Dr. Theda 'Hero Post' - 'Six Questions'

Dr. Theda' 'Hero Post' 

Askings his followers to do a post on their Blogs

'Six Questions'

I have been following a dear Friend Of Mine[Stacey]

for a couple of years. He has an Awesome Blog!

I thought I would add a few of my Scary Gifs that I have

collected over the years...

Question#1....

'How long have you been Blogging and How did You get into 

it in the first Place...?''

Two Years since 2013... I began because I had been on the Ning Network

for many years...over 10+ and needed to do something different not so

demanding. Not to say It was like that all the time. At first it was

fun. But after the years It was getting more about the site then

about my own think. So a dear friend/sister too decided to leave the

Ning network and make our own blogs and loved ever since. I love the 

freedom of doing your own thing designing your own thing. And 

creating a place that reflects your personality without having a huge

network like NING. It also helps me with my health issues and I get to write

what I want and show what kinda image I want. My main goal is to 

make folks have a happy time on my blog with good music and 

fun stories and a place to escape from the hardships of the world.

Question#2

'What do you blog about and How frequently do you post...?

Well I mostly blog about - All kinda Dragons, Elves, Faeries,

Magical Creatures, Folklore Legends, Greek/African Mythology, 

My Garden, Wendy Tales, Dragon poems, Stories of dragons, elves, faeries

and legend of all kinds. I also love to do posts of images of amazing 

artists of the above fantasy woman, dragons etc.  Do movie nights and

Celebrate the seasons on my blog. I try to post as frequently as 

possible. Although so months are better than others.

it just depends on what is going on in my life. 

Question#3

'How does your blog stand out from all of the rest...?"

I been told that I [Wendy] Have a place that folks can come to and relax if 

they had a hard day at work or what every day they might have had or even late in the evening too. My viewers have said they love the music with the combination of the stories, images, and videos.... I try to give the viewers

a place of enchantment with images, stories, and videos. 

Question#4

'What's the Best & Worst things about Blogging...?''

Well the Best part of Blogging is the many wonderful people that

I have meant and become friends and have supported me during my good

and bad time during this last 2years. The worst, well that would be

the days that my depression takes over and I just can't do anything....

Question#5

Do you have any Rules for self-imposed 

guidelines...?''

No nudity. I don't use any profanity at all. I keep it to my style.

There maybe a few images with elves with small clothing, but all

women & men are always covered. I feel this is important to my blog.

Question#6

'Name One blog that people should be reading [other than your own]...?'

Well, one blog that's kinda hard so I am going to put down a few

that I think are people should read. 

Welcome to Suz's Little World

Fantasia

70s-child

Creepy Horror Movies

Myths Fairies and me

After Midnight Behind the Closet Door

Dr. Theda' Crypt 

After Midnight Behind the Closet Door

Sorry, I couldn't pick one either!

YOURWENDY

Echidna

Echidna-

Echidna 'Mother of all Monsters'

In this post my dears, I am going to bring you to Echidna. There have been many different versions of her
tale in Greek Mythology but, I found this account to be the most appealing and I would like to thing the most truth. Echidna parents were said to be Peiras and Styx long ago in the Age of the Gods of Zeus and Goddess of Hera. Echidna was a Drakaina, with the face and torso of a beautiful woman [sometimes said to be that of a beautiful Nymph on top] and the body of a serpent. Echidna - in Greek mean Exiova - ekhis - meaning 'she is a viper'. Who is a legendary monster in Greek Mythology. "MOTHER OF ALL MONSTERS''. because most of the monsters in Greek mythology were believed to be her offspring. You may ask why?  its because the Gods described her as the Goddess fierce Echidna who is half a nymph with lusting eyes, fair cheeks and a sexual bodes. Then below her half again a huge snake, great and awful , with speckled skin. Eating raw flesh beneath the secret parts of the holy earth of her cave, that is deep down under a hollow rock far from the gods/goddess and all mortal men. There is where the Gods appointed her a glorious house to dwell in. And of course Echidna keeps guard of her home in Arima beneath the earth. In other versions of this tale some say Echidna was the daughter of Tartarus and Gaea/ or Ceto and Phorcys/Chrysaor and the naiad Challirhoe. It's really hard to tell it been so long ago. All we know is that is is the Mother of all the Monsters of the Greek Mythology. And the Gods/Goddess had placed her in high ranks to give her a grand home secret cave to live out her days in. The site of her cave was called 'Arima.' Now life wasn't always calm and quite for the Mother of all Monsters even though she was in a good light of sorts with Zeus God of the Olympians. There is one story that I did find about Echidna, that

