The egyptians venerated the hare because of its swiftness and keen senses. Death in the ladies goddess club is a riveting noir crime thriller with more surprises than even novelist joan bargained for. Who was ishtar, and is there any connection between ishtar. Proserpina was subsumed by the cult of libera, an ancient fertility goddess, wife of liber and is also considered a lifedeathrebirth deity. Sandra sandie crisp born johnnie baima on january, 1960, also known by her stage name the goddess bunny, is an american entertainer, drag queen, actress, and model. The class clambered to the front of the classroom to sit in our little circle and have story time.
So, a good case can be made that the easter bunny is not christian at all. Sandra sandie crisp born november 25, 1960, also known by her stage name the goddess bunny, is an american entertainer, drag queen, actress, and model. If you need to talk to your children about death, and are looking for a little support, you should check out some childrens books that help kids understand death. Sandie crisp, aka goddess bunny grants an interview at her home in inglewood, calif. Although the christian festival of easter celebrates the torture and death of jesus on a cross and, especially, his alleged resurrection, and has links to the jewish passover, most people, including christians, unknowingly celebrate its pagan influences, including the bunny, a symbol of fertility, and colored eggs, representing. The easter bunny has been known since ancient times for its fertility symbol for the beginning of spring. Learn more about the real meaning of easter including the history and holiday symbols. The list contains goddess names from many different areas of mythology including. A counterculture icon, crisp has worked with famous artists such as marilyn manson and joel peter witkin. If youve seen the original video of the godesss bunny dancer and thought that creeped you out, you aint seen. Chato stewart has a mission, to draw and use humor as a positive tool to live, to cope with the debilitating effects symptoms of mental illness. To celebrate a new edition of his worldweary rabbits, weve teamed up with hodder and stoughton to bring you a selection of. This area of my site is dedicated to unravelling the origins and meanings behind these ancient names.
Germanic people look up at the goddess from the realm below. She also considers northern european funeral rites and how they help us understand the roles of the goddess. Death in the ladies goddess club julian leatherdale. All fourteen of us were taken to the execution room. There is no doubt that the church in its early days adopted the old pagan customs and gave a christian meaning to them. Apr 10, 2017 as the people resettled in new lands, they took their pagan worship with them. Mar 31, 2018 when we think of easter, the easter bunny is a main topic for festivity and play.
Take good care of it or you could find yourself owning death a very large favor. Mostly the film consists of several interviews with bunny. She was the daughter of ceres, goddess of agriculture and crops and jupiter, the god of sky and thunder. Queen semiramis came to be known as ostera an anglosaxon goddess who symbolized the rebirth of the day and new life in the spring, astarte phoenician goddess of the moon, eastre, and ashtaroth or ashtoreth the wife of baal and the queen of heaven. The very strange history of the easter bunny ancient origins. Is the easter bunny an abomination before the lord. Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of jesus from the tomb on the third day after his cruxifixion.
I did get a kick out of some of the frames with books, movies, and other cultural references. Another version of ostara also found in norse mythology is the goddess freyja who is associated with love, sex, beauty, fertility, gold, war and death. Davidson points out that when we sentimentalize the goddess. In ancient egypt, the rabbit, or hare, was the goddess wenet. Goddess bunny a creepy video, in which a transvestite dressed in a little girl with incredibly thin limbs and a hypnotic look tries to dance something like a tap.
Easter, ishtar, ashtarte, and other evil traditions. The commemoration of jesus death has nothing to do with the pagan feast, easter. This book turned us all into little book loving zombies and we were desperate for more. You have been very bad children trying to escape, he said. Casts goddess series, between goddess of the sea, and goddess of light, and retells a myth you are likely familiar with, illuminating it. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Oct 19, 2011 sandie crisp, aka goddess bunny grants an interview at her home in inglewood, calif. First let me say, if this book interests you check out atwaters earlier version, the secret language of the runes which is much better. Crisp is transgender and was born stricken with polio and was subject to the malpractice of multiple doctors resulting in the further disfigurement of her body.
