The Ancient Gods have returned!
Batara Guru
A creator God of the Sumatra mythology. One day Batara Guru sent
a swallow down to the sea with a handful of soil to create dry land upon which Batara
Guru scattered many seeds. From the spring all the different species of
animals. Batara Guru then sent down a heroic incarnation of himself to defeat
not a para ha the serpent ruler of the underworld. The divine hero was rewarded
with the hand of Batara Guru daughter. They became the parents of the first
humans
is the name of a supreme god in Indonesian His name is
derived from Sanskrit Bhattaraka which means “noble lord". He has been
conceptualized in Southeast Asia as a kind spiritual teacher, the first of all
Gurus in Indonesian Hindu texts, mirroring the guru Dakshinamurti aspect of
Hindu god Shiva in the Indian subcontinent.
Hut-ka-Ptah (meaning "Enclosure of the ka of Ptah
The Temple of Ptah is a shrine located within the large
Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt. It lies to the north of the
main Amun temple, just within the boundary wall. The building was erected by
the Pharaoh Thutmose III on the site of an earlier Middle Kingdom temple.
The great temple of Ptah was one of the city’s most
prominent structures. According to an Egyptian document known as the “Memphite
Theology,”
Ptah created humans through the power of his heart and
speech; the concept, having been shaped in the heart of the creator,
The mythology of the Greek character Andromeda who in real
life was a beautiful melanated Ethiopian woman. Well documented in history as
such. Yet in the 1981 film the clash of the Titans she is portrayed as a non
woman of color to the detriment of the story
Chinna-masta
Pantheon: Hindu Tantric
Classification: Devi
Meaning whose head was cut off
Culture :Indus Valley Bengel, India
In Tantrism she hold her own in one hand and heads mouth
opens to receive the blood the spurts from the gaping neck
Abode Cremation ground
Weapon khatri
– scimitar
Consort Shiva
as Kabandha o
is a Hindu goddess (Devi). She is one of the Mahavidyas, ten
goddesses from the esoteric tradition of Tantra, and a ferocious aspect of
Parvati, the Hindu Mother goddess. The self-decapitated nude goddess, usually
standing or seated on a divine copulating couple, holds her own severed head in
one hand and a scimitar in another. Three jets of blood spurt out of her
bleeding neck and are drunk by her severed head and two attendants.
Cherubim
Classification: Unearthly being, sub class of Angels
Kerubim connected with the Assyrian word Karibu)
Hybrid creatures, half animal half huan who appear in the Old Testament.
A cherub is one of the unearthly beings who directly attend
to God, according to Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim
assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden
of Eden
They are presented as guardians of the sacral points round
which Jewish life and belief center the Tree of Life , the Ark of the Covenant
, the temple and they indicate the presence of God.
In the vision of Ezekiel they for the living chariot of Yahweh.
In the book pf Revelation as they are described as beast and
they stand around the throne of God.
They are full of eyes before and behind and this identifies
them as cosmic being symbolizing the stars.
According to a Christian interpretation which goes back to
the Greek Dionysius
In Islam, the cherubim are the angels closest to God and
sometimes include the Bearers of the Throne and the archangels. Below the
angels of the throne, the angels subordinative to Michael are also identified
as cherubim. In Ismailism, there are seven cherubim, comparable to the Seven
Archangels.
Their protective symbolism derived from the earlier Persian
an Mesopotamia am gars guardian spirits who flight temples. They are usually
appear in art as blue winged heads sometimes with the book symbolizing define
divine knowledge by reason of their proximity to God whom they are sometimes
shown supporting in flight. In baroque art cherubs are undistinguishable from
cupids or putti.
The Book of Thoth
Classification: Sacred Text
Last Known Location: The Tomb of Neferkaptah the City of Memphis
Author: Thoth Djhuty
Associated: Supreme knowledge
The Book of Thoth represents the accumulated knowledge of
the wisest of the Kemetic Ntrs. Ut is said to contain the secrets of the
universe and the most sacred and powerful spells in existence. The wielder of
this book would attaint supreme knowledge. But the knowledge is far to great
for mortals. And carries a curse of the Gods.