• Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    9 months ago

    And the Gorgoneion amulet (Medusa’s face on a plate, and on the shield Aegis) adorning every door in Athens to scare away evil spirits predates all the Perseus stories.

    From OSP, I learned about Dread Persephone predating Hades in running the underworld and Aphrodite washing up on Kythira as Astarte (Ishtar) and bringing the alphabet that would replace Linear-B. The Hellenic myths go deep.

    Oh and Ishtar might be Asherah, consort to Adonai, id est Yahweh.