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    Ancient World
      
        Great Pyramid of Giza Hanging Gardens of Babylon Statue of Zeus at Olympia Temple of Artemis Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Colossus of Rhodes Lighthouse of Alexandria New
      
        Giza Pyramid Complex, Egypt Chichen Itza, Mexico Christ the Redeemer, Brazil Colosseum, Italy Great Wall of China, China Machu Picchu, Peru Petra, Jordan Taj Mahal, India   apr 21 2010 ∞apr 21 2010 +
              
         
 
  
               
    Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Vincent van Gogh Salvador DalĂ Gianlorenzo Bernini Georgia O'Keeffe Andy Warhol Joseph Mallord William Turner H.R. Giger Henry Fuseli Caspar David Friedrich Wasily Kandinsky   dec 20 2009 ∞jan 24 2010 +
              
         
 
  
               
    ANNAPURNA (F)
      
 BALRAMA/BALARAMA (M)
      
        symbol of strength, ideal man, protector from desires, symbol of duty, honesty and simplicity BHUVANESHWAR (F)
      
        queen of the Phenomenal World (Bhuvan) BRAHMA (M)
      
        of the Trimurti, creator four faces, old man, Brahmin DEVI (F)
      
        great mother goddess; creative force DURGA
          
            combats evil, rids the world of demons, d...   nov 11 2009 ∞mar 24 2011 +
              
         
 
  
          
  
    ZEUS/JUPITER (JOVE)
      
        son of Cronus and Rhea supreme deity; sky (weather) men, oracles, married to Hera iconography: lighting bolt, eagle, oak(?), bull, scepter, cornucopia, aegis, ram, and lion children: Amphion, Ares, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Castor, Pollux Clytemnestra, Dionysus, Hebe, Hermes, Heracles, Helen, Hephaestus, Perseus, Minos, the Muses HERA/JUNO
      
        daughter of Cronus and Rhea queen of the gods; special protectiveness of marriage and women, war; created the Milky Way married to Zeus   nov 10 2009 ∞apr 28 2010 +
              
         
 
  
          
  
    OCEANUS (M) + TETHYS (F)
      
 HYPERION (M) + THEIA (F)
      
        light/brightness children:
          
            Eos: the dawn Helios: the sun Selene: the moon COEUS/POLUS (M) + PHOEBE (F)
      
        wisdom in myth children:
          
            Leto/Latona: mother of Artemis and Apollo Asteria: oracles, prophetic dreams, astrology, necromancy; mother of Hecate CRONUS/SATURN (M) + RHEA (F)   nov 10 2009 ∞nov 11 2009 +
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    AGNI (M): fire, made the sun, filled the night sky with stars // shown with seven arms and a goat's head or as a red man with many arms and legs, riding a ram, belching and emitting light INDRA (M): king of the gods, god of sky, storms and thunderbolts MITRA (M): mediator between the gods and man; ruler of the day SOMA (M): moon god; sacred drink SURYA (M): sun god // dark red man with three eyeand four arms who rides in a chariot
      
        SANJINA (F): wife; name means conscience YAMA (M): son; god of the underworld - represents judgment by bringing happiness to the virtuous and righteous but bestowing suffering on sinners YAMI (F): daughter; twin of Yami who resist her temptations   mar 24 2011 ∞mar 24 2011 +
              
         
 
  
               
    MEDUSA
      
        siblings: Stheno, Euryale children: Pegasus, Chrysaor CHARYBDIS and SCYLLA
      
 SATYR CENTAURS
      
        Chiron Nessos, and the rape of Hercules' second wife Deianira SPHINX
      
 NYMPHS
      
        naiads (water nymphs) dryads (tree nymphs) HARPIES   dec 20 2009 ∞apr 28 2010 +
              
         
 
  
               
