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Friday, March 21, 2014

Radha- Hindu Goddess of Love

Radha- Hindu Goddess of Love-
I thought I would continue my journey, with finding different Gods and Goddesses
of the World to share with you! It is very interesting to me to learn the differences in
the world of the Goddesses and Gods and hope they are either looked as in legend/myth/
celebration or even to this day Worshiped.
The Goddess Radha is well-known deity in Hindu Mythology. She is also known as Radharani in the
northern part of India, for her deep devotion toward Krishna.  Radha is usually depicted with
Krisha and Radha is sometimes considered as the incarnation of the Goddesses Lakshmi - the
consort of Lord Vishnu.
Radha is the goddess of love who was the most beloved of the god, Krishna. She is
the personification of love between humanity and God, as well as between woman and man.
 In the Vaishnava tradition of Hindu, Radha is regarded as a primary deity who is often worshippedto as an incarnation of the Goddess Lakshmi. The Goddess Radha almost
always depicted alongside Krishna as his loyal devotee and celestial wife. With her eyes closed, she will
follow him wherever he takes her. Always trusting in him completely and giving up her own ego. Radha is both his devotee and his equal. Abandoning herself to passion. Radha-Krishna was an divine Hindu love story of Embodiment love- The love story became a legend in Hindu Mythology. The story is believed to have taken place in the Dwapar Yuga, when both the Goddess Radha and Krishna took birth into this world. How the Goddess Radha was a cowherdess who through her beauty and charm, had captivated the heart and soul of the Lord Krishna. Which then later became his beloved Goddess. The Lord Krishna is considered in Hindu religion to be the incarnation of the Lord Vishnu whose birth was predestined. Of course there is more to this love story. Krishna took an avatar image or shape in
order to slay the demon King Kansa. Afterwards Krishna returned to his original form and spread happiness
throughout the land India mostly. During the life of Krishna when he did met Radha and the two fell in love with each other, by falling in love with Radha and slaying the demon King Kansa he felt he had purse in his life and and fulfilled his mission by killing the Demon King Kansa. Yet Krishna still faced many problems in his life as we all do. So Even the Hindu gods have their own problems in live. But it seems that with the Goddess Radha by his side and the intense affection
that she had for him in both love and devotion, helped Krishna to overcome the problems... It is a very interesting the relationship between the Goddess Radna and Krishna, in that there are so many different variables within Hindu Mythology/Religion. I had no idea when I first started this post. Also the divine connection and love they had for each other. Even when I studied some of the pictures one can see the affection they had for each other. It was truly a deep divine love even not knowing the Hindu Mythology or Religion.
Radha in the Hindu Religion represents the true devotee in the form of both the male and female.
Lord Krishna represents the divine. It is said that the intense love that Radha had for the Lord Krishna
symbolized each of their devotion, passion, longing for the ultimate unification with God. Radha the Goddess has attained the status in her Hindu Religion because of the immense love and dedication toward the Lord Krishna. She is truly a heavenly queen of Krishna's Celestial World. Even today Radha is Worshipped like any other goddesses in the temples of today. The people of today in Hindu Religion remember Radha-
Krishna as one! Although I found that in my reading that Radha was not the consort of Lord Krishna, but
their love was what untied them for ever as one! Radha is an inescapable part of  Krishna and the same with
Radha. So the way I see it these two godly divine people, if you will. They are united in an god like matter in the Hindu Religion to bring happiness to all across the land. They are are nothing without the other to make it even more simpler ..
Radha symbolizes the human Soul as it moves through eternity, seeking union with the Divine.
I found this post to be both enlightening and very interesting. I never really knew much about the Hindu Religion, but now that I have done this post on Radha the Goddess of love and Lord Krishna I found it to be a beautiful Religion and love story. I hope that you all Enjoy the Post Too.















