Druid Ritual Trivets

Antique American trivets. Image from the blog Trivitology by Lynn Rosack: https://trivetology.com/2017/09/01/antique-trivets/

Trivets

(Feb 13, 2023) Trivets are used to protect wooden surfaces from hot objects. In the kitchen they are used to keep hot pans from damaging countertops. In rituals, now and in the past, they are used to protect surfaces from hot items such as incense burners, candles, and small cauldrons. The ancients made them from fired clay while modern ones tend to be made from cast iron.

Trivet from Aegean Cycladic Islands Showing the Star Sirus Surrounded by Druid Spirals (3000 BCE)

On display at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. This is a Clay Cycladic trivet from the Early Bronze Age cemetery on the promontory of Agios Kosmas in Attica.
A trivet protects wooden alter tops from hot items such as incense burners. The early male archaeologists who discovered these called them "frying pans" and that is the name they continue to go by today. Photo by Schuppi via Wikimedia Commons. Online at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agios_Kosmas_%28Attica%29_Finds_10.JPG

Trivet from Aegean Cycladic Islands Showing Sun Surrounded by Druid Spirals (3000 BCE)

On display at the Archaeological Museum of Marathon: Cycladic frying pan from tomb 13 of the archaeological site of Tsepi near Marathon Greece.
A trivet protects wooden alter tops from hot items such as incense burners. The early male archaeologists who discovered these called them "frying pans" and that is the name they continue to go by today. Photo by Schuppi via Wikimedia Commons. Online at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frying_pan_from_Tomb_13_of_Tsepi_cemetery.JPG

Aegean Cycladic Island Trivet Showing Network of Stars & Sparks of Life 2500 BCE

(September 13, 2023) Notice the fish on the upper left which is a symbol for the motion powers. The upper middle shows the sky-dome with concentric circles above and a network of circles below. These concentric circles represent celestial light forms of the goddess Selu/Selene in both their human soul (sparks of light) and star manifestations. These are organized into a motion power network which would later be called Logos in Greek. The very top shows the veil which is the division between the divine source powers and the lower powers. In all this trivit shows the 3 layers of the Ancient Pagan Paradigm.
Archaeologists date this early Cycladic period II "frying pan" to 28th-23rd centuries BCE. It is from Grave 74, Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Object is now at National Archaeological Museum of Athens (NAMA 4974). Photo taken by Angela O'Brian and used with permission at @GrecianGirly@mastodon.social.

Aegean Cycladic Island Trivet Representing Motion Power Moon Selu/Selene 2500 BCE

(September 6, 2023) This trivet has a concentric circle pattern with 7 circles radiating motion powers. The main celestial glow and center of all motion powers was the moon which is what is being represented here. Consequently, this one image represents both the moon and the 7 planets (heavens) or planetary sky shells. (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn). The rays represent the winds, both breath and earthly produced by them.
Selu should not be confused by the life power moon goddess Ayu who is represented by the crescent moon.
From Museum of Cycladic Art. Online at:https://cycladic.gr/en/exhibit/ng0099-tiganoschimo-skeuos

Druid Style Ayu Goddess Figurine Found at Lachish, Israel

Figurine has reddish slip with some grits. Red was the color of life. Found in Lachish layer III dating to the Iron Age.
Diameter: 5.30 - 5.60 centimeters (base), Height: 14.50 centimeters, Width: 7.30 centimeters (maximum)
Object was excavated by: J L Starkey during the Wellcome-Marston expedition of 1932-1938. Purchased by British Museum in 1980 from Institute of Archaeology in London. British Museum Registration number: 1980,1214.16710. Original number: FN.0333.
Online at: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1980-1214-16710

Minoan Style Pot Found at Lachish, Israel ~1400 BCE

Krater shaped pot has red and black painted decoration including panels with bird and fish motifs.
Object was excavated by: J L Starkey during the Wellcome-Marston expedition of 1932-1938. Purchased by British Museum in 1980 from Institute of Archaeology in London. British Museum Registration number: 1980,1214.12041. Other numbers: 160152, FN.1610.
Online at: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1980-1214-12041

Temple Trivet From Lachish, Israel ~ 1400 BCE

This is too big for an amulet so it is a small trivet just the right size to hold an incense burner. Thickness: 0.90 - 1 centimeter, Length: 8.70 centimeters, Width: 12.80 centimeters (maximum).
It shows wear and indentations where the 4 legs of the incense burner would be. Traces of three red painted signs which might be proto Canaanite letters are on the underside (no photo exists!)
Object was excavated by: J L Starkey during the Wellcome-Marston expedition of 1932-1938. Purchased by British Museum in 1980 from Institute of Archaeology in London. British Museum Registration number: 1980,1214.12038. Other numbers: 160178, FN.4467.
Online at: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1980-1214-12038

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