Iris, the winged messenger of gods
- we can find a paralell in Ugaritic mythology ... The
sun-goddess Shapash was the messenger of Ba'al, as "The
Torch of Gods". The figure of a goddess of Fire and
Sun remind me Hestia, keeper of the Sacred hearth. Although being Zeus's
sister, this goddess had pale role in Greek Myths. At Hekatonesia
island, Iris was equated to Hekate, and
like her sher was depicted bearing torches, so we have a closed
circle. Would be HESTIA, IRIS and HEKATE different faces of the same
goddess?
UGARITIC / GREEK
Ba'al / Zeus
Yamm / Poseidaon
Attrt (Yamm's consort) / Amphitrite or
Aphrodite
Mot / Hades and Typhon
Shapash / Iris-Hekate-Hestia
Anat / Athena
El / Kronos
Joao SL
Rio de Janeiro