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Gods/Goddesses/Demigods * Apollo - Greek god of intellect, the arts, healing, light. (DM.25) * Imhotep - part of trio - god of knowledge, patron of healing (DM.139) (see health) * Odin - All father, leader of the Aesir. (replaced Thor) - also called Woden, Wotan, Othin, ... and many more. Odin is a sky god. Wednesday was named in his honor. Inventor of runes, blind in one eye, as the price for aquiring all knowledge. his other eye is the sun. (DM.190) * Saa - personification of mind and intelligence. Created by blood dripping from the phallus of Ra. (ME.108) * SIA - (see Saa) * Thoth - Egyptian god of learning. Invented writing, arithmetic and astrnomy. Settled disputes of Gods. head is ibis and/or baboon. knew secrets to pass into the underworld. (DM.255) Creatures/Beings/People * Finn - (celtic myth) As a child, Finn touched the magic salmon and sucked his thumb, and became possessed of all knowledge. (DM.97) * Sirens - it is said that the music of the sirens was a promise of knowledge. of coures, their song lured men to their deaths. (DM.238,239) Symbols and Objects * Book - sign of intellectual freedom (WDS.121) * Cosmic egg - im mystical iconographt - contains all arabic numerals and alphabetical letters - everything starts out together in one form. (WDS.5) * eye - all seeing eye (originally of Maat, 'mother of truth') * Infinity - equality of male and female powers - thus - knowledge of the infinite (WDS.10)(see lust) * Keys - mystical symbol of knowledge about the afterlife in Egypt and Mid east. (WDS.140) (see afterlife, mystery) * Odherir - the well of wisdom under the tree of life Yggdrasil. Guarded by Mimir. Would grant the drinker knowledge of all things past, present, future. He allowed Odin to drink at the cost of one eye. (DM.173,190) * Pentacle (no circle) - To the Gypsies - 'the star of knowledge' gypsies cut apple trans-versely to reveal pentacle. (apple core pentacle of the Earth Mother) (WDS.72) (see life,health,death) * Salmon of knowledge - (celtic) (see Finn) * Scroll - similar to book symbolism. learning, study, communication, enlightenment (WDS.153) * Well - (norse) there is a well of wisdom (Odherir) under the life tree - Yggdrasil. To drink from it, one would know all things - past, present and future. Guarded by the Mimir, who let Odin drink at the price of one of his eyes. (DM.173) |