Pagan gods and goddesses of Strength and Protection.

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   Daniella Lopezposted 12 years ago

   I am going through a really difficult time in my life right now and really could use some strength to make it through it. My patron goddess is Aglaia, but I feel like she is telling me to seek out another goddess to ask for guidance in conjunction with her. Do any of you have any suggestions on gods or goddesses known for helping people and strengthening them? I've been told that Dragons are great for such issues, so I may inquire upon them and see what happens. Thanks for any advice you guys may have and blessed be!

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      aka-djposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      There is only ONE God that can give true comfort and peace.
      
      Sorry to inform you, but He's not a Pagan entity.
      
      He is only a prayer away!

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         Cagsilposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         
         
         Instigating trouble I see.

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            aka-djposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Spreading the LOVE!

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         Evylyn Roseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Hate to tell you this, but for those of us who recognize and honor multiple gods, ALL gods are Pagan in that sense. No God or Goddess is excluded.

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            aka-djposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            If you say so.
            
            
            That doesn't make it so.
            
            It's a matter of faith, isn't it?

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      Disappearingheadposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Dragons????!!!! Like real flying dragons!!?? Now that would be cool.
      
      Alternatively follow the advice of aka-dj.

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      Cresentmoon2007posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hi there Daniella, I suggest Artemis of the greek mythology. She is a strong and brave Goddess. With her aid you may be strengthen. I do hope that you find the strength you need. I am saddened to see so much hatred in pagan forums. I wish people wouldn't respond if they are out to hurt people. Anyway I do hope you get better.
      
      Blessed be.

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      mega1posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Daniella - ANY of the gods and goddesses will comfort or strengthen or give you whatever you need - first you just have to know who YOU are and keep an open mind, becuz in my experience the gods and goddesses work in very mysterious ways to bring you exactly the kind of love and etc. you need in the moment.  Pick one, any one - use a Taro deck or just scroll down the list of dieties of whichever culture you like the best (even if you're not all that familiar with it) and pick one. Or, just go play with your friends! or make some new ones! the dieties can talk to you even in the forest when there's no other human around, or on the beach - or, as I often do, look at the sky!  and live well, which means - eat when you're hungry, rest when you're tired.

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         Cresentmoon2007posted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Great advise mega1. You are indeed correct and I wish I was the one who came up with such great advise. You are correct that ANY of the gods and goddesses will help. I give you props.

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         Daniella Lopezposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you mega1! Wonderful advice.
         
         and thank you Cresent for your kind words.

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   knolyourselfposted 12 years ago

   Maybe try her sisters Euphrosyne and/or Thalia.
   As far as all roundedness goes the more the merrier.

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      Disappearingheadposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Are they pretty?

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      Daniella Lopezposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks knoly! Finally some legitimate Pagan advice.

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         aka-djposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         AHHH, I see.
         You wanted Pagan advice.
         
         Here I thought you needed (real) peace within, that will help you through a tough time.
         My mistake!

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            Disappearingheadposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            You are one baaad dude man.

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            Evylyn Roseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            You know, your statements are filled with judgment. Last I checked, Christ preached against judging others lest you be cast out of Heaven. Perhaps you should be focusing your time on actually being helpful to the world and not spamming people's threads.

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               theherbivorehippiposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Well said!

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               aka-djposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               If I posted a helpful post, and it is rejected, based on personal biases, how does that make it judgmental?
               
               There is no spamming in what I wrote.
               
               As has been pointed out to me on many occasions, this is an open public forum, and we are all free to comment.
               
               I'm sorry you disapprove of my point of view.
               I certainly recognise your right to differ.

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                  Emile Rposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  Hi dj. You do realize that it is possible that the 'One God' as you put it could also be the multiple gods and goddesses recognized by the Pagan religions? Everyone's needs are different. Maybe that one spirit manifests itself in the form needed for the individual at that moment in their lives.

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                     aka-djposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     Hi Emile.
                     
                     I recognise people can have their own opinion about this, and many other things.
                     
                     I am a monotheist. Always have been, always will be. I don't apologise for that, as you know.
                     
                     I do however also believe there are MANY spirits, and they certainly appear to many people in many ways, forms and manifestations. It is these that people can confuse as either God, or goddess, or aliens, spirit guides, angels or demons.
                     
                     Logic dictates there be only ONE God!  Otherwise we run the risk of mythology having equal weight to true spirituality.

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                        Emile Rposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                        Maybe so, but that is an argument best made in another thread. You should start one. 