Echidna in her Cave

Zeus had to punish her. Its seems that Echidna and her mate Typhon, went to attacked the Olympians. So Zeus had to beat them back and punish them. He punished Echidna lover Typhon by sealing him under Mount Etna. However, Zeus allowed Echidna and her children to live as a challenge to to future heroes.  There were other stories according to the different gods and goddess of the Olympians. One of these stories was being that she was immortal and a ageless beautiful nymph - Echinda used to 'carry off passers to her cave' until she was finally killed where she slept by the Argus Panoptes the hundred-eyed giant. Of course there are many other stories of Echidna being that she is the mother of all monsters. It would be to hard to but all their offspring and stories in one post. So what I thought I would do is just name a few for you all; Echidna was the mother by Typhon by many
monstrous offspring; The two-headed dog; Cerberus - the many-headed dog which guarded the gates of Hades; The Lernaean Hydra - many-headed sea monster which when one of its heads was cut off grew two more; The Chimera - the fire breathing beast that was part lion,part goat and had a snake-head tail; Caucasian Eagle ;  The Crommyonian Sow; The Gorgon; The Colchian Dragon - that guarded the Golden Fleece;  The Teumessian Fox -A fox that was destined never to be caught;
Finally one of last of her offspring I think that rather interesting is that Ladon the dragon which guarded the Golden Apples in the Garden of the Hesperides. So there you have the Mother of all Monsters of the Greek Gods/Goddess of the Olympians. Most famous was her dragon that guarded the Golden Apples of Hesperos; the Hydra - the many-headed dragon/serpent; The Chimaera; The Orthus a hell-dog; And the

Cerberus - an more famous of the hell-dog with three heads; The Crommyonian Sow; the Cancasus Eagle and finally the Nemean Lion. Echidna was at times definitely a creepy and scary monster Yet beautiful monster of sorts with her beautiful Nymph upper half on top. She live with her mate Typhon [this was the monster who had challenged all the Greek Gods and ended up under Mt. Aetna or having it thrown on top of him by Zeus himself in a cave in Scythia. Which ended the happy relationship between Echindna and Typhon.  However as I have noted above Zeus allowed Echidna and her children future monsters to live in her home cave to challenge future heroes. In fact that is what happened in Greek history.. So my dears,

Readers, Friends and Followers I hope that you find this Mother of all Monsters Echidna interesting as 

I did myself I hope to find more interesting tales & stories for you all .I love you all very much your WENDY

(✿◠‿◠WENDY

¨´`'*°☆.❥•♪♫♥.(:♥(◡‿◡)♥i❤*☆҉♡☆*☆҉❤

S€ŇĐƗŇG' ¥ØỮ ŦĦƗŞ ĦỮǤ.•-:¦:-`•.¸ŦØ Ş€€ ¥ØỮ ŦĦŘØỮǤĦ ¥ØỮŘ ĐΔ¥*`'`« ҉ »~"˜ `•.¸Ɨ HOPE ITŴƗŁŁ β€ ŞỮŘ€ ŦØ Ř€ΔĆĦ ¥ØỮ
`•.¸ŦĦØỮǤĦ ¥ØỮ'Ř€ ALL ARE ₣ΔŘ ΔŴΔ¥•´☆ ŦĦƗŞ ŞР€ĆƗΔŁ HUG FULLOF LOVE & JOY IS FROM YOUR WENDY
¸¸.☆♥(◡‿◡)♥✫¨´`'*°☆.❥•♪♫♥.(:♥(◡‿◡)♥i❤*☆҉♡☆❤❤❤♪♫♪❤❤♪❤*☆҉♡☆❤❤❤♪♫♪❤❤♪❤❤♪♫♪❤❤♪❤❤♪♫♪❤❤❤❤♪♫♪❤❤♪❤❤♪♫♪❤◄*☆*°‧°﹒☆҉☆¸ \( °‿°)/ ☆҉☆¸.✿¸¸.•´¨¯`'•⋆❥⋆❀´¸ ✿ღڪےღڰۣ✿✿ღڪےღڰۣ✿✿ღڪےღڰۣ✿✿ღڪے❤
`"(✿◠‿◠)˙•٠•●Celibate life♥´Magic Surrounds Us ☆҉☆ƸӜƷ ♪♫♪♫♪❤❤
ƸӜƷ•.¸¸.•´ ... ☾ ❤❤☼ღ(◕‿◕｡)❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ƸӜƷ•❤❤❤☼ღ(◕‿◕｡)¸.•*""*•.¸ƸӜƷ•.¸¸.•

