In Greek mythology, ambrosia was considered the food or drink of the Olympian gods, and it was thought to bring long life and immortality to anyone who consumed it. [18], Additionally, some modern ethnomycologists, such as Danny Staples, identify ambrosia with the hallucinogenic mushroom Amanita muscaria: "...it was the food of the gods, their ambrosia, and nectar was the pressed sap of its juices", Staples asserts.[19]. With the ambrosia, they often drank a honey-flavored drink called nectar. Confusion arose because stories from the time described the delicacy in different ways. Lady Ambrosia and Raymund Lully. It was often linked to nectar, the other element that the gods consumed; usually, it was thought that ambrosia was the food and nectar was the drink of the gods. On the other hand, in Alcman,[9] nectar is the food, and in Sappho[10] and Anaxandrides, ambrosia is the drink.
short, sweet, and occasionally strange since 7/4/2016. Link will appear as Ambrosia – Ancient Greek Mythical Element: https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net - Greek Gods & Goddesses, October 21, 2019, © Greek Gods and Goddesses 2010 - 2020 | About | Contact | Privacy, Ambrosia – Ancient Greek Mythical Element: https://greekgodsandgoddesses.net. Not only did the Greek gods feast on ambrosia, but they also used it as a strong perfume.
For years, scholars were split on whether ambrosia was a liquid beverage or solid food. So, to help out, a goddess bearing ambrosia descended from the heavens. If you use any of the content on this page in your own work, please use the code below to cite this page as the source of the content. Thank you, Thank you Sandy! Ambrosia: A Nymph That Turned Into Food. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009026708, 10 Gripping Crime Dramas to Keep You Up at Night, 4 Year Blogiversary! The name Amaltheia, in Greek "tender goddess", is clearly an epithet, signifying the presence of an earlier nurturing goddess, whom the Hellenes, whose myths we know, knew to be located in Crete, where Minoans may have called her a version of "Dikte".. Mythology. Dionysus, enraged by the king's actions, drove him mad. According to Greek legend, in the beginning, Ambrosia was a wood nymph. Lady Ambrosia is number 77 on the Blacklist, a list of baddies that wanted criminal Raymond “Red” Reddington helps the FBI bring in. This week we see a myth called Lady Ambrosia which was featured in the show The Blacklist. This made me curious as to whether this Lady Ambrosia myth exists in our world. He introduces Lady Ambrosia by reciting the verses above, though FBI profiler and sometime-fugitive Elizabeth Keen finishes the last line, implying that in the universe of the Blacklist characters, this is a well-known tale. [12] Those who consume ambrosia typically have ichor, not blood, in their veins.[13].