Comments on: Mania http://www.goddessaday.com/roman/mania My quest for the ten thousand names of the Goddess. Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:03:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: sabrina http://www.goddessaday.com/roman/mania/comment-page-1#comment-26015 sabrina Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:41:39 +0000 http://www.goddessaday.com/?p=2498#comment-26015 Hi Laurana, A lot of the Roman Gods were "borrowed" from other cultures. Mania was originally worshipped by the Etruscans, who predated the Roman civilization in Italy. My friend Thalia explains it really well in her <a href="http://www.thaliatook.com/OGOD/roman.html" rel="nofollow">Obscure Goddess Online Directory</a>. Basically, as the Romans conquered territories, they integrated the local Gods and Goddesses. That's one thing I really like about the Romans---they didn't waltz in and say "Your Gods are dead, worship ours now"; they said "Hey, Au Set sounds like a really cool Goddess, we'll worship her too (except we're going to change her name to Isis)!" Hi Laurana,
A lot of the Roman Gods were “borrowed” from other cultures. Mania was originally worshipped by the Etruscans, who predated the Roman civilization in Italy. My friend Thalia explains it really well in her Obscure Goddess Online Directory. Basically, as the Romans conquered territories, they integrated the local Gods and Goddesses. That’s one thing I really like about the Romans—they didn’t waltz in and say “Your Gods are dead, worship ours now”; they said “Hey, Au Set sounds like a really cool Goddess, we’ll worship her too (except we’re going to change her name to Isis)!”

]]> By: Laurana Sandlin http://www.goddessaday.com/roman/mania/comment-page-1#comment-25960 Laurana Sandlin Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:21:23 +0000 http://www.goddessaday.com/?p=2498#comment-25960 I am actually studying Mania for a school project. I thought she would be a really cool goddess to research, but I am confused. The paper I read put the greek and roman gods as kind of like the same person. This one doesn't. Can you help me understand? Also I love looking up Gods and Goddesses, even though I believe in one God. They are just really interesting. I am actually studying Mania for a school project. I thought she would be a really cool goddess to research, but I am confused. The paper I read put the greek and roman gods as kind of like the same person. This one doesn’t. Can you help me understand?
Also I love looking up Gods and Goddesses, even though I believe in one God. They are just really interesting.

]]> By: Thalia http://www.goddessaday.com/roman/mania/comment-page-1#comment-19050 Thalia Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:11:33 +0000 http://www.goddessaday.com/?p=2498#comment-19050 Hope you are well; it's been a while since you've posted. Just dropping by to let you know I love this project and that you are a woman after my own heart. Although, I hate to tell you, I suspect She has far more than ten thousand names. Most likely, Her names are infinite. So yeah, you (and me, with my similar obsession with obscure Goddesses) might be here a while! Hope you are well; it’s been a while since you’ve posted. Just dropping by to let you know I love this project and that you are a woman after my own heart. Although, I hate to tell you, I suspect She has far more than ten thousand names. Most likely, Her names are infinite.

So yeah, you (and me, with my similar obsession with obscure Goddesses) might be here a while!

]]> By: Mrs.B. http://www.goddessaday.com/roman/mania/comment-page-1#comment-17990 Mrs.B. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:41:45 +0000 http://www.goddessaday.com/?p=2498#comment-17990 I love reading about goddesses (and gods!) of the dead and underworld. It's too bad so many of them were "turned" into devils and such. I love reading about goddesses (and gods!) of the dead and underworld. It’s too bad so many of them were “turned” into devils and such.

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