I AM SO HAPPY YOU HAVE COME TO VISIT MY BLOG❤

I HOPE THAT I CAN MAKE YOU DAY FULL OF MAGICK

AND DREAMS FOR JUST THE BREIF TIME YOU ARE HEAR IN

MY WORLD OF MAGIC AND ENCHANTMENT/ LOVEYOU ALL MY

DEAR FREINDS AND FOLLOWERS. YOUR WENDY:O)

ƸӜƷ•.¸¸.•´ ... (◕‿◕｡)¸.•*""*•.¸

"(✿◠‿◠)˙•٠•●c

African Mythology of the Mermaid Goddess Mami Wata-

African Mythology of the Mermaid Goddess Mami Wata-

This is an typical
look for Mami Wata an all
African Mermaids at the
times 

In this post my dears Friends and Followers I am going to bring you into the African Mythology of the Mermaid Goddess called Mani Wata.  Mani Wata was one of the most Popular cults in western and Central Africa. Mani Wata religion was carried into the New world by the African slaves to all parts to the world. She is a Goddess in the Cult of Voudun. However, not the one you might have heard of in Hollywood Voodoo nonsense. Mani Wata had even influenced many of the American Indians Myths too.
Besides being an Goddess/Mermaid Mami Wata was described as being much more that just a beautiful woman. Her beauty was so extreme it was said to be supernatural. When she did ware clothes which wasn't that often, she seemed to shine in ways that no other woman could match. Mami Wata possesses an unimaginable wealth and would dazzling everyone with her jewelry. Besides all the jewels in the world that she had to her disposal, many times she was nude with just a snake coiled around her waist and its head between her breasts. Her hair is black and her skin,  a cocoa light brown was an unusual trait in the African Mythology at the time. In her mermaid form she is naked. Since she is a goddess of wealth she may be shown with a golden mirror or a golden
comb. Like that of many European mermaids she is often combing her long black hair while gazing into the golden mirror. It seems that Color is very important in African Mythology. Colors have an opposite meanings in African Mythology and have important characteristic of the Goddesses  Mami Wata. Why? Well because unlike many other Gods/Goddess, she is described in terms of opposites. Which means, its a way of saying that her true nature is beyond all opposites and all things.  I know its a bit complicated but, some of these Mythology's are a little over the top. Sometimes I have a hard time understanding what they are trying to say too. Anyway on with the tale. It seems that Mani Wata is alot like the  Greek Goddesses of the Olympians too. Her colors are red and white. As you will seen in some the the images that I will share with you..  Red is the color of blood and death/Violence Male qualities in the African Mythology. However, Red can also mean transparent or clear too. If I have lost you, I am a bit confused too. However, it does get a bit easier as the legend goes on.. Mami Wata was a Symbol in African Mythology as a nature force that didn't follow human ideas of good & evil.  She was also a goddess of fertility, sexuality, healing, wealth and Beauty. Its seems that in the African Mythology they have even compared her to the the Goddess Aphrodite or Astarte from a living cult. Mami Wata has the attributes of a mermaid too! the beautiful tail, the comb, mirror, long hair and beauty, She is a genuine goddess with followers who both love and feared her. She is an ancient goddess in Modern times. Also it seems that in the African Folk tales about the Mami Wata are contradictory; They show her as both the bringer of fortune and of misfortune. The reason for this is, because she is a goddess and she has never been an human thus has not understanding of the human condition. So to her there is no difference between good and evil. Interesting Eh!
Mami Wata now in her Mermaid form- Well it seems that sometimes she can be seen splashing about in the oceans at the end of rainbows after heavy storms. Or maybe even on sunny days she may decide to sun bathe on a rock...if you are so lucky to catch a look. It is said that she lives in a magical realm 'Underwater' a transparent land of pure spirit.  In other stories she will come up from her watery realm and assume the appearance of a beautiful mortal woman.
And when she does this she might even to out to the bars, flirting and giving the impression she is a loose woman. Mani Wata in this form will even go to bed with a man and soon after he will find he has contradict a STD or became impotent. She isn't a very nice Goddess as a human I must say! My oh, My...I also found that she is sometimes used as an slang term for prostitute in Africa. Other African folk tales are the opposite of what I just described you above. Mami Wata will come to a man who is one of her devoted followers. After a night of lust she will reveal her true identify to him and then demand that he remain faithful to only her.   Now if he does remain faithful to her, Mami Wata rewards him with her weath and a very good life. However, if the man ever breaks his word, she will take from him all she has given him and so much more...which one doen't want to even talk about!!!

