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Lucifer, Venus & Anti-Gods of Mythology
Lucifer is Latin for bringer of light, or the morning star, symbolic of the return of light each day. In Greco-Roman myth Aurora, Goddess...

Sylvia Rose
Nov 17, 20235 min read
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Ereshkigal & the Mesopotamian Underworld
Goddess Queen Ereshkigal rules the Underworld of ancient Mesopotamia. She holds court among grim ghosts, gods and demons. Active from c....

Sylvia Rose
Nov 12, 20234 min read
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Shaushka (Šauška): Hurrian Great Goddess
Šauška (Shaushka) is the Great Goddess of the ancient Hurrian pantheon. She's cognate with goddesses Ishtar and Inanna . Her domains are...

Sylvia Rose
Nov 11, 20233 min read
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Bronze Age Ancients - Catacomb Culture
With the favored practice of naming early civilizations after their grave types, here is the Catacomb culture. The progressive and...

Sylvia Rose
Nov 6, 20234 min read
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12 Days of Zagmuk: Chaos & the King
The Feast of Zagmuk begins in March and lasts twelve days. The name Zagmuk comes from the Sumerian term for 'beginning of the year'. The...

Sylvia Rose
Nov 4, 20234 min read
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Curse of the Evil Eye & Apotropaic Magic
The concept of the evil eye exists since the beginning of humanity on earth. The curse is cast with a malevolent look or glare. The evil...

Sylvia Rose
Nov 1, 20233 min read
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Bronze Age: Ancient Afterlife & Burial Beliefs
Afterlife beliefs affect burial practices of the Bronze Age. The Bronze Age emerges at various times cross-culturally, such as Indus...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 27, 20237 min read
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Mythic Fire Gods: Vulkan of Germania
In the 1st century BCE Julius Caesar writes about the tribes of Germania. He's struck by the apparent sparsity of the Germanic pantheon,...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 20, 20233 min read
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Wine God Liber: Liberty & Liberal Libation
Liber is an ancient Roman wine god whose feast Liberalia is celebrated March 17. He predates Bacchus; early historians see Liber as a...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 19, 20234 min read
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Sprites: Ethereal Creatures of Faerie
Sprites are small, charming faerie people with no grudge against humans. Their interest in the mortal realm is limited. Sprite magic is...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 18, 20232 min read
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Before the Viking Age - Gods of the Sámi
The earliest people in Scandinavia come up the Volga River in Russia after the last Ice Age about 25,000 years ago. They settle along the...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 14, 20237 min read
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Ziu - Ancient Sky God of Germania
Among the Old Gods of German mythology is Ziu (pr. Ts-ee-ew) the Sky God. He's equated with the Norse Týr, the one-handed god. The Sky...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 12, 20233 min read
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Tannenbaum - About the Yule Fir Tree
Tannenbaum is often equated with Christmas tree. Fir is best for the holidays. Its branches have flat soft foliage, it's easy to hang...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 11, 20233 min read
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Creating a Frau Holle Winter Festival Altar
Creating a Frau Holle festival altar is fun. Frau Holle is perhaps the most beloved of German deities, with a number of different...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 9, 20234 min read
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Pagan Christmas Yule Fests: Frau Holle
The Festival of Frau Holle decks the halls from her Feast Day 25 Dec to the 5-6th of January. An ancient German goddess, Frau Holle...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 9, 20234 min read
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Folk Magic: Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)
Amanita muscaria , fly agaric or fly amanita is the most widely recognized of the psychoactive plants and fungi. The use, folklore and...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 5, 20234 min read
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Pagan Solstice Fests: Mithras & the Sun
Inspired by Persian Mithra, Romans recreate ancient cult rituals and religious mysteries in the worship of Mithras, based on the older...

Sylvia Rose
Oct 3, 20235 min read
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Animal Spirits: Woodpecker, Wasp, Wren
The Woodpecker, Wasp and Wren all bring different animal qualities into daily life. Ancient people lived in the heart of nature and knew...

Sylvia Rose
Sep 29, 20238 min read
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Goats in German Myth: Erntebock & Habergeiß
The Erntebock (Harvest Goat) is a treacherous spirit. Sometimes he's accompanied by his better half, the Habergeiß or she-goat. In...

Sylvia Rose
Sep 16, 20234 min read
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Animal Spirits: Doe, Magpie, Wolverine
The gentle Doe, canny Magpie and fierce Wolverine bring their unique magic and talents to the fore. Shamans and spirit practitioners...

Sylvia Rose
Sep 12, 20236 min read
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