worshiped by Witches and other Pagan religions,
It is not a complete list but you may find it of some use .
We would however like to state now that this is only what we or people we know have learnt,
it may not be correct and if you believe you have something to add please let us know.
Origin: Greek Patheon
Apsects: Love, Beauty & Sexual Rapture
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Said to of been born when Uranus castrated by his son Cronos, the genitals when thrown into the sea cause the waters to churn and from the foam Aphrodite was born.
After her birth, Zeus was afraid that the gods would fight over Aphrodite's hand in marriage
so he married her to Hephaestus -
The Smith God, the steadiest of the gods.
He made her a girdle of finely wrought gold and wove magic into the filigree work.
This was not very wise thing to do, for when she wore her magic girdle no one could resist her, and she was all too irresistible already.
She was loved and loved many gods and mortals the most famous of these being Adonis.
Aphrodite will help you to pull loving energy to yourself.
(Aesculapius)
Origin: Greek/Roman Patheon
Apsects: Healing, Medicine.
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Asclepius was a Greek Demi-God, Son of Apollo.
He was trained by the centaur Chiron,
he became a great healer was eventually killed by Zeus ,
for discovering how to raise people from the dead.
Zeus saw the good side of Asclepius and made him into a god
placing him amongst the stars as the constellation Ophiuchus (the Serpent Bearer).
He was later adopted in to the roman patheon as Aesculapius.
His symbol is a staff with a mystical snake wrapped around it.
(Greek Equivalant of Diana)
Origin: Greek Mythology
Aspects: Wilds, The Hunt, Wild Animals & Protector of Children , She also has a reverse side.
Courage,health, healing,liberation, lunar workings.
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Artemis is a contridictory goddess she is said to be the protector of children and women in labour,
but she is also said to kill them with her magical bow.
She is often depicted with a silver crescent moon upon her brow.
She is a kind goddess provided that her wishes are followed, otherwise she is extremely vengeful.
She is also extremely protective of her purity,
one legend tells that she asked Zeus to grant her eternal virginity at three years old.
All of companions were virgin nymphs, one of which was seduce by zeus when he appeared as artemis,
so enraged was Artemis that she transformed the Nymph into a bear and then killed her, she became the constilation of the great bear.
There are many tales of her extracting vegence on those who disgraced her or sulled her purity.
One of these was Acteon who came upon here well she was bathing, see him she transformed him into a stag and set his own hounds on him.
Orion, a giant and hunter, suffered in much the same way when he tried rape her, she killed him and his hound with an arrow from her bow and he became the constellation of Orion and his dog became Sirius the Dog Star.
Origin: Greek Mythology
Aspects: War, courage.
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Ares is the Greek God of war, he is seen as a tall and handsome man.
But is vain and cruel unlike his brother Hephaestus who is kind.
His Sister Eris, the Goddess of Strife, is his constant companion.
He is also accompanied by his sons Deimos and Phobos, as well as Enyo an old war goddess.
Ares would charge into battle where ever he found it not caring
which side one as he revelled in the blood shed,with him he brought a vicious crowd who carried Pain, Panic, Famine and Oblivion.
When he was wound to he would run to his father Zeus for healing, not surprisingly Zeus was disgusted by this.
Origin: Greek Patheon
Aspects: Archer-God, Healing, Truth & Music ,
Courage, creativity, heartbreak, hunting, justice, knowledge ,
new endeavors , psychic ability , solar workings ,success.
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Appolo is the twin of Artemis, who is said to have help deliver him after her own birth.
He was said to have a golden harp, a Silver bow and is said to be the good that taught healing to man.
He was also responsible for drawing the sun across the sky in his chariot drawn my four horses.
(Bastet, Pasch, Ubasti)
Orgin: Egyptian Mythology (Kemetic).
Aspects: Cats, Truth, Civilization, Creation, Sex, Physical Pleasures,
Positive Energy, Moon, Music & Dance.Fertility and protection. Pets, solar workings.
Information: Bast is portrayed as a beautiful young woman with a cats head,or sometimes just as a cat.
She is a protector of children, but is also said to be the goddess of excess.
She has many aspects in common with Artemis, due to the greek influences in egypt.
She is gental but when angry she transforms into Sekhmet.
If you feel in danger when walking home alone in the dark ask Bast to shadow you as a panther
(Brigit)
Origin: Celtic Mythology
Aspects: Triple Goddess - Fire of Inspiration, Fire of the Hearth, Fire of the Forge.
