This is written to fulfil my promise to write on each divinity from the atheists' graveyard. Prayer to Cardea, Roman Goddess of the Hinge, the Axis, the Pole
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How do you write about a goddess when there is so little known? Furrina is the next deity from the atheists’ “graveyard” and I’ve been stuck on what to write for her for months. She is of ancient origins, probably an Etruscan goddess adopted into the Roman pantheon as a goddess of springs.
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I am probably going to offend some jazz aficionados, and it’s embarrassing given that Jose and I live in the neighborhood of jazz,
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As a Roman Polytheist, I can tell you that Furrina is related to water. On July 25, the Furrinalia was held for the Goddess Furrin
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I like this connection to modern day applications!
Cupid, son of Venus, is the capricious god of love and desire and number 25 in my tribute to the Gods wrongfully placed in the atheists' graveyard. He was more about the pursuit or spurning of love than about the actual relationship. Often portrayed as a chubby child (only occasionally as a youth), it is no wonder that he was so temperamental. Try being stuck in a child's body for ages, upon ages and see how even tempered you remain.
Venus
sex and love
beauty and enticement
seduction and persuasion
victory and wine
these are your gifts
Ok...don't fall out of your chairs. Your eyes are not deceiving you...two posts in one day! When I saw who the next divinity on my list was...inspiration struck. #10 on the devotions on the gods from the "graveyard".
Today’s blog is on the di Penates or Penates. Blog number 9 of my gods of the “graveyard” series. This one was extremely difficult to write because…well no one really agrees on who the Penates are. The concept for the Penates and Lares comes from the ancient Roman domestic cultus and were at some point included as part of civil or state rituals. They remind me a lot of the ancient Greek agathos daimons, which are good spirits/gods of home, family and/or individual. Everything I’ve read on Penates and Lares boils down to the individual. I’m including the Lares in this blog because they are often honored with the Penates and very hard for the researcher to tell apart.
This week’s tribute (#7) is to the goddess, Laverna, the Roman goddess of thieves, frauds, plagiarists, hypocrites and ne’er-do-wells.