| Nu Kua |
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| ancient Chinese Dragon Goddess |
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| dragon creatress |
The creator goddess of ancient China made the first human beings
from yellow clay. At first, she carefully molded them. At length, finding this too tedious, Nu Kua just dipped a rope into
slip-like clay and shook it so that drops splattered onto the ground. Thus were two types of beings born: from the molded
figures, nobles; from the clay drops, peasants.
Later this serpent-bodied goddess quelled a rebellion against the
heavenly order and, when the dying rebel chief shook heaven's pillars out of alignment, she restored order by melting multicolored
stones to rebuild the blue sky. Finding other problems on earth, Nu Kua set about correcting them: she cut off the toes of
a giant tortoise and used them to mark the compass's points; she burned reeds into ashes, using them to dam the flooding rivers.
She also concerned herself with the chaos of human relations, and established rites of marriage so that children would be
raised well. Order restored, Nu Kua retreated to the distant sky--her domain and her attribute.
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gratefully quoted from Patricia Monaghan's
The New Book of Goddesses and
Heroines
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Cultures in the east have never adopted the Roman calendar.
Their calendar follows the cycles of nature by combining the 5 elements with 12 different animals. The Mayans also have
devised calenders that align with natural cycles. One of the Mayan calendars maps a 26,000 long count that's divided
into five 'suns'. On Winter Solstice, 2012, the Fourth Sun will end and the Mayan Fifth Sun begins. According
to the Chinese & Tibetan calendars, January 23, 2012 begins the year of the WATER DRAGON ! The Mayan elders
in Guatemala are very aware of life out of balance as they examine the escalating Global Warming crisis around the
Earth. The elders question whether or not humanity will actually reach the year 2012? Nu Kua,
the ancient Dragon Goddess has experience with restoring order to life out of balance. The year 2012 promises to give
her an opportunity to slay a few old dragons of the patriarchal paradigm that's been dishonouring the Sacred Feminine and
the Earth Mother for far too long!
| DYHANI YWAHOO T'slagi & Buddhist spiritual teacher |
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| ^^click photo to learn more about Dyhani |
Dyhani Ywahoo is a contemporary Cherokee who traces her lineage
to a past lifetime as an exhalted Tibetan holy person. At a young age, her grandparents recognized her as a holy woman
and subsequently groomed her for a very esteemed role. Dyhani writes about 'Uk-kuk-a-duk'
or 'Ukdena', the great dragons who used to protect this land (Turtle Island), who have now moved into another dimension.
"The connection between these dragons and the mind of humans is significant for our understanding in these changing times.
The dragons were energy moving in the wave pattern of Earth's energy. They used to follow the will of the great
medicine people who, with certain crystals, would call them to turn aside dangerous activity and thus protect the people.
The meidicne people became too few to give them proper guidance, and the dragons became weaker and weaker; many were
tied into the mountains, and the intelligent ones vibrated themselves into another dimension. The last dragon was seen
in the Smoky Mountains in the 1700s.
Basically, the dragon is the uconscious of all nations,
the untamed energies of anger and fear, waiting to be called into the light of clear thought. Until people awaken to
their own minds, the dragon appears to be dangerous; when emotions are tamed, the dragon becomes a winged angelic being."
text from Voices
of Our Ancestors: Cherokee Teachings from the Wisdom Fire (1987)
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