Goddesses

O Lady, Mightier than the Gods,
Adoration rises unto Thee!
All beings hail Thee!
O Lady, Mightier than the Gods!
Preserved beyond Death
That Secret Name,
O Being Called Sekhmet.
At the Throne of Silence even,
shall no more be spoken than Encircling One!
I lose myself in Thee!

-"Hymn to Sekhmet"

The goddess is the universal mother, source of all creation. She has three aspects: the maiden, the mother, and the crone. The maiden represents youth, vitality, and learning. The mother represents fertility and nurturing. The crone represents maturity, wisdom, and death. The triple moon symbol you see often on pagan websites is a symbol of the goddess. The moon (Visit my MOON Page) is associated with the goddess because it, like the goddess, has many faces, is ever changing, but never dies.
To me, she is the Lady, the Great Goddess. There is no specific order on this page, just read and enjoy!

Athena:
Greek Goddess of war and wisdom. She is the daughter of Zeus, born by springing forth fully grown from his forehead. It is believed that she was conceived to carry out deeds that Zeus could not do but would want to. Her name, "Pallas Athene", is representative of her dual nature. She can be seen as "Pallas", goddess of storms, courage, strength, battle, war, chivalry, and victory. She can also be "Athene", the goddess of peace, beauty, wisdom, creativity, education, science, and the arts. She was responsible for teaching mortals natal care and healing. She also invented the flute, created the olive tree, and showed men how to train horses. Athena is the patron of craftsmen and the protector of cities. Her animal symbols are the cock, snake, owl, and olive tree.

Anna Perenna (visit Vampyress' MOON PAGE)
Roman Goddess of grains and of the turning of the year, honored at the full moons and on New Year's Day.

Andromeda
Although seen today as a stellar Greek Goddess, many scholars believe that Andromeda was a pre-Hellenic moon deity.

Annuit
Babylonian Goddess of the moon and of the evening star who later became known as Ishtar.

Aponibolinayen
Philippine moon Goddess who wore a fertile vine wrapped around her ample waist. During the day she lived in the 'house of the sun', where she gave birth tot he sun's children through her fingertips.

Ariel
European faery Goddess/queen linked to the magickal power of the full moon.

Athenesic
Native North American moon Goddess of several north central Native American tribes, particularly the Iroquois and Huron.

Athtor
Egyptian Goddess was called by the name 'Mother of the Night'. She may have also been a moon Goddess.

Auchimalgen
Native South American moon Goddess who was also a deity of divination and a protectress from evil spirits.

Belili
Middle Eastern Goddess of the moon, love, the planet Venus, sacred wells, and trees.

Bendis
Greek moon Goddess who was the consort of the sun God Sabazius. Her cult flourished in Athens during the fifth century BCE.

Bong
Punjabian former sun Goddess with her twin sister Bomong. When the creatures of the earth realized they could not live with two suns, each one shining or twelve hours every day, they decided to kill Bong. The plan backfired when Bomong, grieving for her sister and fearing for her own life, went into hiding, leaving the earth in perpetual darkness. The earth beings, realizing they needed the balance of both night and day, recreated Bong as the moon, the light of the night sky.

HO HSIEN-KU
Immortal Maiden - A Cantonese girl who dreamed that she could become immortal by eating a powder made of mother-of-pearl. She appears only to men of great virtue.

Callisto
Greek moon Goddess whose name means 'the most beautiful'. Bears were sacred to her.

Chup-Kamui
Japanese deity was once the Goddess of the moon, but she begged the male sun to change places with her.

Coalicue (visit Vampyress' MOON PAGE)
Aztec moon and earth Goddess whose name means 'the skirt of the serpent'. She was associated with flower festivals, planting rites, and the stars.

Eithne
Irish Goddess of death and the moon is believed to have originally come from the Middle East, her image and myth having traveled westward with the Celts. Her name means 'nutmeat'.

Eri of the Golden Hair
Irish ~ Eri was a virgin Goddess of the divine/faery race known as the Tuatha De Danann. One day, while at the bank of a river, a man in a golden boat floated down to her on a beaming ray of sunlight. They fell into the boat, made love, and conceived the God/hero Bres. Eri's energy as moon Goddess, consort to the sun image presented here, marks her as a form of the feminine principal of creation.

Europa
Cretan Goddess was the namesake of the European continent. Though she is also seen as an earth/fertility Goddess who consort is the bull, she has many lunar attributes.

Alaghom
In Mayan tradition, Alaghom created the ability to think, reason, and mark time using those skills. She also designed the intangible parts of nature, which take us beyond concrete realities into the world of the goddess and her magic.

