Faience and Feathers

A Kemetic Polytheist's Blog

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Hellenic inspiration, Villa Kerylos, Nice

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Here she is, finally finished. My interpretation of the Egyptian goddess Hathor. The “Golden Goddess”, “Mistress of the Stars” who was associated with women and women’s health, love, inspiration, kindness, gratitude, light, rebirth, rejuvenation, dancing, sexuality, and drunken revelry. Quite the interesting goddess with a great many symbols associated with her, thus the reason she is my most detailed god/dess to date! . Done in watercolor and colored pencil on 11 X 14 smooth Bristol paper. . Original is sold! . Prints are available at https://www.etsy.com/listing/778171215/hathor-egyptian-goddess-cow-print . #hathor #egyptiangoddess #egyptianart #egyptianmythology #cow #anthrocow #paganism #pagan #goldenwolf #goldenwolfen #christygrandjean https://www.instagram.com/p/B8c-Kv-pJmv/?igshid=1n7vby0bv0ykz

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Queen Esther. 1878. Edwin Longsden Long

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Various Ocean scenes by Lionel Walden (1861-1933).

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Cledonomancy

A form of divination based on chance words and meetings uttered by pedestrians or a conversation found through media.

It is known as a kledon in Ancient Greek, and historically a person seeking a kledon would whisper their question into the ear of a statue of Hermes found in a marketplace, and then walk amongst the crowd and listen to the first words or sentence uttered by a random person.

This form of divination can be performed in a quiet area, where you pray or meditate on a question for a deity, and then leave and walk to a busier street and listen for the answer from the first talking passerby.

Alternatively, this can be performed through a live radio station (avoid music stations). After meditating on your question, switch to a random radio station and listen to the immediate conversation, where your answer will be provided.

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This is such a fun type of divination to do when you're in a fairly busy area

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A watercolor of the great god Enki (Ea), by Cropese, commissioned as a pair with His wife Damkina (Damgalnuna).

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~ Statue of Horus in the form of a falcon.

Place of origin: Egypt

Period: Late Period

Date: 600 B.C.

Medium: Bronze

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Ancient Egyptian faience amulet depicting the deities Isis, Horus, and Nephthys.  Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE (Late Period or Ptolemaic).  Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

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Bronze Rearing Cobra

An Egyptian bronze Uraeus or the rearing cobra wearing the atef-crown. The flaring hood is inlaid with turquoise, carnelian, and lapis lazuli. Height with tenon: 4 9/16 in. 10.6 cm. Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 716-30 BC. Now in the Private Collection.

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Caravaggio, details of Bacchus.

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Apollo and the Muses by John Singer Sargent.

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Day and Night stained glass windows (1897–1900). Designer and executant: William Glasby (1863–1941) Henry Holiday Studio, Hampstead.

Images and text courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art.     

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/207692?rpp=30&pg=16&ao=on&ft=stained+glass&pos=468

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‘Artemis’ (stained glass). Design by Géza Maróti (1875-1941).

Budapest Museum of Applied Arts. Photograph by Szilas. Wikimedia

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Female Figure with Lyre - Aladar Kacziany

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Clasp of Princess Sithathor

This clasp takes the form of two lotus flowers, between them hangs an image of the Goddess Bat. It will originally have fitted to a necklace.

Fastener of a necklace belonging to princess Sithathor, made of gold, carnelian, lapis lazuli and turquoise, from the Tomb of princess Sithathor. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1991-1803 BC. Funerary Complex of Senusret III at Dahshur.  Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 30862-A

Photo: Sandro Vannini

[arjuna-vallabha]

Bes Pantheos, Ptolemaic period, Egypt

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Attributed to Richard Cosway, 1742-1821

Harriet Mellon? as a Sibyl, ca.1805, oil paint on mahogany, 76,4x62,4 cm    

Tate Gallery