Tuesday 12 February 2019

As Promised -- Dancing Goddesses!

The Divine Feminine loves Valentines Day too -- after all, who knows more about love and fertility than the Mother of All? So these ancient representations of the Goddess are having a big dance party to celebrate!

Shake your booty, Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth!


And you too, Minoan Snake Goddess!


The Goddess of Willendorf loves line dancing.


I'm not sure who these three are,
but smooth moves, ladies!


The Nile Goddess is as elegant as ever.


Hmm, the Great Goddess of Laussel is
hitting the wine pretty hard.


And the Celtic goddess Sheela-na-gig is
being as outrageous as ever, I see.


These Dancing Goddess gifs were created by Nina Paley and are found here and here. Special thanks to Cal of Calvin's Canadian Cave of Cool for letting me know about them!

43 comments:

anne marie in philly said...

The Goddess of Willendorf is built like meeeeeeeeeeeee!

and goddess Sheela-na-gig is asking for something...I can't quite put my finger on it...(hee hee hee)!

thanks for equal time for the ladies!

^.^ said...

Seems like we always up this time of night, friend D, hmmm? Thanks for the dancing goddesses … smiles … All that's missing is music … So here ya go … https://youtu.be/BZFPubstu34 … Stay warm. Love, cat.

Bob said...

I was enjoying the dances, but then Sheela-na-gig may have ruined it for me! =)

Martha said...

This post will make me smile all day :)

Forsythia said...

Go, Sheela. (I know several staid and sober women named Sheila. I wonder if they know?)

Mistress Maddie said...

The goddess of Willendorf!!!!!!!!!

Bwahahahahahahahaha! Motion in the ocean!

jaz@octoberfarm said...

i taught sheela-na-gig that move.

JFM said...

Thank you a thousand times over for posting these dancing Goddesses :)
I so needed a smile today and I received the gift of laughter as a bonus!!!

Hugs xxx

Adam said...

party time

Leanna said...

I can somehow hear loud thumping Dance Music in the background playing its mindless beat. Now if someone could set these up in one picture, all doing their own dance moves this would be priceless and could break the internet for 2019. My faves are the Willendorf sisters and the Snake Goddess. This is too awesome! Great job.

Moving with Mitchell said...

Sheela-O-M-G!!! These are brilliant!

Miss Val's Creations said...

Wow that Nina Paley is talented! I love these. Fun and unexpected!

bobbie said...

These are wonderful!!! thanks for the great big belly laugh!

Joanne Noragon said...

I' chuckling, all the way to Canada.

e said...

The Minoan Snake Goddess has some excellent snaky moves! Love them all.
All Hail the Divine Feminine!

Marie Smith said...

Happy Valentine’s Day, goddess!

DEZMOND said...

I bet she could never find shoes with them fugly feet of hers :)

Susan said...

I may never recover from this post. And that is a good thing!

Bill Lisleman said...

weird stuff but eye catching

JP said...

I’ll shake my arse and see what happens. Thanks for the laugh!
JP

yellowdoggranny said...

I have statues of the Goddess of Willendorf and a framed print of
the great Goddess of Laussel
mine don't dance but they are still aces with me

SmitoniusAndSonata said...

Flossing really has become quite popular, hasn't it.

Harry Hamid said...

The Inanna one is fantastic and is now saved on my c-drive for future use.

The Sheela-na-gig one reminds me of the old PJ Harvey song that actually has a chorus of "Sheela-na-gig / You exhibitionist."

This N That said...

Can’t stop laughing. Wonderful post thanks for starting my day off with a giggle!

Kirk said...

I think Sheela-na-gig may be the Goddess of Peep Booths.

jono said...

They are beautiful! And I love the way they move (me)!

Lady M said...

Ha - too funny!

Ol'Buzzard said...

It makes so much sense that a female be the god of humankind.
the Ol'Buzzard

Morgaine Pendragon said...

OH MY! These are great! Some made me giggle.
But Sheela-na-gig....bwahahaha....that's the best!!

Magaly Guerrero said...

Sheela-na-gig is glorious. Just glorious!

brewella deville said...

Getting a strong Ray Harryhausen vibe from those first two. Nice.

holli said...

TOTALLY stealing Lausel's dance moves!! Sheela-ma-gig is someone I would party with.

Professor Chaos said...

Those are awesome! I think you just invented a new goddess - Sheila na-GIF!

Guillaume said...

The first two are quite sexy, I must confess (I am an atheist). I wonder how Jesus managed to become so popular.

Barbara said...

Dang. It is amazing what people can create. These are all amazing. Kudos to the creator.

Jennifer said...

Awesome! I love them all!!

Jenn said...

Who knew there were so many dancing goddess gifs!

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

That last one is PERVERSE. You don't have try so hard.

Liz Hinds said...

Love the three chubby ones. And they all dance better than me!

Ur-spo said...

Oh my goodness! was that an eye opener.
They dance well indeed.

Magic Love Crow said...

I can't stop smiling!!! Thank you for my Valentine's Day gift! You got me smiling and laughing today! I really LOVE all of these!! Big Hugs!

Rommy said...

Sheela-na-gig should have come with a "Don't drink anything while scrolling" warning. Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I love it.

Fundy Blue said...

These were very funny, once I got over being dizzy!