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Pele, Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes
The capricious and passionate Hawaiian goddess of fire, volcanoes, wind and lightning, and also creator of the Hawaiian islands. Pele lives at the summit of Mount Kīlauea, and according to legend is the cause for... — **Pele, Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes**
The capricious and passionate Hawaiian goddess of fire, volcanoes, wind and lightning, and also creator of the Hawaiian islands. Pele lives at the summit of Mount Kīlauea, and according to legend is the cause for its constant volcanic activity. Born from the female spirit Haumea in a land near the clouds, Pele is one day driven away from her homeland by her sister, Na-maka-o-kaha'i, and embarks on a journey to what would become the islands of Hawaii on a canoe with her brothers and sister, creating each one in a dispute with Na-maka-o-kaha'i, and eventually settling in Mauna Loa. The goddess has many legends detailing a tumultuous romantic life, usually resulting in the fiery deaths of her lovers and many fits of jealousy and anger. In one story she meets in human form a young chief named Lohi'au, and falls in love with him, but alas, her human form is temporary, and she returns to her divine body far away. She sends her beloved sister Hi'iaka to bring him to her, but she takes a long time, and assuming the two had fallen in love and her sister betrayed her, she causes a stream a lava to kill the young man before Hi'iaka had time to explain herself. In another story the goddess falls in love with a man who she discovers was already in a relationship, and enraged by this turns him into the Lehua tree, prompting the gods to turn his lover into the Lehua Flower so they wouldn’t be separated. Kamapua'a, a pig demi-god, was also one of Pele’s lovers, with whom he had a tempestuous relationship at first by constant fighting, and alas, surprisingly, Kamapua'a eventually wins with his powers to summon rain, and the two have a child together. The goddess was also a fierce rival with the snow goddess Poliʻahu, both in sledding races and in romance, with Poli'ahu usually having her way, and gaining supremacy over the northern part of the Hawaiian islands.
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Spring is coming…
Brigid, Lofty Goddess of the Hearth
In Irish mythology, Brigid is the name of the goddess (or in some cases, a trio of goddesses) associated with the hearth, healing, smithcraft, poetry, fertility, the coming of spring, and all... — Spring is coming…

Brigid, Lofty Goddess of the Hearth
In Irish mythology, Brigid is the name of the goddess (or in some cases, a trio of goddesses) associated with the hearth, healing, smithcraft, poetry, fertility, the coming of spring, and all things perceived as “elevated” or of “high dimensions”, such as fire and knowledge in general. She is a member of the Tuatha De Danann, Gaelic Ireland’s pantheon of gods, being the daughter of the god Dagda and wife of the
half-Fomorian god Bres. Such was her popularity that her name itself was synonymous with “goddess”, and when the Church came and couldn’t stop her festivities, they made her into St. Brigid instead,
associating her with Ireland’s other famous saint, St. Patrick. Her festival, both as a goddess and as a saint, is the Imbolc, celebrated the coming of spring, held to this day between the winter solstice and spring equinox. She is associated with a perpetual flame maintained by 19 nuns at her sanctuary in Kildare, Ireland, and is surrounded by a hedge that no man can cross without dying or going insane.

I was going to do this one digital, but it wasn’t turning out very good, so I went back and colored it the traditional way instead.

Well, Brigid’s festival, the Imbolc, was 1 February so I thought she deserved some love this year. Last year I considered doing her, but it was on same week Iemanja’s festival was held, and she ended up being chosen. You guys liked her a lot, so, this time with Brigid I decided to make her my “Iemanja” of this year. One is associated with the sea, and the other with fire and flowers. Her poses are kinda similar, but mirrored, and so on.

I didn’t want to go on the triple goddess connotation, I’ve covered that with The Morrígan already, so I worked on her dual nature as both a saint and a goddess. She looks like a typical nun, but under her clothes she is also a goddess of spring. There’s quite a lot of symbols in there associated with her, but they’re all very self-explanatory. I’ll let you guys discover it on your own.

