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THE GODDESSES OF MYTHOLOGY: Their Names and Meanings

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What Are the Goddesses of Love ?

All cultures, since ancient times, have entrusted their happiness to the goddesses of love, love is the engine of many emotions, attitudes and experiences. On a philosophical level, love is considered as a virtue that represents the affection, kindness and compassion of the human being.

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Aphrodite

According to Greek mythology Aphrodite is the goddess of beauty, love, desire, lust, sex and reproduction. Aphrodite is one of the main goddesses of love. She protects and enlivens honest love and looks after commitment.

Ashtart or Astarte

She is a Semitic Goddess of sexual love, maternity and fertility, His consort in Ugarit. In Babylon, Syria, Phoenicia and elsewhere, her priestesses were thought to be sacred prostitutes.

Benzai-Ten (Japan)

Benzai-Ten is the Japanese goddess of all that flows: water, music, eloquence, knowledge, art and love. She is one of the Seven Fortunate Gods or Shichi Fukujin, and the only woman among them. Benzai-Ten is the patron saint of geishas, musicians and dancers. It is said that she came to earth to prevent a dragon from eating the children of a small village.

Branwen (Celtic, Wales)

Branwen, Llyr’s daughter, is a goddess of love and beauty. She is one of the triple goddesses of Avalon along with Ceriddwen and Arainrhod. Her name translates as ‘white raven’. She is the first aspect of the triple goddess, seen as a beautiful young woman. Due to the myth surrounding her story, she liberates abused wives from slavery and blesses them with new beginnings.

Clíodhna

She was an Irish goddess sometimes depicted as a Banshee or even a Banshee Queen (or Fairies, depending on the translation). However, she was also the goddess of love, perhaps because she was considered the most beautiful woman in the world.

Freya (Nordic mythology)

Freya, identified as the goddess of love, beautiful and Nordic. The sister of the gods Frey. She was the daughter of Njörd and Nerthus. The dearest of the goddesses. Everyone surrenders to her immense beauty. She was the Goddess of the kingdom of Folkvang and of the immense Sessrymnir.

In Germany she was known as Frigg, in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland she was considered as a different one. Freya, as she was born in Vaneheim, was known as Vanedis, the goddess of Vanes.

Hathor (Egyptian Mythology)

She is represented as a woman with the head of a cow, and personifies the principles of joy, feminine love and motherhood. She was one of the most important and popular deities in all of ancient Egypt, being worshipped by royalty and common people alike. Hathor was eventually considered the primitive goddess from which all others were derived.

Inanna (Sumerian)

Inanna is the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, beauty, sex, desire, fertility, war, combat, justice and political power, later worshipped by the Akkadians, Babylonians and Assyrians as Ishtar, known as the «Queen of Heaven».

Ishtar (Mesopotamian mythology)

This goddess was the daughter of the god Sin (moon god) or Anu. Isthar is recognized as the protector of prostitutes and extramarital relations. It is said that she helped the lovers not to be discovered.

Ixchel

Ixchel represented for the Mayan culture the goddess of the moon, fertility, gestation, love, textiles and medicine. She is usually represented as an old woman weaving on a loom or as an old woman emptying a water jug on the ground.

Kuan Yin

Of Chinese origin, this divinity represented as a woman with a thousand eyes and innumerable arms, symbolizes mercy and protection. Kuan Yin is one of the love goddesses who protects women from deception, infidelity and discord.

Laksmi

Laksmi represents love, beauty, good fortune, wealth, grace, happiness, purity and renewal, and is one of the three main devis (goddesses in the form of women) of Hinduism.

Lofn (Nordic Mythology)

Lofn is one of Frigga’s daughter maids. Lofn is the goddess of forbidden love that is frowned upon by family, clan or society. Her name means «permission», and she is also known as «the comforter», «the soft one» and «the lover». She makes it possible for lovers to come together and protects them from the wrath of others.

Oshun (Yoruba Mythology)

Oshun is one of the deities of the Yoruba religion. In the Santeria she syncretizes with the Virgin of Charity of the Copper, patron saint of Cuba. Also she is transliterated as: Oxum or Ochun.

Oshun is the Orisha of fresh waters, of sensuality, coquetry, female sexuality, love and fertility. She is also asked for the man that one desires for a serious relationship and that one wants. Owner of love, femininity and the river. Her name means sensuality, love, romanticism, delicacy, sweetness, happiness, water, serenity, moon and gold, among other things. Oshum is much more.

Parvati

is a goddess who represents many aspects, or we could say, many facets of herself that take different names. Thus, Parvarti represents love, devotion, fertility, divine force and power. Together with her husband Shiva, they are a means of connection between beings and a means for them to free their spirit.

Radha

Radha or Radharani, as she is also known, is the Hindu goddess of love and worship. She is the devoted consort of the God Krishna. It could be argued that she is the supreme Goddess of love, since her love for Krishna is said to represent the highest form of love and devotion in the universe.

Rati

This goddess plays an important role in love and lust in Hinduism. With various names, most of which speak of her immense beauty.

Toltec Tlazolteotl.

Goddess of the earth, of carnal love and desire. The one who eats impurities, devours everything and thus transforms it.

Venus

The Roman equivalent of Aphrodite, Venus, was a goddess of love and beauty.  Originally, she was associated with gardens and fertility, but later she took all the aspects of Aphrodite from the Greek traditions. Venus took a number of lovers, both mortal and divine.  Venus is almost always portrayed as young and charming.

Xochiquetzal (Aztec Mythology)

Her name means «beautiful feather flower» in the Nahuatl language, no wonder Xochiquetzal was an Aztec goddess of love. Several other aspects of Aztec life, such as flowers, pregnancy and prostitutes, also fell under her rule, making her one of the most popular deities.

What Are the Warrior Goddesses ?

Warrior goddesses represent physical strength and the ability to protect and fight for their rights and those of others.

Name of the Warrior Goddesses

Andraste (British)

Goddess of victory in battle and the crows.

Anut (Egyptian)

She is a warrior goddess, defender of the Sun God and protector or king in battle.

Athena (Greek)

Goddess of just war. This goddess is a great battle strategist, on the other hand, she detested senseless wars and preferred to use her wisdom to resolve disputes. She also sponsored many of the heroes in Greek mythology.

Bast (Egyptian)

She is the goddess of war of the lower Niles, she protected the Pharaoh and his warriors during the battle. Like the goddess of the cat, she is also very protective of the young.

Badb (Irish)

A shape-shifting goddess who symbolizes life, death, wisdom and inspiration. She is one aspect of the goddess Morrigan.

