Goddess of Waters

20x20 Acrylic on Canvas
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Absolutely one of a kind. She is known as the Syrian goddess Atargatis.
Atargatis was Syrian goddess of the moon, feminine powers and waters. She was worshiped 4000-3000 years ago in ancient Assyria and later on all over Mediterranean.

Water is the element of emotions. Atargatis went through a transformation because of a broken heart. Still to this day images of mermaids contain the same elements which goddess Atargatis possess. Healing powers of water, beauty that can not be hidden, magic of womanhood and connections to the moon, waves and emotions.
  
Ancient mythology states, Atargatis fell in love to a mortal shepherd called Hadad and they had a daughter called Semiramis. Semiramis later on became queen of Assyria. She was most well -known for creating the famous hanging gardens of Babylonia.

Atargatis accidentally caused the death of Hadad. She could not live with her guilt and drowned herself into a lake near Ascalon. Waters however could not hide her beauty and she was saved by the water and transformed into a mermaid. A woman with a tail of a fish. Story of Atargatis is one of the first mermaid stories ever told. 🧜🏼‍♀️

Atargatis went to Zeus, and asked him to put the symbol of the fish into the stars to show her gratitude to the ones who saved her life. And this, some legends say, is how the constellation of Pisces came to be. 🐠