the poetry of art
photo: Mystic Rose under the stars.
VICTOR M. GIBELLO BRAVO (Caceres, Spain, 1970), has a degree in Geography and History in Archeology and Medieval History areas, and has a degree in History of Art. He is author of many books and writes for scientific and cultural magazines. Photography is one of his means of artistic expression.
THE
mystic rose UNDER THE STARS
During the night, I travel to an ancient forest devoted to the goddess Ataecina. There lived a deity revered by tribes, which inhabited my land, Extremadura, Spain, centuries before the Roman legions invade and destroy their ancestral cultures. Before the goddess’ nemeton¹, I kowtow to with humbly, in search of the necessary inspiration in order to create this article. I hope the mother goddess to wisely guide my steps through the labyrinth of discovering feminine traces in art. Ataecina, adored by Vettones, Lusitanians, Tursulis and other tribes from the Iberian Peninsula, is an archetypal mother goddess linked to the nature caring, fertility, spring and the life’s rebirth. The Romans associated her with their goddess Proserpina and Feronia, and continued the previous cult before their arrival. I walk under the moonlight throughout centenary trees.
By Víctor M. Gibello ¹ Nemeton was a sacred space of ancient Celtic religion.
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