by Madame Marigold » Sun Apr 17, 2016 5:04 pm
4-17-2016
Aphrodite
Goddess of Love and Beauty
Aphrodite ("foam-arisen"), goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation.
Her Roman equivalent is the Venus. She was said to have been born when Cronus severed Uranus' genitals
and threw them into the sea. Her festival, Aphrodisia, was celebrated across Greece.
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Pantheon: Greek
Abode: Mount Olympus
Animals: Dolphin, Dove, Sparrow, Swan, Goose, Partridge
Colours: Yellow, Gold, Pink, Red, Copper, Sea Green
Consort: Hephaestus, Dionysus, Ares, Adonis
Crystal: Copper, Rose Quartz, Aventurine
Day: Friday
Element: Water
Offerings: Apples, Pomegranates, Frankincense, Myrrh, Perfume, Chocolates, Roses, Myrtle, Honey, Wine
Planet: Venus, The Sun
Plant/Tree: Rose, Myrtle, Apples, Lime Tree
Symbols: Scallop Shell, Girdle, Mirror, 6
Tarot Card: The Lovers
Time: Summer Solstice
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Veles
God of cattle, commerce, music, divination and the underworld
Veles (Volos) is a God of the earth, waters and the underworld, associated with dragons, cattle, magic,
musicians, wealth and trickery. He is said to punish oath-breakers with diseases.
He is the opponent of the thunder god, Perun, from whom he steals Perun's son, wife or, usually, cattle.
Veles was seen as a huge serpent coiling around the roots of the world tree where he ruled the world of dead.
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Pantheon: Slavic
Abode: World Tree
Animals: Serpent, Cattle, Bear, Wolf, Dragons
Colours: Green, Black, Blue, Red
Consort: Luna Diana
Crystal: Obsidian, Jet, Onyx, Jasper, Garnet, Bloodstone
Day: Sunday
Direction: North, West
Element: Earth, Water
Incense: Cedar, Wormwood, Clove, Ginger
Offerings: Wine, Wheat
Planet: Mercury
Plant/Tree: Cedar, Oak, Pine, Hawthorn, Holly, Ivy, Mistletoe
Symbols: Wool, Serpents, Cattle, Horns
Tarot Card: Cups, Pentacles
Time: Veija Noc, Ostara, Veles Feast Day - 12th February