The earliest reference to an eggtoting easter bunny can be found in a late 16thcentury german text 1572. Andy riley has been sending cartoon bunnies to their death since 2003. Little fluffy rabbits who just dont want to live anymore books of the bunny suicides series riley, andy on. Its head is round and somewhat oval, its ears are like ice cream popsicles almost entirely, one has a red interior although sometimes in its designs it is shaded black above and the other has instead a scar stitched with 2 points, his body is oval rectangular sometimes more in some designs and in the. We see bunny off and on stage, where she lip syncs, as well in her movie appearances. Pepper has gone all out in creating this sparkling mirage, too beautiful to be true. Apr 16, 2017 the goddess flies through the heavens surrounded by romaninspired putti, beams of light, and animals, including a rabbit. Bloody bunny is the titular main protagonist of the youtube series of the same name. Shes a member of the vanir tribe of deities, but became an honorary member of the aesir gods after the aesirvanir war. One story about the easter bunny, which you often encounter on the internet, says that the idea goes back to pagan, prechristian europe, when a rabbit or hare was a companion to a pagan fertility goddess. Goddess names are found in all of our ancient cultures. Answers the goddess bunny rabbit goddess, born johnnie baima january, 1960 in santa monica usa, also known as sandy crisp sandy crisp and obedece has morsa obey the morse on the internet, is a drag queen and film actress known in the us2 underground1 environment.
She is featured in the epic of gilgamesh, and the ishtar gate was part of nebuchadnezzars babylon. The video is accompanied by a reversed turned upsidedown music, which enhances the scary effect. Her symbols like the egg and bunny were and still are fertility and sex symbols or. The goddess bunny is a 1994 american documentary directed by nick bougas, which is about the life of a drag queen named sandie crisp, also known as the goddess bunny, and born johnnie baima. The goddess of fertility in northern europe before the coming of the christians was eostre,notes butler. The american book of days well describes the origin of easter. Freya old norse freyja, lady is one of the preeminent goddesses in norse mythology. I feared this may be the end of the line for most if not all of us. Goddess names and their meanings the goddess guide. This one is basically a version that has been reworked to appeal to the teenage wiccan fluffy bunny crowd complete with overly dramatic language, emphasis on near death experiences, and arguements saying the whole world once worshipped a great goddess. Finally, she examines the goddess as mistress of life and death, writing of her role as healer and in the realm of death.
The film also explores the life of baima, mainly focusing on her transition into a woman, as well as her battle with polio as a child. The goddess isles is an erotic story set in an exotic location, titillating and promising, thrilling and euphoric. Oct 18, 2007 andy riley has been sending cartoon bunnies to their death since 2003. The goddess of easter and the resurrection of the christ. Apr 09, 2017 the goddess who could see three ways simultaneously and use the light to change the illusion. The rabbit in particular animal plays a large part in the lunar mythology and its symbolism, and its association with the moon is not as simple as we think. Unlocked by purchasing one of voltaires sleezter bunee toys from.
Celtic, egyptian, nordic, hindu, roman and sumerian goddesses. Who was ishtar, and is there any connection between ishtar and easter. Goddess bunny is a 90 minute documentary about the goddess bunny, a gay transvestite hoping to be transgendered at the time of the filming underground entertainer and model who is also a polio victim. Dawn of the bunny suicides by andy riley goodreads. Happy easter my beloved brostars and sistars, blessings of the goddess eastre, blessings of spring to my northern hemispheric family and blessings of the autumn for the southerners. In his book titled the reckoning of time, bede stated that in april, the anglo saxons held feasts in the honor of eostre, but this tradition gradually faded with the dawning of christianity and christian festivals. German and english words for easter would moreover be traced back to the ancient pagan germanic goddess of fertility. Death s very own bunny pet prefers to hop through life with you. Johnnie baima aka the goddess bunny was struck by polio and severely abused as a boy. If you havent met her, allow me to introduce you to. She is an actress, known for hollywood vice squad 1986, the three trials 2006 and scumbag 2017.
Ishtar was an ancient mesopotamian goddess of war, fertility, and sex. She was the great mother goddess of the saxon people in northern europe. She was believed to be the goddess of fertility and rebirth. Easter eggs and the easter bunny both featured largely in the spring festivals of the goddess. The hares form was also taken by other deities who had associations with the otherworld. Licensed to youtube by the orchard music on behalf of apache, and 3 music rights societies.