{"id":19866,"date":"2019-01-01T01:10:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-01T06:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=20118"},"modified":"2018-12-31T22:56:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-01T03:56:28","slug":"she-who-is-all-the-goddess-of-ten-thousand-names-45","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2019\/01\/01\/she-who-is-all-the-goddess-of-ten-thousand-names-45\/","title":{"rendered":"She Who Is All \u2013 The Goddess of Ten Thousand Names"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\nAa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n(Image\nCredit: freedom for humanity2016.wordpress.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nShe\nto whom January 1st is dedicated and to whom is honored on this day\nis the Babylonian Goddess, Aa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She is also known as:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nGreat\nMother<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMother\nof All Things<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nGoddess\nof the Dawn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nGoddess\nof the Light<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nWhile\nShe is known as Aa in Babylonia, She is also known as Serida in\nSumeria, and in Akkadian as Aya, which means “dawn” in\nAkkadian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nShe\nis “the Beginning” and “The Mother of All Wisdom”\nand is associated with the eastern mountains which bring the sun into\nthe sky. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n(Image\nCredit: earthandstarryheaven.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHer\nsymbol is an 8-rayed sphere representing the symbol of light. As the\nconsort of Shamash, the god of the sun, She was also called Bride of\nthe Sun. Her sacred marriage to Shamash brought all thing to grow\nand prosper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAa\nbrings the energy from the dawning of the sun on a new day. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n(Image\nCredit: historymaniac.megan.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nOther\nGoddesses who have their feast days in January include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nJanuary\n 2 – Inanna’s Day (Sumerian)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nJanuary\n 5 – Kore’s Day (Greek)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nJanuary\n 8 – Justicia’s Day (Roman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nJanuary\n11 – Carmentalia (Roman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

January correspondences:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nGem\/Birthstone:\nGarnet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nFull\nMoon – Cold Moon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHerb\n– Thyme<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nColor\n– White<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nTree\n\u2013 Birch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About\nthe Author:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Susan\nMorgaine<\/strong> is\na Daughter of the Goddess, Witch, Writer, Teacher,\nHealer, and Yogini. She is a monthly columnist\nwith PaganPages.org<\/a> Her\nwritings can be found in The Girl God Anthologies, \u201cWhatever\nWorks: Feminists of Faith Speak\u201d and \u201cJesus, Mohammed\nand the Goddess\u201d, as well as Mago Publications \u201cShe Rises,\nVolume 2, and \u201cCelebrating Seasons of the Goddess\u201d. She has also\nbeen published in Jareeda<\/a> and SageWoman<\/a> magazines. She\nis a Certified Women\u2019s Empowerment Coach\/Facilitator through She\nis the author of \u201cMy\nName is Isis<\/a>\u201d, one in the series of the \u201cMy Name Is\u2026\u2026\u2026\u201d\nchildren\u2019s books published by The Girl God Publications. A\nWoman International, founded by Patricia Lynn Reilly. She has long\nbeen involved in Goddess Spirituality and Feminism, teaching classes\nand workshops, including Priestessing Red Tents within MA and RI. She\nis entering her 20th year teaching Kundalini Yoga and Meditation,\nbeing a Certified instructor through the Kundalini Research\nInstitute, as well as being a Reiki Master. She is a member of the\nSisterhood of Avalon. She can be found\nat https:\/\/mysticalshores.wordpress.com\/ <\/a>and\nher email is MysticalShores@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Name is Isis on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aa (Image Credit: freedom for humanity2016.wordpress.com) She to whom January 1st is dedicated and to whom is honored on this day is the Babylonian Goddess, Aa. She is also known as: Great Mother Mother of All Things Goddess of the Dawn Goddess of the Light While She is known as Aa in Babylonia, She is also known as Serida in Sumeria, and in Akkadian as Aya, which means “dawn” in Akkadian. She is “the Beginning” and “The Mother of All Wisdom” and is associated with the eastern mountains which bring the sun into the sky. (Image Credit: earthandstarryheaven.com) Her symbol is an 8-rayed sphere representing the symbol of light. As the consort of Shamash, the god of the sun, She was also called Bride of the Sun. Her sacred marriage to Shamash brought all thing to grow and prosper. Aa brings the energy from the dawning of the sun on a new day. (Image Credit: historymaniac.megan.com) Other Goddesses who have their feast days in January include: January 2 – Inanna’s Day (Sumerian) January 5 – Kore’s Day (Greek) January 8 – Justicia’s Day (Roman) January 11 – Carmentalia (Roman) January correspondences: Gem\/Birthstone: Garnet Full Moon – Cold Moon Herb – Thyme Color – White Tree \u2013 Birch *** About the Author: Susan Morgaine is a Daughter of the Goddess, Witch, Writer, Teacher, Healer, and Yogini. She is a monthly columnist with PaganPages.org Her writings can be found in The Girl God Anthologies, \u201cWhatever Works: Feminists of Faith Speak\u201d and \u201cJesus, Mohammed and the Goddess\u201d, as well as Mago Publications \u201cShe Rises, Volume 2, and \u201cCelebrating Seasons of the Goddess\u201d. She has also been published in Jareeda and SageWoman magazines. She is a Certified Women\u2019s Empowerment Coach\/Facilitator through She is the author of \u201cMy Name is Isis\u201d, one in the series of the \u201cMy Name Is\u2026\u2026\u2026\u201d children\u2019s books published by The Girl God Publications. A Woman International, founded by Patricia Lynn Reilly. She has long been involved in Goddess Spirituality and Feminism, teaching classes and workshops, including Priestessing Red Tents within MA and RI. She is entering her 20th year teaching Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, being a Certified instructor through the Kundalini Research Institute, as well as being a Reiki Master. She is a member of the Sisterhood of Avalon. She can be found at https:\/\/mysticalshores.wordpress.com\/ and her email is MysticalShores@gmail.com My Name is Isis on Amazon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}