The Goddess Divine Podcast

Beneath the green hills of what is now Somerset, England, a wound in the earth has been pouring out scalding, mineral-red water for over ten thousand years. Long before Rome ever set a sandal on British soil, the people who lived beside that wound believed a goddess lived inside it, one who could heal a dying body and curse a thief's soul in the same breath. Her name was Sulis. 
In this episode, we descend into the sacred spring at Aquae Sulis to meet a goddess of sun, water, sight, and vengeance; a deity so rooted to her one square mile of earth that even the Romans, who renamed every god they met, could not fully rename her. We trace her murky lineage, the cosmology of the Iron Age Britons who first knelt at her waters, the curse tablets that still whisper the grudges of ordinary Roman-British people, and the strange, patient way she disappeared and never quite left. 
REFERENCES

Sulis, Myth and Folklore Wiki (Fandom) — https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Sulis

Sulis, A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, Oxford Reference — https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100541661

Sulis, Goddess of Celtic Mythology: Characteristics & Depictions, Study.com — https://study.com/academy/lesson/sulis-celtic-goddess-mythology-history.html

"Aquae Sulis: The Epitome of Roman Syncretization with the Celts," Ancient Origins — https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/aquae-sulis-epitome-roman-syncretization-celts-002562

"Sulis: Goddess of Healing Waters," Goddesses Hub — https://goddesseshub.com/sulis/

"Sulis: The Healing Goddess of Bath," Abyssal Consciousness — https://drvictorbodo.com/2024/10/13/sulis-the-healing-goddess-of-bath/

"Sulis: An Introduction to the Goddess of the Solar Springs," The Pagan Collective — https://thepagancollective.com/2026/01/18/sulis-an-introduction-to-the-goddess-of-the-solar-springs-celtic-mythology-explained/

Sulis, Digital Maps of the Ancient World — https://digitalmapsoftheancientworld.com/mythology/roman-mythology/celtic-gods/sulis/

"Curse Tablets from Roman Britain," History of Information — https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=4156

Bath Curse Tablets, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_curse_tablets

"Roman Curse Tablets from the Bath: Manuscripts for Magic, Ritual, and Religion," Academia.edu

"The Ancient Roman Art of the Defixio Curse Tablet," L'Italo-Americano — https://italoamericano.org/roman-defixiones/

"Companion: Defixiones (Curse Tablets)," Feminae Romanae — https://feminaeromanae.org/defixiones.html

"Getting Even in Roman Britain: The Curse Tablets from Bath (Aquae Sulis)," FolkloreThursday — https://folklorethursday.com/halloween/getting-even-roman-britain-curse-tablets-bath-aquae-sulis/

"Tab.Sulis 32. Curse Tablet," Roman Inscriptions of Britain — https://romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions/TabSulis32

"Roman Curse Tablets from the Baths," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity — https://www.ijssh.org/uploadfile/vol13/1111-CCH008.pdf

Sulis, Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulis

Before Zeus, before Olympus, before light had a name, there was Night. In this episode, we sit with Nyx, the primordial goddess who existed before the gods we know, and ask what it means to worship a deity who is older than order itself. We trace her lineage from Chaos, meet her vast and unruly family of children (Sleep, Death, Fate, and more), explore the myths where even Zeus dared not cross her, and unpack the popular misconceptions that paint her as simply "evil" or "dark" in the shallow sense. We close with a practical, respectful guide to connecting with Nyx today,  including offerings, timing, and a guided closing reflection for anyone who has ever needed permission to rest.

REFERENCES

Hesiod. Theogony, trans. Hugh G. Evelyn-White. 8th–7th century BCE. Available via the Perseus Digital Library.

Homer. Iliad, Book XIV. Trans. various. 8th century BCE.

Orphic Hymns, compiled c. 2nd–3rd century CE from earlier Orphic tradition (6th century BCE onward).

Pausanias. Description of Greece, Book I ("Attica"), on the oracle of Night at Megara.

Ovid. Fasti, Book V, on the Lemuria and offerings to Night.

Statius. Thebaid, invocation to Nox.

Theoi Project. "Nyx." theoi.com/Protogenos/Nyx.html — compiled primary-source translations and citations.

World History Encyclopedia. "Nyx." worldhistory.org/Nyx/.

Greek Legends and Myths. "The Children of Nyx in Greek Mythology." greeklegendsandmyths.com/children-of-nyx.html.

History Cooperative. "Nyx: Greek Goddess of the Night." historycooperative.org/nyx-goddess-of-the-night/.

GreekReporter.com. "Nyx, the Ancient Greek Goddess of the Night."

Mythology Source. "Nyx Greek Goddess of the Night — A Complete Guide."

Satyori. "Nyx and Her Children."

Otherworldly Oracle. "Nyx Goddess of Night: 10 Ways to Work With the Dark Creatrix."

Salvati Soul. "Nyx Worship: How to Honor the Goddess of Night Today."

Bitesized Ancient History. "The Greek Goddess Nyx."

