Ixchel Crone ephesus was the ruling queen of

was the ruling queen of the Semitic pantheon

and her direction is west

333 BCE]  8" gypsumstone statue

Her kinship with animal totems shows she is a driving force for fertility in the natural world and able to assume animal form herself

Ixchel Crone ephesus was the ruling queen ofMayan "Old Goddess of the Tiger Claws." Ixchel's hurricanes wash over the Earth and permit new growth, in the same way that our tears of emotion reopen us to a sense of wholeness. Pictured in this statue, she embodies the healing power that ancient cultures attributed to wise elder women. [From a Codex, c. 1650 CE.] 8" Ganges clay statue, dusty jade color finish. #IXC