THE HOPI INDIANS OF NORTHEASTERN ARIZONA PERFORM A SNAKE DANCE EVERY TWO YEARS NEAR AUGUST 20TH TO INVOKE THE" SERPENT GODDESS "TO BRING THE RAIN NEEDED TO ENSURE A GOOD HARVEST. THE DANCERS, MEN OF THE SNAKE AND ANTELOPE CLANS, PERFORM WITH LIVE RATTLESNAKES WHICH ARE RELEASED AFTER THE CEREMONY TO CARRY THE PRAYER FOR RAIN BACK TO THE GODDESS.
ACCORDING TO AN OLD HOPI MYTH ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE DANCE, A YOUNG HOPI MAN (GOD) SETS OFF ON A TREK TO THE LAND OF THE SNAKE PEOPLE...WHO CAN ASSUME THE FORM OF SNAKES WHENEVER THEY WISH. THERE THE YOUNG MAN MEETS THE CHIEF OF THE TRIBE WHO TESTS THE YOUNG MAN BY ASKING HIM TO IDENTIFY WHICH OF THE SNAKES IS ACTUALLY THE CHIEF'S DAUGHTER. NOW, IT IS JUST BY LUCK THAT THE YOUNG MAN SUCCESSFULLY IDENTIFIES WHICH SNAKE IS THE CHIEF'S DAUGHTER, THE SNAKE WIFE, AND HE RECEIVES HER IN MARRIAGE...ALONG WITH THE SECRETS OF THE SNAKE CEREMONY. THE YOUNG MAN TAKES HIS BRIDE BACK TO HIS VILLAGE, BUT WHEN THEY REACH THE FOOT OF THE MESA, SHE TELLS HIM THAT SHE WILL REMAIN THERE UNTIL HE RETURNS.
THE FOLLOWING MORNING AS THE YOUNG MAN WALKED DOWN THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN TO TAKE HIS BRIDE SOME FOOD, HE MET UP WITH A WOMAN WHO WAS CLIMBING UP THE HILL WITH A JUG OF WATER,A FORMER LOVER OF HIS; THEN, WITHOUT WARNING SHE DROPPED THE JUG AND RAN TO HIM EMBRACING HIM. WHEN HE REACHED HIS WIFE, SHE ALREADY KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED. WEEPING, SHE TOLD THE YOUNG MAN THAT SHE WOULD BE RETURNING TO HER PEOPLE, BUT THAT SHE WOULD LEAVE HIM WITH THE BABY WHO, LIKE HERSELF, COULD CHANGE INTO A SNAKE AT WILL...AND THEN SHE DEPARTED.
THAT'S WHY THE HOPI INDIANS CONTINUE TO DANCE THE SNAKE DANCE TODAY. THE DANCERS ARE THE DESCENDANTS OF THE CHILD BORN TO THE YOUNG MAN AND HIS SNAKE WIFE....WHO, AS THE SERPENT GODDESS, HAS CONNECTIONS TO THE LIFE-GIVING RAIN.
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G'ontia, also known as Guntia, was a Celtic goddess. Her name may be etymologically related to the Celtic word condate ("confluence"). She may have been the tutelary deity of the river G"unz, which is near G"unzburg in Germany. She also appears to be connected with the Belgian city Ghent.
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"YOLKAI ESTSAN" IS THE EARTH GODDESS OF THE NAVAJO WHO IS ASSOCIATED WITH SEASONS AND THE LAND; SHE IS THE SISTER OF THE TURQUOISE-SKY GODDESS "ESTANATLEHI", THE NAVAJO MOON GODDESS. CALLED "WHITE SHELL WOMAN BECAUSE SHE WAS MADE FROM ABALONE, "YOLKAI ESTSAN "RULED THE DAWN AND THE OCEAN; SHE WAS ALSO CREATOR OF FIRE AND MAIZE. SHE CREATED THE FIRST PEOPLE MAKING THE FIRST MAN FROM WHITE CORN AND THE FIRST WOMAN FROM YELLOW CORN. SHE HERSELF WAS BORN IN A CRADLE OF RAINBOWS AT DAWN. JUST BEFORE A GREAT FLOOD WASHED HER AWAY TO THE WHITE SANDS OF THE DESERT, THE GREAT SPIRIT ORDERED HER TO ENTER AN ABALONE SHELL. WHEN THE WATERS SUBSIDED, SHE CREATED FIRE, RULING OVER THE DAWN AND THE SEA.