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Tiamat, Draconic goddess of the primordial sea
Since last year I’ve said I should start practicing digital coloring in a usual mythology post, so, It’s finally time to try to put that into practice. This is very experimental, and sorry if it doesn’t... — **Tiamat, Draconic goddess of the primordial sea**
Since last year I’ve said I should start practicing digital coloring in a usual mythology post, so, It’s finally time to try to put that into practice. This is very experimental, and sorry if it doesn’t look as good as the usual traditional-made ones. But to succeed someday, I must make some mistakes first, and this is the time. Anyway…

**Tiamat**
The Mesopotamian goddess of the primordial ocean, taking the form of a woman or that of a sea serpent or dragon. Tiamat personifies the chaotic ocean in the beginning of creation, and had in her possession the “Tablets of Destiny”, which granted to whoever owned it the rule over the whole universe. She is married to Abzu, god of fresh water, with whom she mixes her own saltwater in order to create the world, and eventually, the first generation of young gods. Apsu begins to suspect that the new gods are plotting to kill him and overthrow Tiamat, and starts a war against them. Apsu is taken as a hostage and murdered, enraging Tiamat, who gives birth to eleven terrible monsters to confront them. Kingu, their son and Tiamat’s second husband, takes his father’s place as commander as fights against Marduk, the god of storms, but also is defeated. Marduk then confronts the goddess, and after a fierce battle manages to kill her, using her flesh to create the earth and the skies, and Kingu’s blood mixed with clay to mold the first human beings as servants. He takes the Tablets of Destiny for himself, becoming the new supreme ruler, and claiming once and for all the world for the younger gods. Tiamat’s
story is one of the first accounts of the “Chaoskampf” (“Struggle against Chaos”), stories commonly found in mythologies around the world depicting a culture hero, usually a thunder god, facing a chaotic monster usually in the form of a dragon, representing the clash of order versus chaos. Examples of Chaoskampf include Thor vs. Jormungandr, Tarhunt vs. Illuyanka, Indra vs. Vritra, Zeus vs. Typhon and many others.

I’ve illustraled one of Tiamat’s children, Girtablibu, the Scorpion-Men a long time ago, and you can check him right here: **[link]**

Tiamat is very usually represented as a dragon, sea serpent or a mix between a woman and the two. According the her myth, however, she is described with parts that sound more like that of an animal or a human, including a udder and a face with lips. So I’ve put a spin on that. Mixing a dragon-like appearance in a body representing a mix between a woman and a cow.

Tiamat is in her myth one of the oldest things in the universe, with the Mesopotamian civilization also being one of the oldest we have knowledge of. So the idea of the design is that of a “Primordial Being”, the oldest thing ever. Tiamat gave life to basically our world itself, so I’ve made her a representation of life. She has a DNA motif symbolizing how she is the origin of every living thing, and is actually pregnant in a way. Her belly is actually a giant water orb, symbolizing the ocean. She is literally pregnant with the whole ocean and its living beings……….Also, some genital motifs here and there. Wink wink ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).
The mask is actually her true face, representing her goddess side. It moves, speaks and all that.

Well, that’s it from me, as I said, this post was very experimental, so I really hope you all liked it! See you all next time!
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Nike, Greek goddess of Victory
I’m not really a sports fan, but I think a little something to celebrate the start of the Olympic Games was in order.
Nike
A Greek goddess and personification of victory, also known in Roman mythology as Victoria,... — **Nike, Greek goddess of Victory**
I’m not really a sports fan, but I think a little something to celebrate the start of the Olympic Games was in order.

Nike
A Greek goddess and personification of victory, also known in Roman mythology as Victoria, described as the daughter of the titan Pallas and the goddess Styx, and sister of the gods Kratos, Bia and Zelus. She is classically depicted as a winged goddess, and acted as the charioteer of the Olympian gods, crossing around the battlefields rewarding the worthy with glory, often represented as a wreath of laurel leaves in her
hand. Her most notable role in Greek mythology was aiding the gods in their war against the Titans during an event called Titanomachy, and it is said that their victory was only possible thanks to her help. In her early days she was considered an aspect of the goddess Athena, but eventually broke apart from her and became her own individual being, gaining the classic wings in her iconography, although sometimes she was instead broke apart as several minor goddesses, known as the “Nikai”, the spirits of victory. It is thought that her appearance was actually what inspired the “winged” portray of christian angels.

Nike herself represents an abstract concept, and with abstract gods and goddess I always like to take a more stylized form. She has a very clear iconography: A winged goddess, usually carrying a wreath of laurels and
a torch (or a spear), so I started from there.

