Welcome to Afro Emperor Fiction and Mythology. Have you always been just like me, curious about mythologies, fictions or mysteries that our world contains? T…
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Around the 19th century, the Assyriologist George Smith hunches over a clay tablet from the ruins of Nineveh, an ancient Mesopotamian city buried for millennia. After spending years of deciphering fragments of forgotten languages, Mr. Smith realized that the tablet covered an ancient Mesopotamian flood myth, one that mirrors the story of Noah’s Ark from the Old Testament.
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Hecate is an enigmatic goddess rooted in Greek mythology with profound significance. According to Greek mythology, Hekate has been primarily remembered for her association with the fierce creatures which roam the darkness of night, and the liminal realms between life and death. Although Hecate was once considered to be a powerful Greek goddess of witchcraft, she was not a major deity when compared to the Twelve Olympians.
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Greek mythology is full of fascinating monsters. One of the most powerful and dangerous was the sea monster Charybdis. Charybdis was not just your regular creature, she was a force of nature that appeared as a roadblock in several Greek heroes' journeys. Like many of the most terrifying creatures in Greek mythology, Charybdis is always described in female terms.
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Ereshkigal, the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of the Underworld is a deity shrouded in mysteries and depth. The origins of the goddess Sumerian goddess Ereshkigal can be traced back to the earliest days of Sumerian civilization. The people of Mesopotamia believed in life after one’s death, and that the souls of the dead would travel to the Underworld. This place was known as Kurnugia or the Land of No Return, meanwhile the Akkadians referred to it as Irkalla after its queen.
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A figure from Slavic folklore, Koschei the Deathless was known for his main characteristic: his inability to die. What is more interesting about this figure however, is the fact that his immortality was not foolproof, as a room for errors was left when casting a spell to protect himself from death.
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The Mesopotamian pantheon is based on the Sumerian model, but the aspects of deities change from place to place and from era to era. So the gods of the Mesopotamian region were not uniform in names, power, provenance or status, and sometimes several gods become one or one divides into several. Collectively, these deities are the Anunnaki or the “royal ones”.
Topics: Mesopotamian mythology · ANU / AN · ENLIL · ENKI / EA · INANNA · NABU
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Aziza is a word deeply rooted in West African mythology, and denotes a supernatural creature renowned for its benevolence. In African mythology, these fuzzy little spirits dwell within the depths of the forest, and were revered for their proficiency in bestowing positive magic, especially to hunters.
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As the maidens of the all father and often referred to as beacons of strength, the Valkyries of Norse mythology were women of vast prestige and power, one of the few factions of warriors having a certain influence over the world of men. Upon the backs of their ethereal horses, they came from Valhalla with guttural screams at the back of their throats.
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Cats and their reputations have often swayed from good to evil, for they have been both worshiped and feared like what we’ve seen in ancient Egypt. One of the most malevolent associations cats have is with witchcraft, but another connection comes from Japan through Japanese mythology, in the form of the legendary Bakeneko. The demonic cat is at the origin of many legends, behind the peculiar appearance of the animal hides a monster capable of mischievous deeds.
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Guests: Irish Mythology, Lugh Samildánach
The Irish god of nobility and the former king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Lugh is was one of the most important Celtic divinities particularly in Ireland. Lugh of the long arms was more accurately portrayed as a master of all crafts and a cunning warrior, a prominent figure in many stories of Irish mythology, especially where he leads the Tuatha Dé Danann at the second battle of Moy Tura.
Topics: A Tale from Ireland · A Vow · Who is Lugh? · Depiction, Origins and Etymologies · Is he Lugus or Mercury? · His powerful weapons
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Nephthys was one of the original gods in the genealogy of Egyptian divinities defined by the priests of Heliopolis. Born from Geb and Nut she was the fourth one after Osiris, Isis, Seth and was the older sister of blind Horus. The goddess Nephthys features in the narratives as the devoted companion of her sister Isis, but she was also a protective deity in funerary rituals who attended mummies on their mortuary biers.
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In ancient Egypt, women were treated the same way as men because the Egyptian cosmology was made of both male and female divinities. Throughout the Egyptian religion, female divinities were mostly seen as nurturers and protectors of the pharaoh and his people.
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Guest: Baron Samedi
Within the religion of Haitian Voodoo, this job is undertaken by the Lwa of the dead who goes by the name of Baron Samedi, and whose name means ‘’Baron Saturday’’ in French. The Haitian people believe that the first man buried in a cemetery becomes the manifestation of its guardian who is reality the Baron, an entity considered to hold knowledge of the dead and the underworld.
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As the central figure of the Shinto religion, the heaven-shining Amaterasu is the ancestress by of the imperial family of Japan, she has always been an important Kami in the Japanese spiritual life. Amaterasu is a glorious goddess and the personification of the rising sun, the queen of Shinto divinities. based on Japanese mythology, the sun represents order and purity, two important concepts in Shintoism.
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Brigid was a pre-Christian Irish goddess of fertility and life. As a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, she was the master of healing sharing similarities with the Catholic St. Brigid of Kildare. Originating from the word Briganti, meaning the Exalted One, the name Brigid has been anglicized from the old Irish Brig becoming the term for Bride. Brigid refers to the goddess’ connection to sunlight and fire, but may also be related to dawn goddesses across the Indo-European world.
Topics: Brigid · Who was Brigid & Etymology · Common depictions · Brigid as a triple goddess · A contrasted entity · Her influence in Poetry
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