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About Minerva the Goddess
Minerva the daughter of Jupiter and Juno. Considered to be the virgin goddess of warriors, poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, crafts, and inventor of music. Ovid called her the "goddess of a thousand works." The Romans celebrated her worship from March 19 to 23 during the Quinquatrus, the artisans' holiday.
Minerva, Goddess of wisdom and learning, meditation, inventiveness, accomplishments, the arts, spinning and weaving, and commerce. Minerva was identified with Pallas Athene, bestower of victory, when Pompey the Great built her temple with the proceeds from his eastern campaigns. Minerva and Mars are honoured Quinquatras, five days at the Spring equinox. But Minerva has many aspects, attributes, names and epithets.
Minerva was the goddess of arts and crafts. She was particularly good at weaving. Once a woman called Arachne wove a beautiful picture. Minerva tried to find something wrong with it. When she couldn't, she tore it up and turned Arachne into a spider. The spider still weaves beautiful webs.
Minerva helped the hero Perseus to kill the gorgon Medusa, who was a
monster with snakes instead of hair. Anyone who looked at a gorgon
turned to stone! But Minerva told Perseus to look at Medusa's reflection
in a polished shield. That way he could cut the head off without looking
directly at the gorgon. He gave the head to Minerva, who put it on her
shield, so it would turn her enemies to stone.
Approved by the United Grand Lodge of England.
Approved by the Province of West Lancashire.
Proud Grand Patrons of the 2010 Festival
The New Masonic Samaritan Fund 2010
Past Patrons of:
The Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys 1991
The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institute 1980
UGLE
Province of West Lancs Liverpool Freemasonry
Sandon Group.
