Goddess Danu  

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DANU (pronounced DAH-noo) is the Irish earth Goddess, mother of the Tuatha D'e Danann (people of the Goddess Danu). Danu is an ancient Goddess, and was worshipped extensively throughout Western Europe, ruling over rivers, magic, fertility, wells, and wisdom. She gives her name to many European places, including the Danube River and the country of Denmark. Danu, whose name means "wisdom", was known as DON in Wales, and her name is also seen as DANA or DANANN.

The Tuatha D'e Danann (pronounced TOO-uh-huh dey DAH-nun) were the fifth group to inhabit Ireland. After learning the magical arts, they arrived in Ireland on ships, which they then burned so that they would not be tempted to go back to where they had come from. They defeated the Fir Bolg (pronounced FEER buhl-ug) who then inhabited Ireland, and were the main population until the arrival of the Milesians. The Milesians nearly wiped out the Tuatha D'e Danann--the survivors were driven to T'ir na n'Og (pronounced TEER na nohg), the "land of eternal youth", or underground, where they took the name Daoine S'idhe (pronounced DEEN-uh SHEE) or "people of the mounds". There they continue to reside, and we know them better as fairies.

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Goddess Nott  

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IN NORSE MYTHOLOGY, "NOTT" WAS THE "GODDESS OF THE NIGHT" WHO DRIVES A CHARIOT THROUGH THE SKY. SHE WAS A SORCERESS WHO WAS OLDER THAN THE MOUNTAINS AND SAID TO BE "COLDER THAN THE COLDEST STAR. "HER VERY NAME MEANS" NIGHT. "IN THE BEGINNING, SHE WAS BLACKNESS THAT SURROUNDED THE WORLD. THE DAUGHTER OF A GIANT NAMED "NORFI," SHE WAS HERSELF A GIANTRESS OF SUCH IMMENSE BEAUTY THAT SHE HAD THREE HUSBANDS AND ONE CHILD FROM EACH HUSBAND. HER FIRST CHILD WAS A SON NAMED AUOR; HER SECOND WAS "JORD", A DAUGHTER WHO WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE EARTH. HER THIRD CHILD WAS A SON CALLED "DAGUR", OR" DAY." SHE ALSO BECAME "ODIN'S "CONCUBINE AND BORE HIM ONE SON...THOR...AND IT WAS UPON HER RELATIONS WITH "ODIN" THAT SHE BECAME A GODDESS.

The legend states that when "Odin" and his brothers created the world, they felt it should be regulated by periods of night and day, and "Odin "gifted Her with the cloak of darkness that brought night to the land and dreams to all. And so it was "Nott" and "Dagur" were placed in the sky with chariots to ride around the world for 24 hours. And it is here that they spend every day in a great chase, the son following the mother, laughing and having great fun. The mane of Her horse drips dew onto the earth below.

"NOTT", WITH HER DARK SKIN AND HAIR, AND SHROUDED IN HER CLOAK OF BLACKNESS, STANDS MYSTERIOUSLY APART FROM THE GODS OF ASGARD BECAUSE OF THIS DARKNESS. IN DOING SO, SHE TEACHES US ACCEPTANCE FOR ALL THAT MAY BE DIFFERENT. SHE TEACHES US LOVE AND RESPECT FOR ALL LIFE, AND IN HER CLOAK OF BLACKNESS, SHE IS IN TOTAL CONTROL OF THE NIGHT AND ALL WITHIN. SHE GRANTS US THE TIME FOR DEEP, UNDISTURBED SOLITUDE WHERE DREAMS BEGIN.

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Cihuacoatyl  

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In Aztec mythology, Cihuacoatl ("snake woman"; also Chihucoatl, Ciucoatl) was one of a number of motherhood and fertility goddesses. (See also Ilamatecuhtli, Teteoinnan, Tlazolteotl, and Toci.)

Cihuacoatl was especially associated with midwives, and with the sweatbaths where midwives practiced. She is paired with Quilaztli and was considered a protectress of Chalmeca and patroness of Culhuacan. She helped Quetzalcoatl create the current race of humanity by grinding up bones from the previous ages, and mixing it with his blood. She is also the mother of Mixcoatl, who she abandoned at a crossroads. Tradition says that she often returns there to weep for her lost son, only to find a sacrificial knife.

