Sylvia Rose
Gula - Medicine Goddess of Mesopotamia
Her name means 'the great' in Sumerian. Gula is a Mesopotamian goddess whose worship becomes widespread in the second millennium BCE. The...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 17, 20232 min read
Nigella Sativa: Black Seed of Healers
Nigella Sativa or kalonji is a blackseed plant with healing properties. Use in cooking and folk medicine is documented by the 2nd...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 17, 20233 min read
Asag - Horrific Disease Demon of Kur
Asag (Azag, Asakku) is a demon so horrific his very presence makes fish boil alive in rivers and lakes. In the Sumerian poem Lugal-e he's...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 17, 20233 min read
Namtar: Underworld Sukkal & Disease Demon
In ancient Mesopotamia the Underworld Kur is ruled by the sultry and temperamental Goddess Queen Ereskigal. As usual among Mesopotamian...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 17, 20233 min read
Gallu (Galla) Demons of Ancient Kur
In Kur, the Mesopotamian Underworld, Goddess Ereskigal presides. She lives in a luxurious palace, attended by servants, scribes, her...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 16, 20234 min read
Belet-Seri: Underworld Scribe Goddess
In the Mesopotmanian Underworld of Kur, the Goddess Ereshkigal holds court. Beginning c. 2900 BCE, her popular worship lasts over two...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 16, 20233 min read
Joyful Arrival of Hapi in Egypt
In ancient Egypt, every year starts anew with the Arrival of Hapi, or the Flooding of the Nile. It's a joyful occasion marked by...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 16, 20236 min read
Flooding of the Nile - Nature & Myth
This annual event is so predictable in ancient times, people construct agricultural calendars around it. It's not possible to know how...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 16, 20234 min read
Heqet, Frog Goddess of Egypt
Heqet is associated with fertility, health of the land and people, germination of corn, the last stages of childbirth and the last stage...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Nergal - Ancient Underworld Gods
Nergal is the Mesopotamian God of war, death, disease and inflicted death. Of all the divinities in the god lists of ancient Babylonia,...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Carnelian - Sunny Gems of the Ancient World
Carnelian (early: cornelean ) is already used in the Stone Age to make beads. Pebbles of the reddish orange gemstone might be polished by...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 15, 20233 min read
Shen Rings Egypt - Divine Protection
Shen rings appear in ancient Egyptian art and spiritual symbolism. The shen ring or shenu is a circle with a rod on one side. The rod may...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 14, 20235 min read
Hurrian Primordial Gods & Creatures
The Hurrians are already establishing a kingdom at Urkesh, Mesopotamia, at the end of the Neolithic Era, c. 4000 BCE. It won't be their...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 14, 20235 min read
Hurrian Bronze Age Gods & Goddesses
In the Bronze Age, the Hurrian people establish the Kingdom of Urkesh c. 4000 BCE, with the creator God Kumarbi as patron deity. Their...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 13, 20233 min read
Sacred Scarab: Lucky Bug of Ancient Egypt
Elevated from the lowly position of dung worker, the scarab (Scarabaeinae) becomes a sign of prosperous work, fertility, life, luck,...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 13, 20233 min read
Arabian Leopard: Bronze Age Predators
The Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) is the smallest of the big cat leopard family. Also known as the Judean desert leopard, it's...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Kushuh (Kušuḫ) Hurrian Moon God
Kushuh (Kušuḫ) is the moon god of the Hurrians, reputed to have oracular powers. He's among the most popular gods of the pantheon, with...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 13, 20235 min read
Jade - Jadeite, Nephrite & Jade Roads
Nephrite jade is the foremost commodity to travel along the Pacific Coasts of the East. The seaway route is the original Jade Road named...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 12, 20233 min read
Hattusa Green Stone - Mystic Secrets
Myth and mystery surround the natural green cube of nephrite found at Hattusa. A Bronze Age capital of the Hatti and Hittite Empires,...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 12, 20235 min read
Hurrians: Bronze Age Warrior Kingdom
The Hurrians (Hari, Khurrites, Hourri, Churri) are a powerful force in the ancient world. They occupy much of Mesopotamia in the 2nd...
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