    THE FIRST TRIAD: HIGHEST TRIAD
      
        SERAPHIM
          
            six wings and four heads; pure light; shine so bright humans cannot see them guidance for humanitarian and planetary causes (love, light, fire, prevent negative energy from penetrating the divine Metatron CHERUBIM
          
            guidance for divine protection, knowledge, wisdom (boundless love, knowledge, guard light and stars, angels of harmony and wisdom) THRONES
          
            many-eyed ones guidance for relationships and planetary issues (create/sent/collect positive ener...   nov 12 2009 ∞jan 24 2010 +
              
         
 
  
          
  
    THE MOIRAE (FATES): determine the course of human life
      
        Clotho: spun the thread of life Laschesis: held it to its fixed length Atropos: cut it off THE GRACES: enhanced the enjoyment of life by refinement and gentleness
      
        Aglaia: brilliance Euphrosyne: joy Thalia: bloom THE MUSES: memory and arts and sciences
      
        Calliope: epic poetry Clio: history Erato: love poetry Euterpe: lyric poetry/flute playing Melpomene: tragedy Polymnia: sacred poetry/pantomine Terpsichore: dance   nov 10 2009 ∞nov 5 2010 +
              
         
 
  
          
  
    AITHER/AETHER: (M) upper sky, space, heaven; consort of Hemera ANANKE: (F) inevitability, compulsion, necessity; mate of Chronus EREBOS: (M) mist of darkness; consort of Nyx EROS PHANES/EROS PROTOGONOS: (vs. Eros of Aphrodite)(M) love GAIA: (F) Mother Earth HEMERA: (F) day; consort of Aether HYDROS: (M) water CHAOS/KHAOS: (M) lower air; mate of Ananke; from him all other airs were descended (Erebos, Nyx, Aether, Hemera) KHRONOS: (M) time; first to emerge at creation THE NESOI: islands NYX: (F) night; consort of Erebos OKEANOS: (M) river Okeanos OURANOS: (M) solid dome of heaven THE OUREA: mountains   nov 10 2009 ∞apr 28 2010 +
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    TLALOC
      
        google eyes, fangs, serpent nose rain, water, agriculture, fertility QUETZALCOATL (M)
      
        feathered serpent creation, fertility, wind, patron of priesthood HUITZILOPOCHTLI (M)
      
        hummingbird war, patron god COATLICUE/TZITZIMITL (F)
      
        earth goddesses fed on human corpses COYOLXAUHQUI (F)
      
        leader of the star gods (Centzon Huitznahuas)   jan 24 2010 ∞jan 25 2010 +
              
         
 
  
               
    CASTITAS vs. LUXURIA
      
 TEMPERANTIA vs. GULA
      
        temperance/self control vs. gluttony CARITAS vs. AVARITIA
      
 INDUSTRIA vs. ACEDIA TRISTITIA
      
 PATIENTIA vs. IRA
      
 HUMANITAS vs. INVIDIA
      
 HUMILITAS vs. SUPERBIA
      
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    AMMUT (F)
      
        head of a crocodile, body of a lion and hindlegs of a hippopotamus devourer of the dead AMUN/AMEN/AMMON (M)
      
        crowned with ostrich feathers creation ANUBIS (M)
      
        son of Osiris and Nephthys jackal headed embalming/mummification ATON/ATEN
      
        sun disk with rays that ended in hands a form of Ra ATUM (M)
      
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    ACHERON: river of pain ASPHODEL: indifferent and ordinary souls; wanderers COCYTUS: river of wailing ELYSIAN FIELDS: good and heroic souls (Christian heaven) EREBUS: where the dead had to pass immediately after dying LETHE (OBLIVION): a river of the Underworld, and who drank from it experienced complete forgetfulness PHLEGETHON: "stream of fire, which coils round the earth and flows into the depths of Tartarus" (Plato) STYX: boundary between Earth and the Underworld; Charon (Kharon) TARTARUS: dungeon of damned souls (Christian hell)   nov 10 2009 ∞apr 28 2010 +
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