Whenever I’ve encounter the word “Maji Grail”, it makes me think of the Beloved, Maju, or shall I say the consort of the Basque Goddess Mari. Among Mari’s many titles she was known as Ma-Ya, ‘the Lady of Life’, or Ma.
The Goddess of Pagan Basque Pantheon, Mari (Queen) ruled thunder and wind, and personified the earth itself. She may also appear as a sun or a rainbow, and her thunderweapon is a sickle. She was believed to have a special association with the weather (Sun, Rain, Rainbow, Thunder). Her consort, Maju, was a thunder god. Maju usually appears in the form of a serpent (actually a dragon), an analog of the ancient Water-Keeping Serpent.
To support my claim of Maju being a Dragon; Herensuge is the name for a mythical dragon in the Basque language. In Basque mythology, dragons appear sparingly, sometimes with seven heads. Herensuge often also appear in the form of a serpent and the god Maju/Sugaar is associated with the Dragon.
When the Basque were Christianised, Mari and Maju had been demoted to the level of evil spirit.
Since the beginning of time a magical lady called Mari has lived in the Basque mountains. When she is inside the caves, Mari can take the form of different animals but when she goes outside she turns into the most beautiful lady, with long golden hair and dressed in red and gold. She often travels across the sky as a fireball or as a blazing crescent going from one mountain peak to another. Sometimes Her chariot is being pulled by four white horses and other times, She is seen riding a white ram. Mari has many homes on the high mountain summits and deep within the caves below.
In the Pyrenees she was Mari the eternal spirit of the land; in Syria she was Aphrodite-Mari; and in Asia she was Maya, maker of the world. In Celtic tradition she encompassed all three fates, or Morerae, who spin the past, the present and the future as the Kāla Weaver. She might also be related to the Goddess Brigid.
She is linked with the Mother of Justice and Truth, Maat, derived through the universal mother-syllable Ma. In Egypt this also meant ‘to see’, and it was shown in hieroglyphics as an Eye. It is believed that the Goddess Mari had large, strong eyes that could see deep into the human soul. The Goddess’s ability to see and known all things became a terrifying concept in patriarchal times, and her mystical eye was turned into the ‘evil eye’.
Hebrew Mari has long been a title of initiation across the world for female shamans who were often distinguished by their blue robes.
To support my claim; as a woman of fire or as a thunderbolt, Mari legends revere Her as a prophetess and oracle. She is said to rule over sorcery and divination. She upholds the law code and is known to punish anyone who is guilty of lying and stealing. She condemns pride and boasting and ensures a high level of moral conduct.
Mari was known as the goddess of the Healing Sun as the Torch or Light of the Gods. She is the “woman clothed with the sun,” pregnant with the Cosmic child, who appeared as a “great wonder in Heaven”. The Buddhists called her Mari, the “Sun of Happiness.” Mari is, of course, the same as the goddess with the Shugurra helmet.
According to Sumerian myth, Mari rescued this Tree of Life from the world flood and planted it in her garden at Mari where it became her Axis of Love. This Tree was a ladder connecting the underworld with Earth and the heavens, in other words it bonded Heaven and Earth. Her husband Maju (Yama), a serpent, lived in this pillar. The Serpent refer to Wisdom/Knowledge which is the Sefira Da’ath on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. Mari/Maya was worshipped along with her serpent-husband Maju/Ya-Ma, whose name is Ma-Ya in reverse. Yama means ‘twin’.
In temple depictions Mari is pictured holding these two serpents wound around a rod. It is easily identified as the caduceus, the symbol was the logo of a priesthood of Therapeutate, or physicians of the soul. This was also the symbol for her son, “the Lord of the Key of Life.”
Mari had a companion, an equal, who accompanied her, always and still does, forever will. His name Maju (Yama or Sugaar). With the advent of Christianity, he became ever more associated with evil, as the temptation serpent on the Tree of Life.
It is believed that Maju, flies across the sky in the shape of a sickle or a crescent of fire and is usually the harbinger of storms (in his thunder God, he might also be associated with Indra). In some places, he is said to be made of pure fire, with no head or tail. In others, he takes the form of lightning. Thus, though he often takes the form of fire or lightning, his true form is of a serpent or dragon. He is a Solar Cosmic Dragon – Divine Consort of his Beloved, Mari.
He is the FIRE of GOD; for Fiery, he is also the SUN. To support my claim; the name Sugaar is derived from suge (serpent) and -ar (male), thus "male serpent". The suggestions of a formation based on su (fire) and gar (flame), thus yielding "flame of fire".
Overall; Mari was regarded as a primary deity of life as expressed through the changing weather and her role as bestower of law. Her consort, Maji, a serpent-deity whom we relate to the Blue God (or the Green Man). She is the mother of twins, one good and the other evil. Mari-Maji was known as an androgynous figure – the merge of feminine and masculine principles.
