WOMAN, HALF-DRAGON...WHO WANDERS THE EARTH. IT IS SHE WHO CREATED ORDER FROM THE PRIMORDIAL CHAOS OF THE UNIVERSE, SETTLING THE LAND, THE SEA, AND THE SKY INTO PLACE. THE FOLLOWING MYTH TELLS THE STORY OF HOW THE WORLD BEGAN.

IN THE BEGINNING OF TIME, THERE WAS NOTHING BUT A COSMIC EGG WHICH WAS FORMED OF CHAOS. A GIANT NAMED P'AN KUN WAS FORMED FROM THE CHAOS; HE SLEPT FOR 18,000 YEARS, AND WHEN HE AWAKENED, THE EGG CRACKED, AND DARKNESS POURED OUT...ALONG WITH THE LIGHT WHICH HAD BEEN HIDDEN WITHIN THE CHAOS. THE DARKNESS FELL TO CREATE THE EARTH, WHILE THE LIGHT FRAGMENTS JOINED TOGETHER AND CREATED THE HEAVENS (YIN AND YANG). HOWEVER, P'AN KUN FEARED THAT CHAOS MIGHT RETURN IF THE LIGHT FELL INTO THE DARK BELOW, HE MADE IT HIS MISSION TO KEEP THE TWO SEPARATED UNTIL HE WAS SURE IT WAS SAFE.

THOUSANDS OF YEARS PASSED BY; EVENTUALLY, P'AN KU SUNK DOWN INTO THE EARTH IN EXHAUSTION AND DIED. HIS EXPIRED BREATH BECAME WIND AND CLOUDS WHILE HIS BODY AND HIS LIMBS FORMED THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS. HIS BLOOD BEGAN TO FLOW AS THE STREAMS AND THE RIVERS. HIS HAIR TOOK ROOT BECAME THE VEGETATION; HIS TEETH BECAME THE MINERALS AND THE PRECIOUS GEMS.

IT WAS THEN THAT N"u-KUA EMERGED FROM THE HEAVENS AND ROAMED THE EARTH AND WAS AWED BY ALL OF ITS BEAUTY, BUT THE WORLD WAS DEVOID OF CREATURES, AND SHE HAD NO ONE BUT HERSELF TO ENJOY IT. SO, SHE DECIDED THAT SHE WOULD CREATE HUMANS SO P'AN KU'S SACRIFICE WOULD NOT BE IN VAIN. SHE SCOOPED UP THE YELLOW CLAY AND LOVINGLY MADE SCORES OF MEN AND WOMEN, LINING THEM UP IN FRONT OF HER, BUT AS PERFECT AS HER CREATIONS APPEARED, THEY HAD NO LIFE. THERE WERE MERE STATUES. SHE PICKED THEM UP, AND ONE BY ONE, SHE BREATHED HER DIVINE BREATH INTO THEIR LIFELESS BODIES. AT FIRST, SHE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN MOLDING THEM, BUT AFTER AWHILE, IT BECAME SO TEDIOUS THAT SHE BEGAN DIPPING A ROPE SLIP INTO THE CLAY, THEN SHAKING IT SO THAT DROPS SPLATTERED TO THE GROUND. THUS, TWO TYPES OF HUMANS WERE BORN. FROM THE MOLDED FIGURES CAME THE NOBLES; FROM THE CLAY DROPS, THE PEASANTS WERE BORN.



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