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Aphrodite
Aphrodite or Venus – the goddess of love. Her name has become synonymous with Love and Beauty, and to this day, artists embody in them their idea of Beauty.
In ancient myths, the image of Aphrodite is not so romantic. According to one of the earlier versions, it came from the blood of the insulated Crown of Uranus, which fell into the sea and formed foam. This myth traces the primordial principle of Aphrodite, not so much the goddess of love, as the patroness of childbirth, the sea, eternal spring and life, which gives abundance. It is much more ancient than the god-ruler Zeus, it is the giver of life. Simultaneously with it, from the blood of Uranus, erinias and giants, personifying the terrible impulses of the unconscious, appeared. Continue reading