Create A Goddess Contest
Summer, 2007
"Found goddesses"
are modern deities . . . goddesses that, according
to Barbara Ardinger, we create when we notice a need and meet it
with a sense of humor. They are everyday goddesses meant to address
modern situations that our goddess-loving ancestors never dreamt of.
Just as there are
fertility goddesses and moon goddesses, we now have a pantheon of office
goddesses. They include Phonia, Agendia, Stressa, and
my personal favorite Computa who
protects you from
annoying popups (except for the one on this page), computer viruses and the dreaded buildup of spam in your
inbox.
The challenge will be to create a "found goddess" of your own.
Fame and fortune await the winners. Deadline is September 1.
1. Prizes for five winning entries:
1st place: A glass art goddess by Colin Heaney (View)
2nd and 3rd places: Autographed copies of Goddess Gift: Discover Your
Personal Goddess Type (our book) (View)
4th & 5th places: A gift certificate to take the Goddess Quiz or
the Greek Gods quiz. (Makes a wonderful gift for a friend if you've
already taken the quiz.) (View)
All winning entries will be published in a fall edition of the Goddess
Gift Newsletter.
And who knows? Maybe we could publish the entries as a "Little Book of Goddesses For Modern Times"
...I'm willing to try! Wouldn't that be exciting!
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Here's an example of a Found Goddess!
Cellphonia, Goddess of Perpetual
Accessibility
Cellphonia is the great-great-granddaughter of Hermes, the
Greek God of Communication. Some claim that the winds are created by
the movement of her lips. Mortals become aware of her presence when
they hear bells, chimes, or brief snippets of vaguely familiar songs
(usually during movies, sermons, or symphony performances).
Most often seen by neighboring motorists in their rearview
mirrors (for she is renown for her skill in 'tailgating'),
Cellphonia is credited with the invention of the contemporary form
of weaving (using traffic instead of a loom). She is generous in sharing information, advice and gossip with any who happen to be
sitting quietly in her vicinity. Restaurants, airports, and hospital
waiting rooms seem to be particularly sacred to this goddess..
Always accessible to all her friends, family, and business
associations, the poor Cellphonia rarely gets a moment of peace. Her presence can be invoked by holding your right hand to your
ear while making audible sounds with your lips and vocal cords.
She is on-call 24/7. All you need do to invoke
this goddess is give her a ring!
You can find more examples at:
Goddesses 2005
Entry fee?? None, nada, no way. We ask only that you help us
spread the word about the contest by
recommending it to one of your friends. We'll send them an email telling them about the
contest (and the newsletter) so they can enter too.
So don your thinking caps and get wildly creative as you invent
a goddess for our times!
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