Bellona (Egyptian)

Goddess of destructive war and sister/companion of war God, Mars.

Brigid (Celtic mythology)

Brigid, sometimes called Brighd, Bride, Brid, is the Celtic Lady of Flames: like the warrior, she embodies the concept of Fire in many ways that encompasses the other elements as well. She is often associated with the Forge, the metal ships, and the weapons blacksmith.

Durga (Hindu)

Fierce demon fighting goddess and protector.

Enyo (Greek)

Goddess of destructive war and brother/companion of war God Ares.

Freya (nordic)

She is the goddess of war, entitled to half the souls of the bravest warriors. They spent the future life with her in the land of Folkvangr.

Itzpapalotl / Ītzpāpālōtl

She was the skeletal Aztec warrior goddess who ruled Tamoanchan, home to human creation and victims of infant mortality. Her nickname was even «obsidian butterfly», very well if you ask us.

Ixchel (or Ix Chel)

She was the ancient Mayan goddess of childbirth and war. Often depicted with jaguar claws or ears, she wears a snake as a headdress and is also associated with the moon and the traditional Mayan steam bath.

She was so sacred to Mayan women that they founded a sanctuary on an island, still called Isla de Mujeres, dedicated to the worship of Ixchel off the coast of contemporary Cancun.

Kali (Hindu)

Dark goddess of death, destruction and time. She is depicted with four arms, one carrying a sword and the other the head of a demon. She wears jewels made of skulls and blood adorns her breasts.

The goddess Kali destroys only what needs to be destroyed, whether it is a powerful demon, sin, fear or ignorance. Once everything is destroyed, the new creation can begin.

Louhi (Finnish mythology)

Lovatar is a goddess who takes many forms and has many names and who appears in the ancient Finnish epic The Kalevala. A blind daughter of the god of death, Lovatar gave birth to nine diseases (including plague, sterility and cancer).

In The Kalevala, Lovatar takes the form of a powerful shape-shifting witch named Louhi, who fights fiercely against the protagonists of the epic for the magic artifact Sampo. Later in the epic, Louhi tries to steal the sun, moon and stars.

Macha (Irish)

The wild goddess who fights injustice against women and children.

Menhit (Egyptian)

Considered by many historians to be an aspect of Sekhmet Her name translates as «the one who kills.» Also known as Menchit.

Minerva (Roman)

Roman equivalent of the goddess Athena.

Morrigan (Irish)

She’s a terrifying raven goddess associated with war and death.

Nike (Greek)

This goddess is the epitome of victory in both battle and peaceful competition.

Oya (Yoruba mythology)

She is the goddess of storms and the strong wind that precedes them.

Pele (Hawiiana)

Jealousy, goddess of the volcano of destruction and violence.

Sekhmet (Egyptian)

The lioness headed by the Goddess of Upper Egypt, her name means «powerful». Also known as the «lady of the slaughter» because in her «eye of Ra» aspect she stained the battlefields red with the blood of humans.

Victoria (Egyptian)

She’s the Egyptian version of the Greek goddess of victory.

Greek Goddesses

The ancient Greek goddesses make such good archetypal figures because of their exaggerated personalities. Each Greek deity is considered to have a specific area of influence and expertise.

Name of the Greek Goddesses

Amphitrite

Greek goddess of the sea and consort of the god Poseidon.

Aphrodite

Olympic Goddess of love and beauty. She is certainly the most popular Deity on this list of the Greek Goddess.

Artemis

The Greek goddess of hunting, nature and birth.

Asteria

Goddess of the stars and the last immortal who lives with man.

Atalanta

She’s a competitive warrior goddess, an adventure and an incredible runner. She was turned into a lion by Aphrodite.

Athena

Goddess of war, wisdom and domestic craft. She was one of the Olympic goddesses.

Baubo

The obscene goddess who lifted her skirt in front of Demeter. She’s one of the least known deities on the Greek goddess’ list.

Demeter

Goddess of the harvest and is most notably related to the cultivation, preservation and harvest of the grain. Mother of Persephone.

Dike

She was the Greek goddess of moral justice.

Eos

The beautiful goddess of dawn who brings the hope of a new day.

Eris

Goddess of struggle, discord, contention and rivalry.

Eirenne

The Greek goddess who symbolizes peace.

Hebe

Goddess of Youth. She served nectar to the gods.

Hecate

Goddess of wild places, childbirth and the crossroads. She’s associated with magic and witchcraft.

Hemera

Primordial Goddess of Daylight.

Hera

Queen of the Olympic Goddesses and Goddess of Marriage

Hestia

One of the original Olympians, she gave up her throne to become the goddess of home and home.

Hygieia

Goddess of health, cleanliness and sanitation.

Gaia

Goddess Mother Earth Ancient.

Iris

The Greek goddess of the rainbow and servant of the gods.

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Titan Goddess and mother of Apollo and Artemis

Maia

Goddess of Spring and the greatest and most beautiful of the seven daughters of Atlas who formed the Pleiades.

Mnemosyne

The personification of memory in Greek mythology. She was also the mother of the muses.

Metis

Titan Goddess of wisdom and prudence. According to the myths, Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis and then gave birth to his daughter Athena.

Nike

The Greek goddess of victory.

Nyx

She’s an ancient goddess of darkness and night

Persephone

She’s the maiden goddess and queen of the underworld.

Phoebe

Described as bright and golden crowned, she was said to be a moon goddess.

Rhea

An earth goddess, responsible for soil fertility, women and motherhood. She took over many of these roles from her mother Gaia.

Selene

This goddess was the personification of Titan of the moon itself, unlike the later moon goddesses

Theia

She’s an ancient goddess of sight and bright skies. She was mother Helios, Selene and

Eos

Her name itself means goddess.

Themis

Greek goddess of divine justice, order and customs. She also had the gift of prophecy, as she was responsible for the Oracle of Delphi before he passed on to Apollo.

Black Goddesses

Black goddesses have been worshipped throughout history, most of them of African origin. They are deities that for many tribes handle the most important aspects of life.

Name of the Black Goddesses

Alala

Mother of God of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria. This beloved Mother Earth is the highest goddess of the Ibo pantheon in Nigeria. She is responsible for many aspects of civilization, as well as the guardianship of women and children in general.

Aha Njoku

«Yam lady.» This popular goddess is worshipped by the Ibo of Nigeria. She is responsible for yams, a central ingredient in the Ibo diet, and the women who care for them.

