The Lord and the Priest, on discovering they had been robbed by a goddess decided to appeal to the council of the gods, and Laverna was brought forward. Of course Laverna sold off everything within the castle, and once again there was not left wherewith to feed a fly!
#GODDESS LAVERNA TATTOO FULL#
She had gone to him to purchase a vast castle and grounds and sworn to him upon her body that she would pay in full within 6 months. Within a year, Laverna was nowhere to be seen!Īt the same time, Laverna had also played this little trick on a Lord.
![goddess laverna tattoo goddess laverna tattoo](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/a5/bd/51/a5bd51dc7d8aa8b469cba497cd5a6f13--greek-goddess-tattoo-chesterfield.jpg)
Who promptly sold everything off, there was 'not left wherwith to feed a fly' The priest agreed to these terms, and transferred the estate to Laverna. She told him she wished to purchase his estate to build a temple to her goddess and swore to him upon her head that she would pay him in full within a year. One day, Laverna disguised herself as the priestess of some goddess and went to a rich priest who owned a great estate. " The Goddess Laverna is the Roman Goddess of pickpockets and theives, and here is how she became such To which he replied, "I could not tell whether it was all introduction, or all conclusion, much like the famous goddess Laverna, of whom we cannot be sure if she is all head, or all body." And so the listener pressed Virgil to tell him, who was this goddess Laverna of whom he'd never heard? The Esteemed poet and philosopher Virgil, on hearing a speech by a man without much interesting to say, was asked by another listener what he thought of it. Mainly for the beautifully written poetic prayers to classical goddesses such as Diana, but also because it's only about 2 quid on amazon. The original of the story can be found in the beautiful " Aradia Gospel of the Witches" If you're in anyway interested in Paganism, or Witchcraft, or just folklore I'd really reccomend that little book.
![goddess laverna tattoo goddess laverna tattoo](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ec/4d/d5/ec4dd5a1b7ab8c9011fb66c591f77683.jpg)
Supposedly told to him by a witch named Maddelina (isn't that a lovely name?) from Italy. It was one of many collected by american folklorist Charles Godfrey Leland. Written from memory, so it won't be in the original words, but should be pretty close! (I hope) The story is supposedly written by Virgil.