Although she was sometimes depicted as a young woman, similar to Xochiquetzal, she is more often shown as a fierce skull-faced old woman carrying the spears and shield of a warrior. Childbirth was sometimes compared to warfare and the women who died in childbirth were honored as fallen warriors. Their spirits, the Cihuateteo, were depicted with skeletal faces like Cihuacoatl. Like her, the Cihuateteo are thought to haunt crossroads at night to steal children.

Cihuacoatl was also a noble title among the Aztecs, given to the secondary ruler of Tenochtitlan who was responsible for the day-to-day affairs of the capital city. Tlacaelel served as Cihuacoatl under four Aztec kings (Tlatoanis) during the 15th century. As Cihuacoatl he counselled the ruler and personally took charge of the military and public sacrifices.

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Goddess Medusa  

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MEDUSA IS THE SERPENT GODDESS OF LIBYA; SHE IS ALSO KNOWN THROUGHOUT NORTH AFRICA AND CRETE. SHE WAS ONCE A BEAUTIFUL MAIDEN WHOSE MAGNIFICENT LONG HAIR WAS HER CROWNING GLORY. SHE WAS PURSUED BY MANY SUITORS, BUT WOULD HAVE NONE OF THEM. THEN, ONE DAY, SHE WAS WORSHIPING IN ATHENA'S TEMPLE, WHEN POSEIDON, THE HANDSOME, DARK-HAIRED LORD OF THE SEA, CAME UPON HER AND MADE LOVE TO HER. ATHENA WAS OUTRAGED AT THE DESECRATION OF HER TEMPLE. AND EVEN THOUGH IT HAD BEEN POSEIDON/NEPTUNE WHO DID THE RAVISHING, ATHENA LASHED OUT TO PUNISH MEDUSA. IN HER RAGE, SHE TURNED MEDUSA'S BEAUTIFUL TRESSES INTO SNAKES AND GAVE HER THE DESTRUCTIVE POWER OF TURNING ANYONE WHO LOOKED AT HER INTO STONE.

"SHE WAS THE VERY LOVELY ONE, THE HOPE OF MANY"AN ENVIOUS SUITOR, AND OF ALL OF HER BEAUTIES"HER HAIR MOST BEAUTIFUL--AT LEAST I HEARD SO"FROM ONE WHO CLAIMED HE HAD SEEN HER. ONE DAY NEPTUNE"FOUND HER AND RAPED HER"--FROM OVID'S METAMORPHOSES

MEDUSA STANDS FOR THE BALANCE WITHIN NATURE. SHE GUARDS THE THRESHOLDS OF THE EARTH, OF HEAVEN, AND OF THE UNDERWORLD. HER BLOOD WAS SAID TO HAVE THE POWER TO CREATE LIFE OR BRING DEATH. HER TOTEM IS THE SERPENT WHICH REPRESENTS THE ENDLESS CYCLE OF DEATH AND REBIRTH. SHE WAS ONCE CONSIDERED THE QUEEN OF THE AWESOME POWERS OF THE DARK MOON. SHE RULED OVER THE MYSTERIES OF SEX AND WAS THE KEEPER OF THE FEMININE MYSTERIES.

THE MORTAL MEDUSA WAS ONE OF THE THREE GORGON SISTERS, THE OTHERS BEING STHENO AND EURYALE, BOTH IMMORTALS. THE GORGONS WERE SNAKE-HAIRED, WITH GLARING EYES, HUGE TEETH, AND GOLDEN WINGS. ORIGINALLY, THEY WERE SAID TO BE SEA GODDESSES, AND OF THE THREE, ONLY MEDUSA WAS MORTAL WHICH MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR PERSEUS TO COME AFTER HER HEAD. AND, IN ORDER TO SLAY HER, HE BEHELD HER IMAGE ON A BRAZEN SHIELD SO HE WOULD NOT BE TURNED TO STONE BY LOOKING AT HER, AND WITH HIS HAND, GUIDED BY ATHENA, HE BEHEADED HER. AND FROM HER SEVERED NECK SPRANG HER TWIN SONS BY POSEIDON--PEGASUS, THE WINGED HORSE WHO BECAME A SYMBOL OF POETRY AND CRYASOR, THE HERO OF THE GOLDEN SWORD AND FATHER OF KING GERYON OF SPAIN.

AND AS PERSEUS FLEW AWAY, A FEW DROPS OF MEDUSA'S BLOOD TRICKLED ONTO THE HOT AFRICAN SANDS...CAUSING AN OASES TO GROW IN THE DESERT.

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