QUIRITIS is the Sabine Goddess of protection. The Sabines were another of the pre-Roman peoples of central Italy. Quiritis watched over the clans of the Sabines and was also worshipped by the nearby Faliscans. She also protected mothers and married women. Quiritis' name, which means "spear," is also seen as CURITIS, and it was under this name that she was later assimilated with the Roman Goddess Juno. A temple to Juno Curitis was located on the Campus Martius in Rome, where the "quirite" or spearmen trained.
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THIS DATE MARKS THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIRTH OF THE ANCIENT GODDESS, "TIAMAT", THE BABYLONIAN VERSION OF GODDESS AS THE GREAT MOTHER CREATRIX. SHE WAS THE EMBODIMENT OF THE ORIGINAL WATERY CHAOS OF THE UNIVERSE; SHE PERSONIFIED THE SALT WATER (OCEAN) AT THE BEGINNING OF TIME. SHE WAS THE "MOTHER OF ALL MOTHERS," BUT SHE WAS ALSO THE TEMPESTUOUS SEA FOR THERE WAS CHAOS AND TUMULT IN HER SOUL.
THE GODDESS "TIAMAT", ALONG WITH THE GOD "APSU ( IS REPRESENTED IN THE EPIC OF "MARDUK" AS EXISTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME. THE TWO DEITIES ARE VIRTUALLY IDENTICAL, ONE BEING THE MALE, THE OTHER THE FEMALE PRINCIPLE. BOTH PERSONIFY PRIMAEVAL CHAOS. AND IT WAS FROM THESE THAT CAME ORIGINALLY THE GODS.
"AND THE PRIMEVAL APSU, WHO BEGAT THEM,'AND MUMMU'-TIAMAT, THE MOTHER OF THEM ALL,"
THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY OTHER GENERATIONS OF GODS, WHOM THEY SOUGHT TO DESTROY. THIS RESULTED IN THE FIGHT OF "MARDUK "WITH THE PRIMEVAL GODDESS "TIAMAT." IN THIS BATTLE "MARDUK" IS THE CHAMPION AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OTHER GODS. HE SLAYS HER AND SPLITS HER IN HALVES LIKE A FISH, HALF OF WHICH HE USES TO MAKE A FIRMAMENT TO KEEP BACK THE CELESTIAL WATERS, AND THE OTHER HALF THE EARTH TO HOLD BACK THE SUBTERRANEAN WATERS.
THE ESSENCE OF THIS STORY IS THE VIOLENT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE OLDER MYTHOLOGIES OF THE MOTHER GODDESS, "TIAMAT," REPRESENTING PREHISTORY FERTILITY WORSHIP OF GODS AND GODDESS AND THE NEW MYTHS OF THE FATHER GODS, STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY BETWEEN THE TWO WITH THE EVENTUAL BIRTH OF PATRIARCHY.
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"VELLAMO" IS KNOWN IN FINNISH FOLKLORE AS THE GODDESS OF THE SEA; SHE IS OFTEN DEPICTED AS A MERMAID WHO RULES THE OCEANS AND THE RIVERS. HER NAME IS DERIVED FROM THE WORD "VELLOA "WHICH MEANS "TO ROCK ONESELF "OR "PROTECTOR. "SOMETIMES DESCRIBED AS COLD-HEARTED, SHE IS THE GREAT SEDUCTRESS, WITH A TALENT FOR MANIPULATING BOTH MEN MEN AND GODS INTO ILLICIT AFFAIRS. SHE IS THE POWER OF THE SEA AND THE MISTRESS OF FISH, THE PERFECT SYMBOL OF PRIMEVAL NATURAL WATER. IT IS SAID THAT THIS WATER NYMPH HAS A LONG HAIR FLOWED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HER WAIST.
VELLAMO IS THE WIFE OF AHTI, A RATHER BROODING OLD MAN, THE CHIEF WATER GOD OF THE DEPTHS. HE AND VELLAMO LIVE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA IN HIS CASTLE CALLED "AHTOLA "WHERE SHE TENDS TO MYSTERIOUS CROPS UPON THE OCEAN'S FLOOR. A TEMPTRESS, VELLAMO IS SAID TO APPEAR FIRST AND FOREMOST TO MEN, AND IF SHE CAUGHT BY A FISHERMAN, SHE MIGHT VERY WELL TRY TO SEDUCE THE MAN TO BECOME HIS WIFE.
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