In some of the African Folk tales, she will take, men or even women away to her land beneath the water her "Magical Realm". These mortal men & momen are trasformed by the experience, meaning when they all are retured to earth they are quite different in many ways.. They are more serene and stranglely remote from the world around them. Also they have become quite more beautiful and have become wealthy. Know one really knows how these things happen they just do. Mami Wata has also appeared to people in their dreams, counseling them or granting them the boons of wealth, good health and even children. However, there is a little contradiction here when it comes to Mami Wata granting children to women in their dreams. Why? I discovered that Mami Wata denies children to those women who are her special favorites. These such women are chosen to represent her in the human world and are otherwise granted beauty and wealth. So this is why exceptionally beautiful women are sometimes called "Mami Wata'' in Africa. I hope You all Enjoyed the post 

On the Goddess/Mermaid African Mami Wata. I certainlly did. 

As promised I will put a few of the photo' I found of her too 

I hope You all have a wonderful Weekend and Sunday afternoon 

I love you all very much YOUR WENDY HUG 

"(✿◠‿◠WENDY

¨´`'*°☆.❥•♪♫♥.(:♥(◡‿◡)♥i❤*☆҉♡☆*☆҉❤

S€ŇĐƗŇG' ¥ØỮ ŦĦƗŞ ĦỮǤ.•-:¦:-`•.¸ŦØ Ş€€ ¥ØỮ ŦĦŘØỮǤĦ ¥ØỮŘ ĐΔ¥*`'`« ҉ »~"˜ `•.¸Ɨ HOPE ITŴƗŁŁ β€ ŞỮŘ€ ŦØ Ř€ΔĆĦ ¥ØỮ

`•.¸ŦĦØỮǤĦ ¥ØỮ'Ř€ ALL ARE ₣ΔŘ ΔŴΔ¥
•´☆ ŦĦƗŞ ŞР€ĆƗΔŁ HUG FULLOF LOVE & JOY IS FROM YOUR WENDY
¸¸.☆♥(◡‿◡)♥✫¨´`'*°☆.❥•♪♫♥.(:♥(◡‿◡)♥i❤*☆҉♡☆❤❤❤♪♫♪❤❤♪❤*☆҉

❤❤♪❤❤♪♫♪❤❤♪❤❤♪♫♪❤❤❤❤♪♫♪❤❤♪❤❤♪♫♪

◄*☆*°‧°﹒☆҉☆¸ \( °‿°)/ ☆҉☆¸.✿¸¸.•´¨¯`'•⋆❥⋆❀´¸ ✿ღڪےღڰۣ✿✿ღڪےღڰۣ✿✿ღڪےღڰۣ✿✿ღڪے❤
`"(✿◠‿◠)˙•٠•●Celibate life♥´Magic Surrounds Us☆҉☆ƸӜƷ ♪♫♪♫♪❤❤
ƸӜƷ•.¸¸.•´ ... ☾ ❤❤☼ღ(◕‿◕｡)❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ƸӜƷ•❤❤❤☼ღ(◕‿◕｡)¸.•*""*•.¸ƸӜƷ•.¸¸.•

I AM SO HAPPY YOU HAVE COME TO VISIT MY BLOG❤

I HOPE THAT I CAN MAKE YOU DAY FULL OF MAGICK

AND DREAMS FOR JUST THE BREIF TIME YOU ARE HEAR IN

MY WORLD OF MAGIC AND ENCHANTMENT/ LOVEYOU ALL MY

DEAR FREINDS AND FOLLOWERS. YOUR WENDY:O)