The idea was to make her metallic and very shiny, almost like a living trophy, and barely mechanical. This came from a sculpture of her I saw, in which she was a small goddess almost like a fairy sitting atop a little orb on one of Athena’s hands, almost like a literal trophy, and representing, I guess at least, how Athena holds and gives victory to those worthy. If you take the concept of trophy literally, it is almost as if Athena is awarding the winners herself with the goddess. lol

On the orb bellow her its written “Veni, vidi, vici” (“I came, I saw, I conquered”) a famous Latin phrase uttered by Julius Caesar. It doesn’t really makes much sense to put Latin on the design of a Greek goddess, but whatever, it looks cool. Think of that as a reference as her role as the Roman goddess Victoria, or something like that. lol

So, did you guys liked her? Have any suggestions for future posts? Tell me all of it on the comments below!
Hope you liked it! See you guys next time!
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Celebrating the release of Moana this week, I present you Mr. Demigod extraordinaire, Maui!
Maui, Hero of mankind
A demigod and culture hero from Polynesian mythology, whose deeds are accounted in numerous tales in almost all of the region’s islands.... — Celebrating the release of Moana this week, I present you Mr. Demigod extraordinaire, Maui!

Maui, Hero of mankind
A demigod and culture hero from Polynesian mythology, whose deeds are accounted in numerous tales in almost all of the region’s islands. A trickster figure, Maui is a cunning and sly human with great strength,
wits, and magical powers of shapeshifting, and is armed with a giant magic fish hook called Manaiakalani as his iconic tool. He’s raised by spirits in the heavens after being abandoned as an infant by his mother, but returns to the mortal realm and his human family after reaching adolescence. Although initially suspicious of him, his family takes him back after he proves he is indeed their child. Maui is responsible for great deeds that helped improve the life of humans, including: Lassoing the sun and beating him until he agrees to run slower across the skies so that the days would be longer; stealing fire for mankind from the fingers of the fire goddess Mahuika; creating many islands by pulling them from the bottom of theocean with his magic fish hook; lifts the sky to its current position so that men would walk along the earth; defeats the eel god Tuna Roa and by planting his insides creates the first coconut tree… And many others. As his final deed he tries to obtain immortality for all men through a ritual involving the goddess of night and death, Hine-nui-te-po. By transforming into a gecko and crawling all the way from her genitals through her body and exiting her mouth, Maui would reverse “the flow of birth”, killing the
goddess of death and freeing men from it. Unfortunately, as soon as he enters her body, his friends and brothers which had accompanied him start laughing from the ridiculous sight, awakening the goddess who
kills Maui with the obsidian teeth inside her, condemning all mankind to her abode after death.

His design is pretty straight forward and basic, and I considering the kind of stuff I’ve posted already, I was afraid some random dude on a white background was going to be a bit underwhelming, so considering his
adventures and what he’s done are a great part of who he is, I’ve included some background illustrating some of his adventures. The main focus here was on imitating some traditional Polynesian patterns and motifs.

Maui himself is on par with traditional depiction, apart from his done, as far as appearances go he’s just a normal human. There’s a lot a bird references in his stories, he even turns into one sometimes, so there’s some feather motif on his hair. He’s also got some traditional polynesian tattoos, and a cape made of leaves and flowers for some flair.

In the background we have some of his episodes illustrated. One of the most famous ones is his lassoing of the sun, but we also have Tuna-Roa, the eel god as a guest, and on the background we have the goddess Hine-nui-te-po. I originally intended to give her a proper design, but couldn’t due to lack of time, so she’s reduced to this silhouette-like creature, really a shame. The Kereru bird and the gecko, two of Maui’s transformations in his stories, are included accompanying him as well.

…Well, that’s it from me this time!
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Astarte, Goddess of love and war
Now this was a design that went back and forth…
Astarte
The Hellenized form of the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar, and equivalent to many other similar middle-eastern fertility goddesses, such as Inanna and Astghik. All... — **Astarte, Goddess of love and war**
Now this was a design that went back and forth…

**Astarte**
**The Hellenized form of the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar, and equivalent to many other similar** **middle-eastern fertility goddesses, such as Inanna and Astghik. All of them governing over fertility,** **sex and love, but also war, power and bloodshed, and all represented by symbols such as the lion, the dove,** **and most importantly, the planet Venus, known back then as the morning and evening star (some cultures** **believed that Venus in the morning and at night were two different entities), of which they are a** **personification of. While all of them share similar stories, being erotic, but fierce and powerful goddess** **who treated their lovers very cruelly ,they each have their own individual tales and quirks. Astarte was** **represented with crescent horns, representing the mountains and her ruleship over them, or a crescent** **moon. She was the daughter of Epigeius, the god of the heavens and sister to Elus, king of the gods, who** **gained control by overthrowing his father. Epigeius sends Astarte and her sisters to Elus as a mean of** **seducing and tricking him, but they all end up becoming his wives, and with his consent, ruled over the** **land alongside the mighty Hadad, the god of storms. As with every pagan god, she was vehemently** **opposed in biblical texts, being called “Ashtoreth”, a combination of her name with the word “Bosheth”** **(“Abomination”), and much later demonized as the demon Astaroth.**

