#prosepina

[davidluongart]

“(Lament) for the mighty one my spouse who liveth no more.

_ _ _ _who liveth no more; for the mighty one who liveth no more

_ _ _ _who _ _ _ liveth no more; for the mighty one who liveth no more

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ my spouse who liveth no more

_ _ _ who liveth no more

_ _ _ _ great god of the heavenly year who liveth no more.

Lord of the lower world who liveth no more.

Lord of vegetation, artificier of the earth who liveth no more.

The shepherd, the lord, the god Tammuz who liveth no more.

The lord who giveth gifts who liveth no more.

With his heavenly spouse he liveth no more.

(The producer of) wine who liveth no more.

Lord of fruitification; the established one who liveth no more.”

- A Hymn to Dumuzi/Tammuz [Transliteration and Translation of Aramaic cuneiform Texts from the British Museum, discovered in the Royal Library of Ashurbanipal in the ancient capital city of Nineveh, Assyria (now located in modern-day outskirts of Mosul, Iraq)]

(Note: While worshippings, mythologies & cult practices of Dumuzi have been dated back to the early years of Sumerian civilization of Ancient Mesopotamia - when early humans began to settle down and develop one of the world’s first and most complex systems of agricultures, his cult were later spread to the Levant and Greece & integrated into their cultures, under the new names of “Tammuz” and “Adonis.”)

Revisiting and tried to expanding one of my drawings 2 years ago that I made of Aphrodite and her mortal lover, Adonis; with the goddess of spring and nature, fertility crops and queen of the underworld, Persephone belongs to @coloricioso. The backgrounds were based on various natural locations and ancient Greco-Roman ruins sites of Cyprus, Syria, Palestine and Lebanon; which often have sacred syncretic myths associated with Aphrodite and Adonis themselves. (Below here are the Greco Roman ruins that I took inspiration of: Baalbek/Heliopolis, Lebanon; Tadmur/Palmyra, Syria; Scythopolis/Beit She’an or Beisan, Palestine; Salamis, Cyprus)

[confrontthefamiliar]

The Abduction of Prosepina

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

[allisonscola]

Pomegranates (melograni in Italian) are in season. Scholars believe that the fruit was brought to Sicily by both the Phoenicians and the Greeks, not only for food, but also for religious reasons. Pomegranate seeds represent fertility, prosperity, abundance, and generosity. And because of the Persephone myth--when the maiden daughter of the goddess Demeter eats the seeds that Hades, the god of the underworld, fed her, signifying her acceptance of him as her husband--they also represent the cycle of life and death, for as a result of her "agreement," she is condemned to half the year in the underworld with her husband (autumn and winter) and half the year in the upper world with her mother (spring and summer). So, when Persephone goes to the underworld, she brings the seeds with her into the depths of the Earth, and when she returns to the surface with seeds in hand in spring, she brings abundance and life. #melograni #pomagranates #pomagranate #persephone #kore #demetre #demeter #prosepina #divinafeminina #divinefeminine #ancientgreek #grecoantico #archaeology #archeologia #experiencesicily #sicily #sicilia #siciliabedda #italy #italia #smallgrouptours #authenticsicily #sicilians_world #ig_sicily #igerssicilia #instasicilia #gf_italy #siculamenteDoc #sicily_tricolors #ig_visitsicily https://www.instagram.com/p/B3i2lmRlFsz/?igshid=1glqm0c9sxbf1

[chuckakot]

Oh, keep your toes into the sand -  Let the sand feel your sandy toes; The salty water bubbles as you gait, Like a sponge firmly pressed by your hands; Let the wind dry every inch of your skin -  You slowly burn from red to brown, Like crispy leaves on a dry summer.

Chuck Akot

[chuckakot]

I shall not call you beautiful: My darling, my lady, bittersweet! Keep me closer, little bit more; Give me your incandescent shine, Candidly-ideal sparkling through. You are with you now, I am mine -  The taste of your kiss faint my woe; The longer I touched your luscious lips, The more I draw myself to you -  I demand stars to close their eyes.

Chuck Akot

[allisonscola]

The leaf-less trees along my morning walks in the New York City area are a painful reminder that winter's arrival is imminent. And so, I think of earth’s seasonal cycles, which for centuries were explained by the myth of Demeter and Kore: Hades, the God of the Underworld, abducted the maiden Kore while she was picking flowers by Pergusa Lake (near Enna, Sicily). Kore ate the pomegranate seeds that Hades offered her, transforming her into his wife and Goddess of the Underworld. Meanwhile, Demeter, Kore's mother and Goddess of grain, wheat, and the harvest, was despondent, searching for her daughter all while allowing everything on the Earth's surface to die, that is, until Zeus negotiated with Hades and Demeter. The results was to return Persephone to Earth each spring and life would return to the surface. Hence we have six months of planting and growth and six months of harvest and lifelessness. The myth of Demeter and Kore/Persephone is significant when talking about ancient southern Italy (Magna Grecia), as illustrated by this relief featuring the goddesses from the last quarter of the 5th century B.C.E. Currently on display at the Museo Civico Castello Ursino in Catania, it was found with other buried debris in the 1930s in the city's St. Nicolelle Square. The act of Persephone annually returning to the dark underworld and then taking on her role as psychopomp, is significant when we begin to talk about devotion to Santa Lucia ... our story is to be continued ... Join me on Sunday, Dec. 9 in NYC for the Feast of Santa Lucia! More at https://experiencesicily.com/events/festa-di-santa-lucia/ #persephone #kore #demetre #demeter #prosepina #divinafeminina #divinefeminine #ursino #catania #relief #ancientgreek #grecoantico #archaeology #archeologia #santalucia #saintlucy #experiencesicily #sicily #sicilia #siciliabedda #italy #italia #smallgrouptours #authenticsicily #sicilians_world #ig_sicily #igerssicilia #instasicilia #gf_italy #siculamenteDoc #sicily_tricolors #ig_visitsicily (at Museo Civico Castello Ursino) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq_giQklAgb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=3q3ujz2n4uso

[letitsoar]

[visualdiary-of-me-blog-blog]

Beautiful