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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Eros-the Greek God of love and Fertiliy

Eros- Greek God of  love and fertility-

I am continuing my journey on the many different Gods & Goddess
of the World. Today I am exploring the life of the God Eros- God of love and fertility. I thought he might be an interesting Greek God to
Eros
do Since in Roman times they later called him Cupid.
Eros- was the Greek God of love and fertility or sex as some would call it.
He had a long history, of dating in Ancient Greece and that doesn't surprise me,
being that he was the god of love & sex. 
Eros was one of the most important Gods in Ancient Greece. You may ask why?
Well its because he was one of the three deities who created the world according to:
Hesiod's Theogony: which describes the origins of the Gods-
'In the beginning there was Chaos' Said Hesiod, but there was three elements that coexisted; These
three elements that coexisted were that of- Chaos, Gaia and Eros. It is truly amazing in my opinion that
these elements were able to coexisted but, then again these were the Gods of Greece so they had away
of doing things that know one else would everything of. So back to the three elements of that coexisted between Chaos, Gaia and Eros.
Eros-
Did not give birth to other gods, but did encouraged and facilitate the birth and creation of birth. From the Chaos, were born Erebus and the Night and their children were Aether and Day.
Particular attention was given to the God Eros from the Ancient Tragedians. You may wonder why? Well The God  Euripides especially would separated Eros into the positive & negative forces/ as it can lead to both virtue and the misery  in Ancient Tragedians times.
Eros as Cupid
In later times, Eros was depicted as an overweight winged baby, if you can believe that! carrying a bow which he would use to shoot off arrows randomly, causing people and even the Gods to fall in love. Some would call him cupid at that time. Again according to the myth, Eros had two kinds of arrows;
1. The golden winged pigeons and the feathered owls. - These arrows with the wings of pigeons were those that would cast in the hearts of mortals and immortals, to stimulate erotic feelings.
2. Eros two weapons were that of darts or arrows.  And the tips have been magically treated to produce either with an uncontrollable love or insurmountable disinterested for the person that Eros sees fit to be the
victim after he shoots his arrow or dart at them. And the result being the wound of one of either I have described.


Eros- 
Was, the Greek god of love and sexual desire. He was also worshiped as a fertility god and was believed to be a contemporary of the primeval Chaos, which makes Eros one of the oldest Greek Gods. 
In the Dionysian Period, Eros is referred to as "protagonus', the first born., but there are many variations 
to whom Eros parents might have really been and where. According to Aristophanes Eros was born to
Eros as Cupid
Erebus and Nyx [Night]. 
In later Mythology Eros is the offspring  of Aphrodite and Ares.
 There is another legend that says that he was the son of Iris and Zephyrus. From the earliest legends of The God Eros it said that he is responsible for the embrace of Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Mother Earth) and from
their union were born many offspring. As I have written in one of my posts the Titian Kronos. It was also written that Eros hatched our race and made it appear fist into the light. Since Eros was one of the oldest Gods, he was a latecomer to the Greek religion. He was also worshiped in many different regions in Greece,
at Thespiae where they had a ancient fertility cult and in Athens Eros and Aphrodite had a joint cult too.
Eros
It seems that In the time of ancient Greece, Athens would Celebrate with Eros every fourth day of the month. As to Eros each 4th day of each month was sacred to the greed god Eros. Sometimes he was worshiped by the name Erotes. He used this name to personified his attractions that would evoke love, desire, sex and this also included both heterosexual and homosexual allurements too. 
Anteros - Known as the Returner of Love and also as the God of Mutual Love - was the brother of Eros. It kinda gets a little more confusing after I get into some legends on who the mother is of the two Gods of Love, desire, and it seems to me lotsss of sex! It seems to me the Gods love SEX! AND it seemed to get them into a lot! of trouble too. In many of the legends of the Gods, Goddesses and even before them The Giant Titian's. So back to the two brothers Anteros and Eros God of Mutual Love / God of love, desire, and Sex. Well it seems that in
Eros
one of the legends which Aphrodite and Ares are said to be the mother and father of Eros, but it doesn't say anything about Anteros. But that isn't uncommon in the Greek Gods - they have many children from many different Fathers/Gods Mothers/Goddesses. Nymphs/water, wood, river etc. and even sometimes half/god human ... or all human .. They were a very active group when it came to getting around if you know what I mean Eh! hheheheh!  Well after all Eros is the God of love and sex!