Aja

«Lady of the Forest Herbs»: this forest goddess is honored by the Yoruba people of Nigeria. She teaches her faithful the use of medicinal herbs found in African forests.

Dziva

She is the generally benevolent Creatrix Goddess of the Shona people of Zimbabwe, but there is also a horrible aspect to her nature.

Gbadu

«Holy child.» Gbadu is Mawu’s daughter (outlined below). She is the goddess of destiny for the Fon (or Dahomey) people of modern Benin, who are saddened by the struggle between their Mother’s mortal children.

Inkosazana

She is a popular and much loved goddess of the well-known Zulus of southern Africa. She is primarily responsible for corn, an important element of the Zulu diet.

Mami wata

African water goddess Mami Wata represents and controls the water spirits. She is often depicted as a mermaid and seen with snakes, and is so important to the African Diaspora communities.

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Mawu

He is the Supreme Deity of the Fon (or Dahomey) people of modern Benin. With her husband, Lisa, she created the universe. One of her daughters is Gbadu (pictured above).

Mbaba Mwana Waresa «Lady Rainbow»

She’s a beloved goddess of the Zulus of southern Africa, mainly because she gave them the gift of beer. The story of Her search for a husband is well known and appeared recently in a beautifully illustrated children’s book.

Mella

«Brave daughter.» Mella’s story is both folklore and myth. She is a deified Queen honored by the Buhera Ba Rowzi people of Zimbabwe.

Minona

This protector of women is honored by the Fon (or Dahomey) people of Benin. In some stories, she is the mother of Mawu and the grandmother of Gbadu.

Nowa

African shaman goddess of the Mende tribe and in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Oshun

She is the goddess of rivers, fertility and healing in Nigeria (Oshun-tribe). Her husband is Shango. During the times of slavery, her cult also moved to Central and South America. The goddess of love, sexuality, beauty and diplomacy.

She is the owner of the sweet waters. With her sweetness, she overcomes the most difficult tasks. She is the protector of the abdominal area and the teacher of pleasure and happiness. She is a great giver, but when she is angry, it is very difficult to calm her down. She is often invoked in matters of love and money.

Oshun is one of the few native African goddesses whose name is recognized in the West. The Yoruba people of Nigeria primarily honor her as a freshwater goddess, an important element for any person. She is also responsible for fertility, love and divination.

Oduda

A great goddess worshipped among the tribes of Northwest Africa, Benin, Dahomey and Yoruba. Her name translates as «The Black» and her image is that of a snake.

In the town of Ado, where «Mother Earth» is thought to menstruate (according to African tradition), Oduda is responsible for the practice of sacred prostitution. The cult of which she is the main deity is known as Obeah and is practiced in the Caribbean islands.

Oya

The goddess of wind, fire and lightning. Oya, too, is one of the few names of African goddesses recognized in the West. She’s a fierce, protective goddess worshipped by the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Her husband is Shango, the god of storms.

Like the warrior in the Yoruba pantheon, she represents female power. She is strong, assertive, brave and independent and always willing to take risks. When she is angry, she can create tornadoes and hurricanes, but this also happens when she is ready to make changes.

Yemalla or Yemayá

The goddess of the sea and the moon. She’s the archetypal mother and purveyor of wealth. As the one who gives life and sustains the Earth, she is extremely generous. She is the energy that nourishes and calms anyone.

But like the ocean, when she’s angry, she can be unforgiving. Therefore, she represents the mother who gives love, but does not give power. Yemayá is also the owner of the collective subconscious and ancient wisdom, as she keeps the secrets hidden in the sea. She is often invoked in fertility rituals for women and in any rituals related to women’s issues.

Egyptian Goddesses

Egyptian goddesses are deities that represent many aspects of life, and in turn, are connected to the creation of the world.

The names of the Egyptian goddesses

Amenti, Lady at the Gates

This goddess of the underworld was responsible for greeting the dead upon their arrival in the West. As is often the case in the Egyptian religion, Amenti’s place was by no means permanent: other accounts say that Nut, Hathor, Neith or Ma’at greeted the dead.

Ammut

Devourer of souls. The ancient Egyptians had no conception of hell or place of punishment; but after death came the weighing of the soul in the presence of Osiris and Thoth wrote the good and evil deeds of the soul in a book.

Hathor, Lady Mother.

Hathor («House of Horus») is generally presented as a Cow Goddess and Mother Goddess. She is a complex Deity, who on the one hand is a Goddess of Heaven and Matron of Love, but also has a destructive element of Her nature, which is represented in Sachmet.

Hequet

Consort of Khnum, the creator god of mankind.

Isis

Isis is the best-known Egyptian deity. Isis was the daughter of Nut, wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. Sometimes she was called Aset or Ast. When Osiris was killed by her brother Set, her body was set adrift on the Nile and Isis began to search for him. Isis recovered her husband and reassembled him.

Her most important functions, however, were those of motherhood, conjugal devotion, healing the sick, and working magic spells and incantations. The Egyptians depicted this goddess as a woman sitting on her knees, crowned with the solar disk that bore a hieroglyph with her name, Ast, and open arms with the wings of a kite.

Ma’at, Cosmic Balance

There is much debate among Egyptologists about whether Ma’at is a «real» goddess or just the personification of a concept. Many Egyptian temples show her in human form. She symbolized truth, cosmic balance, right order, justice, natural law, and was a very important idea at the heart of Egyptian civilization. Ma’at was the daughter of Re and the consort of Thot.

Mafdet, a Goddess of «Divine Vengeance».

She is represented by a cat running around with a sword blade, and often one that shares the punishment received by the eldest.

Mut

He was part of the three gods in Theben: Amun-Re (his consort) and Chon (his son)

Mut is seen as the mother, the loving, receptive and nurturing force behind all things, even when her husband was the great energy, the creative force. The word «mut» in ancient Egyptian means «mother». She was also the mother of Khonsu, the moon god.

Neith, Goddess of War

A very ancient goddess worshipped in the Delta; venerated as a goddess of wisdom, often identified with Ma’at; in later traditions, the sister of Isis, Nephthys and Serket, and protector of Duamutef, the god of the deceased’s stomach.

Nekhbet, Lady Vulture

She is a very ancient goddess from Upper Egypt (south). In some cosmogonies, she is the creator. She’s rarely depicted in human form, she was a vulture.

Nephthys, Lady of The House

It is generally interpreted by Egyptologists as the Dark Brother of Isis. The sister and wife of Seth, and sister of Isis and Osiris; also the mother (variant by Seth or Osiris) of Anubis. She abandoned Seth when he killed Osiris, and helped Isis in the care of Horus and the resurrection of Osiris.