Fleachta of Meath
Irish moon Goddess associated with the Irish stronghold at Tara, possibly a fertility deity of the High Kings, and Goddess of divination for the Druids.

Gnatoo
Polynesian moon Goddess is prevalent in native legends as the 'woman in the moon', the equivalent of the 'man in the moon' in Anglo-American folklore.

Hanwi
Native North American moon Goddess of the Oglala Sioux once lived with the sun God Wi. Because of a transgression, she was forced by him to become a creature of the night. This myth shows the night and its feminine attributes have been systematically devalued in patriarchal culture.

Helle
Middle Eastern Goddess. Though her name suggests links to the Underworld/Otherworld, she was worshipped as a fertility/earth Goddess in her native Boeotia. Writer and scholar Robert Graves has suggested that she was originally a moon Goddess who ruled the tides.

Hine (visit Vampyress' MOON PAGE)
Polynesian ~ This Hawaiian moon Goddess' name means 'woman who works the moon'. She is a Triple Goddess-maiden, mother, and crone-unto herself. Native myth says she got tired of working for her brother and fled to the moon to live in peace.

Holle
Teutonic moon Goddess who has come down in popular legend as a Witch or faery. She is also the Goddess of snow.

Huitaca
Native South American - Also known as Chia, this moon Goddess was native to Colombia. She was a protectress of women as well as a deity of pleasure and happiness who is always battling her male counterpart Bochica, a God of hard work and sorrow.

Hunthaca
Native South American ~ The Chibcha Indians believed this one-time wife of one of their heroes became the moon as a punishment for causing great flood of their land. Such deluge stories are a worldwide mythical phenomenon.

Io
Greek pre-Hellenic moon Goddess was also a cow deity. On the isle of Iona she was venerated as a Goddess of grain, fertility, and abundance.

Hina
This Tahitian Goddess is the Lady in the Moon who shines on us with her changing faces. As the dark moon, she presides over death. As the waxing moon, she is the creator who made people from clay and the moon, her home. As the full moon, she embodies a mature woman's warrior spirit. As the waning moon, she is the aging crone full of wisdom and insight.

Ishtar
Babylonian moon Goddess with roots in the Sumerian deity Inanna. Some myths say she is the daughter of the moon, others the mother. It is likely she was a triplicity unto herself-all three faces in on deity. She is also a Goddess of fertility, storms, love, and sexual unions.

Ix Chel
Mayan Central and South American moon Goddess and the lover of the sun. Poisonous snakes are her totem animal.

Izanami
Japanese moon and sea Goddess. She also had control over the tides, fishing, and all destructive sea phenomena.

Shakuru
Pawnee Daughter of the Moon and Goddess of the sun, Shakuru joins summer celebrations by shining her light on today's ceremony. In Pawnee stories, Shakuru's son became the first man on earth, making her the mother of humankind.

Jarah
Hebrew Goddess of the new moon who was seen as the bride of the sun. She was the prototype for the Shekinah, the feminine half of the Jewish God, who is today honored (but never worshipped) by Jews as the 'Sabbath Quenn'. She was once the sun Goddess, with the moon being a masculine figure in early Semitic mythology. Jarah was originally a masculine deity.

Ka-Ata-Killa
Native South American moon Goddess worshipped in the Lake Titicaca region.

Lasya (visit Vampyress' MOON PAGE)
Tibetan Goddess of the moon and beauty, symbolized by a mirror.

Levannah
Canaanite-Hebraic moon Goddess similar to the early Hebrew Jarah, and to the Jewish Shekinah, in that she was viewed as fully one-half of the creative divine.

Lucina
Roman Goddess of light with both solar and lunar attributes. She was Christianized as St. Lucia, a saint honored at Yule in many parts of Europe.

Mah
Persian Goddess of the moon and time who is associated with the growth cycles of plants.

Mama Quilla
Incan moon Goddess, the protectress of married women. A large temple to her was erected at the Incan capitol of Cuzco. She was associated with the metal silver. Eclipses were said to occur when she was eaten and the regurgitated by the Jaguar Woman.

Mari
The supreme being of the pre-patriarchal Basque people. Mari was not only a moon Goddess, but also the ruler of the sun, rain, and stars, the mother who gave birth to them all. She was Christianized as the Virgin Mary.

Mawu
African moon Goddess who ruled the sky with her twin bother, the sun God Lisa.

Metzli
Aztec mother moon Goddess who leaped into a blazing fire in order to give birth to the sun and the sky.

Muireartach
Irish-Scottish sea battle Goddess associated with the waning moon. In modern Scottish folklore, an entire race of sea faeries bears her name.

