Sylvia Rose
Zababa - Bronze Age War God of Kish
Zababa is patron deity of the city of Kish, Mesopotamia, in today's Iraq. Gods are often attributed multiple aspects and he's no...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 21, 20232 min read
Sun God of Heaven - Hittite Solar Deity
In the expansive Hittite pantheon the Sun God of Heaven (Hittite: nepišaš Ištanu) is the second most worshipped deity of the Empire,...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 21, 20232 min read
Sun Goddess of the Earth: Hittite Underworld
The Sun Goddess of the Earth is a chthonic aspect or variation of the Sun Goddess of Arinna. The Sun Goddess of the Earth equates with...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 20, 20235 min read
Egyptian Blue Faience - Ceramic Glass
Egyptian faience treatment of ceramics begins by the 2nd millennium BCE. This artisan technique creates a lighter, more porous ceramic or...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 20, 20234 min read
Minoan Genius (Genii) Helper Spirits
The Minoan Genius (pl. Genii) spirit appears as a hybrid animal merger of animals which can include lion, snake, hippopotamus, crocodile,...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 20, 20233 min read
Tumulus Culture - Nordic Bronze Age
Tumulus are the dominant people in Northern Europe during the Nordic Bronze Age, coming to power from the remnants of the previous...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 19, 20234 min read
Stone Age Botai - First Horse People
From modern Khazistan comes the influence of the Late Stone Age Botai Culture c. 3700 - 3000 BCE, named after the current town at the...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 18, 20236 min read
Pagan Pantheon - Anu, Oldest of the Gods
Anu (c. 4000 - 500 BCE) King of the Gods is the oldest known god in mythology. An ancient creator deity, he descends from the embodiment...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 17, 20233 min read
Hesperus (Vesper) the Evening Star
Hesperus (Vesper) and Phosphorus (Eosphorus, Lucifer) are both children of the Dawn Goddess Eos / Aurora. Phosphorus, light bringer, is...
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Sylvia Rose
Nov 17, 20235 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20234 min read
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, 20235 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20234 min read
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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