Mokos

Goddess of fertility. Pre-Christian Slavonic European.

 Identified in the Nestor Chronicle as a goddess of midwifery. Her cult was taken over by that of the Virgin Mary.

E Quaholom (begetter of children)

Primeval creator god. Mayan (Quiche, classical Mesoamerican) [Guatemala highlands]. Identified in the sacred Maya book the Popol Vuh. The consort of the goddess E ALOM and the father of GUKUMATZ who equates with the Aztec QUETZALCOATL.

Aeacos

Chthonic underworld god. Greco-Roman. One of three judges of Hades assessing the souls of the dead entering the underworld (see also MINOS and RHADAMANTHOS). Identified by Plato as the son of ZEUS and Aigina. In the Theogony (Hesiod), Aeacos is also the consort of Psamathe and father of Phocos. Also Aiakos.

Devil’s Claw

Harpagophytum procumbens
Devil’s Claw

The herbal remedy identified as the devil’s claw by herbalist is in fact, the secondary storage roots of the plant Harpagophylum procumbens DC., which is a native South African herb of the plant family known as Pedaliaceae. The plants peculiarly shaped fruits give the herbal remedy its common name the “Devil’s Claw”, as the fruits seem to be covered all over with what resemble miniature grappling hooks. The devil’s claw, is the name commonly attributed to the plant in the United States, this interesting name is in reality, a literal translation of the German common name Teufelskralle by which it was first identified. The other synonymous name for this herb in the English language includes the “wood spider” and the “grapple plant”.

Flavonoids

More than 4,000 flavonoids (or bioflavonoids, as they are sometimes called on supplement labels) have been identified, and scientists suspect that there may be many more still to be discovered in nature. Flavonoids give color to fruits, vegetables, and herbs and are found in legumes, grains, and nuts as well. They are also potent antioxidants some are even more powerful than vitamin C or vitamin E in preventing cell damage caused by unstable oxygen molecules (free radicals). So far only a few flavonoids have been investigated for their healing potential.

Hygieia

by Dr Alena Trckova-Flamee, Ph.D.

 
Hygieia, one of the daughters of Asklepios (Asclepius) and granddaughter of Apollo, played an important role in the cult of Asklepios as a giver of health. She is often identified with health and is sometimes called The Health. She was worshipped and celebrated together with her father on many places (Asklepieion) of the Greek and Roman world.

Flying to the cloud

Soma and the Axis Mundi
Alby Stone

 
‘He who is the pillar of the sky, the well-adorned support, the full stalk that encircles all around, he is the one who by tradition sacrifices to these two great world-halves.’ [1]
This verse from the Rig Veda describes a plant: Soma, from which the gods of ancient India made their fiery elixir of immortality. Here, the stem of the plant is the pillar that supports the sky and separates it from the earth. Soma is also a god, as well as being identified with the moon (and also the sun!), where its juice is stored; it is characterised as a horse, or bull; and it is brought from the sky, though it is found on certain mountains, which may amount to the same thing. The dome of the sky is the bowl into which the juice of the Soma is poured.