Nut

Heavenly Lover. The goddess of heaven, daughter of Shu and Tefnut. Nut is the mother of four of the main deities of the Egyptian pantheon: Isis, Osiris, Nephthys and Seth. Her body is heaven, her husband is earth (geb). She gave birth to the sun and the universe.

Pash / Pakit

She’s a cat goddess from the South Nile area.

Renenutet

The serpent goddess called Renenutet, Renenet or Ernutet. In Egypt snakes are protective and evil divinities. But Renenutet, a serpent-headed divinity, has a beneficial character; she is protector of the royal child and also a goddess of luck.

She is linked to fertility and crops. To her was dedicated the first drop of water, wine, beer and the first bread. With her eyes she could kill the enemies and together with Seb she was the mother of Nehebkau. Her cult was centered in Terenuthis.

Sekhmet

Fierce Leona. Sekhmet (Sachmet, Sakhmis, Sekhet, Ubastet) («The Mighty»), is often combined with Bast. Sometimes She is another form of Bast, sometimes another form of Hathor, sometimes an autonomous goddess. She was part of the three gods in Memphis: Ptah-Nefertem-Sachmet.

Selket

Scorpion Lady. It was the divine scorpion, who ruled over medicine and magic. She also protected the coffins of the dead. Selket was the wife of Ra. She helped Isis, Nephthys and Neith guard the canopic jars of Osiris. Her name is also written: ‘serqet hetit’, which means: breath away.

Seshat

Book teacher. Seshat was always shown as a human wearing a fur and holding articles to write. The Master of writing and science later lost some of her importance to Thoth, but she stayed.

Sopdet / Sothis

She was the personification of the dog star Sirius. The appearance of Sirius in July (called the helical rise) heralds the flooding of the Nile. Therefore, it was thought to bring the annual flooding of the Nile.

Tefnut

The name «Tefnut» is probably derived from the root «teftef», which means «to spit, to moisten» and the root «nu» which means «waters, sky». She is the goddess of moisture and clouds, daughter of Ra, sister and wife of Shu, mother of Geb and Nuit.

Ouadjet

Ouadjet, is an extremely ancient goddess from Lower Egypt (north). She is often paired with Nekhbet, and is personified by the uraeus, the cobra in the pharaoh’s crown. She is sometimes called buto.

Roman Goddesses

The original Roman goddesses had no distinctive personalities, human form, family histories or myths about their lives. Instead, these deities were manifestations of what the Romans called «numina», the divine essence that could be found in all living beings and places.

This belief in numina helps explain why there were so many early Roman deities, as each one represented different aspects of the natural world.

Abundantia / Abundita

Roman goddess of plenty. She is the protector of wealth.

Adiona / Abeona / Adeona

The goddess of departure. She is the guardian of children when they begin to explore the world, as well as the guardian of travelers in general.

Aestas

Roman goddess of summer. She is portrayed as naked and adorned with garlands made from corn cobs. Festival: June 27th

Aetna

Vulcan mountain goddess of the ethna.

Anna Furrinna

An Etruscan and later Roman (river) goddess whose fertility festivities were intended to stimulate the fertility of plants and humans.

Acca Larentia

(Etruscan, «Lady Mother»)

Also known simply as Lara, she is a goddess of sexuality in whose worship sacred prostitution played an important role. A semi-divine prostitute, she passed into Roman mythology as a benefactress of the lower classes and as an adopted mother of Remus and Romulus, the mythical founders of Rome.

Aurora

Goddess of the Dawn. (Greek: eos)

According to the Greek poet Hesiod, she was the daughter of Titan Hyperion and Titaness Theia and sister of Helios, the god of the sun, and Selene, the goddess of the moon. She carries in Homer’s works the epithet Rosy-Fingered.

Bellona

bellona.jpg «Lady of War»: Bellona is an ancient native Roman goddess. In later years, she was assimilated to Mah of Asia Minor. Her faith was described as bloody and orgiastic. She is often identified with the Greek war goddess Enyo.

Bona Dea

«The good goddess.» She was a goddess of primary women. On the Aventine she had a temple. The name «Bona Dea» is also interpreted as a title of the ancient Roman goddess Fauna.

Cardea

«Lady protector»: although ridiculed as the goddess of door hinges, Cardea was, in fact, an important deity of the Roman family.

Ceres «Lady of the Grains»: the native Roman goddess Ceres was assimilated to the Greek goddess Demeter.

Diana, a native Roman goddess worshipped especially in Lake Nemi, was easy to assimilate with the Greek-Asian goddess Artemis.

Flora

Lady of the flowers

Although she was not among the twelve Olympians, Flora was a goddess much loved by the Roman people. Her festivals were popular occasions. The reason for her popularity and importance was eluded to historians who did not recognize the connection between flowers, sex and reproduction.

Fortune

She was a very popular and common goddess. He prayed to his wife for childbirth and his cult included divination with an oracle collecting lots. In the beginning, Fortune was a goddess of plenty and had the birth and protection of children under her control. Later she was seen as a goddess of chance.

Furiae

«The Fury» (in Greek: Erinyes. The goddess of anger and revenge in three Chtonian forms). «Revenge»: Also known as Eumenides, these Greek goddesses were adopted by the Romans, who called them Furiae.

Juno

Queen of heaven. Roman mother of God who protects childbirth, marriage and women in general. Wife of jovis (jupiter). Although generally equated with the Greek goddess Hera, Juno was in fact a native Latin goddess with a mythology of her own; some have survived.

Her disposition was also very different from that of Hera, and she was considered the wisest advisor and beloved wife of Jupiter, who was not from the beginning of her worship.

Juventas

Goddess of Youth.

Libitina

Roman goddess of funerals. Her temple was in a grove where the gravediggers lived and prepared everything for the funeral rituals.

Minerva

Italian Goddess Her origins are not certain; she could have been the Etruscan goddess Falerii or a goddess of the Sabian city. In Rome she was worshipped as a goddess of wisdom, war and protection of the city. She was commonly identified with the Greek Athena.

Pale

Roman goddess of shepherds. Her festival «Parilia» was on April 21st. She protected the herds and shepherds from disease and beasts.

Pomona

Italian goddess of fruits growing on trees.

Orchard

Although an important goddess for the Romans, little of her mythology survived, even in the time of the Empire.

