This page celebrates the fourteenth year of Themiscyra and the Amazons who populate it. Below you will find tributes to our tribe, from our tribe.

 

 

DEORIS

 

It is impossible to believe that an online community could still be going strong after 14 years - yet here we are, heading into our fifteenth year. The strength of our sisterhood continues forward and continues to amaze. Themiscrya wouldn't exist without each of you belonging to it and contributing to it each day. I know my real world would be smaller without you, and I'm grateful that we're marching on.

I wish all the best for everyone as we enter year 15!

 

 

 

DAMIA

This song as first sung in the movie King Arthur has always been one of my favorites and has always reminded me of the Amazons. I've wanted to share it before but while there were some versions I liked very few were of good quality and ones that were were not the complete song. This may not be the song in its entirety but it's a beautiful version that reminded me of you all. I hope you'll like it :) .

It's "Song of Exile" as performed by Karliene Reynolds.

Song of Exile

 

 

ALEXANDRA

 

I made this myself for my sisters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Themiscyra Anniversary Message

Contributed by

Valkyra, Former Queen & Weapons Mistress

of Themiscyra Amazon Nation

Sisters’ Love

A sister’s love is special
in oh so many ways
Now kilometers stretch  between us

and candlemarks turn to days.

We’ve shared so much as children and

warriors the tears, the joys, the pain
A lifetime spent together those memories

remain. In times gone by we’ve pondered
the paths our lives have taken
Knowing that in spite of this
our sister love unshaken.

A sister’s love is special
in ways that are unspoken
Still that binding force exists
our sister love unbroken.

~~ Original unknown, but edited by Valkyra

 

 

 

 

 

The Care of a Sister

The past left a breeze of fear in me, But there’s something about you that reminds me that

you will never be among the petals of the past, You will always be among the petals of my

heart shinning oh so bright like you always do.

You’re the pollen of your own rose. When you vanish from between my arms, and hide

underneath the shade of the distance, I go seek for you and find you fluttering in between

the abyss of my heart,

Blowing your whispers whom slither tenderly on the shells of my heart, Leaving the labels

of the magical notes of your love wandering through my core. The diffusion of your warmth

has roamed over the cold I had in me. Embracing your heart inside my heart through all the

years would be my honor.

Hand by hand, heart by heart, nothing can break us apart. Aiming to the queendom of the land

beyond bonding side by side, never apart. I’m always by your side...you have my word my Athelfi.

~~ Original unknown, but edited by Valkyra

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Valkyra’s Mirror

With tears filling her eyes, she looked deep into the mirror and said, 

“If only it was you standing there instead of my reflection.”

Then she recognized someone standing right behind her reflection.
She twisted her head with excitement, but an empty space was all she saw. 

“Imagination…” she said to herself, hopelessness filling her head.

 

 

While her sad eyes were focused back into the mirror,
Something straight from her heart came shining red. 

Bending her head with amazement,
She realized that her imagination wasn’t playing tricks on her this time. 

The woman grinned and said: “It is you, my sister…..

... standing inside my reflection and laying within my heart…thank you, my

friend, my sister."

~~ Original unknown, but edited by Valkyra

 

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The above poems were written by nameless women poets. I took both, the sad and

the happy emotions that I believe they inserted into their words. I used their feelings

and my edited words to help express my feelings for all of you, my Athelfi and Friends.

 

 

 

May we, the Tae'Nah of Θεμίσκυρα (Themiscyra) be inspired by music symbolic

of our beauty, bravery, empowerment, femininity, honor, integrity, kindness,

love, morality, skills, and strengths. ~

·                   The Beauty of a Woman goddess Music ~

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvQMf7mD6Tk 

 

By Ludovico Einaudi

 

·                   Dance of the She-Wolf ~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uq0QKjXlso

By Loreena Mckennitt (Mummer's Dance)

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May we, the warrior women of Themiscyra Amazon Nation, celebrate our anniversary

with joy and happiness ~ believing that there shall be many more anniversaries to rejoice.

 

 

 

 

KIRAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://fav.me/d4w3gwg (original credit)

 

 

 

VALENTHIA

 

Here's my anniversary gift. I asked for a couple of adjectives from everyone about a month ago, and used them to put together an Amazon soundtrack :)

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RHYENNA

 

 

 

 

 

PAIDI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASTRAEA

 

What Amazons Are To Me

I was eight when I was introduced to shows like Xena and Buffy. At that time and for many years thereafter, I was bullied and unsure of myself. These shows told stories of strong, empowering women who were able to stand up and fight for not only themselves but for what was right. And the men in these shows respected them (providing they weren't the bad guys); something which I had never experienced until my early college days.

Amazons aren't just a mythological or historical idea but a society, a collective of women who hold firm to the belief that the world needs to change, that women have been repressed long enough and that society needs to recognize the power that women hold. Every woman who stands up for something, whether its themselves, their friends or for cultural changes is embodying the spirit of the Amazonian heart that beats within their chest. Sometimes, it’s a small action that not many take notice of or it’s a large action, one that may make them a target of their male repressors.

They are found throughout the world, both adults and children. In my mind they aren't limited to one culture, they are their own culture, a group that encompasses the globe and speaks out in every single country about the atrocities against females. In the Middle East, it's a young girl speaking out against the Taliban for repressing females from attending school; in China and Japan, its mothers speaking out against killing their baby girls; in Africa, its female children, fighting for their right to receive an education; in America, its women fighting for their rights against the government taking away their choice to have an abortion and all around the world, its every woman, everywhere speaking out and fighting back against abuse and rape.

The Amazons are not women who used to exist. They are women who live right here and now. They are every female, everywhere linked as one united nation to better their world, their lives and the future for every female that will come after them.  

 

ETELKA

 

 

" Sisterhood is many things. It's a warn smile on a cold and rainy day, a friendly hug, a cheerful hello... It's all that a good and lasting friendship is, only better. It's treasured. It's sacred. It's knowing that there will always be someone there for you. It's dreams shared, and goals achieved. It's counting on others and being counted on. It is real."

Thank you for being my sisters! Here's to 13 glorious years and to 13....30 and many many more to come! Cu ena durus Tae'Nah arcis!

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Please find below a link to an online readable book entitled "Child of the Amazons and other Poems" by Max Eastman

http://archive.org/stream/childofamazonsot00eastrich#page/n5/mode/2up

Enjoy Sisters!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEORIS

 

 

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE 2013 YEAR 14 MONTAGE!

 

 

Thus ends the celebration page! So begins year Fifteen!

Many thanks to everyone who made this celebration possible!

 

Since September 9, 2007

 

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