Eros is usually depicted as a young winged boy, with a bow and arrow at the ready, to either shoot into the 
hearts of Gods or mortals which would rouse them to desire. I have said before earlier about his arrow types
Young Eros 
Young Eros with his mother Aphrodite 
but its always good to go over details on the gods tools that they are known for and of course Eros is known for the bow and his very special type of arrows and darts as some have said too. His arrows came in two kinds: 1the golden arrow with dove feathers which aroused love: 2and the leaden arrows which had owl feathers that caused indifference.
The poet Sappho summarized Eros as being bitter sweet and cruel to his victims with his two different types of arrows and his personality too. He was charming and very beautiful, but he could be very unscrupulous
Aphrodite Eros Mother

Eros and Psyche lovers
 and a danger to those around him. Eros would make as much mischief as he could possibly could by wounding the hearts of all, but according to one legend he himself fell in love. Humm can you believe that! 

How the question you all are wondering Who did Eros the god of love, desire, fertility and sex fall for? Well I will tell you! It is said that. 
Psyche and Eros as Children
In legend, it seems that Eros was always at his mothers side assisting her in all her conniving and godly affairs. As the young Eros gets older while always assisting his mother is seems that Aphrodite became jealous of the beauty of a mortal, a beautiful young woman named Psyche. In her fit of jealousy, Aphrodite (his mother) asked Eros to shoot his arrow into the heart of Psyche and make her fall in love with the ugliest man on earth.  Eros agreed to carry out his mothers wishes, but on seeing Psyche beauty Eros fell deeply in love with Psyche himself.  So now you know two things you didn't know before Eh! Eros love of his life and his mother was Aphrodite who wanted him to kill the one woman that he fell in love with. Oh what a tackled web they got themselves into. Well Eros of course didn't carry out the promise to his mother Aphrodite and 
Psyche and Eros as Cupid 










with Eros even though she could not see him, until one night curiosity overcame her. She concealed a lamp and while Eros slept she lit the lamp, revealing the identity of Eros. But a drop of the hot oil spilt from the lamp awakening the God. Angered she had seen him Eros fled and the distraught Psyche roamed the earth in vain to find her lover.

To End this foulness Zeus took pity on the two lovers and reunited them, he also gave his consent for them to marry. There are variation of this legend but is seems that all come out the same.
lovers Psyche and Eros
Which indeed they did.  I hope you found this Greek God interesting as myself. I discovered a few things I 
The Lovers Psyche and Eros
Eros and Psyche
didn't know in this post. And I also found it interesting how sexually active the Gods and Goddess were in their day. Oh My! 
Psyche and Eros as Cupid as Children
Eros and Psyche


But in the End they were always
lovers!
Eros is awoken and is angerd at is love Psyche 

The night when Psyche could stop
her curiosity and see what Eros looked
like so she got an oil lamp and had
a look while Eros was sleeping.
Another Painting of Psyche
watching Eros sleeping without
him knowing it.

Eros and Psyche


The beauty of Psyche

Beauty of Psyche
Even in Marble Stone the lovers show their true affection
Eros and Psyche