Salus

The Roman goddess personified of health and prosperity, both individual and state. Her attribute was a snake or a bowl. She is identified with the Greek Hygieia

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Terra Mater. Italian goddess of the earth. She gave him fertility. (Greek: gaia). In the cult, Ceres (Greek: Demeter) and Tellus were worshipped.

Venus

Italian goddess who later identified with the Greek Aphrodite. At first she was the goddess of gardens, but she became the goddess of love.

Vesta

Italian goddess of the home (identified with the Greek Hestia). The priestesses of Vesta had to protect a state fire and had to remain virgins. Their cult was one of the oldest in Rome and more important than Hestia’s cult of the Greeks. In the republican times of Rome, every invocation had to start with the god Janus and end with the call to Vesta.

Victory

Roman goddess of victory. Around 294 B.C. the Romans built a temple for her in the palatine. Her worship spread throughout the Roman Empire.

Goddesses of Olympus

The goddesses of Olympus were deities worshipped in Greece, belonging to the twelve great gods of Olympus.

Names of the Olympian Goddesses

Hera

Hera is the queen of all gods and goddesses. She is considered to be the most beautiful of all goddesses, even more beautiful than Aphrodite. Her symbols are crown, pomegranate, peacock, lion and cow. Hera is the wife and sister of Zeus. She is the youngest daughter of Titan Cronus and Rhea. Hera is said to restore her virginity every year by taking a bath in a sacred spring called Kanathos.

Demeter

Demeter shows herself mainly as a sweet-looking mature woman, often covering a veil over her head, although her face is visible. She is the goddess of fertility, nature, agriculture and the seasons. She is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea. The symbols used to represent her are wheat, torch, pig and poppy. Her Latin name is Ceres, from which the word cereal is derived.

Athena

This is the goddess of wisdom is the daughter of Zeus and also goddess of war and craftsmanship. She is symbolized by the owl and the olive tree. A prophecy was made that Metis, who is Zeus’ first wife, would have Zeus’ second child.

Artemis

Daughter of the female titan Leto and Zeus. Artemis is also called the Slayer of the Virgin. When she was a child she asked her father Zeus to let her stay as an eternal virgin. She has an absolute reign over nature and is considered to bring fertility to all the places that worshipped her.

Aphrodite

She is a perfect looking goddess who is very beautiful and has the body of an eternal young woman. Her strength is the powerful sex appeal and dazzling beauty, which sometimes makes her vain. Many gods avoided marrying Aphrodite, thinking that her beauty could lead to war among the Olympic athletes.

Hestia

Hestia has power over the home, altars and states. She is the firstborn daughter of Rhea and Cronus. She hardly ever leaves her home and has sworn eternal chastity. She is kind and quiet by nature, and supports the family and the home.

She is the firstborn of the Olympian gods. Hestia has no children. Hestia is one of the three goddesses who are immune to any influence of Aphrodite.

Nordic Goddesses

There are many goddesses in the Nordic mythology, we have made a summary of these great goddesses.

The Names of the Nordic Goddesses

Audumla / Audhumbla

She is a symbol of life and fertility. Audumbla was the second living being on earth, after Ymir, the father of the giants. The cow feeds on the salt that was inside the ice. From her udder came four streams of milk. The giant father Ymir drank from these to build up his strength.

Bestla

Wife of Bor and mother of the first gods: Odin, Vili and Ve.

Bil

A minor Scandinavian goddess according to Snorri Sturlusson, one of the two sons taken by the god of the moon.

Disen

The natural nordeas, which brought fertility. The northern Germanic people also worshipped them as birth attendants.

Eastre

«Lady of Spring»: From her name, which means «Radiant Dawn», comes our word Easter. In her spring festival, she is celebrated with songs, dances, parades, flowers, bells and colorful eggs. The rabbit is its sacred animal.

Eir

Another minor Scandinavian goddess: she rules over healing and is one of the maidens of Frigga.

Elli

The very old but powerful nurse of the giant Utgardloki. Thor had trouble winning her over by fighting. She was also a symbol for aging itself.

Freyja, Frija

Freya (= Mistress), the Great Goddess of Scandinavia and the North Germans. Another name Vanadis. She is the goddess of abundance, desire, love, fertility and spring. Also Freya is the embodiment of wisdom and healing. She has two daughters Hnoss (= gem / Kleinod) and Gershem (= treasure).

Freyja is a Vanir, daughter of Njörd and Nerthus (according to Tacitus = Mother Earth), twin sister of Frey. Her husband was the God Od (= Exitement), but because of her similarities to Frigga, she was also thought to be the wife of Odin.

Frigga, Frigg, Fríge

(Frigg = Beloved, Goddess). similar to Freya. Frig or Frigga would have been Frige in Anglo-Saxon England. She is, of course, the highest goddess in the Germanic pantheon. Frigg belongs to the Asen and is the queen of the sky and the clouds.

Daughter of Fjörgyn, mother of Balder and wife of Odin. Tacitus thought she was similar to Venus. Friday (Friatac) bears her name here and is her day. (From the Roman calendar: Veneris (day of Venus) dies. She has the following children: Balder, Höd, Bragi and Hermod.

Fulla / Volla

A Scandinavian goddess whose name means «stuffing» and who carries Frigga’s coffin (i.e. she rules over abundance).

Gefjon / Gefion

Goddess of agriculture / fertility. She was a Frigga maid. Her name literally means give. She was also seen as the goddess of virginity (North German people). A prophetic virgin goddess and member of Aesir and Vanir.

Gna

Gna is a maid from Frigga and her messenger.

Gunnlud / Gunnlöd

She is the Nordic goddess who guards the mead of poetry, Odrerir. She is also known as Gunnlauth and Gonlod.

Gullveig

In Nordic mythology, Gullveig was a mysterious goddess or giant who initiated the war between the Æsirs and the Vanirs. On a visit to Asgard, the aces could not stand her any longer, so they created a bonfire in the centre of Glaðsheimr, killed Gullveig and threw her into the fire.

The problem was that she was resurrected so the Æsirs made three attempts, but the result was always the same. When they saw how Gullveig came out of the fire they started calling her Heid.

Hel

Goddess of the underworld. Her kingdom is Niflheim or Helheim (underworld) and her hall is called Elvidnir or Eliud / Eljudnir (= misery) and her table is called Hungur (hunger). She was the daughter of Loki and the giant Angrboda (Angerbode / = Fearbringer). She is the sister of Fenrir (Fenris-wolf) and Jormungand (Midgard serpent).

Hild

Hild is the head of the Valkyries. Next to her lover, she wages war against her father. The battle will continue until Ragnarok, the end of creation.

