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Gods/Goddesses/Demigods * Mother spirit - the goddess who constantly transformed everything in the universe into something else: she who is called "heart of transformations" (WDS.32) (origin?) Creatures/Beings/People * Spider - creator of the universe (SW Pueblo tribes) Other Native Americans - spider power is a feminine energy for the creative force of life. (ANIMAL.263) Symbols and Objects * Almond - female genital symbol and maternity charms. "fertility mana" used by israelites' tabernacle. (WDS.10,11) (see fertility) * Caves - (ancient mexico) symbolic wombs from which many beings emerged. (like the sun, moon and the ancestors of man) (MEX.95) * Circle - primary female sign. Idea of protection and consecrated space. the "center of motherland". Equality. (WDS.4) (See universe and fire) * circle with horizontal line - the diameter is literally "earth mother" There are creation myths where the earth divided into two (tiamat, themis, temu, maa)(WDS.5) (see earth, water, ocean) * Cosmic Egg - the primal universe took the form of an egg. (or the great mother who created it) (WDS.5) (see knowledge, universe) * Cup - Medieval alchemical symbol for water. especially in life giving waters of the 'sea womb' (which has given birth to earth and everything on it) The cup is also a maternal symbol. (WDS.134) *Lotus - (Hindu) - before creation, all the world was a golden lotus "Matripadma" - mother lotus, womb on nature. The same symbol is in china. (WDS.429) *() Mandorla - shape of "almond" - (see almonds) * Rectangle - female form to navaho (form of house, or the woman who owns it) (WDS.23) (see home) * Rose Window - faces west (direction of goddess's paradise in ancient 'pagan' tradition) - usually dedicated to the virgin queen of heaven. In oriental countries, roses, rosaries and rose shaped mandalas represent the ancient goddess. Mysteries of the rose = ceremonies of Aphrodite. Rose is a sexual symbol of Mary's "physical gateway." (medieval) (WDS.12,13) * Tripple alpha (triangle, lines extended, so each point has a new triangle attatched) "A" alpha considered a symbol of birth and creation. Trippled it acts as protection talisman for women in childbirth. (WDS.41) * Visica Piscis - see yoni * Yoni - () - (or Mandorla, or Visica Piscis) - in light of creation, this symbol represents feminine power, sexuality and her creative action. Described as a gateway. (see female, fertility) (WDS.18) * Yoni Yantra - (triangle, pointdown) - 'yantra' in Sanskrit is a meditation sign. "Convey spiritual insight to those who sit and contemplate it. (Also, the yoni yantra is the pubic area of a woman, and all concepts associated ith it. (WDS.44) "creation, birth, love, motherhood, sexual attraction, fulfillment, cyclic time, kindalini force, mystery of conception, goddess within etc.." Triangle of life. |