Brea - Blog Posts
Guess what I'm rewatchiiiiing?
I planned for this account to have only personal work but y’know what I gotta post more in here and I personally love this series so I’ll just...put this here anyway.
Some colored sketches I made after binge watching all of the new Dark Crystal series on netflix. Boy if it wasn’t an adventure- I love Deet, bless that girl, but also really like Rian and Brea!
Deet and Rian’s dynamic reminds me of Kira and Jen and I just dig it so much man, from day one I knew something was up
Bowynn Gods: Brea
Part of an altar cloth depicting Brea - embroidery and paint - Created by Sheree Tsarnek 2021
Brea (Bree-ah) Goddess of the earth and earth element. Brea is the great earth goddess born/created from Bia. By the union of her to her "brother" Unthar, she gave birth to the great household of gods. Brea ultimately is the earth goddess and element. And she is part of the great creatrix of all things; for she was the one that gave the other gods the idea to create all that resides on the earth. She is the goddess of fertility, life, death, growth and represents the element of earth. She is also the goddess of evolution and creation on the planet.
Brea is often seen and depicted as a grandmother type image, with an aged caring face.
The ancient story speaks that as a child Brea would often come down to one of the dead rocky planets and play on them. Bia warned the child to stay away from the planets but she would not listen. Finally one day Brea found that when it was time to leave one of the dead planets, she could not and was bound to it. Even with the help of all her brothers and sisters, Brea could not remove herself from the land. Bia stated that she was now that planet’s permanent resident and was free to do with the planet as she please. Working her divine will, Brea gave life to the planet with trees, flowers and grass. In time with her siblings helped mold and sculpt the landscape; Brea would create all the animal life and then mortal mankind. Eventually Brea became the very essence of the planet and gave it her name, Brea, “Earth”
Brea is the goddess that fashioned out of earth, the mold for all living creatures, including mortal people. But it was not with-out the help of her siblings, that these creations took life and populated the earth. This was done because Brea saw that despite trees, seas and sky, the world was silent and empty. Seeing the world was so lonely and quiet, Brea took dirt into her hand and sculpted the first beings from it. But the sculptures of dirt were nothing more than dirt, with no life and just fell apart. With the help of her brothers and sister, all beings came to be on Earth. Brea is called the ‘mother of the gods.’
Brea is always depicted as a mother figure, a lot like Mother Nature. She often is seen wearing a crown or circlet to show her majesty and other times seen wearing a wreath of bounty of all sorts. Over these adornments she wears a veil. Her gown is green more than often and her bosoms are large, which represents fertility. Being that she is the supreme lady of life, all beings and things are sacred to her; flora and fauna and mankind. However, the most prominent gift that can be offered to her is incense; a gift she gave to mortal folk during her 7 Sacred Days of visitation.
(Other like gods comparable to Brea are Gaea, Mama Pacha, Maka Akan, Akka, Papa, Terra, )
Rian, learning about his new friends’ niche interests.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance S01E06 || S01E10