Hlin

Goddess of consolation/comfort, friendly to the human race, also maiden of Frigga.

Holda

Holda was worshipped by the Turingians, Hessians and Suevi of modern Germany. She oversees the sky, lakes and streams. She leads the Host of the Dead through the mountains, whose cries are the wild wind.

Hlodyn

Goddess of the earth.

Hretra

An Anglo-Saxon goddess whose name could be translated as «Glory» and who called March (well, the Anglo-Saxon name that month was based on that name).

Huldra

A goddess attended by wooden nymphs. They had cow’s tails that could be seen hanging under their white robes. They were the cattle protectors, and they sang beautifully.

Iduna / Idun / Iduun

Goddess of Asen

In Nordic mythology, she was the wife of the god of poetry Bragi, and the guardian of the sacred apples that gave the gods eternal youth. Daughter of the dwarf Iwaldi. Nordic goddess of eternal youth and spring. It was her apples that gave the gods their eternal life.

Ilmatar

Finnish mother of God, who created the world from an egg.

Jord / Jörd

Jörd (= earth) goddess of the earth Mother of Thor and Frigg. Jörd is the daughter of Anar and Nott (night). Her name is also Hlodyn.

Kipu-tyttö

The Finnish «girl of pain» is often translated as «Sinew’s daughter», who is the epitome of pain. One asked her to take away the pain, but she is not a goddess in the Finnish way of seeing things.

Laufey

Loki’s mother, also called Nal.

Lofn

Goddess of marital love and concord.

Matronae

Yes, a bit shocking, but several of those multiple (often triple) goddesses in the Rhineland had more well-known Germanic and Celtic names. Two examples are the Matronae Aufaniae and the Matronibus Alagiabus.

Mielikki

Mielikki, the Finnish goddess of all those who live in the forest, whose totem is the bear, the honey paws, who wears sky coloured socks and protects all the animals and humans that live.

Nacht

Black daughter of a giant. She traveled through the sky at night and was followed by her son Dagr, the daylight, also called Sinhtgurt.

Nal

Loki’s mother is also known by this name.

Nerthus

Fertility goddess. (declared by Tacitus) She was worshipped mainly by the Germanic tribes north of the river Elbe. The main place of her worship was an island with a hain (wooden) saint.

Nornas

The name of the nornas means «to whisper or to whisper». They are the three Spinners of destiny: they are past (URD = measure), presence (VERDANDI = what arises) and future (SKULD = that is what will happen). They rule over the destiny of humans.

While Urd and Verdandi were cutting runes into a wand, Skud was the one who decided about the life or death of the humans. From Urd’s well grew the Yggdrasil.

Päivä, Beiwe

Finnish sun goddess, whose name means «day», corresponding to Saule with tears of amber.

Ran

She was a storm goddess. Aegir’s wife.

Saga

Goddess who drinks with Odin in his Sokkvabekk hall. Her name means «seer» and is related to the Nordic word for history; therefore, some call her the goddess of history. Some consider her just an aspect of Frigg.

Sif

(=b) Scandinavian corn goddess. Wife of the thunder god Thor. Three children with Thor: Magni, Modi and Thrud. From his first marriage he got the son Ull.

Sigyn

Loki’s wife.

Sinhtgurt

Another name by which the goddess Natch was known

Sjöfn

Nordic goddess of passion and love.

Skadi (or Skadhi)

Skaldi (= shadow / darkness). She is a Nordic dark winter goddess. She is the daughter of the giant Thjazi and the wife of the god Vanir Njörd, whom she leaves because she does not want to live elsewhere.

Snorta

Nordic goddess of intelligence and good behavior.

Sun / Sunna / Sonne

The Scandinavian sun goddess. Daughter of the giant Mundilferi and sister of the moon god Mani.

Thökk

Giant and witch. The goddess Hel ordered that Balder could only be brought back to life, if all beings wept for him. Thökk was the only one who didn’t.

Thrud

Daughter of Thor and Sif. She was engaged to the night dwarf Alvis. Thrud was the lover of Thrundheim where Thors Bilskirnir’s palace was located.

Tuoni or tuonetar

Finnish goddess of death and the underworld in Finnish mythology. She is also known as Surutar. She has a swan as her signature animal.

Var

Var (= contract), German protector of contracts She is the one who listens to all the oaths and remembers the contracts between men and women.

Vellamo, Veden emäntä, Veden emo, Veden emä, Ve’en emo

Finnish water goddess. Ahti’s wife. In Eastern Finland she is often used as the only water deity. It could take the form of a seal.

Volla

Name of the goddess Fulla, she declared it in the Merseburger Zaubersprüche, where she is called Frigg’s sister.

Other Nordic Goddesses

There are a number of other Nordic goddesses, from various earlier civilisations, throughout the vast Nordic territory. We have made a summary of these goddesses.

The Akkan

The Akkan are a quadrille of Saami goddesses who oversee conception, birth and destiny. They are Madderakka, Sarakka, Juksakka and Ugsakka.

Anapel

This is the goddess of the Koryak of Siberia is the matron of reincarnation.

Aspelenie

Among pre-Christian Lithuanians, Aspelenie was honored as the Goddess of Home and House. She took the form of a friendly snake. The snake was also considered a servant of the sun goddess Saule, and harming a snake was a blasphemous offense.

Ausrine and Saule

Saule is the Sun Goddess of ancient Lithuania. Ausrine is her daughter, the «Morning Star Lady». Saule’s husband, Ausrine’s father, is Meness.

The Bereginy

The Bereginians, like the nymphs of Greece and Rome, were nature spirits. They were honored by women in all Slavic regions of Europe, even during the Middle Ages.

Dziewanna

«Lady of Spring»: this Polish goddess was the matron of spring and agriculture. She was especially honored by farmers.

Eastre

Goddess of Spring.

Haltia

Goddess of the home, she was honored by the Baltic Finns. The Estonians called her Holdja.

Koliada

«Lady of Time»: also known as Koljada, this Russian goddess is the epitome of time and the winter solstice.

Lada

«Spring maiden.» Lada, goddess of spring and love, was worshipped in Lithuania, Poland and Russia.

Mokosh

«Lady of the Waters»: this goddess of moisture was honored throughout Slavic Europe with several related names.

Mati Syra Zemlya

«Mother of the Wet Earth»: Slavic Goddess of the Earth. The origin of her cult is very old and is in the region of Don. She was able to foresee the future and was very wise.

Nehallenia

Dutch goddess of plenty who ruled over sea travel and possibly the dead.

