Any Anons familiar with Syrian Mythology?
So I spotted these sculptures in one of Rusty Shackleford’s drone videos. They are two different sculptures of the same mythical creature.
The sculptures caught my eye because I’d never seen a centaur with a fish tail. grabs shovel
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THE IKHTHYOKENTAUROI (Ichthyocentaurs) were a pair of centaurine sea-gods with the upper bodies of men, the lower fore-quarters of horses, and the serpentine tails of fish. Their brows were crowned with a pair of lobster-claw horns.
The fish-centaurs were named Bythos (Sea-Depths) and Aphros (Sea-Foam). They were brothers of the wise kentauros Kheiron (centaur Chiron) and like him were perhaps regarded as wise teachers.
The sea-centaurs were probably derived from the Fish-Deities of Syrian mythology which carried Astarte ashore after her birth. These were placed amongst the stars as the constellation Pisces.
https://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Ikhthyokentauroi.html
‘’’Astarte is the Syrian version of Aphrodite’’’
Astarte, also known as D, the ancient Phoenician great goddess of fertility, motherhood, and war, is the counterpart of the Babylonian goddess Ishtar.
According to legend Astarte descended to earth as a fiery star, landing near Byblos in a lake at Alphaca, the site where the original Tammuz is said to have died.
The Phoenicians portrayed Astarte with cow horns, representing fertility. The Assyrians and Babylonians pictured her caressing a child. She was associated with the moon and called the Mother of the Universe, giver of all live on Earth. She ruled all spirits of the dead residing in heaven, visible from earth as stars; hence came her name Astroarche, “Queen of the Stars.”
She was called the mother of souls in heaven, the Moon surrounded by her star-children, to whom she gave their “astral” (starry) bodies. Occultists still refer to the astral body as the invisible double, without remembering the term’s original connotation of starlight.
Her other counterparts are Isis, Hathor of Egypt, Kali of India, and Aphrodite and Demeter of Greece. However, the mother goddess in the Ras Shamra texts appears as Anat, Athirat, and Athtart, or Astrate.
Anat, the consort and sister of Baal, the most active Canaanite god, was called the “lady of the mountain,” and it was through the flattery of El that Baal was allowed to build a house on Saphon, a mountain situated in
‘’’“the sides of the north.”’’’
In spite of her maiden and mother titles Anat was an aggressive goddess who slew Baal enemies, waded in the blood of her human victims, and desired to possess Aqhat’s bow.
‘’’Astarte was a beautiful goddess as well as a dangerous one.’’’
Astarte’s name was first recorded about 1478 BC, but her cult was firmly established by then. The cult spread westward from Phoenicia into Greece, Rome, and as far as the British Isles.
‘’’Prophets of the Old Testament condemned her worship because it included sexual rituals, and sacrifices of firstborn children and newborn animals to her.’’’
https://www.themystica.com/astarte/
What’s in the north building on Little Saint James island?
More images to come. Will link to this post.