The lovers 
The Kiss
Their Wedding  Eros and Psyche 



Friday, March 14, 2014

Ra God - The Sun God


Ra God - The Egyptian Sun God 

I thought I would do some posts of the Ancient God around the World. I have always been fascinated with
the God Ra- The Egyptian Sun God. Partly do to the fact that I've seen a few movies that I've really liked, but  I thought it would be important not just for myself but as a interesting post to explore the true ancient history/legend Ra God - The Egyptian Sun God. For one thing Ra is one of the most famous Gods in ancient Egypt.  Ra is often represented as a solar disk or a circle drawn over his head, as a deity associated with the sun. He is frequently depicted with the body of a  man and the head of a falcon. Ra has a  human body and his falcon head, which were often similar to the God Horus. The only difference between the to Egyptian Gods, was  God Horus wore a crown on his head while Ra God wore a disk of the sun encircled by a cobra.
One had a Crown of probably Gold on his head which was associated good/ the other the Disk of the sun encircled by a cobra which suggested his fierce and destructive nature which will become apparent in his live time of destruction of humankind. Ra also was always holding a scepter in one hand and a ankh in the other.
One of the reason that I found that Ra may have used the ankh which by the ways was one of the most 
popular Egyptians symbols in Ancient times - was it was a symbol of life.  The reason for their use of the ankh, it seems that they used it quite often in everyday life. The ankh is shown in many of the Egyptian drawings and painting, being held by a God with it in front of the kings nostrils, so that he can breath in the eternal life from the ankh, so then it will enter his entire body. The Ankh was also used to decorate the 
Thrones and platforms of the Kings and Gods at the time of ancient Egypt, but back to my Post on the God Ra. I thought you might find a few of the Ancient symbols that they use to be interesting too. 
The God Ra was seen as a God in the Book of the Dead in Ancient Egypt.  They even had a hymn that 
described Ra in the Book of the Dead, which goes-
Ra the God of The Sun in the Book of the DEAD
You rise m you rise, You shine, you shine, you who are crowned king of the gods. 
You are the lord of heaven,
You are the lord of earth;
You are the creator of those who swell in the heights and of those who dwell in the depths.
You are the One God who came into being in the beginning of time.
You did create earth, you did fashion man, You make the watery abyss of the sky
You did create the earth, You did fashion man.
You did make watery abyess of the sky
You did from Hapi (the Nile)
You did create the watery abyess,
And you do give life to all therin that is. 
You have Knit together the mountains, 
You have made humans and the beasts of the field to come into being,
You have made the heavens and the earth. 
Worshiped be you whom Mat (The goddess f truth and Justice) embraces at morn and at eve.
You ravel across the sky with heart swelling with joy...
That is the hymn that is describe that come decently from the Book of the Dead-
I find it quite interesting myself.being that I have never truly seen or read anything from such a book
You my dears will have to make your own thoughts on this one.