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As the Fire of Inspiration she is the patron of Poetry and a goddess of youth,
as the Fire of the Hearth she is a goddess of Health and Fertility,
and as the Fire of the Forge she is the patron of smith-craft and martial arts.
She is said to have come into being when Gailleach drunk from the well of youth at dawn and was transformed into the Goddess Brighid.
Due to this wells are considered sacred, also because the spring from oimbelc (Womb of the Earth), from mother earth.
She is sometimes associated with the tales of the Lady of the Lake, this is due to the fact Avalon
(Isles of Apples) is similar to Brighid's home in the other world that contains a magical orchard.
Her festival is Imbolic (1st Feb) when she ushers spring back to the lands after Cailleach's reign in the winter, during this time Brighid is seen in her maiden aspect.
Call on her to protect your children in a tough situation.
She is strong and wise.
Origin: Roman Patheon
Aspects: War
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Bellona was a warrior goddess who often accompanied Mars into battle,
she is depicted wearing a helmet, and carrying a spear and torch.
She was a favourite amongst the soldiers of rome and was often seen as their patron
Origin: Roman Mythology
Aspects:Goddess of thresholds, Guardian of Children
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Cardea is said to be the Goddess of thresholds and has the power to open what is closed off, and to close what is open.
She is also seen as a protectress of children and vampires- witches?
Origin: Celtic
Apsects:The Crone, Sorcerery.
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Cailleach is seen as a an old hag, with the teeth of a bear and a boars tusks.
She is sometimes known as Scotia and is said to of created the world, she is the original Goddess of Scotland.
She is often called upon at samhain, for wisdom and magick.
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www.cailleach.com
Origin: Roman / Italian Mythology.
Aspects: Agriculture, grain and motherly love
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Ceres is the roman Goddess of agriculture and is often associated with the greek goddess Demeter.
She was the daughter of Saturn and mother to Proserpina.
She is portrayed carrying a sceptre, a basket of fruit and wearing a garland made of wheat ears.
Origin: Roman Mythology
Aspects: Nature, Fertility, Caves and Mountains
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Cybele was the Goddess of nature and fertility.
The followers of Cybele held organistic rites
accompanied by wild cries and the frenzied music of flutes, drums, and cymbals.
Her annual spring festival celebrated the death and resurrection of her consort Attis.
Origin: Roman Mythology
Aspects: Love
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Cupid is the roman god of love, son of Venus. He is portray as a winged boywho carries a bow and is blindfolded.His name is derived from the latin word "Cupido" which translates as desire.
Origin: Celtic
Aspects: Earth Father
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Dagda is the father of the celtic patheon, his name translates as "The Good God"
which in celtic means good at all things.
He is depicted with a magickal club that is capable of slaying nine men, its smaller end is said to be able to return life to the slain.
He is also associated with a magickal cauldron that is bottemless and can feed an army of warriors.
He is also said to carry a magical oak harp that can change the seasons.
In Irish myth he is the head of Tuath de Dannan, a mystical race of fairy beings that dwelt in Ireland before the celts came.
Origin: Greek
Aspects: Mother Goddess, Agriculture, Harvest & Fertility
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Demeter is the greek goddess of corn and harvest.
One of the tales about Demeter speaks of the kiddnappingof her daughter by Hades,
it said that while she mourned the world
ceased to bring forth plants.
Zeus was so worried by this he ordered Hades to return her daughter,
Hades however fed Persephone four pomegranite seeds
that forced her to return to him for four months of each year,
hence at this time Demeter mourns and the winter comes.
Origin: Egyptian
Aspects: Love, fertility, dance and music and lust.
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Hathor is often depicted as a cow,
or as a woman holding the sun between two cow's horns on her head.
Hathor is daughter of Ra (the sun god) and the consort of Horus (the sky god).
Her sister and alter ego is Sekhmet.
Origin: Greek Mythology
Aspects: Magick, Protection & Underworld, Triple Moon Goddess.
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Meaning "influence from afar" in Greek,
also known as Hecuba.
Hecate is the Goddess of the sacred healing arts; she is associated with crossroads, magick and witches.
She has the ability to travel between the unseen world and the seen world, but is not subject to either.
Hecate governs intuition and occult knowledge.