Who was Coyolxauhqui, the moon goddess whose body was cast down a sacred mountain in one of the most powerful myths of the Mexica (Aztec) world?
In this episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast, we journey into the cosmology of Tenochtitlan and the sacred stories of the Mexica people to meet Coyolxauhqui "She of the Bells on Her Cheeks." Beginning with a creative historical microstory set beneath the stars near the Templo Mayor, we trace her lineage, her contested position within Mexica cosmology, and the full, harrowing myth of Coatlicue, Huitzilopochtli, and the war at Coatepec. We follow the story forward more than five hundred years, to the moment in 1978 when a Mexico City electrical crew struck stone instead of soil and, without meaning to, brought Coyolxauhqui back into the daylight.
We examine how the Mexica understood the moon, sacrifice, sacred warfare, and humanity's responsibility within a living cosmos. We also explore the fraught survival of her story through colonial documentation by Bernardino de Sahagún and Diego Durán, the archaeological discovery of the Coyolxauhqui Stone, and what modern historians, artists, and Indigenous and Chicana scholarship reveal about her enduring, unfinished significance.
This episode contains discussion of ritual sacrifice, dismemberment, and colonial history.

References
Anderson, Arthur J.O., and Charles Dibble, trans. Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain. School of American Research, 1950–1982.
Anzaldúa, Gloria E. Light in the Dark / Luz en lo Oscuro: Rewriting Identity, Spirituality, Reality. Duke University Press, 2015.
Carrasco, David. City of Sacrifice: The Aztec Empire and the Role of Violence in Civilization. Beacon Press, 1999.
Durán, Diego. The History of the Indies of New Spain. University of Oklahoma Press, 1994.
López Austin, Alfredo. The Human Body and Ideology: Concepts of the Ancient Nahuas. University of Utah Press, 1988.
Matos Moctezuma, Eduardo. The Great Temple of the Aztecs. Thames & Hudson, 1988.
Miller, Mary, and Karl Taube. The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya. Thames & Hudson, 1993.
Townsend, Camilla. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs. Oxford University Press, 2019.

What did the people of antiquity cling to when the shadows lengthened and they found themselves confronting the terrifying vulnerabilities of illness, childbirth, war, and the silent mystery of death? Across the sun-drenched river valleys of Egypt, the blood-soaked plains of Mesopotamia, the marble thresholds of Greece, and the frost-bitten horizons of the Norse world, ordinary human beings refused to face an unpredictable cosmos alone. Instead, they forged intimate alliances with the unseen world through small, tactile objects, sacred amulets, potent symbols, and deep devotion to protective goddesses.
In this episode of The Goddess Divine Podcast, we peel back the grand narratives of empires and kings to step into the quiet, candle-lit, and vulnerable spaces of everyday ancient life. We journey alongside archaeologists and mythologists into ancient bedrooms, gravesites, and battlefields to discover how human hands held cosmic power. From the fierce, life-giving magic of Isis and the monstrously comforting protection of Taweret in Egypt, to the shifting, celestial brilliance of Inanna in Mesopotamia; from the liminal crossroads of Hecate and Artemis in Greece, to the whispered sorcery of Freyja in the frozen North, we investigate the psychological, religious, and magical lifelines carried close to the skin. This is an exploration of ancient symbols, archaeology, and the eternal human desire to anchor hope within the palms of our hands.

References
Black, Jeremy & Anthony Green. Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia. University of Texas Press, 1992.
Cole, Susan Guettel. Landscapes, Gender, and Ritual Space: The Ancient Greek Experience. University of California Press, 2004.
Faulkner, Raymond O. The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. University of Texas Press, 1972.
Faraone, Christopher. Ancient Greek Love Magic. Harvard University Press, 1999.
Lévi-Strauss, Claude. Structural Anthropology. Basic Books, 1958.
Mauss, Marcel. A General Theory of Magic. 1902.
Pinch, Geraldine. Magic in Ancient Egypt. University of Texas Press, 1994.
Pinch, Geraldine. Handbook of Egyptian Mythology. ABC-CLIO, 2002.
Price, Neil. Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings. Basic Books, 2020.
Riddick, Deanna. The Divine Feminine's Path to Seership. Independent Publishing, 2025. 
Snorri Sturluson. Ynglinga Saga.
Wilkinson, Richard H. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2003.

Long before Olympus rose to power, before Zeus cast down the Titans, and before the constellations were fixed in the heavens, there was Pleione
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Known primarily as the mother of the Pleiades, the famous Seven Sisters of the night sky, Pleione is one of the most overlooked goddesses in Greek mythology. Yet through her daughters, her husband Atlas, and her place within the ancient cosmology of the Titans, she stands at the crossroads of celestial order, navigation, motherhood, and the sacred relationship between humanity and the stars.
In this episode, we journey back to the Golden Age of the Titans to uncover the story of Pleione, explore the world she inhabited, examine what ancient sources actually say about her, and discover how modern spiritual seekers can connect with this quiet but powerful goddess of celestial guidance.
Ancient Sources
Hesiod

Theogony (especially lines 346–364; 507–520)

Works and Days (especially lines 383–404)

Apollodorus

Bibliotheca 1.2.3–6
Hyginus

Fabulae 192
Aratus

Phaenomena (references to the Pleiades and celestial observation)
Modern Sources

Atsma, Aaron J. Theoi Greek Mythology (entries on Pleione, Atlas, and the Pleiades).
Burkert, Walter. Greek Religion. Harvard University Press, 1985.
Hard, Robin. The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology. Routledge, 2004.
Kirk, G. S. The Nature of Greek Myths. Penguin Books, 1974.
Larson, Jennifer. Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide. Routledge, 2007.
West, M. L. (trans.). Hesiod: Theogony and Works and Days. Oxford University Press.
In-Text Citations Used
(Hesiod, Theogony 346–364)
(Hesiod, Theogony 517–520)
(Hesiod, Works and Days 383–404)
(Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.2.3–6)
(Hyginus, Fabulae 192)