Willow's Pagan Place
Goddess Names
APHRODITE - Greek; Goddess of Passionate,
Sexual love. Aphrodite will
assist you in pulling loving energy toward yourself.
ARADIA- Italian; Queen of the Witches,
daughter of Diana. Aradia is an
extremely powerful entity and a protectress of Witches in
general.
ARIANRHOD - Welsh; Goddess of the Stars
and Reincarnation. Call on
Arianrhod to help with past life memories and difficulties as
well as for
contacting the Star People.
ARTEMIS - Greek; Goddess of the Moon
ASTARTE - Greek; Fertility Goddess.
Whenever you wish to bear
children or have a magnificent garden, Astarte will assist in
your desire.
ATHENA - Greek; Warrior Goddess,
Protectress and Goddess of
Wisdom. Someone giving you a hard time at work? Call on
Athena to help you.
BAST - Egyptian; Goddess of
Protection and Cats. Bast is great
for vehicle travel as well as walking down a dark alley. Call on
her essence in the form of a giant panther to see you through
to your destination.
BRIGID - Celtic; Warrior Goddess and
Protectress. Brigid is also
a Triple Goddess. She is strong and wise. Call on her to protect
your children in a tough situation.
CERES - Roman; Goddess of the Harvest.
CERRIDWEN - Welsh; Moon and Harvest
Goddess, also
associated with the Dark Mother aspect of the Crone
DANU - Irish; Earth Mother
DEMETER - Greek; Earth Mother Archetype.
Excelent
Goddess where birthing or small children are involved.
DIANA - Roman; Moon Goddess and
Goddess of the hunt.
Diana is many faceted. She is a seductress (as she enchanted
her brother Lucifer to beget Aradia in the form of a cat) as
well as a mother figure for Witches.
DRYADS - Greek; Feminine spirits of the trees
FLORA - Roman; Goddess of Spring and
Birth. For Beautiful
flowers, babies, and all bounties of Earth Mother.
FORTUNA - Roman; Goddess of Fate.
FREYA - Scandinavian; Moon Goddesss
and Wife/lover of
Odin. Also Commander of the Valkyries
HATHOR - Egyptian; Protectress of
women in business. A
Hathor's Mirror is very important for the Witch. Hathor was
cunnning as well as beautiful.
HECATE - Greek; Moon Goddess as in Crone or Dark Mother.
HERA - Greek; Goddess of Marriage.
If handfasting or some
type of commitment is the issue, Hera is the Goddess to seek.
Just remember that she has a vindictive side.
HESTIA - Greek; Goddess of Home and
Hearth. Building a house
remodling, or apartment hunting. Safety in the home and family
unit.
INANNA - Sumerian; Goddess representation of the Mother.
ISIS - Egyptian; represents the
Complete Goddess or the Triple
Goddess connotation in one being.
KALI - Hindu; Creative/Destructive
Goddess. Protectress of abused
women. Kail Ma should be called if a woman is in fear of
physical danger. Her power is truly awesome.
LILITH - Hebrew; Adam's first wife and
said to be turned into a
demoness. Lilith was a star woman bred with Adam. This would
make her a goddess of Higher Intelligence or a representation
of the Star People.
MAAT - Egyptian; Goddess of Justice
and Divine Order. Maat
is the true balance of any situation. She plays no favorites and
will dispence justice to all parties involved. Be sure your own
slate is clean in the situation before you call her.
MORGAN - Cletic; Goddess of water and
magick. Morgan was
said to be married to Merlin. It was from him she learned her
magick. She was also doubled with the Lady of the Lake.
MUSES - Greek; Goddesses of
inspiration who vary in number
depending on the pantheon used.
NEPHTYS - Egyptian; Goddess of Surprises, Sisters, and Midwives.
NORNS - Celtic; the three sisters of
the Wyrd. Responsible for
weaving fate - past, present, and future.
NUIT - Egyptian; Sky Mother. Often
seen depicted in circular
fashion cradling the stars.
PERSEPHONE - Greek; Goddess of the
underworld as well as
harvest. Daughter of Demeter.
SELENE - Greek; Goddess of the Moon
and Soulutions. Appeal
to Selene to bring a logical answer to any problem.
VALKRYIES - Scandinavian; Women Warriors
who carried
the souls of men slain in battle to heaven.
VENUS - Roman; Goddess of Love and Romance
VESTA - Roman; Goddess of fire.
God Names
ADONIS - Greek; Consort of Aprodite.
Also another name for"Lord"
In Pheonician his counterpart is Astarte. A vegetation God. Roman
counterpart is Venus.
ANUBIS - Egyptian; Guardian of Isis.
Jackal-headed God of protection
Call on him to protect both home and person.
APOLLO - Greek and Roman; Twin brother
of Artemis. God of the Sun,
Light, and the Arts.
APSU - Babylonian; his mate is Tiamat
CERNUNNOS - Celtic; Horned God and
Consort of the Lady.
Also Kernunnos.
DAGDA - Irish; Father God, Earth God
EROS - Greek; God of Romance and passionate love
HORUS - Egyptian; head of a falcon
and body of a man. God of the
all-seeing eye and healing.
HYMEN - Greek; God of Marriage and
Commitmane. His
counterpart is Dionysus.
LUCIFER - Italian; Soulmate and brother
of Diana. Father of Aradia.
God of the Sun and light.
MITHRA - Persian; Sun God and bringer of light. A soldier's God
ODIN - Scandinavian; counterpart of
Freya. This is the God who
hung on the Tree of Yggdarasil to obtain second sight. His
familiars
are the Raven and the Wolf. In his youth he is depicted as a
terible God,
in his old age as a God of wisdom and psychic sight.
OSIRIS - Egyptian; Counterpart of
Isis. Over-all God form including
vegetation and after-life.
PAN - Greek; God of nature and the
woods, Laughter and passion.
Also music and personal abandon.
POSEIDON - Greek; God of the Sea. His
familiars are dolphins
and horses.
PTAH - Egyptian; Expert craftsman
and designer. God of creative
enterprise with the hands.
SHIVA - Hindu; Consort of Kali. God
of the universal cycle of
birth-death-rebirth. Shiva can be both kind and terrible.
THOR - Scandinavian; God of sky and
Thunder. A kindly God
of the common people, including farmers and sailors.
THOTH - Egyptian; God of
Reincarnation. Also a Moon God and
favorable to science and wisdom.
ZEUS - Greek; King of the Gods, God of Thunder