Heacte is traditionally a crone, a wise woman, a walker between worlds.
Her symbols are her Dog and flaming torch.
Hecate can be invoked to give protection in dangerous times.
Hecate was much feared for her magick powers,
which can be used to heal and protect if she is treated respectfully.
Call on Hecate for justice, knowledge, magickal power and protection.
It is not wise for men to work with Hecate.
Origin: Greek
Aspects: Peacocks, cows,and crows.
The pomegranate , a symbol of marriage is also sacred to her.
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Hera is the queen of greek goddesses, she is the sister and wife of Zeus .
They have 3 children: Hephaestus ; the smith God, Ares; God of war and the Goddess of youth Hebe.
Hera is an angry Goddess, she is jealous.
She is the Goddess of marriage and childbirth.
Origin: Norse Mythology
Information :
The Norse goddess of the underworld, or Nifleim.
Hel is responsible for those who die of sickness or old age.
She is cold, but she is not cruel.
She has half human face and the otherhalf is distorted.
She has the body of a living woman,
but the legs of a moldering corpse.
Hel is the youngest child of the evil God Loki and the giantess Angrboda.
Hel is also known as a viking goddess and queen of death.
Origin: Mesopotamiam.
Aspects:An eight pointed star and her sacred beast is the lion.
She is often depicted with wings and carrying a double headed mace decorated with lion heads.
Love, lust.
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Ishtar was worshipped for over two and a half thousand years from arund 2500 bc .
She is a sexual Goddess.
She can restore her virginity by bathing in a sacred lake.
Ishtar is easily made angry.
She is patron goodess of harlots and takes on may lovers-
but every man that falls in love with Ishtar dies.
Although she can be vengful she is also capable of love
Origin: Egyptian.
The wife of Osiris, who is also her brother.
Aspects : Like Hathor, is also represented wearing a crownof cow's horns enclosing a sun disc.
Information :
Isis represents all the best aspects of womanhood
love, loyalty , protection and motherhood and sexuality.
She is also very skilled in magick.
She is a deity of the sea.
Origin: Chinese
Aspects: Mercy, compassion and newlyweds.
Information:
Kuan Yin is a motherly goddess.
She understands your your deepest and most secret sorrows .
She is said to bestow children on faithul and newlwed couples.
She was originally a Indian princess, was a Buddhist bodhisattva,
a mortal who has achieved enlightenment and earned the right to enter nirvana the place of liberated souls,
but she chooses to remain on earth to help others become enlightened.
She can be invoked in times of danger.
Associated with divination, health and healing.
Origin: Egyptian
Aspects: Ostrich feather.Truth , justice and cosmic order.
Overseer of social relationships, ethics and good behavior.
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Maat uses the ostrich feather of truth to judge the dead.
Maat was present when the universe began, watching over the balance of everything.
She sees that the heavens and earth work harmoniously,
and regulates the seasons, the cycle of night and day.
The rainfall, and movement of the stars.
Here are some invocations you may find useful.
Please use them carefully do not invoke Deity's unless you are actually in need of them.
O, Source of Wisdom, hear me speak.
Cauldron of plenty give forth your power.
Let your wisdom bring nurturance to those of us who need you.
Ancient Chant of the Goddess Cerridwen
Enter the Shrine:
Step Forward
Look back
See the psychic power in your track.
Ask the of the Goddess what you are seeking,
and then offer her a prayer.
Chant the ancient chant three times
and your answer will be there.
Amores Cerridwen
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Blessed Be.
"Goddess of the earth and its plants,
of fertility and harvest,
mother of Persephone and sister to Hestia.
Grant that as I grow and develop my garden,
husband my plants, animals and pets,
that they grow, are nurtured
and protected as best can be.
Give me the strength to adjust to the seasons,
neither too rigid nor too pliable,
and the ability to change and adapt to life.
Assist me in respecting and communing with nature."
"Hail Isis, glorious Goddess,
Day is done
and the night is come,
the sun is set
and the stars emerge.
This is the Evening Rite,
the rite to end
the day of light.
Let your instrument sound
hailing you with all homage,
Isis, glorious Goddess.
To the candlewick the fire I raise on the altar set to You,
Isis, glorious Goddess,
And the nightime incense rises, sweetly mixed,
to put me in the mind of perceiving You,
Isis, glorious Goddess
Who rises behind me like a flame of gold
and brushes my back with deft wings.
