The bull was considered a divine animal throughout antiquity; a symbol of the moon, fertility, rebirth, and royal power, while today, the Lithuanian word ‘taurus’ means ‘noble.’ There is evidence of bull cults throughout the Mediterranean starting in Anatolia, dating from at least 70000 B...
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So she said; but fear seized them all, and none of them uttered a word. But great Kronos (Cronus) the wily took courage and answered his dear mother : ‘Mother, I will undertake to do this deed, for I reverence not our father of evil name, for he first thought of doing shameful ...
"Note that the ancients used the wordphlyein(to luxuriate) of an abundant yield of fruit. So they called Dionysos Phleon (the luxuriant), Protrygaios (the first at the vintage), Staphylites (the god of the grape), Omphakites (the god of the unripe grape), and various other epithets...
When they have paid for their sins and are ready for rebirth, they drink a brew that makes them forget their past lives. In some accounts, a wheel of rebirth lifts them to their next life, while in others they are thrown from a bridge of pain into a river that carries them onward. ...
As in many ancient religions, there werehundreds of beings recognized as deities by the Greeks.These deities were mostly associated with abstract concepts like memory and justice and natural forces and features like rivers, seasons, death, and rebirth. There were also gods associated with agriculture...
Guardian of Fertility:She blesses the earth with fertility, making barren lands fertile again. This power extends beyond crops to all aspects of life, embodying the cycle of birth, growth, death, and rebirth. Demeter and the Modern World ...
Providence, god, heaven; Provident, for a rainy da 44、y,Forethought.Psyches wife. She lost her confidence in her husbandTo him and his mind. Then she gave up the doubt and gained love againRebirth. It is now used to represent soul, soul and spirit. Psychic spirit, the spiritOf the ...
The identity of the child whose birth, according to Vergil, will bring the realisation of the second Golden Age is examined in the context of rites regarding the absolution of sins and the promise of rebirth. The Orphíc and Dionysian mysteries are particularly discussed, on the strength of tw...
For this reason, many mythological traditions associate plants with birth or rebirth and with the eternal cycle of life springing forth from death. The magical plant or herb of immortality sought by Gilgamesh, the hero of ancient Mesopotamian mythology, provides one example of how myths use plants...