Syrian Atargatis Mermaid Goddess
Ruler of the Seven Seas
Roman Goddess Dea Syria
"The great mistress of the North Syrian
lands"
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ATARGATIS- Syrian Mermaid Goddess of
the early 3rd century, with a great temple at Hierapolis, She was a protector of
community . The water surrounding her typifies the protection of water in
producing life, as in the water sack that surrounds the developing fetus.
Atargatis is the founder of social and religious life, the goddess of generation
and fertility, and the inventor of useful appliances. A great Nature-goddess,
She holds the power of destiny. Myths include a woman who became preganant,
flung herself into the lake, and emerged as half fish, having been saved by
water nymphs. Her child became a Syrian Queen.
In his Fasti (2.459-74) Ovid instead relates how Venus/Aphrodite fleeing from
Typhon with her child Cupid/Eros came to the river Euphrates in Syria. Hearing
the wind suddenly rise and fearing that it was Typhon, the goddess begged aid
from the river nymphs and leapt into the river with her son. Two fish bore them
up and were rewarded by being transformed into the constellation Pisces.
A famous statue of Atargatis shows her as a woman from the waist up and a fish
below. Sea goddesses inherit the sea's qualities of gentle nurturance, and also
violent and deadly rage. Atargatis is naturally, a nature Goddess.
Atargatis' fish-bodied appearance was worshipped at the ancient middle eastern
city of Ascalon (or Ashkelon) in southwest Palestine on the Mediterranean Sea.
Inhabited as early as the third millennium B.C., the city was also a seat of
worship for the goddess Astarte.
In Rome she was called Dea Syria. |
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Mermaid
Goddess Blowing Sacred
Conch Shell
10 inches high - Hand finished
Cold Cast Bronze
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Atargatis
on Sea Turtle Holding Pearl Statue
6 inches high - Hand finished
Cold Cast Bronze
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Mermaid
Holding Pearl Statue
10 inches high - Hand finished
Cold Cast Bronze
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Mermaid
in Giant Clam Shell Statue
6 inches high - Hand finished
Cold Cast Bronze
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Mermaid
Atargatis Goddess
on Wave Pendant
This pendant is reminiscent of the Syrian Mermaid Goddess Atargatis,and
the water surrounding her typifies the protection of water in producing life, as
in the water sack that surrounds the developing fetus.The embodiment of the
merging of woman and fish, was also a sacred concept to the ancient Greeks.
Sterling Silver.
Measures 1 1/2 inches long.
Comes with giftbox. Made in the USA.
$26.00
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Mermaid
Atargatis Goddess
on Wave Earrings
The embodiment of the merging of woman and fish,
was also a sacred concept to the ancient Greeks.
Sterling Silver. 1 1/4 X 3/4 inch
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Goddess
Atargatis Mermaid Earrings
The Persian Goddess Atargatis was a mermaid Goddess of
the Sea. She is the embodiment of the merging of woman and fish, a concept also
sacred to the ancient Greeks.
These Mermaid Goddess Atargatis Hook earrings measure approximately 2 inches x
5/8 inches. Sterling Silver.
Comes with giftbox. Made in USA. #JI-E56
$34.00 Bronze $44.00 Sterling Silver
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Goddess
Atargatis Mermaid Pendant
with genuine cultured pearl
The Persian Goddess Atargatis was a mermaid Goddess of
the Sea. She is the embodiment of the merging of woman and fish, a concept also
sacred to the ancient Greeks. This Atargatis Goddess pendant measures about 2
inches long x 1/2 inch wide. Choice of Bronze or Sterling Silver. She holds a
genuine 4mm cultured pearl.
Comes with giftbox. Made in USA. #JI-P56
Bronze
$39.00 Sterling Silver $56.00
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