The
ancient amazons were strong believers in mysticism
and
supernatural energies.
F.Bennett
Amazons followed several religions.
The one constant in all these religions was the belief in mysticism and
supernatural energies.
The underlying idea of the cult of
Cybele:
In the actual ceremonies performed
at Cybele's shrines the original warlike character was almost lost in the
mystic frenzy which found expression in noisy shouting and self-affliction.
Measured beating of drums, the clashing
of cymbals, and the music of the pipe, which set the rhythm for the ecstatic
motion of the worshippers.
Of her inspiration came a form of
holy madness, which endowed the worshipper with a sense of mystic ecstasy
and supernatural strength.
F.Bennett
Of the following of the Bacchic religion:
The magic power with which the phallic lord of exuberant natural life
revolutionized the world of women is manifested in phenomenon which surpass
the limits of our experience and our imagination. A religion which
established the closest bond between beatitude and supersensory existence.
J.J.Bachofen
The Amazons in the Thermondon region
were considered the enemies of the griffins. The griffin was the
totem animal of the soil and represented the ancestral soil. In its
twin nature, there loomed the eagle-beaked threat of winged fear hovering
above the abyss, mixed with the snake and lion bodies of arid golden sand.
Whoever wanted to live there had to fight it.
Naturally the horse is the totem of
the Amazons.
The Amazons felt a profound magic
connection for the horse. In a magic way something of a symbol of
strong desires and a propellant of their urges, especially when its hoofs
struck fire and thus symbolized fire,"the shiny tongue of the Gods."
It also has a bearing on the myth that
Pegasus sprang forth from the blood of the Lybian Amazon Medusa.
therefore the Amazon presumably has magic horse blood in her veins.
Myrine, obeying an apparition in a
dream decided to sacrifice horses.
In highly secret rites, a white stallion
was sacrificed. The "sacred marriage" between the divine animal and
the queen supposedly served the magic renewal for the people.
H. Diner