Tag: ChthonicThursday

Among the Gnomes: Introduction

Who has ever occupied himself seriously with the investigation of the “night-side of Nature,” or studied the works of Theophrastus Paracelsus, and not become acquainted with the celebrated “Untersberg” (the “mountain of the lower world”) and its mysterious inhabitants, the fairies and gnomes? Like a gigantic outpost of the Austrian Alps, this snow-capped wing of […]

#ChthonicThursday: Ninpumuna, Goddess of Salt

Ninpumuna was a deity from Mesopotamian mythology, associated explicitly with salt springs. Her name translates to “mistress of the salt spring,” and she is primarily recognized as a goddess linked to these natural features and possibly the underworld. She is mentioned in contexts related to offerings and rituals, often alongside other deities associated with the […]