`'*°☆.❥•♪♫♥.(:♥(◡‿◡)♥i❤*☆҉♡☆*☆҉❤

S€ŇĐƗŇG' ¥ØỮ ŦĦƗŞ ĦỮǤŦØ Ş€€ ¥ØỮ ŦĦŘØỮǤĦ ¥ØỮŘ ĐΔ¥*`'`« ҉ »~"˜ `•.¸Ɨ HOPE ITŴƗŁŁ β€ ŞỮŘ€ ŦØ Ř€ΔĆĦ ¥ØỮ

ƸӜƷ•.¸¸.•´ ... (◕‿◕｡)¸.•*""*•.¸

Arawn Celtic God of the Underworld-

Arawn Celtic God of the Underworld-

Arawn Celtic God
Of the Underworld

Good afternoon my dears, friends and followers for today's Sundays post I thought I would bring you to the world of Arawn the Celtic Welsh God of the Underworld. It was said that Arwan was an 
Welsh Mabinogion God, that would round up the souls of the dead with his hounds - [His hounds were noted for their red ears and white bodies]. Arawn was portrayed as a badass in the modernity stemming from religious times of an good/&evil Celtic God designed to taint the reputations of the Celtic/Pagan Gods. It is said on one 
occasion that Arawn aligned with the Tuatha De Danaan and is have married into the Irish tribe. There are other stories of this Celtic Underworld God, few but interesting - One is when Pwyll meets Arawn when he is out hunting around the fringes of his kingdom and irrigates the God Arawn by allowing his hounds to be free. There are other tales of the God Arawn and Pwyll where they even Ultimately bargain at where they exchange places in which they live for a length of 12months in each others form. Kinda like shape shifting is probably what they did. Pwyll became the Lord/God of the Underworld and Arawn became the Lord for Dyfed. It seems that the Idea worked out for both, because they end-up becoming firm allies after the 12month period. Probably do to the fact that neither of the gods slept with either of their spouses throughout the trade. I didn't 
find a whole lot on this Celtic God of the Underworld but, I did find that he was interesting though. I did

Arawn Celtic God of the Underworld

discover that Arawn was quite the master of a magick cauldron with rejuvenating power. Apparently his 
skills were that of so great with the Magick cauldron and rejuvenating power that King Arthur had led
a mission into Annwn, Arawn's Kingdom of the Underworld to steal this treasured cauldron of the

Celtic God Arawn. This to me was rather odd for a  Great King Aurthur to lead a mission to the underworld for a cauldron but then again alot of things happened back in the ancient times that were odd too. There were a few other tales about this Celtic God Arawn of the Underworld that he was in charge of; these others were that he was additional the guardian of the magick creatures that were inside his kingdom or the Underworld too. It seemed that Arawn was both chief of the wild hunt and gods of the underworld besides the main ruler of course would be Hades... I hope that you all Enjoyed this post for Sunday my dears, Friends & Followers I wish you all a lovely day

and great week coming my dears. Love and Light to you all.

"(✿◠‿◠WENDY

¨´`'*°☆.❥•♪♫♥.(:♥(◡‿◡)♥i❤*☆҉♡☆*☆҉❤

S€ŇĐƗŇG' ¥ØỮ ŦĦƗŞ ĦỮǤ.•-:¦:-`•.¸ŦØ Ş€€ ¥ØỮ ŦĦŘØỮǤĦ ¥ØỮŘ ĐΔ¥*`'`« ҉ »~"˜ `•.¸Ɨ HOPE ITŴƗŁŁ β€ ŞỮŘ€ ŦØ Ř€ΔĆĦ ¥ØỮ
`•.¸ŦĦØỮǤĦ ¥ØỮ'Ř€ ALL ARE ₣ΔŘ ΔŴΔ¥•´☆ ŦĦƗŞ ŞР€ĆƗΔŁ HUG FULLOF LOVE & JOY IS FROM YOUR WENDY
¸¸.☆♥(◡‿◡)♥✫¨´`'*°☆.❥•♪♫♥.(:♥(◡‿◡)♥i❤*☆҉♡☆❤❤❤♪♫♪❤❤♪❤*☆҉♡☆❤❤❤♪♫♪❤❤♪❤❤♪♫♪❤❤♪❤❤♪♫♪❤❤❤❤♪♫♪❤❤♪❤❤♪♫♪❤◄*☆*°‧°﹒☆҉☆¸ \( °‿°)/ ☆҉☆¸.✿¸¸.•´¨¯`'•⋆❥⋆❀´¸ ✿ღڪےღڰۣ✿✿ღڪےღڰۣ✿✿ღڪےღڰۣ✿✿ღڪے❤
`"(✿◠‿◠)˙•٠•●Celibate life♥´Magic Surrounds Us ☆҉☆ƸӜƷ ♪♫♪♫♪❤❤
ƸӜƷ•.¸¸.•´ ... ☾ ❤❤☼ღ(◕‿◕｡)❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ƸӜƷ•❤❤❤☼ღ(◕‿◕｡)¸.•*""*•.¸ƸӜƷ•.¸¸.•

I AM SO HAPPY YOU HAVE COME TO VISIT MY BLOG❤

I HOPE THAT I CAN MAKE YOU DAY FULL OF MAGICK

AND DREAMS FOR JUST THE BREIF TIME YOU ARE HEAR IN

MY WORLD OF MAGIC AND ENCHANTMENT/ LOVEYOU ALL MY

DEAR FREINDS AND FOLLOWERS. YOUR WENDY:O)

ƸӜƷ•.¸¸.•´ ... (◕‿◕｡)¸.•*""*•.¸

"(✿◠‿◠)˙•٠•●c