Noticed a few comments of this nature on one of my articles from earlier this year. [n.b. - wrote this piece circa December 2019, with some slight more recent editing] Now, I … really don't understand the sort of person whose basic approach to mythology and religion is "Hmmm, I like the aesthetics, but how … Continue reading A “Praygan” Rather Than A Pagan, Apparently …?
Hinduism
The Crows of Juno
Latin materials speak of 'Divine Crows' [Corniscae Divae - Allen has this as "Crow-Goddesses", even] which are of Juno; Festus' Epitome [56L] relates: "Corniscarum Divarum locus erat trans Tiberim cornicibus dicatus, quod in Junonis tutela esse putabatur", with this being often cited in accompaniment of an engimatic inscriptional "DEVAS CoRNISCAS SACRVM". This, whilst lesser-known today, … Continue reading The Crows of Juno
A Roman Correlate To Śārada Navarātri ? The October Natalis Of Juno Curritis In Comparative Constellation
It would appear I may have been 'on the money' with my contemplation viz. Roman Juno Quiritis / Curritis ('Spear-Juno')* in as potential Roman correlate for Durgā as applies our recent Navarātrī observance ! Per the Roman religious calendar - the 5th of October was one of the 'Mundus Patet' events, wherein an entry to … Continue reading A Roman Correlate To Śārada Navarātri ? The October Natalis Of Juno Curritis In Comparative Constellation
Durgā Interpretatio For The Present Devotional Season
If I were going to craft a (Greco-)Roman Durgā 'resonance' representation for one of these Durgā Puja Pandals which are the custom in West Bengal (there is a rather fine Athena resonant effort I have posted previously) - I would have drawn upon Juno Sospita & Quiritis (Curitis). This is Juno the Warrior, the epithets being 'The … Continue reading Durgā Interpretatio For The Present Devotional Season
Prometheus & Ithax, Saboteur of Sacrifice – Part One: The Emissary of the Anti-Divine
As applies Prometheus - everybody knows the main 'pop-culture' narrative. But what if there was an additional reason that Prometheus deserved the outcome - and for Prometheus to have wanted to interfere with setting down the formulaic metaphysics of sacrifice to begin with… Now, here is the key detail - a fragment transmitted via Hesychius … Continue reading Prometheus & Ithax, Saboteur of Sacrifice – Part One: The Emissary of the Anti-Divine
TRI-LOKA : The Three Worlds Of Indo-European Cosmology – Part Four: Amidst The Glorious & Ancestral Dead
Now as something of a 'check and confirm' upon all of this (Parts III, II, & I), it should prove useful to return towards the Nordic cosmological schema. Wherein, as applies the destination(s) of the Glorious and Ancestral Dead - we once again observe what should decidedly seem to be 'Uppland' situations: Valhalla should certainly … Continue reading TRI-LOKA : The Three Worlds Of Indo-European Cosmology – Part Four: Amidst The Glorious & Ancestral Dead
The Kouretes And The Rudras
Beautiful rendition of the Kouretes (Curetes) carrying out Their Dance about the newborn youthful Zeus (the infant at the base - there's a tripartite Thunderbolt behind Him also). Their Dance with its noise was undertaken to shield Zeus from Kronos - It was a … Safety Dance Now, I didn't just post this in order … Continue reading The Kouretes And The Rudras
The Anniversary Of Arya Akasha – And Our Purpose
The 6th of April marks the Anniversary of Arya Akasha - both of the Research Institute's founding proper, in 2016, as well as our successfully taking things 'public' upon this date some two years later. Now, when we have observed this occasion in the past, it has been an incandescent illustration of Agni with which … Continue reading The Anniversary Of Arya Akasha – And Our Purpose
Roman Rudra Tripurantaka [Arya Akasha Arka]
It is Monday - Rudra's Day And therefore, in brief, the Roman correlate for Rudra as Tripurantaka, the Destroyer of the Three Forts. We have previously demonstrated the situation of Vejovis / Vediovis as, effectively, Baleful Jove ('malus Iovis', per Mythographi Vaticani III 6 1), a wrathful 'Facing' for Jupiter (the Sky Father, Dyaus Pitar); … Continue reading Roman Rudra Tripurantaka [Arya Akasha Arka]
Brief Comment viz. Demeter & Persephone
This implies that somewhere out there, there are people who aren't using royal titles / etiquette when addressing Gods. Let us remind what 'Regin' in Old Norse means.[Comic panel by an 'Artcraawl'] The situation of Persephone viz. Demeter, of course, we would read in light of “Kanyakā”, as at Shiva Purana VII 1 25 38 … Continue reading Brief Comment viz. Demeter & Persephone
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