Echoing Multiverse

 Sekhmet and Hathor, Lion and Cow, Cow Goddess Hathor has been known to transform into Lion Goddess Sekhmet, The divine feminine has many avatars, Both are solar deities, Both are Mother Goddesses, Both wear the wadjet, Cobra, snake, symbol of rebirth. Hathor and Sekhmet original painting available through Saatchi Art .  Prints and merch available in shop or through RedBubble or Fine Art America . Hathor began as an extension of Nut , Great Mother Goddess of the Sky, who was represented as either a nude female or a cow, arching over the world.  Each evening, Nut would swallow the sun, rebirthing it each morning.  She is the Goddess of the sky and all heavenly bodies, mother of the gods, she who holds a thousand souls.  In her cow form, she represents the Milky Way. Hathor is also the Cow Goddess of the Sky who births the sun. According to Wikipedia, “Hathor's Egyptian name was ḥwt-ḥrw or ḥwt-ḥr. It is typically translated "house of Horus" but can also be render...

 Nut is one of the oldest goddesses in the Egyptian pantheon, Mother of Isis, Osiris, Set, and Nephthys.  She swallows the Sun every evening and rebirths it every morning.  She is the Goddess of the sky and all heavenly bodies, mother of the gods, she who holds a thousand souls.  Her fingers and toes touch the four cardinal directions, north, south, east, and west.  In her human depiction, she is represented by cat pose in yoga.   Nut original painting available through Saatchi Art .  Prints and merch available in shop or through RedBubble or Fine Art America . She is also sometimes represented as a cow, with her milk representing the heavenly river, the Milky Way.  Interesting, cat and cow poses alternate in yoga practice.  The first domestic cattle were bred from the wild aurochs. Both male and female aurochs had large horns.  Modern Texas longhorns are thought to be a relatively close relation to the aurochs.  I once slept ...

 Aine is an Irish goddess of sovereignty, midsummer, and the sun.  In ancient times, only an unblemished man could be king.  A king tried to rape Aine.  After that, he was no longer king, because she bit off his ear.  Aine original painting on recycled cedar shingle available through  Saatchi Art .  Prints and other merch available in shop or through   Fine Art America .

 The Temple of Anahita in Kangavar is Iran’s largest stone structure after Persepolis.  Thought to have been built around 200 BCE or earlier, this UNESCO World Heritage Site was dedicated to Anahita.  Anahita was Goddess of the Milky Way, water, and all rivers on Earth.   The temple is "located on a hill, about 32 meters higher than the ground adjacent to it, overlooking the beautiful Plains of Kangavar.  With a foursquare plan, stone, plaster and lime were used in its construction.  The stone columns of Anahita temple are thicker in comparison with columns found in other ancient monuments of Iran.  Stone ditches adjusted the river water and magnificently, directed it to the pond in the center of the temple.  This type of water stream in the temple is one of the engineering wonders of that time, displaying this sacred element as beautifully as possible." ( source ) Anahita is an old Goddess, "probably existing in some form prior to the 3rd mi...

 Joan the Wad, queen of the lucky Cornish piskeys, is also sometimes described as a will o the wisp.  She is associated with fire and light, as Wad rhymes with mad and is a colloquial term for a torch or bundle of straw.  A booklet from 1871 includes the poem Jack-the-lantern, Joan-the-wad, That tickled the maid and made her mad, Light me home, the weather's bad. ( source )  "In traditional Cornish lore, Piskies are gentle, mischievous, short in stature and attractively childlike; they are fond of dancing and gather outdoors in large numbers to dance or sometimes wrestle through the night.  They are often described as ill-clothed or naked." ( source ) Metal figurines of Joan are popular as lucky charms. Joan the Wad original painting available through Saatchi Art .  Lucky Joan the Wad socks and stickers available through  RedBubble .  Prints and other merch available in shop or through  Fine Art America . My painting is based on a 1920s brass...

 Dewi Danu is a Balinese water, lake and river Goddess.  The form of Hinduism practiced in Bali is also called Agama Tirta, or religion of the water ( source ).  The "floating temple" of Pura Ulun Danu Bratan, on the western shore of Lake Bratan, is dedicated to Dewi Danu ( source ).  Built in 1633, the temple is used for offerings and ceremonies dedicated to the Goddess, due to the importance of Lake Bratan as a main source of irrigation in central Bali ( source ). In Bali, besides supporting irrigated agriculture, holy water also holds power that can "cleanse spiritual impurities, fend off evil forces, and render the recipient immune to the attacks of negative or demonic forces."  "In Indonesian Hindu Dharma, the 4 elements of Nature, or panchamahabhuta (Earth, Water, Fire, Air) are used in all religious rituals. Out of those, Water is the building block of life and of all living beings that are at the mercy of [the] God[dess]" ( source ). Dewi Danu orig...

