{"id":22986,"date":"2014-05-02T06:09:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T13:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=22986"},"modified":"2016-11-29T17:42:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T00:42:30","slug":"creative-prompt-256-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/creative-prompt-256-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Prompt #256: Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moon, 2009 movie<\/p>\n<p>Selene, moon goddess: &#8220;In <a title=\"Greek mythology\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greek_mythology\">Greek mythology<\/a>, <b>Selene<\/b> (Greek ?????? <a title=\"Help:IPA for Greek\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA_for_Greek\">[sel???n??]<\/a> &#8216;<a title=\"Moon\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\">moon<\/a>&#8216;;) is the goddess of the moon. She is the daughter of the <a title=\"Titan (mythology)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Titan_%28mythology%29\">Titans<\/a> <a title=\"Hyperion (mythology)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hyperion_%28mythology%29\">Hyperion<\/a> and <a title=\"Theia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Theia\">Theia<\/a>, and sister of the <a title=\"Sun-god\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sun-god\">sun-god<\/a> <a title=\"Helios\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helios\">Helios<\/a>, and of <a title=\"Eos\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eos\">Eos<\/a>, goddess of the dawn. She drives her moon chariot across the heavens. Several lovers are attributed to her in various myths, including <a title=\"Zeus\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zeus\">Zeus<\/a>, <a title=\"Pan (god)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pan_%28god%29\">Pan<\/a>, and the mortal <a title=\"Endymion (mythology)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Endymion_%28mythology%29\">Endymion<\/a>. In classical times, Selene was often identified with <a title=\"Artemis\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Artemis\">Artemis<\/a>, much as her brother, Helios, was identified with <a title=\"Apollo\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apollo\">Apollo<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Selene#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> Both Selene and Artemis were also associated with <a title=\"Hecate\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hecate\">Hecate<\/a>, and all three were regarded as <a title=\"Lunar deity\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lunar_deity\">lunar goddesses<\/a>, although only Selene was regarded as the personification of the moon itself. Her Roman equivalent is <a title=\"Luna (goddess)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luna_%28goddess%29\">Luna<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Selene#cite_note-2\">[2]<\/a><\/sup>&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Selene\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Mansions on the Moon<\/p>\n<p>Harvest Moon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_lunar_deities\" target=\"_blank\">Lunar deities<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Half Moon Bay<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0694003611\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0694003611&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=artquiltmaker-20\" target=\"_blank\">Goodnight Moon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ban Ki Moon<\/p>\n<p>Valley of the Moon, Tucson, Az &#8211; Valley of the <em>Moon<\/em> is a unique area built by George Phar Legler in the 1920s for the purpose of bringing mental and spiritual relaxation for visitors to the site.<\/p>\n<p>moon rise<\/p>\n<p>Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, artwork is posted (e.g. your blog, Flickr) in the comments area of this post. I would really like to keep all the artwork together and provide a way for others to see your work and\/or your blog.<\/p>\n<p>We are also talking about this on Twitter. Use the hashtag #CPP<\/p>\n<p>The Creative Prompt Project, also, has a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/groups\/aqcpp\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr group<\/a>, which you can join to\u00a0 post your responses. I created this spot so those of you without blogs and websites would have a place to post your responses.<\/p>\n<p>Blood moon<\/p>\n<p>Po, Mayan moon goddess: &#8220;The traditional Mayas generally assume the moon to be female, and the moon&#8217;s phases are accordingly conceived as the stages of a woman&#8217;s life. The <b>Maya moon goddess<\/b> wields great influence in many areas. Being in the image of a woman, she is associated with sexuality and procreation, fertility and growth, not only of human beings, but also of the vegetation and the crops. Since growth can also cause all sorts of ailments, the moon goddess is also a goddess of disease. Everywhere in <a title=\"Mesoamerica\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mesoamerica\">Mesoamerica<\/a>, including the Mayan area, she is specifically associated with water, be it wells, rainfall, or the rainy season. In the codices, she has a terrestrial counterpart in <a title=\"Goddess I\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Goddess_I\">goddess I<\/a>.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maya_moon_goddess\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>blue moon<\/p>\n<p>waxing moon<\/p>\n<p>waning moon<\/p>\n<p>lunar eclipse<\/p>\n<p>Definition: &#8220;The Moon is the Earth&#8217;s only natural satellite. Although not the largest natural satellite in the Solar System, it is the largest relative to the size of the planet it orbits and, of those satellites whose densities are known, the second most dense.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon\">Wikipedia<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Google Moon<\/p>\n<p>The Moonies<\/p>\n<p>crescent moon<\/p>\n<p>howl at the moon<\/p>\n<p>new moon<\/p>\n<p>Moonpie<\/p>\n<p>Man in the Moon<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Moon<\/p>\n<p>orbit the moon<\/p>\n<p>Moon Area School district<\/p>\n<p>Shooting the Moon by Frances O&#8217;Roark Dowell<\/p>\n<p>The moon and the stars<\/p>\n<p>full moon<\/p>\n<p>The dual slide guitars of Delta <em>Moon<\/em> carry the listener deep into the heart of the American South, where sinuous Mississippi blues meets the gritty backwoods.<\/p>\n<p>Shoot the moon<\/p>\n<p>You too can become the proud owner of a property on the <em>Moon<\/em>! The Official Web Site for the sale of Lunar property by the Lunar Embassy.<\/p>\n<p>moon boots<\/p>\n<p>Shoot for the Moon<\/p>\n<p>Blue Moon Brewing Company<\/p>\n<p>Moon &#8211; Las Vegas Nightclub<\/p>\n<p>Walk on the moon<\/p>\n<p>First men to walk on the moon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moon, 2009 movie Selene, moon goddess: &#8220;In Greek mythology, Selene (Greek ?????? [sel???n??] &#8216;moon&#8216;;) is the goddess of the moon. She is the daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, and sister of the sun-god Helios, and of Eos, goddess of the dawn. She drives her moon chariot across the heavens. Several lovers are attributed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/creative-prompt-256-moon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Creative Prompt #256: Moon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[381],"tags":[79,311,72],"class_list":["post-22986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-381","tag-creative-prompt","tag-creativity","tag-group-project"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}