Mythology Aesthetics Kvasir

Mythology Aesthetics → Kvasir 

Kvasir was the wisest of all beings. There was no question for which he did not have a ready and satisfying answer. He took up the life of a wanderer, dispensing his wisdom to all whom he met along the road. When he came to the house of two dwarves, Fjalar (“Deceiver”) and Galar (“Screamer”), they killed him and drained his blood into three containers. They told the gods that Kvasir had suffocated from an excess of wisdom. The two dwarves then brewed mead by mixing Kvasir’s blood with honey – the Mead of Poetry.

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In school, we learned about the world before ours, about the angels and gods that lived in the sky, ruling the earth with kind and loving hands. Some say those are just stories, but I don’t believe that. 

The gods rule us still, they have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind.

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102 Roman Gods & Goddesses

The Dii Consentes ( The 12 Major Gods )

Jupiter / Iuppiter /Jove (”father”) - Supreme god of the roman empire, ruler of all gods and men, ruler of the heavens, daylight, weather, justice and divine witness to oaths. 

Juno / Iuno (”young”) - Queen of the gods, protector of women, marriage, childbirth and the family. Protector & councillor of the Roman state. The month June is named after her.

Neptunus / Neptune (”wet, damp, clouds”) - God of water, the seas, horses and the roman cavalry. Races were held in his honour.

Ceres (”to grow”) - Goddess who looked after the growth and abundance of plant life. Patron of agriculture, horticulture, the harvest, and motherly love.

Vesta (”hearth”) - Goddess of the hearth fire and the home.

Minerva (”intellect”) - Goddess of wisdom, numbers, science, medicine, inspiration, dyeing and weaving, genius and war.

Mars (’male’) - God of war and father of the roman people.

Phoebus / Apollo - (”to destroy. strength, father light ”)- God of the sun, light, truth, music, healing, plague, prophecy and oracles.

Diana (”heavenly, divine”) - Goddess of the moon, the night, childbirth, wildlife, animals and hunting.

Venus (”love, sexual desire”) - Goddess of love, desire, sex, beauty, spring, gardens and vineyards.

Vulcan (”to flash”) - God of fire (especially destructive fire) and volcanoes.

Mercurius / Mercury (”to trade, wages”) - God of commerce, trade, profit, merchants, roads, travellers, athletes, dexterity and thieves.

Other Major Roman Divinities

Pluto / Dis (”wealth”) - God of the underworld, judge of the dead and a god of wealth.

Janus ( ”covered passageway” ) - God of gates and doors, beginnings and endings. The month January is named after him.

Bellona  (”war”)- Goddess of war. Accompanied Mars on the battlefield.

Quirinus (“spear”) - Mystery war god who was worshipped by the Sabines and had a popular cult following in Rome. Possibly Romulus deified.

Liber (“free”)- God of vegetation, male fertility, viniculture, wine and ecstasy. Guardian of plebeian freedoms. Worshipped alongside Libera and Ceres.

Libera - Consort of Liber. Goddess of wine, fertility and freedom. Worshipped alongside Liber and Ceres.

Flora (”flower”) - Goddess of flowers and spring. Protected the early blossoms.

Tellus / Terra (”earth”) - Personified goddess of the earth. The first mother.

Saturnus / Saturn - God of time and ages. Minor agricultural deity who sowed the seeds and ruled during the Golden Age.

Minor Roman Divinities (this list is not complete)

Aeolus - God of the four winds.

Aequitas (”equal, even”) - God of fair dealing, equality, conformity and symmetry.

Aera Cura - Goddess associated with the infernal regions and underworld.

Amor (also known as Cupid - ”love”)- Winged archer god of love. Son of Venus

Angita - Early goddess of healing and witchcraft

Antevorte - goddess of the future.

Antinous - Deified lover of the emperor Hadrian & god of homosexuality.

Aquilo (”the north”) - God of the north wind.

Aura / Aurae (”breeze”) - Divinities who symbolized breezes.

Aurora (”gold, dawn”) - Goddess of the dawn.

Auster (”southerly”) - God of the south wind.

Bona Dea (”the good goddess”) -  Popular goddess among the upper class. Goddess of female fertility and good health.

Bubona (“ox, cow”) Goddess of horses and cattle.

Clementia (”humanity”) - Goddess of forgiveness and mercy.

Coelus (”heavens”)- Personified god of the sky. The first father.

Concordia (”agreement”) - Goddess of concord and harmony.

Devera - Goddess that rules the brooms used to purify ritual sites.

Discordia (“discord”) - Goddess of strife and discord.

Disciplina - Goddess of discipline.

Dius Fidus (””) - God of oaths.

Epona - Foreign celtic goddess of horses, mules, ponies a donkeys.

