A New World Monument to Mithras - Old News documentary

1991:351). Perseus was known as the new sun of spring (Sesti 1991: 221). He was
often aided by Athena the Moon Goddess during his many labors. Zeus promised
Heracles he could rule the House of Perseus, (Graves Vol. 2,1960:86).
Sesti says Hercules is Ruler of the Zodiac as was Mithras (1991: 351). He kills a
bull and conquers Cerberus the dog of Hades. Cerberus and Anubis were both dogs
connected with the dead (Graves Vol. 2, 1966:154). Hercules is the Babylonian
Marduk, whose predecessor was Bel, (Graves, Vol. 1, 1960:244).
Mother Goddess:
The Great Mother Goddess is known by a
number of names, and she has been known in
some form world wide. The identification of the
female figure in Cave 1 came to us in a very
circuitous way. Initially we learned of a Chinese
constellation known as Weaver Maid, or Chi Nu
(McGlone et al. 1993:163). The works of
Mallory and Mair (2000) and Snow (2002) were
quite helpful in understanding much of her story.
In her work Snow (2002) traces the threads
tying the Chinese & Indo-European goddesses
of the dawn and weaving with her starry
embodiments in the constellations Lyra, Aquila
and Cygnus. The goddess’ lore placing them
among the stars, the associated myths
regarding their activities and even the meanings
of their names link them together.
The Chinese Weaver Maid, Chi Nu, is
represented in the sky by the star Vega of the
constellation Lyra. Her lover is an Oxherd
located at Aquila with the Milky Way between
them. Chi Nu is a goddess of light and she
harmonizes the forces of night and day. She
weaves the colors of the sky and star patterns.
That is to say she weaves a cloth with many
colors and asterisms which she drapes across
the sky (Snow 2002:3, 12, 37). A Chinese poet writes of the wonders of the Milky Way
and refers to Chi Nu as made of rosy dawn-light, dimpled with stars (Snow 2002:24).
Like the goddess Hera (Leach 1972:491) she is considered the, “...patroness of
marriage, typifying the unending longing of love.” (Snow 2002:6). She is also equated
with Eos and Aurora (Snow 2002:3).
Eos is the goddess of Dawn and the mother of the winds which are beneficial to
man (Bonnefoy Vol. 1,1991:510). She is also known as Aurora sister of Helios (sun)
and Selene (moon) “...lover of many handsome men” (Leach 1972:345). Eos was
portrayed as, “The rosy-fingered dawn, who at the close of each night appeared in her
golden chariot to proclaim the coming of her brother Helios, the sun.”, (Eliot 1976:72).
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Figure 24. Akahita/Anahita as one devotee
wished to represent her ca 2000 BCE. From the
Ashkabad Museum of History. © Ida Jane
Gallagher.