deity for serendipity/coincidence?

temperlyne

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but you seem like the people who are most likely to have an answer to my question.
I'm currently creating my own tarot deck and find the the end result is a combination of me and the 'devine' intervention of serendipity.
I would like to create a painting devoted to serendipity as it has given me so many wonderful things. This painting would be in my room when I paint to remind me that it is not all in my hands and to inspire me.
I was wondering if there is in any culture or religion a deity for serendipity. Has she ever been given a face?
I hope someone has an answer to this!
Thnx in advance
 

Fulgour

temperlyne said:
I was wondering if there is in any culture or religion a deity for serendipity. Has she ever been given a face?
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Martha Barnette
Serendipity: The faculty of accidentally making happy, unexpected discoveries. Serendipity is a made-up word, and we have English author and historian Horace Walpole to thank for it. In 1754, Walpole wrote a letter claiming he'd coined this word, basing it on a Persian fairy tale called "The Three Princes of Serendip." The reason, he said, was that the tale's heroes were always making discoveries, by accidents and sagacity, of things they were not in quest of.

Serendip, is a form of Sarandip, the old Persian name for Sri Lanka.

http://www.funwords.com/library/s.htm

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Gaurang Bhatt
The origin of the word serendipity is from Sinhaldweep (island of lions), a prior name for Sri Lanka and the ancient Indo-Ceylonese tale of the three princes that set out to explore the world.

http://www.boloji.com/rt2/rt153.htm
 

temperlyne

thnx fulgour,

I didn't know that! English is not my language...
But it is a very pretty word!
 

zorya

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Fulgour

THE SHRINE OF SET
(aka Seth, Suti, Sutekh)
http://www.isismoontemple.com/temple08nset.html

Set fought the beast, because he knew that there must always be a limit to destruction, in order for life to thrive. But he, more than any, knew that the universe would stop dead if it is nothing but perfect, static order. In this, He can be seen as one of the gods of creativity: haptic, unexpected, fortuitous, and even gracious. Set can be seen as the God of Coincidence and Serendipity, Chance and Synchronicity. Not following any previous patterns, he is both the individualist and the generalist, the one outside of the box of human expectations. He is best seen in the context of balance.

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I like the outline drawing this site has of Set:
http://www.fruitofthenile.com/set.htm
"Depicted as a man with the head of an unidentified animal."
I think I'll make a sketch of this myself! :)
 

Fulgour

Kokopelli
The Flute Player

Kokopelli is a figure commonly found in petroglyphs and pottery throughout the southwest. Since the first petroglyhs were carved around 3,000 years ago, he predates even Oraibi, the oldest continuous settlement in North America.

Kokopelli is regarded as the universal symbol of fertility for all life,
be it crops, hopes, dreams, or love.

Found in petroglyphs across southwestern America, Kokopelli appears as a hunch-backed man playing a flute. He is often depicted with an enormous phallus. He sybolizes fertility, both in people and the rains that bring growth to the crops. Celebrated among the Zuni, the Pueblo, the Hopi and the ancient Anasazi, he brings happiness and harmony to their homes.

The magic from his flute was thought to stimulate creativity and help good dreams come true, and the gifts in his sack bring joy and abundance.

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Images: Anasazi Kokopelli

http://www.klmtradeco.com/images/Feb 04/kokopelli.jpg

http://stencilwithstyle.com/LL 352 Petro kokopelli.jpg

http://www.swcr.org/images/Kokopelli.gif
 
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