 Jabme-Akka is the akka of the dead in Sami mythology.  She rules over Jabmiaimo, which mirrors the land of the living.  The dead live as they did on earth, but in a youthful state.  Source:   Patricia Monaghan's Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines . Jabme-Akka soothes babies that enter her land unaccompanied.  ( Source ) Jabme-Akka original painting and prints available through Saatchi Art .   Entrances to the underworld were located around "sieidis, places that have unusual land forms different from the surrounding countryside, and that can be considered to have spiritual significance."  The Sami worldview was "that the living and the departed were regarded as two halves of the same family."  The sieidis were places that were close to the underworld and where offerings could be left.  ( Source ). The sieidis were also places for burials. My painting is set near a sieidi in Saltfjellet . Sadly, "like many other indigenous g...

 Sarasvati, or Saraswati, is the Hindu Goddess of learning, wisdom, music, and aesthetics.  She was originally associated with the Sarasvati River, which, like the Ganges, flows from the Himalayas and is considered a sacred source of purification, fertility, and good fortune for those who bathe in her waters.  Her name means flowing one and her water conferred divinity on kings when it was used in their baptism.  Her role as a river Goddess may also extend to the Heavenly River, the Milky Way, which was seen as a road to immortality and heavenly afterlife.   Sarasvati is often depicted with four arms, holding a Veena - a stringed musical instrument, a book, and a strand of beads or ritual pot.  She's known for brilliant white skin representing the light of knowledge.  Her companion is a white swan or hamsa, who in myth is believed to be able to separate milk from water --a representation of Sarasvati's ability to separate good from evil.  Sou...

 Tanit was the Great Goddess of Carthage.  She was the chief deity of the wealthy African port city, located on the Mediterranean coast of what is now Tunisia.  Tanit was a heavenly goddess of war, a "virginal" (unmarried) mother goddess and nurse, and, less specifically, a symbol of fertility.  She is considered to be an avatar of Astarte/Asherah/Ishtar/Inanna/Anat, and was adopted by the Romans as Juno Caelestis.  She may also be personified by legendary Etruscan queen Tanaquilo.  Additionally, like Astarte, Tanit is a Goddess of the sea and sailors. Tanit is sometimes portrayed with the head of a lion, wearing a garment made of feathers.  This fits with an identity related to the Great Mother Goddesses of the ancient Mediterranenan.  Astarte, Asherah , Ishtar, and Inanna are all associated with lion imagery.  The Burney Relief famously shows Ishtar or another Great Mother avatar with wings and feet reminiscent of a bird of prey.  Ana...

 The Yuchi or Euchee are a Native American tribal nation, who once lived in the eastern Tennessee River Valley.  Their language is a linguistic isolate, unique.  The remaining members are few, following epidemic disease and forced removal to Oklahoma.  Yuchi is the name they are called by outsiders.  Their name for themselves, according to Wikipedia, is Tsoyaha or Coyaha, meaning Children of the Sun.  According to their mythology, the Tsoyaha "were born from menstrual blood dropped by the Sun as she traveled across the sky."  I like this better than Adam and Eve. Tsohaya, Children of the Sun original painting available through Saatchi Art .  Stickers, prints, and other merch available in shop or through RedBubble or Fine Art America . Sources: Euchee Language Project on Our Mother Tongues dot org Wikipedia Some Mythic Stories of the Yuchi Indians, by Albert S. Gatschet The Mythology of North America, by John Bierhorst, 

 Jahi is a Persian Goddess.  She probably began as a Great Mother Goddess.  However, today she is known from the role ascribed to her by Zoroastrianism.  In Zoroastrianism, her epithet was The Whore and she seduced the first man in the primal garden.  She was also the first menstruator, punishment for either kissing or mating with the serpent Ahriman, which she created.  According to Barbara G Walker 's encyclopedia, patriarchs of the Abrahamic religions "probably derived their notions of the sinfulness of women (by virtue of the descent from Eve) from Persian ascetics who claimed all women were 'whores' because they are descended from Jahi."   I decided to base my painting on Miley Cyrus because she's my favorite modern Jahi.  In the process I came across a photo of the tattoo she got the day her ex filed for divorce, a serpent eating a man.  Jahi's Revenge. Jahi and the Serpent original painting and fine art prints available from Saatc...

 Virgin births, killed or sent to die by their fathers, resurrected.  These two have so much in common.  They even became popular at just about the same time.  Jesus and Ganesha.  Are they the same syncretic deity?  If not, I think they would be friends. Jesus and Ganesha original painting available through Saatchi Art .  Prints, stickers, and other merch available in shop or through RedBubble or Fine Art America.