Rana Nedia

«Lady of the Green Hills»: She’s the Saami spring goddess. She makes the green hills for the reindeer.

The Zorya

«Guardians of the Sun.» The Zorya are ancient Slavic goddesses of heaven and light, honoured particularly in Russia. Sometimes only two in number, they are usually represented as three, a fairly common number.

Celtic Goddesses

There are a lot of goddesses within the Celtic mythology, they kept the order and handled many philosophical aspects.

Names of the Celtic Goddesses

Abnoba, Galica or Diana

Goddess of forests and springs; Protector of game and beasts. From her name, the English river «Avon» is derived.

Adsullata

She is a continental Celtic spring goddess; she can be likened to Sul.

Aerfen

She is the goddess of the British war, presiding over the fate of the wars between the Welsh and the English.

Aeval «Lady of Sexuality»

Among the Celts in Ireland, Aeval was the queen of the Munster fairies. She held a midnight court to determine whether or not the husbands met their wives’ sexual needs, as the women accused.

Aife

Scottish warrior goddess who stole a magic alphabet from the deities and gave it to the humans. By this act and her evil she became a crane. The sacred of Aife: the crane, the spear.

Aine of Knockaine

Goddess of the Moon in southwest Ireland. Patroness of crops and livestock. She gave the meadows their scent. Connected to the Midsummer Festival. She can be identified with Anu.

Andarta

Goddess of the Vocontier War. A Gallic warrior and goddess of fertility in Celtic France.

Arduinna

She’s a Welsh goddess of the moon, forests and hunting in the Ardennes. «Lady of the woods»: The Celts of Gaul (France) honored her as the goddess of justice and childbirth. The Ardennes forest, which bears her name, was her special domain. She is accompanied by a wild boar, her sacred animal.

Andraste / Adraste

Goddess of war and victory.

Anu / Anna

Mother of an Irish goddess. She was the ancestor and mother of the Tuatha of Danaan. She’s identical to Danu. Two hills near Killarney are called «Da Chich Anann» (The Two Breasts of Anne).

Arianrhod

Goddess Welsh; daughter of the Goddess and her consort Beli.

Artio

Early Celtic goddess of the Eastern bear. She was worshipped in northeast Gaul. Muri’s bronze statue shows her as a woman holding a bowl in one hand, with flowers and fruit in the other; next to her sits a bear under a tree.

Badb / Badhbh / Bobd «Battle»

She’s the Irish war goddess, who appears as a raven in battle. She is the sister of Macha, Morrigan and Anu. In some contexts, Anu, Badb and Macha appear as a Triple Goddess of Destiny, known collectively as Morrigan. Messenger of death.

Banba

The goddess who represents the spirit of Ireland, and who is the wife of King MacCuill. He was thought to be the first settler in Ireland. She is part of a trinity of goddesses, the daughters of Fiachna, along with Fodla and Eriu. Amergin, Miled’s son, promised her the honour of naming the island.

Beag

They called her «The well lover»: the Irish Celts said that Beag possessed a magic well, the well of wisdom.

Belisama / Belisma

Another name for the Minerva Gala. The Welsh/Celtic goddess of light and fire, the forge and craftsmanship. She is the wife of the god Bethlehem.

Blodeuwedd

Virgin Welsh goddess of spring, all made of flower buds, her beauty disguising a personification of the blood-starved soil waiting to be fruitful with the life blood of the sacred king.

Its totemic form was an owl, the same bird of wisdom and lunar mysteries that accompanied or represented ancient goddesses like Athena and Lilith. Owls were almost invariably associated with witches in medieval folklore.

Boann / Boand

Goddess of the Boyne River. Wife of Elcmar and mother of Angus. Her name means «Mistress of the White Cows.» She is the wife of the water god Elcman.

Branwen

(BRAHN-wen) Manx / Welsh goddess of love and fertility.

Her name means «White Breasted» (Welsh: Bronwen) or «White Crow». The ancient Welsh people worshipped her as the daughter of the sea and as the goddess of the moon and love. Her story can be read in the Mabinogion.

Brigit / Brigid

His name means «High One». Chief Goddess of Ireland. Daughter of Dagda. She has three aspects: Protector of the bards, healers and blacksmiths.

Brigantia

She is the Celtic (British) tutelary goddess of the brigands in Yorkshire and the goddess of the rivers Braint and Brent, which bear her name. Brigantia was also a pastoral god.

Cailleach

is known as the «Mother of All» in parts of Scotland. Also known as Scotia, she is depicted as an old witch with the teeth of a wild bear and fangs of a wild boar. She is believed to be a great sorceress.

Cerridwen

«Lady of Inspiration»: for the Celts of the British Isles and Britain, she was the goddess of wisdom, poetry and grain. Her annual killing of Gwion mimics the changing of the seasons. She is often depicted with her cauldron of wisdom.

Coventia

River Goddess, whose worship was centered in a temple in Carrawburgh / Northumberland. Her image was shown with three bodies, carrying and pouring jugs of water. The Celtic (British) goddess of water and springs.

Danu «Great Mother»

She is the «Mother of the Gods» of the Tuatha De Danaan, one of the ancient people who settled in Ireland. Her children and followers were transformed into the Banshee. Under a variety of names, including Anu and Don, Danu was worshipped in pre-Christian Europe and the Middle East.

Damona «The Great Cow»

Gallic Goddess in the shape of a cow.

Habondia

The ancient Celtic goddess of home, home, fertility and harvest, who was of the ancient bondage with Cernunnos.

Damona «The Great Cow»

Gallic Goddess in the shape of a cow.

Habondia

The ancient Celtic goddess of home, home, fertility and harvest, who was of the ancient bondage with Cernunnos.

Fotla

Irish mother of goddess; One of Ireland’s mothers.

Korrigan

A Celtic goddess (Gaul / France) associated with nature and especially water; for example, springs in the vicinity of dolmens and other megaliths.

Macha

Macha appeared in three forms: the red Macha (Macha Mongruad) was a goddess of war. Macha also looks like an aspect of the Morrigan. Maeve (Irish, «intoxication», «drunk woman») (other spellings: Maebh, Meave, Mebhdh) A Celtic/Irish goddess connected to Tara, the legendary, mythical and magical center of the island.

Mari «Lady Justice»: is the Basque goddess of rain and drought. Through the latter, She punishes those guilty of lying, stealing and pride. She assumes many different forms.

Matres

A group of three nature goddesses worshipped in Gallia, Britannia and Cisalpina. This cult is not found in Ireland and Wales; but it survived until Roman times.

