Winter Solstice recently occurred, a time to honor and celebrate the return of the sun, the lengthening of days, and the return of the light. The sun is now in Capricorn, the essence of which involves hard work, earthly bounty, and the protection of loved ones. I honor the great Sumerian goddess Inanna as 2015… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Capricorn Goddess Inanna by Flossie Benton Rogers
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Mythic Monday: The Old Sea Goat
In the modern zodiac a goat symbolizes the astrological sign of Capricorn. In older traditions, however, and still sometimes today, the goat is a special variety of creature– a sea goat, half goat and half fish. The earliest known origin of depicting Capricorn as a sea goat occurred around 1,000 B.C.E. in Babylonia, the cauldron… Continue reading Mythic Monday: The Old Sea Goat