Goddess Konohana Sakuya – Shinto Goddess of Flowers and Volcanoes

Goddess Konohana Sakuya-Hime is the Goddess who represents flowers and life, also representing mountains and volcanoes. Her main shrine is located on Mount Fuji. Sometimes called simply as Sakuya, this Goddess is also related to the cherry blossoms as they show their beauty and soon disappear. This represents the cycle of life and death. Her …

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Venus – Goddess of Love and Sexuality

Attributes: Goddess of love, beauty, fecundity and sexuality Symbols: The hand mirror (symbol ♀), shell, rose Place: Rome Venus in “The Birth of Venus” Depicted throughout Greek mythology as Aphrodite, Venus represents the female individuality and self-love. Despite being married to Vulcan, this Goddess had affairs with other gods and with the Trojan prince Anchises, whose …

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Goetia – (26) Bune – (50) Furcas

In this post we’re going to keep the list of demons in Goetia, the first part of Lemegeton – The Lesser Key of Solomon. These posts are part of Summoning Magic series. The list with the first 25 demons can be found here: Goetia – (1) Bael – (25) Glaysa-Labolas.  ATTENTION THE CONTENT FROM LEMEGETON IS …

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Neith – Goddess of War and Weaving

Attributes: Goddess of war, hunting, and weaving Symbols: Shield with two crossed arrows, red crown, loom, cow Place: Egypt Neith (or Nit, Net or Neit) Was the patroness of lower Egypt and the city of Sais, where her devotees also identified her as the Greek Goddess Athena, because of her similar traits. She is one of the …

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Goetia – (1) Bael – (25) Glaysa-Labolas

As it was seen in Summoning Magic post, one of the main material we have nowadays aboiut this subject is Lemegeton – The Lesser Key of Solomon, Solomon’s grimoire which is made of 4 books that list spirits, seals, and instructions on how to summon them. Accordingly to some researchers, there is a fifth book with notes and …

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Nut – Goddess of the Sky and Protection

Attributes: Goddess of the sky, stars and death Symbols: Sky, stars, cow and a pot Place: Egypt For the ancient Egyptians Nut (or Nuit, Newet, or even, Nueth) was one of the major Goddesses. como uma das mais adoradas. She was the very personification of heaven and she was also the one who gave birth to many …

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The Muses – Goddesses of Inspiration and Arts

Attributes: Arts, Science and Literature inspired Goddesses, Symbols: Several ones, each Muse has her own symbol Place: Greece The nine Greek Muses were depicted as young and beautiful maidens. Their father is Zeus, king of the Gods and their mother is Mnemosyne, Goddess of the memory. In the Greek mythology, they are the inspiring Goddesses of …

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Lemegeton – Solomon’s Grimoire

Among many known forms of summoning magic, are the ones written on King Solomon’s Grimoire, the Lemegeton – The Lesser Key of Solomon. This grimoire is formed by 5 books (or 4 accordingly to some researchers) which lists all the names, offices, orders, and seals from all the spirits who Solomon had made contact with. …

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Befana – Goddess of Gifts and Children

Attributes: Goddess of gifts, children and family.Symbols: Verbena, figs and leaves.Place: Sicily. “La Befana” is known in Italy as a wise woman, endowed with magical powers. She crosses the skies on her flying broom or flying donkey, bringing presents to the good children like figs, nuts and sweets on the night of the Epiphany. To …

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