Medb

Goddess of land and fertility in Ireland. She symbolized the earth and the Irish king had to get married in a ritual. In ancient Ireland, a king ritually married this Goddess (in the person of His Priestess) to legitimize his reign.

Morgan, Morrigan, Morrigu, Morrighan or Morgana le Fay

«The great queen.» Archetypal form of the mother goddess in Ireland. She had three forms: Badb, Macha and Nemainn. She fought to help the Tuatha of Danaan. Manly seen as a goddess of war and love.

Nanna

Goddess of flowers and plants.

Nantosuelta

Welsh goddess of fertility and the underworld. She was worshipped in Germany / Saarland.

Nemain

Goddess of war, she married Wargod Net.

Nemetona

She was a Welsh goddess from Roman times. She was the consort of Mars; therefore, some historians see her as a goddess of war. She was the main goddess of the Nemeter tribe, who lived between Rhein and Mosel.

Rhiannon

Rigantona = «The Great Queen», Mare-Goddess in Wales.

Rosmerta (I)

A goddess of plenty who was found in southwest Britain, Gaul and on the long rivers Rhone and Rhine.

Rosmerta (II)

Gaul: All Celtic tribes. A Celtic goddess of fertility and wealth, whose cult spread widely in Gaul. She is the wife of the god Esus, but also of the Gallic mercury.

Scathach

She is the patron saint of blacksmiths and warriors alike. She teaches her children martial arts, discipline, how to work with iron and steel, magic, the ways of clairvoyance and the way of the sword, spear and bow.

Senua

A new Roman goddess has been discovered in a treasure of gold and silver in England. Her name is Senua, and her origin may have been derived from a combination of a local British goddess and the Roman Minerva. She is portrayed as a graceful woman with her hair rolled up in a bun.

Sequana

Seine Goddess

Sirona

Welsh goddess of the Roman era; Consort of Apollo Grannus. She was a goddess of fertility and spring.

Sulis

She was a hot spring goddess. She was also a goddess of the underworld, wisdom and divination.

Tailtiu

Irish earth goddess, who was Lugh’s stepmother. The Celtic festival Lughnasadh was held in her name

Indian Goddesses

Indian goddesses are deities that are still mostly worshipped.

Names of the Indian goddesses

Adishakti

The primitive Hindu goddess of female energy.

Aditi

Hindu Mother Goddess, formed by herself, the Cosmic Matrix. Mother of the Sun God Mitra and the Moon God Varuna, and of the twelve months of God (known as Adityas).

Agnayi

Hindu fire goddess, wife of the fire god Agni

Ambika

The female personification of Parvati in Hindu mythology. A surprisingly beautiful woman who drew demons to their deaths.

Ammavaru

Ancient Indian goddess who existed before the beginning of time. She laid an egg which hatched in the divine trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva.

Anumati

She’s a moon goddess. Many Hindu goddesses are worshipped as givers of wealth, intelligence, prosperity, children and spiritual enlightenment.

Banka-Mundi

A hunting goddess in India.

Budhi Pallien

A forest goddess in northern India who walked through the jungle in the form of a tiger.

Candi

Another name for the goddess Durga (in her moon form). The moon was considered a god one month (Chandra), a goddess (Candi) the next.

Devi

Her name literally means «Goddess.» She is the sum total of all existence; everything is derived from Her and finally everything returns to Her.

Diti

Many mythographers see Aditi as the infinite sky; Diti as the earth. Both apparently come from a non-Aryan source of Hindu mythology, as their children, although recognized as supernatural, were never part of the official pantheon.

Durga

Hindu goddess of life and death, love and justice. She is the first manifestation of universal power and stronger than any other god or goddess. Durga shows herself to be a warrior, who fights against evil. Durga is famous as the goddess with many arms and many weapons who kills the buffalo demon. She was born completely adult.

Gauri

It is said to be a form of the mighty Durga. Its sacred animal is the tiger or lion. His Mantra is: «Om Sri Durgaya Namah».

Ganga

Hindu goddess of rivers and healing. One part of it is the Milky Way and the other part is the River Ganges. The Ganges is the sacred river of Hinduism. Bathing in its waters cleanses one from all sins. She is the goddess of health and luck.

Giri Devi (Sri Lanka)

This legendary woman is invoked in dance and song. She was the sister of the evil demon Dala Kumara, who gave himself up in illicit desires for her. This became an obsession with him, until her wedding, where he raped and abducted her.

Taking her into the forest, he raped her repeatedly and kept her prisoner. She finally committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree. She never recovered from this loss, but Pattini’s efforts prevented her from devastating the world by instituting rituals to keep it at bay.

Kali

Hindu goddess of life, death and rebirth. She is often called the Dark Mother of Time. She kills everything, that she has given life to. So she’s a creator and destroyer of the world.

Kundalini

Hindu Tantric Goddess. Her symbol is the serpent of double and she dwells in every shakra of the human base.

Lakshmi

She is the goddess of prosperity and beauty, the wife of Vishnu. It is said that she emerged from the turmoil of the primordial ocean. Sita and Radha are two of Her incarnations.

Lalita

She’s a woman-child goddess. She delights in all play and pleasure, both childish and sexual. The universe is a great toy for her, created for her enjoyment.

Manasha

Snake Goddess in Bengal (India). Single. A daughter of shiva. Her sacred animal is the cobra.

Parvati

It’s the female part of the Hindu god Shiva or the peaceful aspect of Kali. She is the mother of the elephant god Ganesha, whom she gave birth to without a man. She is the protector of women. She is the passionate sexuality. Parvati is the ruler of all elves and spirits of the earth.

Radha / Rati

She is the Indian goddess of love, passion, desire and pleasure, is more or less the Indian equivalent of the Greek Aphrodite; and the female counterpart of Kama, the god of love. Rati is also a member of the Apsaras, and her name is also among the 28 flesh-eating goddesses of the Bardo Thödol. She is an incarnation of Lakshmi, he is an incarnation of Vishnu.

Saraswati

Goddess of knowledge, wisdom and art. Her name means «The Flowing One». She is the goddess of knowledge, speech and art.

Sati

Shiva’s first wife. She established the custom of suttee.

Shashti

Goddess who protects children and women in childbirth.

Shatala

Goddess of smallpox.

Surabhi

She’s another child goddess.

Uma

It’s another name for Shiva’s consort.

Ushas

The beautiful goddess of dawn.

Vach

Goddess of speech.

Waghai Devi

She’s a tiger goddess.

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