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mythology and ancient history. main blog @catelynstarks. prev. silenabeauregards.

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AMATERASU OMIKAMI

Amaterasu is the Shinto sun goddess and the mythical ancestor of the Japanese imperial family. Her name means “Shining in the Heaven,” and her epithet is Omikami, “Great and Exalted Divinity.” As the sun goddess, she is the greatest of the Japanese gods, ruler of the Plain of Heaven.

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T w e l v e   O l y m p i a n s   //   H e r a

Y O U   P R O V I D E   G E N T L E   B R E E Z E S                                                      W H I C H   S U S T A I N   T H E   S O U L.   M O T H E R   I N D E E D   O F   S T O R M S,                                                    A T T E N D A N T   O F   T H E   W I N D S,   A L L - B E G E T T I N G.

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               MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES: (1/?)  -T L A L O C (Aztec) - Tloloc was an important deity in Aztec religion; as supreme god of the rains, he was also by extension a god of fertility and of water. He was widely worshiped as a beneficent giver of life and sustenance, but he was also feared for his ability to send hail, thunder, and lightning, and for being the lord of the powerful element of water. Tlaloc is also associated with caves, springs, and mountains, most specifically the sacred mountain in which he was believed to reside

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Hera (/ˈhɛrə, ˈhɪərə/; Greek: Ἥρᾱ, Hērā; Ἥρη, Hērē in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of women, marriage, family, and childbirth in ancient Greek religion and myth, one of the Twelve Olympians and the sister-wife of Zeus.

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Kumiho, a legendary fox creature that appears in Korean mythology.

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The seven eras of ancient Greece

for my dear Greek sis @mmedemaintenon <3

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T w e l v e   O l y m p i a n s   //   A r e s 

D E L I G H T I N G    I N    A R M S ,   I N D E S T R U C T I B L E 

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One look at the creature she has become would turn any living thing to stone.

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@mythsociety​ event 1: get to know me 🠒 oya, goddess of storms

“There’s untamed electricity coursing through her veins and it shocks you when you kiss her, but my god it’s worth the pain.”

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Divine goddess of love and beauty.

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P E R S E P H O N E, goddess of spring and queen of the underworld 

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HESTIA, goddess of the hearth and home.

for @lviladermott.

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greek myth meme: monsters (2/3) - sirens

Half-birds, half beautiful maidens, the Sirens were singing enchantresses capable of luring passing sailors to their islands, and, subsequently, to their doom. Daughters of the river god Achelous and a Muse, they were fated to die if anyone should survive their singing. When Odysseus passed them by unharmed, they hurled themselves into the sea and were drowned.

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Iðunn, (Idunn) is the Goddess of spring and eternal youth in Norse mythology and the wife of Bragi, the god of poetry and music. She is keeper to the apples of youth and supplies them to the other Gods and Goddesses to help keep them young and beautiful forever. Since the Gods are not immortal, the apples are considered very precious.

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Persephone

According to Greek Mythology, Persephone, the queen of the underworld, was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the goddess of harvest and fertility. She was also called Kore, which means “maiden” and grew up to be a lovely girl attracting the attention of many gods.

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greek myth meme: titanesses (5/5) - mnemosyne

Mnemosyne, in Greek mythology, the goddess of memory. A Titaness, she was the daughter of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea(Earth), and, according to Hesiod, the mother (by Zeus) of the nine Muses. She gave birth to the Muses after Zeus went to Pieria and stayed with her nine consecutive nights.