Myth, or truth? A glance over the metamorphosis of divinity

Yet even he could not escape death, and now dwells wearing a crown without lustre in the underworld. The goddess Ishtar herself caught eye of him eating dust, for even the mighty are meant to fall.

Darkness is a common subject throughout human history, and the manner whereby the Nipponese explicate the separation of day and night is no difference. Thus was the tragic story of Ukemochi [保食神], a primordial ‘kami’ of food in the Shinto endemic belief system to Japan.

Ukemochi invites Amateratsu, the goddess of the Sun for a dinner. Amateratsu fails to attend but dispatches her consort Tsukuyomi, Lord of the Moon. Ukemochi prepares the banquet from foodstuffs that emanate from her body, the fluids and orifices thereof.

Tsukuyomi was so mortified whilst beholding how foodstuffs came out of Ukemochi’s body, that he slew her thereafter. Amateratsu was so horrified by the deed that she separated from Tsukuyomi, since then the sun and the moon are never seen together.

Albeit Amateratsu separated from Tsukuyomi, she still watches over her own mortal lineage, the Nipponese emperors.

When the reigning Tennō (emperor) was preparing for his enthronement, he saw himself in a mirror and beheld no himself but the deity Amateratsu, just as he held the Chronicles of Japan in his hands - some of the oldest texts in the Japanese language.

Baldr resurrects after Ragnarök in the island of Socotra, and stands nude before a dragon blood tree that represents Yggdrasil. The crow in the horizon represents the rebirth, and the bridge with the bygone world.

Julian, the last non-Christian ruler of the Western Roman Empire, was ironically also the last scion of the Constantinian dynasty, that legalised Christianity within the defunct empire.

During his proclamation as Augustus in the year 361, some chroniclers described an eagle coming down from the heavens and standing beside Julian; the latter sign was deemed as the approval of Jupiter of his policies meant to restore temples throughout the empire.

In order to counteract Christianity, he favoured Judaism (the star of David on his clothing), the Egyptian gods (represented by Horus’ headwear worn by the eagle) as well as the gods of the Germanic peoples (represented by the rainbow, the Bifröst).

Her children turned against her for allegedly having brought shame upon the family through Cuatlicue’s immaculate pregnancy that begot Huitzilopochtli. The latter was born fully armoured.

Cuetlicue remains mournful of her missing children, and above all of their betrayal.

People know Margrethe I, who unified all Nordic countries under her sceptre yet older is Estrid ‘Margrethe’ Svendsdatter who was titled ‘Queen’ during the reign of her son, Sweyn II Estridson. He loaned her name for the House of Estridsen, that ruled Denmark from 1047 to 1412.

Even less known is that Estrid Margrethe was likely the founder of Roskilde Cathedral, the burial site for Danish royalty up to our days. Estrid chose the place because it was already considered to be a holy ground in Viking times. Hence the Thor hammer on the church.

Whilst holding a daisy, Margrethe II points out to an aged Odin, or it is Gorm the Old? Holding Dannebrog that allegedly was granted to King Valdemar II the Victorious directly from heaven. The painting was thought out during Margrethe II’s 50th anniversary on the throne (2022).

Perekule VII ruled the Kingdom of Bonny in today’s Nigeria. He inherited the throne from his father on 30 September 1866.

In 1867, supported by many Manilla Pepple chieftains,  Perekule VII introduced Christianity, and dismissed the iguana as the realm’s holy animal. Hence the iguana bids farewell on this picture by mounting on a cloud, and faring away.