.Chaos: an abyss an absence of something in the world, a void. Water is the material the world is made from. Gives birth to Erebus and Nux, both names mean darkness. Nux physical darkness, Erebus abstract darkness, inner darkness of the soul. Gives the world a sense of time with darkn...
That is why to this very day a Cock is at hand when women are in travail, and is believed somehow to promote an easy delivery."Aelian, On Animals 10. 47 : "The Ichneumon (mongoose) is both male and female in the same individual, partaking of both sexes, and nature has enabled each...
‘Amar (Day) [Hemera] and Melana (Moon) [Selene] and third, Skotos (Darkness) as far as Marmarugas (Flashings) [probably Aither (Light)]’ : days does not mean simply day, but contains the idea of the sun. Previously there was only darkness, and afterwards, when it had been ...
Dionysus was the greek god of wine, ecstacy and love. He was so charismatic that women left their homes to revel in the woods with him. He symbolizes the perpetual youth who never wants to grow up.
He was also often referred to euphemistically, with names like "Clymenus" (the illustrious) and "Eubelus" (the giver of good counsel) due to Greek superstition. He was also known as "the hidden one" because he had a helmet that made him invisible. ...
Meaning: A maiden with a torch of light; a true vision during darkness. Lenora is a lovely-sounding name that would make a lovely choice for your little girl! It brings forth the image of your little girl radiating light which illuminates her path in life!
arising from our understanding of the duality fundamental to the nature of reality. There are male and female twins in world myth, standing for night and day, light and dark, heat and cold, male and female, war and peace, good and bad, life and death. The creation myths of ancient cult...
And by 'associated' I mean that her name was sometimes used to modify the other goddesses' names, like 'Persephone the Angry One.' A goddess in her own right in a couple of places where other chthonic deities were worshiped, but more commonly known in conjunction with the big name ...
“This is the place of the Bodhisattva King Kṣitigarbha in the Region of Darkness. Old Monkey has come especially to take you back to the world of light so that you may give your testimony. The Bodhisattva is kind enough to release you and lengthen your age for another dozen years. ...
The etymology of Hades is uncertain: some derive it from a-idein, whence it would signify "the god who makes invisible," and others from hadô or chadô; so that Hades would mean "the allembracer," or "all-receiver." The Roman poets use the names Dis, Orcus, and Tartarus as ...