IRIS is the Greek Goddess of the rainbow. She is the daughter of the Titan Thaumas, a sea God, and a cloud nymph named Elektra, and sister of the Harpies. Just as a rainbow links heaven to earth, Iris links the Gods to humans--she is their messenger. She is usually shown with wings and a staff, and she carries a pitcher which contains water from the River Styx. With a sea God for a father and a cloud nymph for a mother, Iris connects the sea to the sky, and it was said that the waters in her pitcher replenished the clouds.
Iris is married to Zephyros, God of the west wind, and with him is mother of Pothos, the God of sexual longing and desire. She figures in many myths in her role as messenger of the Gods, mostly carrying messages for Hera and Zeus. Epithets associated with Iris include KHRYSOPTERON (golden-winged), AELLOPUS (swift-footed), and THAUMANTIAS (daughter of Thaumas).
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"KAPO" IS THE GUARDIAN OF THE NIGHT. SHE IS THE SISTER OF "PELE", THE GODDESS OF VOLCANOES, AND WAS BORN FROM THE EYES OF "HAUMEA" ; IT IS SAID THAT SHE GUIDES THE EARTH'S CHILDREN AND KEEPS THEM SAFE IN THE DARKNESS. SHE IS ALSO A GODDESS OF FERTILITY, SORCERY AND DARK POWERS WHO CAN ASSUME ANY SHAPE THAT SHE WILLS, BUT SHE IS S MOSTLY ASSOCIATED WITH EELS, BIRDS, AND THE ALMOST GONE "HALA PEPE" TREE WAS SACRED TO HER. SHE CAN BE TERRIFYING, BEAUTIFUL, OR BOTH. AND, BECAUSE SHE HAS MORE ANIMAL ASSOCIATIONS THAN THE OTHER GODDESSES, SHE REPRESENTS THE ELEMENT OF THE ANIMALS.
INDEED, "KAPO" SEEMS TO HAVE LIVED A DOUBLE LIFE WHOSE AIMS WERE AT CROSS PURPOSES WITH ONE ANOTHER--AT ONE MOMENT SHE WAS VIEWED AS AN ANGEL OF GRACE AND BEAUTY, AND IN THE OTHER, A DEMON OF DARKNESS AND LUST. HER FULL NAME IS "KAPO-ULA-KINA-U" WHICH MEANS THE "SACRED NIGHT STREAKED WITH THE DARK," AND BECAUSE SHE HAD AN EVIL NAME, AT TIMES SHE WAS LED TO COMMIT ACTIONS DEEMED WORTHY ONLY OF A DEMON OF LEWDNESS. SHE IS MOST FAMOUS FOR HER FOR BEING ABLE TO DETACH HER VAGINA. IN FACT, IN ONE" PELE "STORY, IT WAS "KAPO" WHO SAVED "PELE" FROM FORCIBLE RAPE BY SENDING HER VAGINA ACROSS THE SEA SO THAT THE PIG GOD WOULD CHASE AFTER IT AND FORGET ALL ABOUT PELE.
AT TIMES SHE IS PORTRAYED AS A SYLVAN DEITY; THAT IS, A SPIRIT OF THE FOREST, AND IT IS IN THIS ROLE THAT SHE WAS WORSHIPPED BY THE HULA FOLK AS ONE OF THE PREEMINENT SPIRITS OF HULA DANCING WHOSE ROOTS LIKE IN SACRED RITUAL. SOME LEGENDS CREDIT HER AS THE HULA'S INVENTOR. SHE IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH REPRODUCTIVE ENERGY, HERBAL MEDICINE, AND WHAT TODAY IS CALLED CHANNELING.
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URd is the Norse Goddess of past fate. She is the oldest of the three Norns, Goddesses of destiny. The Norns are in charge of the World Tree, Yggdrasil. Every day, they take water from the Well of Fate (also called the Well of Urd), mix it with clay, and pour it over the tree's branches. This stops it from decaying.
Urd, as the oldest of the Norns, rules over the past. Her name means "that which has been", and is the root of the English words earth and weird-the Norns were the original Wyrd Sisters. Urd spins out the thread of life, which is then wound by the middle sister, Verdandi, and cut by the youngest of the Norns, Skuld. As the Norn of the past, Urd is depicted looking backwards in comparison to her sisters. Her name is also seen as URDA, URTH, URDR, and URTHR.
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IN MEXICA CULTURE, "TETEOINAN" IS THE GODDESS OF THE EARTH; HER NAME MEANS "HEART OF THE EARTH." SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF COLHUACAN AND THE MOTHER OF THE GODS. SHE WAS ALSO CALLED "SOCI, 'OUR MOTHER",' AND ALSO BY ANOTHER NAME WHICH SIGNIFIED "'THE HEART OF THE EARTH.'" THIS LAST NAME WAS GIVEN TO HER BECAUSE SHE WAS BELIEVED TO BE THE CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES. SHE PRESIDED OVER THE VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL WORLD
SHE WAS THE GODDESS OF HEALING AND PROPHET OF THE FUTURE, aND HER CHIEF TEMPLE AT TEPEYACAC WAS ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED IN ANCIENT MEXICO. IN FACT, HER CHIEF TEMPLE WAS ON THE SPOT SELECTED BY THE EARLY MISSIONARIES FOR THE" 'LADY OF GUADALOUPE'" TO MAKE HER APPEARANCE, AND THE NATIVE SHRINE WAS RAZED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE TEMPLE OF THE IMPORTED CULT OF CHRISTIANITY.
AT THE FESTIVAL OF "TETEOINAN", THE WOMAN WHO REPRESENTED THIS GODDESS WAS BEHEADED ON THE SHOULDERS OF ANOTHER WOMAN. AT THE FESTIVAL OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE GODS, THEY PUT THE VICTIM TO DEATH BY FIRE.
" HAIL TO OUR MOTHER WHO MAKES THE YELLOW FLOWERS TO BLOOM--WHO SCATTERS THE SEEDS OF THE MAGUEY AS SHE COMES FROM THE LAND DIVINE!"
" HAIL TO OUR MOTHER WHO CASTS FORTH WHITE FLOWERS IN ABUNDANCE!"
" HAIL TO OUR MOTHER WHO SHINES IN THE THORN BUSH AS A BRIGHT BUTTER-FLY!"
" HO! SHE IS OUR MOTHER--THE WOMAN GOD OF THE EARTH. IN THE DESERT SHE FEEDS THE WILD BEASTS, AND GIVES THEM TO LIVE."
" THUS--THUS YOU SEE HER EVER ABUNDANT IN GIFTS TO ALL FLESH."
" AND AS YOU SEE THE GODDESS OF EARTH GIVE TO THE BEASTS, SO ALSO SHE IS GIVING TO THE GREEN HERBS AND THE FISHES."
" HAIL TO OUR MOTHER WHO CASTS FORTH YELLOW FLOWERS TO THE SUN FROM THE LAND DIVINE!"
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