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                           aka-djposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                           Nothing to argue!
                           
                           I'm just killing time whilst my time runs out doing something else, so I entered the discussions that interest me.
                           
                           Chat later. You be blessed.

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                        A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                        LOL! Logic = Irrational Belief
                        
                        Sorry, but logic would dictate your "true spirituality" is just another mythology, like the rest. Logic is not an irrational belief.
                        
                        Funny how you're just killing time and killing logic at the same time while causing conflict. 

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                           Jeramiposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                           Logic to me, must fit within the realm of my experiences which occurred within my environment.
                           
                           
                             We all have our own personal environment and experiences.
                           
                             For me to say that your logic is illogical would be a lie. 
                             For me to say that your logic dose not fit within the realm of "MY" experiences and environment is true  and when anyone says it.
                           
                             Each one of us is a universe in and of ourselves.
                           And then two worlds collide.

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                              A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                              Sorry, but that isn't the definition of logic. Try again.

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                           Emile Rposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                           Dismissing the spiritual out of hand is as illogical and as much an irrational belief as any other. Don't you think? Unless it is your contention that we already know all there is to know.

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                              A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                              LOL! Still don't understand how science works, I see. Maybe some day?

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                                 Emile Rposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                 Oh, I understand science as well as the next lay person. Your comment had nothing to do with science. Labeling spirituality as nothing more than mythology, thus implying there is no truth to any of it, is your opinion. How is  disagreeing with your personal opinion of spirituality an indication that I don't understand science? I would think it was more of an indication that you don't understand spirituality or philosophy.

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                                    A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                    No one understands spirituality because it has never been shown to exist, so anyone making such a claim would be lying. LOL!

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                                       Emile Rposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                       Billions upon billions of people throughout history would certainly disagree with your assessment. But, hey; I'm certain you will find a few  willing to take your word for it.

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                                          A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                          Billions of people are free to disagree that spirituality has never been shown to exist, that doesn't make it any less valid.
                                          
                                          Appeal to Popularity fallacy. Appeal to Belief fallacy. Want more?

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                                             Emile Rposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                             If it is, in fact, fallacy. It doesn't become fallacy simply because you say it is. We've heard that argument from the church enough to know that's not so.

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                                                A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                                True, it becomes a fallacy the moment you use it.

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                                                   Emile Rposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                                   Oh, unfortunately I don't think I've got the ability to crawl up into the mind of another and find their truth. Is that a special ability you were born with? Something you acquired over the years? Or simply ego talking?

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                                                      A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                                      But, you have ample ability to present fallacies.

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                                                         Emile Rposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                                         It's definitely a universal right which I would never attempt to deny you. Because, quite frankly, your refusal to attempt to understand the dialogue is amusing.

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                                                            A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                                            I don't speak Gibberish so it IS a little hard to understand the lingo.

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                                       Jeramiposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                       "NO ONE"  ??? ...??? understands ?   Is a HUGE assumption on your part  don't you think?
                                       
                                          NO !  of course you don't!

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                                          A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                          Do you understand spirituality? Tell us all about it, then?

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                                             Jeramiposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                             You and  I    MUST  be    Very   SPECIAL !
                                             If we do not understand something ...  NO  ONE can! 
                                             Therefore , whatever the subject if WE do not understand it,   It can not be So!
                                             
                                                We are Legions in our own time (I mean MIND)

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                                                A Troubled Manposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                                                Okee dokee

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                        D0ntkn0wd0ntcareposted 3 years agoin reply to this

                        ok so sorry to shut you down but in the torah which is basically the origional bible it cals god yaweh when mentioning the creation and yaweh is plural meaning gods and yes plural is allowed in the torah but only when talking about a group of people.Also multiple apostles of god have agknowleged the existance of multiple deities nowhere in the bible does it say their isnt any other gods and goddesses but when talking about worshiping false idols it means without summoning or doing any rituals to invocate a deity now this is coming from someone who believes in god and other deities so please just stop its pathetic how youre trying to convince people of something they choose not to worship

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                     WriteAngledposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                     I made a similar statement on another thread today. Since I don't know if duplication is allowed on the forums, I'll put the link here. Hope that's OK
                     http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/85359?p … ost1850295

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                        Emile Rposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                        Well, I must say you stated it much more eloquently.

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                  Evylyn Roseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                  In the case of your first post, yes, you are correct. You offered what you believed to be a helpful post. It was a rejected. No harm done.
                  
