The Goddess Aphrodite & Happy Ostara

A little while ago - at least three minutes, according to my clock - Rewera and I got to discussing the identities of Slavic Gods and Goddesses, and Astarte came up as a particular focus of that conversation. Her association with life, death and rebirth was highlighted, and both of us theorized that certain Slavic deities, some with male and female counterparts comprising a singular identity, were likely aspects of Astarte. I went and found the pertinent parts of that conversation (And had to cut them up, as otherwise the preview would cut out parts of it.), as I noted some similarities between those Slavic stories and Inanna & Dumuzid and I think it makes good food for thought.

.. and about Morana, I don't really know. For sure, She is highly important Goddess, but I haven't figured out who She is. Based on research, Goddesses Morana and Vesna are highly important together, as they represent cycles of life and death. I think however that goddess Vesna is Goddess Furfur. I got confirmed by my GD, that Lilith is Mokoš, Dažbog is God Azazel, as well as Lada being Ishtar. I have some thoughts about Morana myself, but all of this are just my opinions, and I would like to hear your opinion about all this too.

Lada being Ishtar/Astarte was another one that I was leaning towards given her mother goddess role and association with beauty and fertility. I hadn't gotten to Mokoš much, but seeing her association with women's rights and protecting women in childbirth, the connection is plain.

Morana/Marzanna is certainly the one who sticks out amongst the Gods and Goddesses listed here, in terms of vagueness in details that would allow for making a connection supported with evidence. I'm having a few thoughts here:

It's not unheard of for two or more deities to represent one actual God/Goddess in the same mythology. I don't know if Czarnobog and Bialobog have actual counterparts amongst our Satanic Gods, but I've read here and there from people who theorize that they may be aspects of one deity, who is represented by their duality.

Going by our good friend Wikipedia, we may potentially see a similar thing with Lada: "Lada and Lado together form one aspect of a multiple deity, whose other names and aspects relate to the Sun, water, and grain, respectively." So here Lada and her masculine counterpart, Lado, together form one aspect of the same deity. Wikipedia goes on to compare this to Dionysus (wonder who that might be, hm), and mentions other pairs that make up this deity, including Jarilo/Jarila. I can't say much about Jarilo's female counterpart of Jarila, but Jarilo is described as being the son of Perun and twin brother of Marzanna. Both have that life-death-rebirth cycle going on, and in the mythology they are wedded with the celebration taking place on the Summer Solstice. It is seen as a very harmonious, prosperity-ensuring event that unifies even the conflicting Veles and Perun. The symbolism of the Magnum Opus seems quite apparent with this tale.

In trying to tie said story to the identity of an actual Goddess, this leads me to hypothesize, although this feels a bit like a stretch, that Marzanna could be another identity, another aspect, of Ishtar altogether. We see that the "death" of Marzanna occurs at the end of winter, thus bringing winter to its actual end and sparking her rebirth - just in time for the Spring Equinox, which Ishtar has a connection to and also happens to be a date where Marzanna-related activities are celebrated in Slavic countries to this day. As Wikipedia puts it, "In Slavic rites the death of the Goddess Marzanna at the end winter, becomes the rebirth of Spring of the Goddess Kostroma (Russian), Lada, Vesna representing the coming of Spring." Of course, Vesna is also mentioned here, so we must take into account her association with this as well, but interestingly Kostroma is also mentioned as being a part, along with male counterpart Kostromo, of that one, singular entity that Lada and Jarilo also make up.

I bold it ....I was surprised at first glance, when I saw that we have same opinions XD

If we compare our Western tradition (all nations) we can clearly see that Ishtar plays a HUGE role as a Mother Goddess. It's obvious since She is one of the 4 Crowned Princes of Hell/Orion, but if we look at it in more details, we can clearly see that Goddess Ishtar and Mother Lilith together play bigger role in spirituality. What I am trying to say is that, if we take a look at Hinduism; Mother Parvati (Lilith) have various other "forms" as a Goddess. This is spiritual allegory, but still, She is described as; Kali, Lalita Sundari, Durga Maa, Sati and Parvati, SAME thing can be found in our Slavic Pantheon if this what we are talking about is true, where Goddess Ishtar is the one showing us same thing as Mother Lilith in Hindu Pantheon. If we take a look at HP Mageson's and HPZM's statements about Lalitha Sundari, we can conclude that it shows us something more important than just mythological stories. So, I am sure that it's same case with all others, including Mother Lilith's other names in Hinduism as well as Goddess Ishtar's other names in Slavic nations, after all Goddess Ishtar rules West ... which again is something important to add.