© Ostarel
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The Goddess of Pagan Basque Pantheon, Mari (Queen) ruled thunder and wind, and personified the earth itself. She may also appear as a sun or a rainbow, and her thunderweapon is a sickle. She was believed to have a special association with the weather (Sun, Rain, Rainbow, Thunder). Her consort, Maju, was a thunder god. Maju usually appears in the form of a serpent (actually a dragon), an analog of the ancient Water-Keeping Serpent.
To support my claim of Maju being a Dragon; Herensuge is the name for a mythical dragon in the Basque language. In Basque mythology, dragons appear sparingly, sometimes with seven heads. Herensuge often also appear in the form of a serpent and the god Maju/Sugaar is associated with the Dragon.
When the Basque were Christianised, Mari and Maju had been demoted to the level of evil spirit.
Since the beginning of time a magical lady called Mari has lived in the Basque mountains. When she is inside the caves, Mari can take the form of different animals but when she goes outside she turns into the most beautiful lady, with long golden hair and dressed in red and gold. She often travels across the sky as a fireball or as a blazing crescent going from one mountain peak to another. Sometimes Her chariot is being pulled by four white horses and other times, She is seen riding a white ram. Mari has many homes on the high mountain summits and deep within the caves below.
In the Pyrenees she was Mari the eternal spirit of the land; in Syria she was Aphrodite-Mari; and in Asia she was Maya, maker of the world. In Celtic tradition she encompassed all three fates, or Morerae, who spin the past, the present and the future as the Kāla Weaver. She might also be related to the Goddess Brigid.
She is linked with the Mother of Justice and Truth, Maat, derived through the universal mother-syllable Ma. In Egypt this also meant ‘to see’, and it was shown in hieroglyphics as an Eye. It is believed that the Goddess Mari had large, strong eyes that could see deep into the human soul. The Goddess’s ability to see and known all things became a terrifying concept in patriarchal times, and her mystical eye was turned into the ‘evil eye’.
Hebrew Mari has long been a title of initiation across the world for female shamans who were often distinguished by their blue robes.
To support my claim; as a woman of fire or as a thunderbolt, Mari legends revere Her as a prophetess and oracle. She is said to rule over sorcery and divination. She upholds the law code and is known to punish anyone who is guilty of lying and stealing. She condemns pride and boasting and ensures a high level of moral conduct.
Mari was known as the goddess of the Healing Sun as the Torch or Light of the Gods. She is the “woman clothed with the sun,” pregnant with the Cosmic child, who appeared as a “great wonder in Heaven”. The Buddhists called her Mari, the “Sun of Happiness.” Mari is, of course, the same as the goddess with the Shugurra helmet.
According to Sumerian myth, Mari rescued this Tree of Life from the world flood and planted it in her garden at Mari where it became her Axis of Love. This Tree was a ladder connecting the underworld with Earth and the heavens, in other words it bonded Heaven and Earth. Her husband Maju (Yama), a serpent, lived in this pillar. The Serpent refer to Wisdom/Knowledge which is the Sefira Da’ath on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. Mari/Maya was worshipped along with her serpent-husband Maju/Ya-Ma, whose name is Ma-Ya in reverse. Yama means ‘twin’.
In temple depictions Mari is pictured holding these two serpents wound around a rod. It is easily identified as the caduceus, the symbol was the logo of a priesthood of Therapeutate, or physicians of the soul. This was also the symbol for her son, “the Lord of the Key of Life.”
Mari had a companion, an equal, who accompanied her, always and still does, forever will. His name Maju (Yama or Sugaar). With the advent of Christianity, he became ever more associated with evil, as the temptation serpent on the Tree of Life.
It is believed that Maju, flies across the sky in the shape of a sickle or a crescent of fire and is usually the harbinger of storms (in his thunder God, he might also be associated with Indra). In some places, he is said to be made of pure fire, with no head or tail. In others, he takes the form of lightning. Thus, though he often takes the form of fire or lightning, his true form is of a serpent or dragon. He is a Solar Cosmic Dragon – Divine Consort of his Beloved, Mari.
He is the FIRE of GOD; for Fiery, he is also the SUN. To support my claim; the name Sugaar is derived from suge (serpent) and -ar (male), thus "male serpent". The suggestions of a formation based on su (fire) and gar (flame), thus yielding "flame of fire".
Overall; Mari was regarded as a primary deity of life as expressed through the changing weather and her role as bestower of law. Her consort, Maji, a serpent-deity whom we relate to the Blue God (or the Green Man). She is the mother of twins, one good and the other evil. Mari-Maji was known as an androgynous figure – the merge of feminine and masculine principles.
© Ostarel
N.B: You are very welcome to share any of my posts - however I ask that you please don't copy and paste them. I’d appreciate attribution and sharing my post in its entirety. Thank you.