I’m considering here Astarte/Ishtar/Astghik as all the same entity, or at least too similar enough to justify a post of their own in the future, since I already mixed their elements here a bit. I actually began this design as Inanna, but I thought it didn’t do her enough justice, so I changed to Astarte instead, but Inanna herself is unique enough to guarantee a possible entry here someday.

All of these goddesses were known for being very ruthless, Ishtar for example turned her lovers into animals after having sex with them, or just plain killing them. Being also deities of war, they have quite a dark side beyond their just erotic and glamorous appearance, and I wanted to portray that. Inanna had a 8-pointed star as her symbol, but where I look said Astarte’s was just a plain pentagram or star, so I went with that to save some more unique elements for her design in the future.

I was initially going to give her a dark skin to match her place of origin, but I wanted to make her look less human-like, so I based her on this statue: [link]
Her skin isn’t exactly white, as she’s more like a living statue herself, an embodiment and idolized personification of what she represents.

Well, that’s it from me, hope you all liked it!
See you all next time!
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Iemanjá
Also known as Yemoja, Yemaya and Janaína, she’s the mother goddess of the seas in the Yoruba religion, but is a figure in many African-related religions, and in the case of Brazil, in the Umbanda and Candomblé faiths. A complex figure that... — **Iemanjá**
Also known as Yemoja, Yemaya and Janaína, she’s the mother goddess of the seas in the Yoruba religion, but is a figure in many African-related religions, and in the case of Brazil, in the Umbanda and Candomblé faiths. A complex figure that has evolved much in each place she’s worshipped, Iemanjá rules over the waters and all that dwells in it, and is a protector of children, women and fishermen, and also a goddess of fertility, maternity, womanhood, and mother of all gods (or at least many of them). She’s the daughter of the two primordial gods, Olokun, the chaotic androgynous god of the sea, and Olorun, the Supreme One. In one version of her myth, she was married to Orunmilá, god of secrets and prophecies, with whom she had 10 children, but tired of the city life she escaped from town while avoiding her husband’s army. She then met King Okere, to whom she agreed to marry on the condition he never touched on the subject of her very large breasts (10 children, remember that…), on which he agreed. One day, however when returning home drunk, he ridicularized her enormous breasts, and very upset she runs away from home, with him giving chase trying to apologize. Since small she had a small box given by her father/mother Olokun for such a desperate occasion, and broke it, releasing a strong river from inside that carried her back to her home in the sea, from which she never returned. In Brazil, she’s a very popular figure, represented as a beautiful lady with dark hair and a silver crown decorated with stars, wearing a blue dress that melts into the waves. Many people from different religions join in her festivities, such as giving her offerings on the New Year on small baskets set off by the sea filled with flowers and objects such as mirrors and combs.

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–Mictecacihuatl, Aztec goddess of the dead———————————————
In Aztec mythology, the goddess who rules over as queen of Mictlan, the Aztec underworld, alongside her husband, Mictlantecuhtli, god of the dead. Her name can be translated as “The Lady of... — –Mictecacihuatl, Aztec goddess of the dead———————————————
In Aztec mythology, the goddess who rules over as queen of Mictlan, the Aztec underworld, alongside her husband, Mictlantecuhtli, god of the dead. Her name can be translated as “The Lady of the Dead”, as some legends state that she was sacrificed as an infant andmatured in the underworld as a skeleton, becoming known as “the living death”. She was usually portrayed as a skull-headed woman or as a complete skeleton decorated with jewelry made from human skulls and hands. Together with her husband, she lived in a palace of
darkness with no windows or doors, and both were considered opposite and
complementary entities to the creator gods of life, Ometecuhtli and Omecihuatl. Her main job was to protect the bones of the dead from other gods and spirits, as they were used (in fact, stolen from her) to create the first humans of this world, and will probably be needed to create the new humans of the next world after this one gets destroyed. She usually stayed with her husband in the underworld, but also came frequently to the world of the living to deal with matters related to the dead. In ancient times, festivals honoring the departed were presided by her, the same festivals which evolved into the Day of the Dead festivities celebrated in Mexico today, of which she still is technically presiding over. In popular culture, Santa Muerte and La Calavera Catrina are considered to have taken Mictecacihuatl’s place as her modern counterparts.
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Susanoo, Japanese god of the raging storms
Also known as Susanoo no Mikoto (“Brave-Swift-Impetuous-Male”), he’s the japanese god of storms and the sea, and is the brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and the main deity of Shinto mythology, and... — **Susanoo, Japanese god of the raging storms**

