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 Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:56 pm
These are the winners of the God and Goddess of the Week.
Past Winners:
01/17/2010
God:Yum Cimil
Goddess:Oya
01/24/2010
God:Tyr
Goddess:Hecate
01/31/2010
God:Thor
Goddess:Brigid
02/07/2010
God:Cupid
Goddess:Lofn
02/14/2010
God:Anubis
Goddess:Isis
02/21/2010
God razz oseidon
Goddess:Nyx
03/29/2010
God:Raven
Goddess razz arvati
04/11/1010
God:Balor
Goddess:Freya
04/26/2010
God:Thanatos
Goddess:Cerridwen
05/03/2010
God razz an
Goddess:Inanna
09/20/2010
God:Ares
Goddess:Athena
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:03 pm
Winners of the week of January 17 2010Yum Cimil Mayan  The death god was called Yum Cimil. He also could be called Ah Puch, the god of the Underworld. His body is predominantly skeletal. His adornments are likewise made of bones. Yum Cimil has also been represented with a body covered with black spots (decomposition). He also wears a collar with eyeless sockets. This adornment was the typical symbol for the Underworld. Oya Yoruba  She is seen in aspects of warrior-goddess of wind, lightning, fertility, fire, and magic. She creates hurricanes and tornadoes and guards the underworld. Goddess of tornadoes, (which are said to be her whirling skirts as she dances), lighting (the power of which she acquired from her husband, Shango) earthquakes, and any kind of destruction. Beyond destruction, Oya is the goddess of change, transition, and the chaos that often brings it about. Her association with the marketplace, and more specifically with the gates of cemeteries (as opposed to the entire underworld), reveals her in her aspect as facilitator of transition.
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Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:09 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:07 am
Winners of the week of January 24 Hecate Greek Hecate is a chthonic Greco-Roman goddess associated with magic, witches, ghosts, and crossroads.  Tyr Norse is the god of single combat, victory and heroic glory in Norse mythology, portrayed as a one-handed man.
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:39 pm
am i the only one that voted? =o
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:40 pm
No, I did too. For different ones though.
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:41 pm
oh...because those were the two that i voted for...huh....
who'd you vote for?
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:42 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:45 pm
cool. i don't know a lot about hindu, so i'll vote for the hindu nominees next time.
and the only sanskrit i know is yoga names, so probably i should look some of that up...
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:49 pm
I really want to learn sanskrit, I know a bit already, but not nearly enough to satisfy me. If you want, I'll find and post a link to the hindu story about Kali Ma and Shiva that explains why she is normally depicted with one foot on Shiva's chest. Interestingly enough, that same story also explains why she is often depicted sticking her tongue out too.
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:51 pm
post it when you get a chance. i'm curious.
is she the one with 6 arms or is that someone else? sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:55 pm
There are quite a few with multiple arms, actually. Her and Shiva both do, I can't remember who else does but I know there is at least one other like that.
And I didn't bookmark the page where I was reading the full story about Shiva and Kali Ma the other day. >_< Give me a minute to find it, and I'll start a new thread so we can all share our favorite stories without clogging up Kasa's deities of the week thread xd
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 5:58 pm
ok.
sorry, kasa, for cloggng the thread...
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:01 pm
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 6:07 pm
Ok, I made the thread. heart
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