Hesperus (Vesper) the Evening Star
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Hesperus (Vesper) and Phosphorus (Eosphorus, Lucifer) are both children of the Dawn Goddess Eos / Aurora. Phosphorus, light bringer, is...
Sylvia Rose
- Nov 17, 2023
- 5 min
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...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 16, 2023
- 4 min
Arzawa: Rebel Kingdom of the Bronze Age
For four centuries in ancient Anatolia, the kingdom Arzawa grows to formidable power. Between c. 17 - 1300 BCE, Arzawans both harass and...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 16, 2023
- 5 min
Amethyst - Divine Purple Quartz Gemstone
One of the crystals known since ancient times, Amethyst holds it own magic and myth. Purple is hard to get in the days before synthetic...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 15, 2023
- 4 min
Sobekneferu - Queen of the Pharaohs
The first female Pharoah, Sobekneferu (Neferusobek) reigns in the mid-18th century BCE. Her name means 'beauty of Sobek', a reference to...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 15, 2023
- 4 min
Volcanic Wipeout - 1600 BCE Eruption of Thera
In the mid Bronze Age the Minoan Greeks come under fire in more ways than one. A series of volcanic eruptions by the Cyclades island of...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 14, 2023
- 4 min
Cyclades Islands: Paradise of Ancients
In the sparkling waters of the southwest Aegean are the Cyclades Islands. About 220 islands in all, the Cyclades are home to a thriving...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 14, 2023
- 4 min
Hepat - Sun Goddess of Aleppo
Hepat (Hebat, Ḫalabatu) is a primary deity or patron goddess of Aleppo, a bustling crossroads town in northern Syria. In the 3rd...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 13, 2023
- 4 min
Luwians - Mysteries of Ancient Anatolia
The Luwians, Hatti and Hurrians, among others, inhabit ancient Anatolia when the Hittites rise to power in the 17th century BCE. The...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 13, 2023
- 5 min
Puduhepa - Queen of the Hittites
Puduḫepa ( Puduḫepa, Pudu-Kheb ) takes her job as Queen seriously. In the 13th century BCE she rules beside her husband, Hattusili III,...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 13, 2023
- 3 min
Allani - Hurrian Underworld Goddess
Allani reigns over the Land of the Dead or Underworld in Hurrian myth. She's influenced by the Hittite Sun Goddess of the Earth,...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 12, 2023
- 4 min
Ereshkigal & the Mesopotamian Underworld
Among the many goddesses, gods, sukkals and spiritual entities in ancient Mesopotamia are the grim ghosts, gods and demons who dwell in...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 12, 2023
- 3 min
Divine Light - Sun Goddess of Arinna
Sun goddess of Arinna is also called Arinniti or Wuru(n)šemu (Wurusemu). She's the chief goddess of worship in the ancient near East, and...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 12, 2023
- 3 min
Ancient Weather God of Nerik: Bronze Age Gods
Also known as the Storm God of Nerik, or by the names Nerak or Nerikkil, the Weather God protects the town, and in turn the people...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 11, 2023
- 4 min
Weather God of Zippalanda: Bronze Age Gods
In the history of the ancient near East, godly pantheons play a vital role in society and culture. In the Bronze Age (c. 3300 - 1200...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 11, 2023
- 3 min
Shaushka (Šauška) - the Great Goddess
Šauška (Shaushka), also called Šauša or Šawuška is the Great Goddess of the Hurrian and Hittite pantheons. Her domains were those of...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 11, 2023
- 5 min
Rabbit Fever Plague & Warfare: Hittites
Disaster strikes as the first plague of tularemia or rabbit fever breaks out in the ancient Hittite Empire in the 14th century BCE....
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 10, 2023
- 4 min
Lelwani - Hittite Underworld Goddess
Underworld goddess Lelwani of the Bronze Age Hittites (c. 1600-1180 BCE) originates as a male god, called 'lord' and 'king'. He's a god...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 10, 2023
- 5 min
Bronze Age Cultures - the Hittites
A dynamic and aggressive people, the Hittites are first noted in tablets of trade found at the karum of Kanesh (Kültepe) in Anatolia,...
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Sylvia Rose
- Nov 9, 2023
- 3 min
Rhytons - Animal Vessels of the Ancients
Especially popular in the near East of the Bronze Age, rhytons (Gr. rhyta) were common for ceremonial purposes, displays of wealth or...
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