Also known as Susanoo no Mikoto (“Brave-Swift-Impetuous-Male”), he’s the japanese god of storms and the sea, and is the brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and the main deity of Shinto mythology, and Tsukuyomi, god of the moon. After the events surrounding his wife Izanami, Izanagi manages to escape from Yomi, blocks it’s entrance, and goes to a spring to cleanse himself from the dirt of the underworld. By washing his face, Amaterasu is born from his left eye, Tsukuyomi from his right eye and Susanoo from his nose. Immediately after being born, Susanoo starts cry, saying that he wants to see his mother Izanami. He keeps doing so for a long time, with nobody being able to calm him, and eventually this leads to his banishment to the underworld. Before departing though, he decides do bid his sister farewell, but arrives making so much noise that she thinks he’s up to no good again. To prove his goodwill, both decide to create more gods together, so they chew each other’s belongings, with Susanoo chewing his sister’s necklace, creating 5 gods, and Amaterasu’s chewing her brother’s sword, creating 3 gods. Susanoo then gets excited, declaring that he had won because he created more gods than her, and Amaterasu, although annoyed by his childish nature, just ignores him for the moment. Susanoo interprets this as her acting superior to him, and in a fit of rage, destroys all of his sister’s rice fields, defiles her temples with his own excrement, and kills one of her attendants by throwing a flayed horse over her. Amaterasu becomes greatly upset with his destructive nature, and then hides inside a cave, plunging the world into darkness, but that’s another story on it’s own, and Susanoo is once again banished to the underworld. On the way there he arrives on the the province of Izumo, and meets two elderly gods weeping by the river, and asks them what is wrong. They say that a terrible eight-headed dragon, called Yamata no Orochi, lives in the surrounding valleys, and each year he demands one of their daughters as a sacrifice, and that soon would be the turn of their eighth and final daughter, Kushinada-hime. Susanoo agrees to help them in return of their daughter’s hand in marriage, who agrees, and to protect her, Susanoo turns her into a comb and hides her inside his hair. He dresses up as her and goes to Orochi’s lair, to whom he offers a tub of sake to each of the eight heads. Eventually the dragon falls asleep, and Susanoo chops it into small pieces, and discovers a magical sword called “Kusanagi no tsurugi” inside one of it’s tails. Susanoo presents the sword to his sister as a reconciliation gift, who accepts it, and allows once again Susanoo to return to heaven whenever the wants to, but he decides to spend mostly of his time living on the earth or in the underworld. Susanoo also makes a brief appearance in the tale of the god Okuninushi, but that’s a story for another day.

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-Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of love-
The Greek goddess of love, beauty and sexuality, also known by her Roman name, Venus. She’s one of the twelve gods that dwell on Mount Olympus. Depending of the version, she’s either the daughter of Zeus with the... — **-Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of love-**

The Greek goddess of love, beauty and sexuality, also known by her Roman name, Venus. She’s one of the twelve gods that dwell on Mount Olympus. Depending of the version, she’s either the daughter of Zeus with the Oceanid Dione, or was born from the sea foam formed when Uranus’ was castrated by his son Cronus and had his genitals thrown into the sea (making her the oldest of the Olympians in this context). Aphrodite was described as so desirable, that in order to avoid a conflict among the gods, Zeus quickly arranged a marriage between her and Hephaestus, the smith god. Despite this, she had numerous affairs with both mortals and gods alike, among them with Ares, god of war, with whom she had Phobos and Deimos, gods of fear and terror respectively. Aphrodite governed over different forms and aspects of love and passion, with Plato describing her reigning over spiritual and pure love as Aphrodite Urania and lustful passion as Aphrodite Pandemos. She’s described both as a kind and lovable, and even motherly figure, but also possessing a more vain and violent side which she demonstrates to those who disrespect or reject her love in some form. It is believed that she traces her origins back to the cult of the goddess Astarte in Phoenicia.

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-Elagabal, the stone sun-

A Roman sun god imported from Syria by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. He was worshipped in the form of a black stone, possibly a meteorite, that was even paraded around in a chariot during festivals.

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