Now about Ra - the God of the Sun and  with strong ties with the book of the dead. Of all my post that I
have done on different Gods and Goddesses, I am finding that Ra is quite challenging to write. He has many fasts to his personality and to his life as an God. I hope I am able to write about him in a way that in understandable and show how powerful an god he was in his time in Ancient Egypt.
Ra appeared in many different forms, depending on the role he was playing at the moment, he could change. So In hes, yu could say he was a shape-shifter.
For examples: i am Khepera in the morning, and Ra at noonday and Autumn in the evening - this proves that Ra was a shape-shifter. Khepera was the God of the scarab beetle, and in Egypt the worship of the Khepera scarab beetle is far older than the worship than Ra. It seems more that I read about Ra and his time of Power  in Ancient Egypt. I am finding that there a many variables to the God Ra as I go into his history of his Power of his people. So
Ra became associated with the Khepera God, as the scarab beetle is what you could call further evidence that the priests of Ra were able to assimilate their more recent God with thew established ones. This one was particular, however , had a fascination of biological origin.
Ancient Egyptians had observed that the scarab beetle laid its eggs in dung and they pushed it around on the
ground until it became a ball. The Egyptians imagined that this could be a symbolism of the sun because it was round and it gave off heat and it was a source of life at the same time. Also it seemed to represented the self and creative powers of the sun god Ra. So the Ancient people of Egypt started to picture the sun being pushed across the sky by a giant beetle. Because they felt this is how it was divinely done with the Gods -Ra the Sun God. Eventually the people image became associated with death and rebirth too, since it appeared that the scarab beetle had died and was re-born again when the larva emerged from the ball.
So when Ra shape-shifted to Khepera - God of the Scarab beetle, he was usually depicted in human form with a scarab in place of his head. Ra was almost always carry an ankh and a scepter. He was considered a God of Creation in Ancient Egyptian times since the beetle was most often observed in the act of creating itself anew.
Khepera was also associated with the resurrection of the body too, since that was what seemed to be
happening when the scarab beetle was born. Note: It explains whey so many Egyptians place the scarab beetle in tombs and on bodies of the dead-this-then- was form of Ra in the morning-
Ra to his own shapes that he shape-shifts, at midday but in the evening he will assumed the form of Atum which has other spelling but  I think I'll stick with the one..
Atum is one of the oldest forms that Ra - Sun of the God, had been revered by the ancient Egyptians and it
Atum-Ra God
was also the form in which Ra was to have created the universe out of the chaos.  Although if you look at all the drawings and painting of Ra in his temple, he was always depicted as fully human, without an animal head. Interesting eh! Ra was especially revered because of his association with souls of the dead. This makes perfect sense, being that he was very much part of the famous Book of  Dead, as I mention earlier in the post.  Ra would ride his solar boat during the final hours of daylight, to preparing to fight his opponents in the night. It was believed that souls receive recently released from their bodies, waiting at the beginning of the valley for the solar boat (the underworld), which meant that they came aboard just as sun went down into the underworld the time when the pilot of the solar boat was Atum, the form of Ra in the evening. I hope I haven't lost any of you my dear friends and followers. It is a bit hard to follow, but I am trying my best to make it as easy as I can to understand and also make it interesting to. Shall we continue! OK...here we go!
In addition to Ra's manifestations or shapeshifting as Khepera and Atum, he was also linked with numerous other gods throughout his long reign. Very early in his reign he was linked to Horus to form the assimilated
God Herakhty or Horus. Most would call him God Horus in this form as the morning sun. In this form his relationship with his people led the Egyptians to depict Ra with the Falcon's head.
During the middle of his reign of his kingdom, when Amun and his Theban priests were dominated in Egyptian religion, Ra was assimilated with this God from the south to form Amun-Ra whose, worship in Thebes [Which is now called Luxor] led them to a building of the temple of Karnak. It was one of the most
imposing religious structurs made by humans. The curious student of 5ra today will find scant remains of the
once considerable worship of this God Amun-Ra.
His Character as this God Amun-Ra, was so much assimilated with other gods and their attributes that only
rarely did anyone could find relics that depict Ra singly out.  It seems that when he was God Amun-Ra, his people and high court you could saw could separted the two.. I guess to much shapeshifting...
South of Cairo In worship of Ra the Sun God was almost always involved of another God, usually Amun. It seems that one of the most impressive tomb that shows this - In the Vally of the Kings on the Walls of the Tomb of Seti I. In this tomb it show the myth of the destruction of the human king under Ra's order, the adventures of Ra, and other royal tombs ther econtain a list of seventy of five praises of Ra that reveal his
character: Here is an example of his praises:
Praise be unto yo u-
you exalted power-
who enter into the hidden place of Anubis (god of death)-
behold-
(your) body is Khepri .Even further south at Abu Simble-
Ra was again worshiped in combination with other gods-
the Great Temple of Rameses II was dedicated to Ra-Herakhty.
Ra was also depicted in the papyrus scrolls that make up what we call the Book of Dead. They contain
hymns and prayers to Ra in his various forms, as well as numerous beautiful drawings of Ra. They are all in papyri in Europe now.
So how it Ended for this many faces God of Sun Ra. Well It has been a interesting story and history learningmore about Ra. I have always been curious and now I now I hope I have made it kinda clear for you all my dear friends and Followers.As to what happened  to Ra. Baboons talked much about the rising of Ra -the Sun God that the ancient Egyptians began associating Egypt with Ra -the Sun God as clearly the face of the Great Temple at Abu Simble.
After that its very unclear but I will try. It seems that the same papyrus who contained the scrolls also contains an improtant tatterdemalion of Ra as the cat with a Knife attcking Apophis, whose story its told in the following article. Hunefer idenified himself with those who , like the cat protected Ra form his enemises.
The Papyrus of Anhai contains a beauiful drawing of a nun holding the solar boat. And insid at the center of the boat is not Ra, but as scarab pushing the solar disk skyward, where itsi received by Osiris and Nut. Watching the rising sun from advantageous positons inside the boat are seven deities, one of whom has a falcon head and may well be Ra.





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