Minor Greek Goddess Erinyes And Furies  

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In Greek mythology the Erinyes or Eumenides (the Romans called them the Furies) were female personifications of vengeance. They were usually said to have been born from the blood of Uranus when Cronus castrated him. According to a variant account, they were born from Nyx. Their number is usually left indeterminate, though Virgil, probably working from an Alexandrian source, recognized three: Alecto ("unceasing"), Megaera ("grudging"), and Tisiphone ("avenging murder"). The heads of the Erinyes were wreathed with serpents, their eyes dripped with blood, and their whole appearance was terrific and appalling. Sometimes they had the wings of a bat or bird, or the body of a dog.

One myth had Tisiphone fall in love with Cithaeron. She caused his death by snakebite, specifically, one of the snakes from her head. Another myth says that the Erinyes struck the magical horse Xanthus dumb for rebuking Achilles.

The Erinyes generally stood for the rightness of things within the standard order; for example, Heraclitus declared that if Helios decided to change the course of the Sun through the sky, they would prevent him from doing so. But for the most part they were understood as the persecutors of mortal men and women who broke "natural" laws. In particular, those who broke ties of kinship through patricide, murdering a brother (Fratricide), or other such familial killings brought special attention from the Erinyes.

It was believed in early epochs that human beings might not have the right to punish such crimes, instead leaving the matter to the dead man's Erinyes to exact retribution. The goddess Nike filled a similar role. When not stalking victims on Earth, the Furies were thought to dwell in Tartarus, where they applied their tortures to the damned souls there.

The Erinyes are particularly known for the persecution of Orestes for the murder of his mother, Clytemnestra. Since Apollo had told Orestes to kill the murderer of his father, Agamemnon, and that person turned out to be his mother, Orestes prayed to him. Athena intervened and the Erinyes turned into the Eumenides ("goodly ones"), as they always did in their beneficial aspects.

Many scholars believe that they were originally referred to as the Eumenides not to reference their good sides but as a euphemism to avoid their wrath by calling them by their true name. This is similar to the taboo on speaking the names of certain spirits in many cultures. The Erinyes were also known as Semnai ("the venerable ones"), the Potniae ("the Awful Ones"), the Maniae ("the Madnesses") and the Praxidikae ("the Vengeful Ones").

The Furies (their Roman name) or Dirae ("the terrible") typically had the effect of driving their victims insane, hence their Latin name furor. Virgil VII, 324, 341, 415, 476.

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Mangala  

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Mangala is the name for Mars, the red planet. Mars is also called Angaraka ('one who is red in colour' or Bhauma in Sanskrit. He is the god of war and is celibate. He is considered the son of Prithvi or Bhumi, the Earth Goddess. He is the owner of the Aries and Scorpio signs, and a teacher of the occult sciences. He is painted red or flame colour, four-armed, carrying a 'trident', 'mace', 'lotus' and a 'spear'. His 'mount' is a ram. He presides over 'Mangala-varam'.

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Nephthys Egyptian Goddess Of The Dead  

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NEPHTHYS IS THE EGYPTIAN GODDESS OF THE DEAD. HER NAME MEANS "MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE" IN THE EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN CALLED THE "FRIEND OF THE DEAD". NEPHTHYS IS THE SHADOW OF HER SISTER ISIS AND RULES OVER THE DARKNESS AND THE SECRETS OF DEATH. SHE IS THE PROTECTOR OF SOULS AND THE QUEEN OF THE UNDERWORLD.

SHE IS USUALLY DEPICTED AS A WOMAN WITH THE HEIROGLYPHIC SYMBOLS OF HER NAME SITUATED ATOP OF HER HEAD; THIS WOULD BE A BASKET AND A HOUSE. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN DEPICTED AS A BIRD....A FALCON OR A HAWK. THROUGHOUT ANCIENT EGYPT, SHE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FUNERARY RITUALS AND WAS NOT REVERED AS DEATH ITSELF, BUT INSTEAD AS A COMPANION WHO OFFERS GUIDANCE TO THE NEWLY DECEASED AND COMFORT TO THE LIVING RELATIVES.

