Tawaret

Tawaret is an ancient Egyptian Great Mother Goddess who oversees childbirth. She has the head of a hippo, tail of a crocodile, limbs of a lioness, and torso of a pregnant woman. Saturday was International Worker's Day aka Labor Day in much of the world. Labor Day, Labor Goddess, because being a mom is job and the U.S. needs paid maternity leave like the rest of the developed world. Also, universal healthcare. The average price of hospital births in Pennsylvania is $19,764. That makes Tawaret and I displeased.

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The Glencairn Museum writes, "Her very name emphasizes her power. Taweret (T3-wr.t) means “the great (female) one.” Greeks rendered her name as Thoeris. Further emphasizing her protective nature, Taweret usually carries or rests upon the s3 symbol, which reads, “protection.” In her role as an apotropaic figure, she can also brandish a knife that she would use to ward off evil or harmful forces." Her amulets date from the Old Kingdom, 2625-2130 BCE.

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Nuwa

Nuwa is the great mother goddess of Chinese mythology, credited with creating humanity. She molded the first people out of clay by hand. Then she got tired, dipped a rope in the mud, and swung it around her head to make more. Thus were made the nobles and the peasantry. She has the body of a serpent. Nuwa, original painting by Echoing Multiverse. Available via Saatchi Art .

The Burney Relief

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Kumari, Living Child Goddess of Nepal

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Sophia and the Apocryphon of John

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Medusa

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Inanna, Head of the Sumerian Pantheon

Inanna: I will wrench your neck, grab your thick horns, throw you in the dust, stomp you with my hatred, grind my knees in your neck, fighting is her play, she never tires of it... a whirlwind warrior, bound on a twister, wild bull Queen, mistress of brawn, boldy strong From Inanna and Ebih by Enheduanna , c. 2350 BC. Enheduanna was a priestess and author in ancient Sumeria. She was the first poet to sign their work. Her temple hymns tell of Inanna, the head of the Sumerian pantheon. Yes, God was a woman. Inanna is associated with Venus, the morning star. According to Wikipedia , Taurus is a Venus-ruled signed. Coincidence? Doubtful. I'm reading Venus & Aphrodite, History of a Goddess by Bettany Hughes . This is where Venus and Aphrodite began. The headdress Inanna is wearing is borrowed from Queen Puabi, at the Penn Museum . Since Queen Puabi's inscriptions make no mention of a husband, she is assumed to have been queen in...

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