Menhit-Nebetuu the Divine Eye.
She is a large, primordial deity. Her consort is Khnum/Khnum-Ra. She has connections to the fields, plants, stars, and time. She is a combination of two goddesses, Menhit and Nebetuu. Just like Hethert and Sekhmet, these two are a angry and pacified combination.
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Spring has truly come in (even though the chill is sticking a bit longer). Flowers, trees, animals, elements and more dance the season into being. What's more, the old teachers I had thought were done with me have returned. The support being offered to me by the spirits and deities at this time is deeply felt. However, the internal animal part of me wonders what this could all about. I hope this year is a good one.
Jaguar (and black panther) were one of my first teachers/protectors when I was just starting out. I find them coming back into my life and bringing with them a fierce inspiration and new lessons to learn.
@SavahRellcast That's cool, and pretty rare, as you can see from the poll! I'm hoping this number goes up in the coming years, paganism is such a new practice but its growing steadily. I raised my own kids with light influence, celebrating holidays and such, reading mythology for bedtime stories. My son is an athiest but reads runes, and my daughter is a crystal witch.
We honor Astarte, an ancient goddess of sex, love, war, the chariot, and the horse. Who was brought to Egypt from distant lands and found a home there alongside the other deities. Becoming once of the wives of Set, who himself is connected to the creatures of the wild and untamed places. She is often depicted as a naked woman rising a horse holding some weapon, crowns may vary.
O Khnum, creator of all that exists,
Be adored by your creation,
Your name sung in every heart,
It is your hands at the beginning,
That cradle us at the time of our conception.
In these pages you'll find the pantheon, rituals, symbols and practices of Ariadne's Tribe, an inclusive Minoan spiritual tradition.
With a pantheon headed by a triplicity of mother goddesses who embody the three sacred realms of land, sky, and sea, Minoan spirituality calls us to remember a time when women were valued as equals to men, when the Great Mothers took care of all their children (all means all), and when the sacred touched every person every day of their lives.
Minoan spirituality is so relevant to our times, when we’re doing our best to move forward and away from inequality and oppression.
There comes a time in studying a deity where there's nothing else to learn from historically- you've read all the source material, every text mentioning them, every artifact found, learned correspondences and compared myths.
Connecting with other devotees is the next step- to compare your UPGs and find consensus. Because while we gain inspiration from the ancients, we are here worshipping these gods right now, in this era.
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It is amazing how much my experience of my deities matches the experience of people in their homeland. If nothing else, it confirms that I'm tapped into the same vein.
@Katzedecimal Yeah, even for those confident in their practice, it can be affirming when you see others doing/believing the same thing.
Like, I've met a lot of other devotees to Frigg and we tend to do some kind of fiber art, and a lot of us are parents or work in supportive roles. Those kinds of consistencies are something to be examined.