Category: Creation

The Spider Queen

The Spider Queen in Native American mythology

The concept of the Spider Queen, and the women who align with her archetype, reveals deeper insights into both mythological symbolism and the marginalization of feminine power in society.

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The Waxing and Waning of the Divine Feminine Through Time

In this article, I want to highlight some of those feminine heroes, and the sacrifices they made, and how they became the feminine heroines of their time.

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The God Marduk

Marduk was a prominent god in ancient Mesopotamian religion, particularly revered in the city of Babylon. Initially, a god of thunderstorms, he rose to become the chief deity of Babylon and was later known simply as Bel, meaning “Lord”.

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The Sumerian cosmology

The Sumerian cosmology is a fascinating blend of mythology and early scientific thought. The Sumerians envisioned the universe as a closed dome surrounded by a primordial saltwater sea. The earth was seen as a flat disc beneath this dome, with an underworld and a freshwater ocean called the Abzu beneath it.

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Primordial Goo and the Mother of Creation

Many of the world mythologies include the concept that the world was created for some form of primordial goo, or water. For example, the “goo” in the Shinto creation myth refers to the primordial chaos from which the world was created.

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Christianity – Genesis

The Christian Creation myth, as recounted in the Book of Genesis, begins with the profound declaration, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

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The Enuma Elish

The Enuma Elish, also known as The Seven Tablets of Creation, is a Babylonian creation myth that originates from the ancient Mesopotamian religion.

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