I make open the nape of my neck to you.
Let your portal welcome You,
O Isis, Great and glorious Goddess.
Up my hands rise and hold the curved bow of exaltation,
and rise once more to the sharp angle of invocation.
Come, oh great and glorious Goddess,
Come in the fullness of force and love,
let Your garment for a moment clothe You,
O Isis, Goddess great and glorious."
"Thirteen cats sat around
On the greatest seer's ground
The mighty Valkyrie Queen did appear
Beneath the Elder's mighty leer
Freya of the Blacksword hand
Come to heal our sacred land
During this full moon
We praise you and your boon
Prayer to Hathor
Roots reaching into the Earth,
Down to the depths of the Earth
Life flowing from the world's heart,
My Lady, Het Heret, thou art.
Trees reaching up to the sky,
Trees with their limbs high
Stars, nestled sweet on thy bough,
My Lady Het Heret art thou."
"She is clothed with pleasure and love.
She is laden with vitality, charm,
and voluptuousness.
Ishtar is clothed with pleasure and love.
She is laden with vitality, charm,
and voluptuousness.
In lips she is sweet; life is in her mouth.
At her appearance rejoicing becomes full.
She is glorious; veils are thrown over her head.
Her figure is beautiful; her eyes are brilliant.
The goddess - with her there is counsel.
The fate of everything she holds in her hand.
At her glance there is created joy,
power, magnificence,
the protecting deity and guardian spirit.
She dwells in, she pays heed to compassion and
friendliness.
Besides, agreeableness she truly possesses.
Be it slave, unattached girl, or mother, she
preserves (her).
One calls on her; among women one names her name.
Who - to her greatness who can be equal?
Strong, exalted, splendid are her decrees.
Ishtar - to her greatness who can be equal?
Strong, exalted, splendid are her decrees.
She is sought after among the gods;
extraordinary is her station.
Respected is her word; it is supreme over them.
Ishtar among the gods, extraordinary is her station.
Respected is her word; it is supreme over them."
"Quiet is the night
Dark is the Moon
I ask Hecate, the Crone
To take Her throne.
Sleep, sister, sleep
Be not alarmed,
For the Great Goddess
Keeps you from harm.
Quiet is the night
Dark is the Moon
I ask Hecate, the Crone
to take Her throne.
Sleep, brother sleep,
Be not alarmed,
For the Great Goddess
Holds you in her arms.
Quiet is the night
Dark is the Moon,
We honor Hecate, the Crone
Who has taken Her throne.
A Prayer to Hecate
Triformis Goddess of the moon,
of crossroads, of the underworld,
of the secret powers of nature,
and patron of witches,
the dark,
Grant that my quest for knowledge,
both exoteric and esoteric,
shall be safe and fulfilling; that I be able to endure and succeed
in all trials of faith and spirituality;
that I be true to myself and my faith."
EE-OH EE-VOH-AY EE-VOH-AY HECATE!
EE-OH EE-VOH-AY EE-VOH-AY HECATE!
EE-OH EE-VOH-AY EE-VOH-AY HECATE!
"Goddess of Sorcery,
hear my prayer!
I seek to find my Lost One.
She, like you, thrives during the Dark Moon
and haunts the Crossroads.
She, like you, traverses with the Dead
and the Ghosts.
As you helped Demeter
in her search for Persephone,
succor me in my pursuit of she who sleeps,
but does not rest.
I know that when the sun sets she awakens,
rises from her cerements,
and walks the wood,
seeking living sustenance.
Helpless prey, little children,
innocents, fall victim
to her teeth and talons,
for she belongs to Pluto now
Hecate, daughter of Perses and Asteria,
Queen of Witches,
Goddess of Darkness
and the Terrors of the Night,
Ruler Over Souls in the Underworld;
synergism of Selene, Artemis, Persephone,
hear my prayer!
I shall sacrifice black lambs and dogs to you.
Prowl your Realm
haunt the remotest places
with your pack of howling curs,
and your serpents,
and bring my beloved home to Hades."
"Dionysus, son of Zeus
Cultivator of the vine
Fill me with the divine knowledge
Of your fawn-clad Bacchanates."
" Osiris, ruler of the setting sun
Below the Western horizon
Assist me to arise replenished
From the difficulties of life."
"Illuminate my soul with the gifts of Isis
Queen of Earth & Moon
Mother of my Infinite change."
