Tiamat

Today I wanted to write about Tiamat, a Mesopotamian goddess or non-binary deity of the sea, creation, and chaos. She’s the consort of Abzu, together they created the next generation of gods however those gods killed Abzu to take the thrown, and then killed Tiamat but before she could be killed she gave birth to

Satan

One of my besties asked if I’d ever write a blog post about the Abrahamic demon Satan, so here it is. Satan the most well known demon (sometimes they are a fallen angle or Jinn), they are associated with evil or rebellion. In earlier abrahamic writings they are called ha-satan meaning the Satan or the

Typhon

Today I wanted to write about Typhon, a Greek deity/monster/giant associated with destruction, chaos, storms, and volcanic activity. They have two main birth stories, either as a child of Tartarus and Gaia, or a fatherless son of Hera raised by Python. They’re the spouse of Echidna and with her had many children including the majority

Ryūjin

Today I wanted to write about Ryūjin, a shinto deity of the sea and storms who has knowledge of medicine and healing. He’s the father of Toyotama-hime making him the great grandfather of Jimmu-tennō. He is prayed to at shrines across Japan for agricultural abundance and for success in fishing. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry%C5%ABjin?wprov=sfla1

Cerberus

Continuing with spooky season I wanted to write about Cerberus, the Hellenic deity who guards the underworld. He’s a son of Typhon and Echidna. Taming Cerberus was one of Heracles‘ trials. Cerberus’ amount of heads tend to vary depending on the source ranging for 100 heads to 1 but the most common numbers is 3

Veles

Continuing with spooky season I wanted to write about Veles, a Slavic god of the underworld, music, the harvest, wealth, water, earth, magic, livestock, willow trees, and darkness. Veles is the enemy of Perun after Veles stole Mokosh and Jarilo and brought them to the underworld. Veles is a shapeshifter taking the form of serpents,

Apophis

With the solar eclipse today I wanted to write about the Kemetic god Apophis/Apep (Many Kemetics avoid saying his name so I will only call him The Great Serpent in the rest of this post). The Great Serpent is a god of chaos and destruction who rivals Ma’at and the god Ra, he is also

Damballah

I got a request from a friend who practices Louisiana voodoo to write some posts about the Loa. For my first post on any Loa I wanted to write about Damballah, a Loa of the sky, intellect, fire, and creation in Haitian vodou and Louisiana voodoo. Damballah is the first creation of Gran Maître. Depending

Renenutet

For Cerealia day 6 I wanted to talk about Renenutet, an Egyptian goddess of food, fertility, and nursing among other things. Renenutet is often the wife of Sobek, but sometimes the wife of Geb. She’s the mother of Neper and Nehebkau. She would protect the pharaohs in ancient times. She was commonly combined with Isis

Wadjet

Today I felt called to talk about Wadjet, a kemetic goddess and protector of lower Egypt, later she became the protector of all of Egypt. She was also a goddess of marshes, childbirth, and the monarchy. Wadjet is the motherless child of Atum or Ra. She’s a sibling of Nekhbet, Bast, Hathor, Sekhmet, and Tefnut;