                  The problem is the attitude. Particularly your second post that was a very obvious insincere apology. Not only was the post itself unnecessary, the attitude was clearly confrontational. Where no one is saying your beliefs and views are wrong, your approach makes it obvious that you are saying the same about views that contradict your own. That is what makes it judgmental.
                  
                  Now that I've answered your question, I will refrain to responding to any other posts of yours that demonstrate this obviously confrontation-seeking nature. May your road be blessed.

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                  scathachwarriorposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                  i hope you realize christianity is completely based off of paganism according to the bible christ would have been born in spring why do you celebrate his birthday in december? because it was a pagan celebration for the coming of the sun

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                     aka-djposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                     I hope you realise you are completely wrong!
                     
                     Indeed many pagan rituals crept into the mainline denominations, such as the RCC.
                     
                     I celebrate my Christianity daily.
                     Do you?

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                        Zelkiiroposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                        No you don't. You celebrate Horus, the son of the god Osiris, who was born in a manger during the winter solstice (December 21st) in ancient Egypt. You also celebrate Dionysus, son of Zeus born to a virgin woman, whose first great act was turning water into wine, could walk on water, and had 12 disciples before being crucified and resurrected by Zeus a few days later.
                        
                        The former came roughly 2500 years before Jesus, the latter about 800 years before.
                        
                        On a side note, you don't fear Satan; you fear Set, who is the originator of evil that set out (tee-hee) to overthrow the almighty god, Ra.

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                           aka-djposted 11 years agoin reply to this

                           I'm glad you have me all figured out!

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   WriteAngledposted 12 years ago

   Sekhmet, the lion-headed of Egypt, wife of Ptah and mother of Nefertum is a beautiful and strong goddess. She is also very good at destroying that which should not exist and as such is excellent in self-transformation work. She was one of the patrons of the medical profession in Egypt, particularly when it involved surgery.
   
   Staying in Egypt, Aset (Isis), who went through many trials to retrieve the coffin and then body parts of Osiris, but also had to be strong in hiding and protecting her baby son from Set.
   
   Another fiery lady is Brigid of the Celts. She shows her strength in blacksmithing, but is also associated with life energy and healing.
   
   The trials of Inanna in her journey through the underworld show the strength and determination that she has to share with her daughers.
   
   In India, Durga riding her tiger is an archetypal mother-protector-warrior.
   
   Em hotep

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   Daniella Lopezposted 12 years ago

   Thanks WriteAngled! I'll definitely be looking up Isis. Thanks for the info.

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   paarsurreyposted 12 years ago

   Pagan gods and goddesses of Strength and Protection
   
   Still with all their strength and protection they could not protect the pagans being massacred at hand of the Christians in Europe.

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   Daniella Lopezposted 12 years ago

   Thank you very much Evylyn. I was beginning to get a little frustrated over the responses to this thread...

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      Evylyn Roseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      No problem. I used to get a lot of those kinds of comments over at my forums. More often than not, they are doing nothing but spreading hate and negativity and acting outside of the beliefs and values they claim to support. Makes me wonder what kind of entity is truly hovering over their shoulders.

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   Evylyn Roseposted 12 years ago

   I've found Athena to be particularly helpful in gathering my strength and harnessing it to tackle the obstacles in my way. Although a mother goddess, Danu has also been a guiding light in times of trouble.
   
   As for Gods, Thor is often recognized for his sheer strength. He could certainly be helpful in terms of physical energy through your difficult time. Another, though I'm not sure how many will agree with me on this one, may be Saturn. Planet-wise we all know Saturn for slicing through excuses and making sure we're doing what we are supposed to. His myths, though, including ruling the Golden Age of humanity. He taught agriculture among other things to take the people out of darkness and into prosperity. He's certainly worth a look into.

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      kittythedreamerposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      If you want to try out some Celtic Goddesses, may I suggest Rhiannon? Read her story, it is truly one of inspirational strength and forgiveness. Also, try out some of the Native American female divinities - Spider Grandmother is a good one. Blessed Be!

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         Daniella Lopezposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks kitty Blessed be!

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   Kiss andTalesposted 11 years ago

   what about the God of the living,The God who causes to become, like yourself, yes there are many  gods in name ,but most of them stand behind a hidden name from acient babylon , The one hidden name is the resister of the true God of all creation. So there is one that is false and one that is true. The one that is false carries many names including the names you have mention. That is why you are trouble ,because the wrong one can not answer you in righteouness. only badness and wickness comes from his worship.

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