Athena

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Athena

The original ATHENA was the essence of the family bond, symbolized by the home and hearth – and by the mild serpent who, like a household cat, lived in the storehouse and protected the family’s food supplies against destructive rodents. As household goddess, Athena ruled the implements of domestic crafts: the spindle, the pot and the loom. By extrapalation, she was the guardian of the ruler’s home, the goddess of the palace – a symbol of the community itself, the larger social unit based on countless homes.
She is often depicted as a warrior and protector of the tribe – thereto the shield, arrows/quiver and owl or hawk depicted upon sculptures, glyphs and reliefs of her likeness.
This is a photograph of Athena, from Ceasar’s Palace Mall in Las Vegas, Nevada (taken many years ago) – it has been manipulated in photoshop7.
This is for the Divine Feminine “Oh my Goddess” challenge ~ Athena is probably the goddess that I most associate with, besides Lilith.

ATHENA

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Athena by tkrosevear
  • coppertrees

    coppertrees

    Fantastic TK love the blue

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks sis, the original background was just too dreary ;) xoxox

  • MyheART

    MyheART

    wonderful sis…..those are my favorite blues…:)

  • tkrosevear replied

    yes, my sister – I know and love this about you and your heART ;) xoxox

  • MoonSpiral

    MoonSpiral

    Wow, I love what you did with her!! So healing with all that blue, and I absolutely did not know that Athena was once associated with the home and hearth….funny how she was later turned into such a masculine goddess.

  • tkrosevear replied

    there are so many versions of most goddess stories, I always seem to find the most elusive of them…glad you like her sis ;) xoxox

  • Alison Pearce

    Alison Pearce

    Magnificent work Tammy!!

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so much my beautiful sis ;) xoxox

  • Emma Wertheim

    Emma Wertheim

    This is incredible! Funny – Athena keeps popping up for me at the moment – it’s like everywhere I turn there is something about Athena! xx

  • tkrosevear replied

    she is certainly a powerful force and energetic to contend with my friend…deep wisdom ahead for you to process, I am sure ;) xoxoxo love to you Emma

  • Erhan OZBIYIK

    Erhan OZBIYIK

    Wonderful blue, wonderful work Sister !!!

  • tkrosevear replied

    thank you so much my brother ;) xoxoxox

  • cherylc1

    cherylc1

    OHHHH STUNNING!!

  • tkrosevear replied

    thank you kindly my beautiful sis ;) xoxox

  • calves

    calves

    FANTASTIC work Tammy!!!

  • tkrosevear replied

    thank you very much Claudia ;) xoxox

  • Emma Wertheim

    Emma Wertheim

    ....xxxxxx :) x

  • tkrosevear replied

    ;) xoxox

  • Evita

    Evita

    Fabulous work!!! :D
    (by my birth date of Athena is my goddess sign!)

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks Evita, do you know who the goddess sign would be for October??? xoxox

  • cougarfan

    cougarfan

    Beautiful Work Sweetie:))))))))))))xoxoxox

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks ever so much Trena ;) xoxox

  • Evita

    Evita

    I need the day as well… no the year… xoxo :D

  • tkrosevear replied

    sorry Evita, was having dinner ;) xoxox 10/18

  • Evita

    Evita

    Ok… From the 1st of October to the 21st …the Goddess sign is Venus… from 22nd of October to the 31st the sign Goddess is Bast … xoxox

  • tkrosevear replied

    So, mine is Venus – big surprise since she is also my planet ~ thanks so much for answering that for me ;) xoxox

  • Sally Omar

    Sally Omar

    Gorgeous…absolutely Gorgeous!!!!!!!!! xoxoxoxo

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so much Sally ;) xoxox

  • fullcirclemandalas

    fullcirclemand...

    Good one sis! xoxoxo

  • tkrosevear replied

    thank you my beautiful sister ;) xoxox

  • Carol Berliner

    Carol Berliner

    AMAAAAAAZING WONDERFUL WORK TAMMY! I LUV IT!

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks ever so much Carol ;) xoxox

  • WayoftheWarrior

    WayoftheWarrior

    Awesome

  • tkrosevear replied

    thank you Tony ;) xoxox

  • Jewd

    Jewd

    Warrior Goddess floating in the fires of ether…beautiful intense blue…x

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks Jewd, love that BLUE ;) xoxox

  • Earthmonster

    Earthmonster

    I am a destructive rodent and I am shaking at the sight of her. :)

  • tkrosevear replied

    Ahh, but one of my favorite kinds of rodents ;) xoxoxoxoxoxoxox

  • Rosalie Scanlon

    Rosalie Scanlon

    Excellent piece Tammy, nice story of the image.

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so very much Rosalie ;) xoxox

  • Larry Davis

    Larry Davis

    She can fire one of her arrows into my heart anytime…...
    She looks brilliant sis.
    And I love your choice of color.

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks bro, but I think she already has…love ya ;) xoxox

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    wow stunning !! xxx

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks sis ;) xoxox

  • Dawnsky2

    Dawnsky2

    wow,,this is beautiful :)

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so very much Laura ;) xoxox

  • liesbeth

    liesbeth

    Beautifull tammy, the blue is amazing.. ;) xx

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so much liesbeth, was just admiring your Hestia ;) xoxox guess we are going Greek ;) xoxox

  • mrscarlotta

    mrscarlotta

    You are truely amazing my gorgeous Sis, love the color of this one xxxxxxxxxxxx

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so much sis ;) xoxox love ya

  • solareclips~Julie Alexander

    solareclips~Ju...

    Stunning work TK!!

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so much Julie ;) xoxox

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    great job

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so much Antanas ;) xoxox

  • kevinmawson

    kevinmawson

    Beautiful work, Love the blue!

    km.

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks very much kevin, nice to meet you ;) xoxox TK

  • DevineDayDreams

    DevineDayDreams

    This is VERY beautiful!!!!! Love the blue color of Mary, very elegant and feminine!! (something is not OK with my watchlist, I am missing out on alot of nitifications! :( )

  • tkrosevear replied

    no worries D, thanks hon ;) xoxox

  • MoonSpiral

    MoonSpiral

  • tkrosevear replied

    WooHoo, thanks so much Tammy and those who voted for her ;) xoxox

  • Polly Peacock

    Polly Peacock

    Aha – this is one that I missed…Beautifully done as always Tammy, with an awesome writeup as well! FAAAAAAAAAANTAAAAAAAAAAAAAASTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!!! xoxo!! :)

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks very much Polly, she is an archetype that I have favored most of my life ;) xoxox

  • Solomon Walker

    Solomon Walker

    the colour treatment for this is really creative, so regal, so gorgeous, bringing back life this ancient goddess and protector….

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so much Solomon, I am quite partial to those cobalt blues ~ lovely to see you my friend ;) xoxox

  • DalunE Khoang

    DalunE Khoang

    Congrats on the feature in The Divine Feminine.Strong and powerful image.Great work!The blue is glowing across the globe!

  • tkrosevear replied

    thanks so much Dalune, she’s one of my fave goddesses ;) xoxox

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