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-symbols, women
-mother goddess was an archetype
-Carl Jung - archetypes; the collective unconscious
-the symbols and language that all humans share simply as being a result of being human
-some well known archetypes: the dying god, the destroyer god, the trickster, and the primordial pairing of the sky and the earth
-the "father creator" and the "great mother"
-female divinity--many societies are patriarchial, but there is evidence that the goddess might have come first (ideas of fertility and matronly--less violence, more peaceful)
-goddess movement
-Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and war
The 12 Olympians: Web source
1. Zeus - king of gods
2. Hera - goddess of marriage and family; she was queen of the Greek gods and wife to Zeus
3. Poseidon - king of the seas
4. Demeter - goddess of the grain, harvest, agriculture
5. Athena - goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and war
6. Apollo - god of truth and prophecy, poetry, music
7. Artemis - goddess of hunting, wild animals, virginity, and protector of young girls
8. Aphrodite - goddess of fertility, love, and beauty
9. Hephaestus - god of carpenters, craftsman, artisans, volcanoes, blacksmiths, metalworkers
10. Hermes - messenger; god of thieves, trickery
11. Ares - god of war
12. Hestia/Dionysus - goddess of the home, architect/goddess of grape-harvest, winemaking
*13. Hades - not considered an Olympian because he lives in the underworld
-symbols, women
-mother goddess was an archetype
-Carl Jung - archetypes; the collective unconscious
-the symbols and language that all humans share simply as being a result of being human
-some well known archetypes: the dying god, the destroyer god, the trickster, and the primordial pairing of the sky and the earth
-the "father creator" and the "great mother"
-female divinity--many societies are patriarchial, but there is evidence that the goddess might have come first (ideas of fertility and matronly--less violence, more peaceful)
-goddess movement
-Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and war
Statue of Athena in front of the Austrian Parliament Building
The 12 Olympians: Web source
1. Zeus - king of gods
2. Hera - goddess of marriage and family; she was queen of the Greek gods and wife to Zeus
3. Poseidon - king of the seas
4. Demeter - goddess of the grain, harvest, agriculture
5. Athena - goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and war
6. Apollo - god of truth and prophecy, poetry, music
7. Artemis - goddess of hunting, wild animals, virginity, and protector of young girls
8. Aphrodite - goddess of fertility, love, and beauty
9. Hephaestus - god of carpenters, craftsman, artisans, volcanoes, blacksmiths, metalworkers
10. Hermes - messenger; god of thieves, trickery
11. Ares - god of war
12. Hestia/Dionysus - goddess of the home, architect/goddess of grape-harvest, winemaking
*13. Hades - not considered an Olympian because he lives in the underworld
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