Creator goddess. Aztec (classical Mesomerican) [Mexico]. Using a magical vessel, she grinds bone fragments obtained from previous generations of mankind in earlier world ages into a powder. The gods then commit self-sacrifice, allowing their blood to drip into the vessel. From the resulting mix, the human race of the fifth sun is formed.
Tag: Creator Goddess
Gunabibi
Creator goddess. Australian aboriginal. Also known as Kunapipi, she is extensively revered by aborigines in northern Australia, including the Yolngu people.
Birrahgnooloo
Creator goddess. Australian aboriginal. She is recognized by several aboriginal clans as the chief consort of BAIAME, the creator god. Revered as the all-mother of humankind and creator of living things on earth, her role largely parallels that of Baiame. Traditions suggest that during the Dreamtime she planted vegetation as she moved through the primordial world, fashioning creatures from clay and breathing spirit into human beings. Her eldest son is DARAMULUM or Gayandi, regarded as an intermediary between Baiame and humankind.
ANTU
ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian) [Iraq]. Creator goddess.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 2000 BC, but evolving from prehistory, to circa 200 BC.
SYNONYMS Antum; ANUNITU.
CENTER(S) OF CULT Uruk and Babylon.
Witch's Well 