Saturday, July 31, 2010

DEITY of the WEEK! - MARS




MARS!!!

Mars is the Roman god of WAR, but also associated with vegetation, fertility and spring... so quite befitting for the next phase of IMBOLC we will be moving into.

MARS visited farms and battlefields.

HE WAS THE MOST WORSHIPPED ROMAN GOD. More than his Greek counterpart ARES who was just a bloodlusting jock.

Also Mars had two sons REMUS AND ROMULUS... the twins were left to die out in nature due to some twists of fate but a she-wolf nursed them to adulthood. And from their playground ROME arose in all it's mights, hence MARS being venerated with Roman legions conquering all of the old world and the gladiators in the Colosseum.

ROME's symbol till today are two baby boys drinking from a she-wolf. Gross, but true..
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Also worth noting, Mars's symbol is the male symbol...

Blessed Be,

Green Phoenix...

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