IN MOST ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MYTHS, SHE IS INTRODUCED TO US AS THE DAUGHTER OF NUT, SISTER OF ISIS AND OSIRIS, AND THE SISTER CONSORT OF THE GOD, SET. LATER MYTHS PROCLAIM HER TO BE THE MOTHER OF ANUBIS. HIS FATHER WAS OSIRIS. SOME MYTHS SAY THAT SHE INTOXICATED OSIRIS AND SEDUCED HIM. STILL OTHER MYTHS SAY THAT SHE DISGUISED HERSELF AS ISIS AND BECAME PREGNANT FROM HIM. IT WAS HER ADULTERY THAT ENRAGED SET AND BECAME HIS MOTIVE FOR SLAYING OSIRIS. AND AFTERWARDS, SHE ONCE AGAIN BETRAYED SETH BY LEAVING HIM TO JOIN ISIS IN THE SEARCH FOR OSIRIS BODY PARTS.

ALTHOUGH LINKED WITH DEATH AND DECAY, SHE ALSO HAD CONNECTIONS WITH LIFE AS WELL. IT IS SAID THAT, AS A COMFORTER, SHE STOOD AT THE HEAD OF THE BED TO OFFER COMFORT AND ASSISTANCE TO THE MOTHER WHO WAS GIVING BIRTH...WHILE ISIS STOOD AT THE FOOT OF THE BED TO MIDWIFE THE CHILD. IN FACT, THE TWO SISTERS WERE OFTEN FOUND TOGETHER, AND THE ONLY WAY THEY COULD BE TOLD APART WAS BY THE HIEROGLYPH ON THEIR HEADS.

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Yemaya African Mother Goddess  

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YEMAYA IS A WEST AFRICAN MOTHER GODDESS. HER FOLLOWING LATER SPREAD TO THE WEST INDIES AND BRAZIL AS WELL AS SOME PARTS OF EUROPE. SHE IS A GODDESS OF SEA, AND THE MOTHER OF ALL LIFE BECAUSE THE SEA IS THE SOURCE OF LIFE. SHE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CRESCENT MOON, THE OCEAN, SEAS AND LAKES, DREAMS, ANCIENT WISDOM, AND FEMALE MYSTERIES. SHE IS USUALLY PORTRAYED AS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, THE ULTIMATE SYMBOL OF MOTHERHOOD. HER BREASTS ARE FULL AND LARGE FROM GIVING BIRTH TO SO MANY DIFFERENT CREATIONS. SHE IS A FIERCE PROTECTOR OF WOMEN, SO IF YOU OR YOUR DAUGHTER FIND YOURSELF IN SOME SORT OF DANGER, BE SURE TO CALL ON YEMAYA FOR PROTECTION.

YEMAYA IS OFTEN DEPICTED AS EMERGING FROM THE SEA COVERED IN SHELLS. THE COWRIE SHELL IS HER SYMBOL, AND FISH ARE SACRED TO HER. SHE IS THE KEEPER OF THE FEMALE MYSTERIES AND GUARDIAN OF WOMEN EVERYWHERE. IT IS SAID THAT THE FIRST TIME SHE WALKED UPON THE EARTH, FOUNTAINS WHICH LATER BECAME THE RIVERS AND LAKES SPRANG UP WHEREVER SHE WALKED. SEA SHELLS FROM WHICH HER PRIESTESSES COULD HEAR THE VOICE OF THE UNIVERSE WERE AMONG HER FIRST GIFTS TO HER PEOPLE.

HER COLORS ARE BLUE, SILVER, AND WHITE...JUST LIKE HER BELOVED WATERS. HER JEWELS INCLUDE CRYSTALS AND PEARLS. WEAR PEARLS OR CRYSTAL BEAD TO INVOKE HER. SHE IS CELEBRATED ON FEBRUARY 2ND WHEN LETTERS OF REQUEST TO YEMAYA ARE TOSSED INTO THE OCEAN, AND DECEMBER 31ST WHEN OFFERINGS ARE MADE TO HER. SHE WILL BLESS YOU IF YOU MAKE OFFERINGS OF COPPER TO HER; SHE LOVES SHINY NEW PENNIES. IF YOU MAKE A CANDLE OFFERING TO HER, BE SURE TO PUT THREE SHINY PENNIES WITH THE CANDLE FOR EXTRA ENERGY. INVOKE YEMAYA FOR BLESSINGS, WISDOM, FERTILITY, MOTHERHOOD, SEA SPELLS, WATER MAGIC, AND PROTECTING YOUR HOME.

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