Fama (”to speak”) - Goddess of fame and popular rumour.

Fauna - Goddess of Prophecy with ties to the forest and fields and the animals found there.

Faunus {“strangler”} - God of wild nature and fertility.

Favonius (”favorable”) - God of the western wind, the herald of spring.

Fontus / Fons (”source”) - god of wells and springs

Fortuna (”fortunate”) - Goddess of good fortune and luck.

Furor (”the anger”) - Goddess of anger and rage.

Honos (”honour”)- God of morality and military honour.

Invidia (”envy”) - Goddess of envy and jealousy.

Justitia (”justice,fairness”) - Goddess of justice.

Juturna (’nymph’) - goddess of lakes,wells and springs.

Juventus (”youth”) - Goddess of youth.

Lares (”homes”) - Deities who protected the home.

Larunda - Nymph who became Mother of the Lares.

Latona (”latium”) - Mother of Apollo & Diana. Goddess of Womanly Demure and Motherhood.

Lucifer (”morning star”) - God of the morning star ( Not to be confused with the hebrew god of hell )

Luna (”moon”) - personified titan goddess of the moon. Blended with Diana.

Lympha - Goddess of fresh water

Magna Mater (”great mother”) - Foreign Anatolian goddess of untamed nature and lions.

Maia (’daughter of atlas’) -The goddess of whom the month of May is probably named after. Associated with blossoming nature and spring.

Meditrina - Goddess of wine and health.

Mellona (”honey”) - Goddess of bees and honey.

Mens ( “mind”) - Goddess of the mind and consciousness.

Mors (”death”) - Personified god of death.

Muta (”change”) - Goddess of silence.

Naenia (”dirge”) - Goddess of funerals.

Necessitas (”unavoidableness,”) - Goddess of destiny.

Nox (”night”) - Personified goddess of the night.

Ops / Opis (”plenty”) - Wife of Saturn. Goddess of opulence and abundance. Worshipped together with her daughter Ceres at the harvest.

Orcus - God of the underworld, punisher of broken oaths. Sometimes interchangeable with Pluto.

Pales - Goddess of shepherds and flocks.

Patalena - Goddess or god who protects the blossoms.

Pax (”peace”) - Goddess of peace.

Penates (”inner part of house”) - Patron gods of the storeroom.

Pomona (”fruit”) - Goddess of fruit trees. Wife of Vertumnus.

Portunus (”swimming, crab ”) - God of harbours and ports.

Priapus - God of gardens, viniculture, sailors, fishermen, the penis, male fertility.

Proserpina (”to emerge”) - Goddess of Spring and queen of the underworld.Wife of Pluto and daughter of Ceres.

Providentia (”foreknowledge”) - Goddess of forethought.

Pudicitia- Goddess of modesty and chastity.

Robigus (”reddish”) - God who prevented agricultural disease.

Roma - Personified goddess of Rome.

Salacia (“salt, salty”) - Goddess of salt water and the depths of the ocean. Wife of Neptune.

Salus (”safety, salvation”) -  Goddess of safety and wellbeing.

Sarnus - God of the Sarno river.

Silvanus (”forest, of the woods”) - God of forests and fields.

Sol (’sun’) - Personified titan god of the sun. Blended with Apollo.

Somnia (“dreams”) - God of dreams.

Somnus (“sleep”) - God of sleep.

Summanus (”before the morning”) - God of the night sky and nightly thunder. His precise nature was unclear even to Ovid.

Tiberinus - God of the Tiber river.

Tellumo- God of earthly regeneration and reproduction. Consort of Tellus / Terra.

Terminus (“border”) - God of boundaries and borders.

Trivia (”three roads”) - Goddess of crossroads, graveyards, sorcery and witchcraft.

Ultio (“vengeance”) - Goddess of vengeance.

Vejovis - A god of healing. Believed to be one of the first gods.

Vertumnus (”green, seasons”) - God who symbolized the changes in seasons, protector of vegetation, gardens and orchards.

Vesper (”evening, supper, evening star, west”) - God of the evening star.

Victoria (“victory”) - Goddess of victory.

Vulturnus (”south-east”) - God of the east wind.

Concept: I finish school. The job I work isn’t my dream job but I enjoy doing it greatly still. It pays enough to cover everything I might need. My bills are never overdue. Money is not a thought in my head. I have a place to live. So do my dogs. It is nice and warm, I have some plants, my bookshelves are full, my sheets are always clean. There is time to read at the end of a day. I read a lot. Thinking is a good thing. I meet up with friends regularly, old and new. They love me. We make memories. I have nothing to be ashamed of. I travel a few times a year, always different places. The places I see steal my breath away. The people I meet teach me of life. They are good. There is no war. The sea calls to me and pay visit. I am independent. I am content.