Another thing is presentation of Gods with their counterparts. I can clearly only see that this shows nothing more but a perfect soul state with ShivaShakti energies united, Ida and Pingala nadis or full state of Ardhnarishwar. There might be more of what it represents as well with situation of Jarilo and Lada.

The Ida and Pingala came to mind for me as well when looking at how all these different gods that really made up one multigod had gendered counterparts. If we consider this when looking at the marriage of Marzanna and Jarilo, then we can verify that it indeed wasn't a literal incestuous union as you no doubt knew as well. This is merely representative of them being counterparts of the same soul being unified. It makes even more sense if we're right that Marzanna is indeed another aspect/identity of Ishtar, with this being Her way of demonstrating advanced spiritual practices in the Slavic pantheon.

Astarte has done so much for me. To know her is one of the greatest blessings. Every contact with her is so touching and beautiful, I lack the words to truly express it.

Goddess Astarte has saved me on many occasions from decay and ignorance. All those experiences are still as vivid to me as when they happened. They are eternal memories I can never forget. They continue to inspire me and incentivize growth and healing on all levels.

Inanna O glorious goddess, may you always be most exalted and blessed, graceful and beautiful, and may all gentiles remember your grace and divine femininity once more, may you receive all the honors, praises and blessings you are due from us Zevists and all gentiles alike, and let once again our Earth be blessed in your name and glory for all eternity to come.

Thank you Inanna for watching over us Zevists, and over our Earth, lifting us up out of the rut our enemies plunged us in, and thank you for showing me and all others who have received your blessings, teachings and nurturing, the true beauty and value of life, leading us on this path to ascension so one day we may join you in exaltation.

Hail Inanna forever!

Happy Ostara to all Satanic brothers and sisters!

I wish you all a Happy Ostara!

That's Beautiful!⚘💗 Thank you for sharing that!💐🌸💗🦋🌷 Happy Ostara!! HAIL ZEUS! Hail Us!!❤💐

Muchas gracias por un discurso tan hermoso :)

Hail Astarte!

Happy Ostara everyone! Hail to our great and beautiful Gods <3

Wow. This brings even more meaning to the working that I've been doing, vibrating the name Inanna. The Sumerian story also allowed me to learn something new about her, and I bear intense respect for her.

Hail Astarte! Happy Ostara.

I did a wonderful ritual to her that night and asked for her blessings and I consecrated and dedicated a statue to her and her energy was very overwhelming it brought me to tears. A song I especially love this time of year is “The gates of Babylon” by Colbert because it’s about her.

A very beautiful sermon.

I think the custom of chocolate eggs is Satanic in nature. Eggs are symbols of life and in the tattvas they are used to represent the element of akasha. Chocolate is an aphrodisiac in nature and thus sacred to the Goddess of Love in any culture, again tying in the generative powers of this holiday as from love life is born. The Spring season also ties into this, etc. Chocolate is made from milk, which all mammals use as the first form of sustenance for all new-borns, and of course we already know it is a deeper allegory in the Vedas. For example, when the Devata and the Asura churn the ocean of milk to produce amrita through Vasuki. The Milky Way.

Shadowcat wrote:

Awesome sermon :)! Happy Ostara Satanic fam!
A tribute To the great Goddess of the canaanites and to my favorite time of year
Hail Astarte!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmGLpuLX9vI

Very nice drawing. :D

Lifeforod1n wrote:

I did a wonderful ritual to her that night and asked for her blessings and I consecrated and dedicated a statue to her and her energy was very overwhelming it brought me to tears. A song I especially love this time of year is “The gates of Babylon” by Colbert because it’s about her.

This is supposed to be by Volbeat. I hate my autocorrect.

This is a beautiful story of your description of your experience.

Lydia wrote:

Beautiful post, Hail Astarte and Happy Ostara everyone :)

A few years ago, when vibrating her name mantra Inanna (for astral senses), she came to me and led me to some info regarding healthier options for cosmetics, deodorant, etc, making me more aware of the toxins that are in most conventional cosmetics.

Another time, she showed me a garden. It was walled in stone (short wall around 3 feet in height), with so much greenery everywhere, vines on the walls, and a bench in the middle to sit on. Trees were all around. It was more beautiful than I can describe here, sorry for the bland description.

I don't usually post about experiences with the Gods, but wanted to share these with my fellow Zevism, especially those who don't have much experience. The Gods really do want what is best for us, they show us ways to become better in many areas of life, not just strictly spiritual advancement.

Ara666 wrote:

That Sumerian myth was beautiful to read. Thank you.

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