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2. #Pasiphae was the #witch #queen of #Crete in #GreekMythology who's husband offended the #gods. She was #punished by being forced to mate with a #bull and became a #SocialPariah, eventually she got #revenge: https://t.co/lH65RnEkou
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In #GreekMythology, #Crius or #Krios was the #Titan #god of #heavenly #constellations and of the #South. His parents were #Gaia and #Ouranous and his children included #Astraios, #Pallas and #Perses by #Eurybia.
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In #GreekMythology, #Theia is the #Titan #goddess of #shining and #light, associated with all that #glimmers. She endowed #gold, #silver, #metals, and #gems with their #radiance. She was also #Titaness of #sight and wife to #Hyperion/#HeavenlyLight
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In #GreekMythology #Asteria was the #Titan #goddess of #stars, #FallingStars and #NightTime #divinations such as #oneiromancy and #astrology. Her parents were #Phoebe and #Coeus and she was the mother of #Hecate, goddess of #witchcraft by the Titan #Perses.
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1. #Cerberus was the 3 headed #dog/#Hellhound from #GreekMythology. He was the #guardian of the #Underworld who prevented #souls from leaving #Hades. He was the child of #Echidna and #Typhon and he was once borrowed by #Heracles.
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In #GreekMythology #Eris was the #goddess of #strife and #discord. Sometimes a daughter of #Zeus and #Hera; other times of #Nyx/#Night. Her #Roman name was #Discordia. Armed with nothing but the #ego of the gods and a #GoldenApple she began the #TrojanWar
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#Argus #Panoptes was a 100 eyed #giant in #GreekMythology. He was the son of #Arestor and was a servant of #Hera who transformed him into a #peacock upon his death when he was killed guarding #Zeus' concubine, #Io, who was in #cow form.
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#Nyx, #Nox, #Queen of #Darkness, Lady of #Shadows. These are all names of the #goddess of #Night in #GreekMythology. The most #powerful #deity in #GreekReligion? Possibly the most #feared.
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In #GreekMythology, #Hera was the #goddess of #family, #marriage & #women. She was the #QueenOfTheGods & the 6th #wife of #Zeus. She was the #mother #Hephaestus, #Ares, #Eleithyia, #Enyo & #Eris. She was a vengeful goddess who punished many of Zeus' affairs
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#Inanna is the #Sumerian #goddess of #love, #sensuality, #fertility, #procreation, and #war. She later became the #Akkadian and #Assyrian #Ishtar, and then the #Hittite #Sauska, the #Phoenician #Astarte and the #Greek #Aphrodite
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#Pasiphae was a #witch daughter of the #sun #Titan #Helios. She married King #Minos and had many children. When he disrespected the #gods, she was unfairly #punished by being #cursed to mate with a #bull, creating the #Minotaur.
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In #GreekMythology, #Circe was the #Witch daughter of the #sun #Titan #Helios. She was responsible for the appearance of #Scylla and for turning the men of #Odysseus into 🐖🐷. She is one of the most famous #witches in #literature.
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#Today marks the start of #CapricornSeason. The #constellation is identified as #Amalthea, the #goat that suckled #Zeus after #Rhea, saved him from being #devoured by #Kronos. #Capricorns are #ambitious, #persistent, #realistic, #sensitive and #practical.
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#Yule or #Yuletide is a #festival historically observed by the #Germanic peoples. It begins of #December21st and lasts until #January1st. #Scholars have connected the original #celebrations to the #WildHunt, #Odin, and the #pagan #AngloSaxon #Mōdraniht
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In #GreekMythology #Aphrodite was 1 of the 12 #Olympians. She was the #goddess of #love, #beauty, #pleasure, #passion & #procreation with a vicious #temper. She was 1 of the most #worshipped, #feared & #powerful gods in the #Pantheon: https://t.co/kHYXsejzZ3
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In #GreekMythology, #Bia was the #Titan #Goddess of #force, #anger and raw #energy. Her parents were the Titans, #Pallas and #Styx and her 3 siblings were #Kratos/#strength, #Nike/#victory, and #Zelos/#zeal.
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In Jewish #Mythology/#Folklore #Lilith was Adam's first wife, created at the same time and from the same clay. She #rebelled against him and so was cast out of #Eden where she became a #Demoness and the #Queen of #Hell by the side of her husband, #Sammel.
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In #GreekMythology #Perses was the #Titan of #destruction. He was the father of #Hecate, #goddess of #witchcraft, by #Asteria. His name means "the #Destroyer" or "the #Ravager."
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In #NorseMythology, #Skaði is the #jötunn/#Giant and #goddess of #snow and #ice. She is associated with #wolves, #winter, #skiing, #bowhunting and #mountains.
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