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Monthly Archives: July 2012

Behind the Olive Branch

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on July 28, 2012 by Hearth Moon RisingJuly 28, 2012

The Greeks ascribed the source of the olive to Athena, although the tree was first cultivated outside of Greece. The olive has been cultivated for at least 7,000 years, rather significant when you consider that the tree requires a fair … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Trees | Tagged agriculture, Athena, cosmetics, Greece, Greeks, ocean, olive, Owl, Pagan Blog Project, Poseidon, Romans, snake

The Woman Who Walks With the Wolves

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on July 27, 2012 by Hearth Moon RisingJuly 27, 2012

This week’s tree post will be about Athena and the Olive. I’m working on it now–it’ll be up later today or tomorrow. Instead of writing blogs today, I got a chance to play with some real wolves. This is Cree. … Continue reading →

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The Linden Prophesy

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on July 20, 2012 by Hearth Moon RisingJuly 20, 2012

The tree goddess this week is the Latvian Laima (pronounced like the first word in “lima bean”). Her Lithuanian name is Laime. Be careful not to get her confused with the fairy goddess Lauma or the Greek Lamia.Laima is associated … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Trees, Uncategorized | Tagged basswood, cow, cuckoo, honey, laima, laime, linden, Pagan Blog Project

Check out the Mago Blog

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on July 19, 2012 by Hearth Moon RisingJuly 19, 2012

Helen Hwang’s blog focusing on cross-cultural goddess studies is up now. I have a guest post there this week on the bear goddess Mielikki.

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Lady of the Sycamore

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on July 13, 2012 by Hearth Moon RisingJuly 13, 2012

Queen of Trees Continuing our exploration of the sacred trees of the goddess, we turn this week to the Egyptian goddess we know by the Greek name of Hathor. I had research to do for this, because I did not … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Plants, Trees | Tagged cow, Egypt, fig, Hathor, Pagan Blog Project, sycamore, sycamore-fig

The World Tree

Hearth Moon Rising's Blog Posted on July 6, 2012 by Hearth Moon RisingJuly 6, 2012

At the axis of the worlds there is a tree linking the underworld, the word we live in, and the the ethereal realm of gods and fallen heroes. This is Yggdrasil (IGG-draw-sill), the divine ash tree. The serpent Nidhogg (NEED-hog) … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Trees | Tagged ash, broom, Eagle, Nidhogg, Norns, Odin, Pagan Blog Project, Rastatok, runes, squirrel, Yggdrasil

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