Ancient Myths Project

[Ang Monsoon]

[Ang Monsoon]

http://www.otherplane.com/am/amindex.htm

[Ang Monsoon]

Here's my first ideas for some kind of collage on the theme of Persephone (Proserpina), sometimes known as queen of the underworld and wife of Pluto/Hades/Dis. Demeter refused to let spring come until her daughter was returned to her ...temporarily every year.

I thought I'd use the theme of ancient myths as inspiration as time goes by and you might like to join me. I'm not calling this one a challenge just something we could return to now and again, just like Persephone...

[MarjakaThriver]

It's always great to have a prompt to get the creative juices flowing, isn't it? This sounds like a fun theme. I may have to do a collage or two over at Polyvore with a myth theme. I'm like Carol and Susan, though, I'd have to look some stuff up and take time to allow for the learning curve.

[Carol@Swallowcliffs]

Hey, sounds like fun. I am not very familiar with myths however, so would be at a disadvantage with this theme.

[Susan Hosken]

Ang and Carol, I am the same. i am not really familiar with any myths. I have a 2 books of myths so will take a look and see what I can come up with.
Lots of love from susan in australia

[Ang Monsoon]

Carol, All those goddesses, Diana (moon goddess?) would fit perfectly with your imagination-scape! I don't know much myself...

[Ang Monsoon]

Here's a few Greek Gods & Goddesses:

Aphrodite = Goddess of beauty, sex & fertility
Apollo = God of light, music & prophecy
Hera = Goddess of marriage
Poseidon = God of the Sea
Zephyr = The West Wind
Dionysus = God of Wine
Hephaestus = God of fire & crafts
Hestia = Goddess of the hearth & home

[Ang Monsoon]

I'm reading: "The Celtic Tree Calendar" by Michael Vescoli.

It's a lovely little, illustrated, book about the Celts who arrived in Europe about 3,000 yrs ago & their circular tree calendar. He says: "...a perfect circle has been a symbol of the soul since time immemorial."

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[Carol@Swallowcliffs]

Yes, I need to research a bit, I am sure I will find something to inspire me...

[Ang Monsoon]

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.thegoddesstree....

[Ang Monsoon]

I recommend a dip into the link given above all about the Rowan tree & how it has been seen by ancient & modern peoples....I particularly like the Rowan tree as we had one growing outside our family home when I was growing up, in fact it's still there...but much bigger now of course. My little book on Celtic Trees led me to this this new interest. In the Vescoli book it says that the Rowan is associated with two parts of the Celtic calendar (one of them being when my birthday falls during April) however i note some variation of dates and tree types on various rowan tree sites. I'm adopting the Rowan as my tree anyhows!

[Susan Hosken]

Ang, My tree is the oak and i celebrate all the oak trees in my suburb and notice them whenever I travel.
Lots of love from susan in australia