ACCORDING TO LEGEND, WHEN HER SISTER, "ETSANETLEHI", WENT TO LIVE IN THE WESTERN OCEAN, AND THE DIVINE BROTHERS, THE WAR GODS, WENT TO "THOYETLI" IN THE SAN JUAN VALLEY TO DWELL, "YOLKAI ESTSAN", THE "WHITE-SHELL WOMAN," WENT ALONE INTO THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, AND THERE SHE WANDERED AROUND SADLY FOR FOUR DAYS AND FOUR NIGHTS, CONSTANTLY MOURNING HOW LONELY SHE WAS AND THINKING ABOUT HOW SHE MIGHT CREATE PEOPLE TO KEEP HER COMPANY. ON THE MORNING OF THE FIFTH DAY THE GOD, "QUSTECYALCI, " CAME TO SEE HER ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER GODS. THEN, AFTER MANY CEREMONIES, CREATED A HUMAN PAIR OUT OF TWO EARS OF CORN. THE WIND GOD GAVE TO THESE THE BREATH OF LIFE, THE GOD OF THE WHITE CRYSTAL GAVE THEM THEIR MINDS, THE GRASSHOPPERS GAVE THEM THEIR VOICES.
When this had been accomplished, the brothers returned to the mountain which is their home, and whither warriors go to pray for success in war. Then the Sun-God, after creating the animals which inhabit the earth, departed for the far West where he had made a lodge, beyond the waters, for "Estsanatlehi", who became his wife and the great goddess of the west, the source of the life-bringing rains. Every day, as he journeys toward the west, the "Sun-Carrier "sings:
In my thoughts I approach,
The Sun-God approaches,
Earth's end he approaches,
Estsanatlehi's hearth approaches,
In old age walking the beautiful trail.
In my thoughts I approach,
The Moon-God approaches,
Earth's end he approaches,
Yolkai Estsan's hearth approaches,
In old age walking the beautiful trail.
FOR, AS THE LEGEND GOES, "YOLKAI ESTSAN", TOO, BECAME THE BRIDE OF A GOD, BUT BEFORE SHE DEPARTED FOR THE DIVINE LODGE, SHE REMAINED FOR SOME TIME SOLITARY. IT WAS THEN, IN THE DAYS OF HER LONELINESS, THAT " HASTSHEYALTI" CAME TO HER, AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT A NEW RACE OF MEN SHOULD BE CREATED. WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ALL THE GODS A MAN WAS FORMED FROM A WHITE, AND A WOMAN FROM A YELLOW, EAR OF MAIZE. "NILTSHI" GAVE THEM THE BREATH OF LIFE; THE "ROCK-CRYSTAL BOY "GAVE THEM MIND; THE "GRASSHOPPER GIRL "GAVE THEM VOICES. Y"OLKAI ESTSAN "GAVE THEM FIRE AND MAIZE, AND MARRIED THE MAN TO "GROUND-HEAT GIRL" AND THE WOMAN TO "MIRAGE BOY", AND FROM THESE TWO COUPLES IS DESCENDED THE FIRST GENS OF THE NAVAHO TRIBE THE "HOUSE OF THE DARK CLIFFS", SO NAMED BECAUSE THE GODS WHO CREATED THE FIRST PAIR CAME FROM THE CLIFF HOUSES.
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"RADHA," THE HINDU GODDESS OF LOVE, IS THE GODDESS WHO WAS THE MOST BELOVED OF THE GOD, "KRISHNA". SHE IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF LOVE BETWEEN HUMANITY AND GOD, AS WELL AS BETWEEN WOMAN AND MAN. IN THE "VAISHNAVA" TRADITION OF HINDU, SHE IS REGARDED AS A PRIMARY DEITY, OFTEN WORSHIPPED TO AS AN INCARNATION OF "GODDESS LAKSHMI."
"RADHA" IS ALMOST ALWAYS DEPICTED ALONGSIDE KRISHNA AS HIS LOYAL DEVOTEE AND CELESTIAL WIFE. WITH HER EYES CLOSED, SHE FOLLOWS HIM WHEREVER HE TAKES HER, TRUSTING IN HIM COMPLETELY AND GIVING UP HER OWN EGO. SHE IS BOTH HIS DEVOTEE AND HIS EQUAL, ABANDONING HERSELF TO PASSION.
The love story of "Radha-Krishna" has become a legend in the Hindu mythology. The story is believed to have taken place in the" Dwapar Yuga, "when both of them took birth in this world. R"adha "was a cowherdess, who through her beauty and charm captivated the heart of L"ord Krishna" and became his beloved goddess. "Lord Krishna" is considered to be the incarnation of "Lord Vishnu", whose birth was predestined.
"RADHA" SYMBOLIZES THE HUMAN SOUL AS IT MOVES THROUGH ETERNITY, SEEKING UNION WITH THE DIVINE.
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