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While ancient Anubis weighs the soul, a modern Anubis would be a lawyer in addition to a mortician, inventor of the modern death. He is unbiased, leaving judgment to others, and does his duty without delay. #MythologyMonday
Inanna, the original girlboss, is the goddess who owns her sexuality, who knows her power, knows her worth, and does not look to others for validation. Those who betray her trust deserve no quarter, and she gives none, but she is goddess of the city and the world #MythologyMonday
Inari is one of the most popular modern kami, patron of business, innovation, prosperity, and agriculture, all of which sit at the heart of modern Japan. They are also intersex, appearing as both male and female depending on the aspect, a god beyond gender. #MythologyMonday
Thor was the defender of mankind and the god of Thralls, the Norse caste of servants and slaves. A modern reinterpretation would make him the god of the working class, of the laborer and worker in addition to the defender of those without agency. #MythologyMonday
"So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and nothing held in reserve."-The Farthest Shore, Ursula K. LeGuin #WyrdWednesday
Aesop's Fables comments on the intelligence of crows in "The Crow and the Pitcher," which is not so much a fable on perseverance and cleverness, as it is an observable fact that crows are problem-solvers. #FairytaleTuesday
If ever you walk by a Japanese shrine or temple at night, and there see a woman in traditional garb, be warned: she may be ohaguro bettari, a woman whose head is only the massive mouth with black teeth, ready to scare and smack at you! #MythologyMonday
The modern triple goddess motif is a popular one, well-founded in ancient myth but formalized in modern academic study. Goddesses are sometimes found in threes, representing a triad of topics: the sisters of the Morrigan might represent different faces of death. #LegendaryMonday
Artemis, the virgin huntress, keeps a band of women around her as her hunters, giving her a constant posse. Like the goddess, they must maintain their virginity in all things or suffer the wrath of not just Artemis but the gods themselves. #MythologyMonday
At the center of many Filipino myths is the Bakunawa, a dragon-like being whose movements inspire Filipino spiritual calendars. With a single horn, it takes on different roles in different regions, causing eclipses to the Cebuano and Bicolano via eating the moon #FolkloreThursday