Homeric Hymn to Gaia To Gaia, mother of all, shall I sing:The o
Homeric Hymn to Gaia To Gaia, mother of all, shall I sing:The oldest one, firm foundation of all the world.All things that move over the face of the earth,All things that move through the sea, and all that fly:All these are fed and nourished from your store;From you all children and all good harvests come forth,O blessed one, our mother earth. O blessed one, mother of all mankind,The giver of life and the taker of life away,For mortal men, happy are those you honour:Your fertile earth yields up riches to satisfy all their needs;Their cities and their homes are filled with all good things;Well-ordered lives of men and women you bless:Good fortune is theirs.Their children sing for joy and delight,Exulting in their youth, they dance through the flowers;And over the grass they dance for joy.It is you who bless, it is you who nourish,Sacred spirit, mother earth. Be well, be well, mother earth,Lovely bride of starry heaven, of starry heaven;And for my song grant me life both full and long.It is you who bless, it is you who nourish,Sacred spirit, mother earth, our blessed mother earth.I shall remember you, and another song too.- Translation by Alec Roth (X) Image: Central part of a large floor mosaic from a Roman villa in Sentinum (now known as Sassoferrato, in Marche, Italy), ca. 200–250 C.E. Aion, the god of eternity, is standing inside a celestial sphere decorated with zodiac signs, in between a green tree and a bare tree (summer and winter, respectively). Sitting in front of him is the mother-earth goddess, Tellus (the Roman counterpart of Gaia) with her four children, who possibly represent the four seasons.Photo by: Bibi Saint-Pol, 2007-02-08, via Wikimedia Commons (X). Image license: Public Domain. I fiddled with the colors and enhanced the fruit in the hair of some of the figures. Earth Day blessings! -- source link
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