Myestas
Slavic moon Goddess who is eternal. She marries the sun each spring and holds him lovingly as he dies in autumn. In older stories it was she who gave him rebirth at Yule (Midwinter).

Mylitta
Assyrian Goddess of love, prosperity, and the moon. In patriarchal times she became linked with institutional prostitution.

Nair
Irish Goddess of both fertility and regicide (ritual, periodic king-killing, associated with the exact moment of the dark moon.

Nuah
Babylonian mother and moon Goddess associated with deluge myths. Irish Witches and writers Janet and Stewart Farrar hypothesize that the story of the Judeo-Christian deluge hero, Noah, was grafted from her myths.

Nepthys
This Egyptian funerary Goddess has a hawk for a sacred animal. Together they guide and watch the souls of our loved ones in the afterlife. In Egyptian tradition, Nepthys lives in the east, where she can receive the rising sun, a symbol of the hopefulness she can instill and of resurrection.

Pheraia
Thessalian moon Goddess whose myths have been lost, but whose image remains. She is depicted carrying a torch and riding a bull.

Pythia
Greek serpent Goddess, daughter of the earth mother Gaia, who has both lunar and earth attributes. Also a Goddess of fertility.

Rabie
Indonesian - This lovely young girl of myth lived in an Indonesian village with her parents in the time before there was a moon. The sun God Tuwale saw her and demanded she become his bride. Her parents refused to give her up and tricked Tuwale into taking a pig instead. In revenge, he took Rabie and placed her in the night sky as the moon. She was usually worshipped at moonrise.

Re
Phoenician moon Goddess whose name is thought to mean 'light'. Scholars often try to link her with the myths of the Egyptian sun God Ra.

Sekhmet
Egyptian moon Goddess, sometimes said to be the wife of Thoth. She was also the deity of time, the stars, and architecture. Her aid was invoked when temples and palaces were being planned and constructed.

Sina
Polynesian The moon Goddess who was the sister of the sun God Maui. She is sometimes called Ina.

Sister Moon
Native North American term endearment for the moon, used during ritual and personal spiritual quests. The sun was Brother Sun.

Tanit
Phoenician moon and fertility Goddess. Many scholars and mythologists believe she came into the Celtic pantheon as Dana or Don, both mother Goddesses. She was worshipped as Tanat in Cornwall on the Beltane Sabbat (May 1).

Titania
Roman Goddess Associated with Diana, this virgin moon Goddess came into modern lore as a faery queen, possibly the prototype of the faery Goddess known as Ariel. Titania's faery aspect was immortalized in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Tlaculteutl
Aztec Goddess of sex, symbolized by the four phases of the moon: dark, waxing, full, and waning.

White Shell Woman (visit Vampyress' MOON PAGE)
Native American a virgin moon Goddess.

Woman - Light of Shadows
Egyptian Goddess of the dark side of the moon, the half that can never be seen from earth, but on which the sun still shines.

Yellow Woman
Native North American ~ This Pueblo moon Goddess had a brother who searched for her through melon rinds during her dark time. The rinds symbolized her new waxing crescent.

Yemanja
Native South American- This Brazilian ocean Goddess is symbolized by a waxing crescent moon.

Yolaikaiason
Native North American Navajo moon Goddess fashioned from an abalone shell by her sister Yolkai, the Goddess of the sky.

Zirna
Etruscan Goddess of the waxing moon. She is always depicted with a half-moon hanging from her neck, indicating that she was probably honored at the beginning of the second quarter phase.

Oshun:
The African (Yoruban) orisha of love, sexuality, beauty and diplomacy; a wife of Chango. She is the keeper of the sweet waters and patroness of the Oshun river. With her pure sweetness, she overcomes the most difficult obstacles. She is the protector of the abdominal area and the teacher of pleasure and mirth. Oshun is generous and a great giver, but when she is angry, it is very difficult to calm her down. Her worshippers wear amber beads. Her price is the sacrifice of a small chicken, but it is well worth it, for great and powerful spells can be worked through her. She can be invoked for love, money, beauty, joy, and health (abdominal).

Druantia
"Queen of the Druids". Celtic Fir Goddess and Mother of the tree calendar. Symbolizes protection, knowledge, creativity, passion, sex, fertility, growth, trees and forests.

Sarpanitum
Near Eastern (Babylonian-Assyrian) goddess of earth, the sweet waters, wisdom, and knowledge. Wife of Marduk, daughter of Ea

Nut
The goddess of the sky, daughter of Shu and Tefnut, sister and wife of Geb, mother of Osiris, Set, Isis, and Nephthys. Nut was generally depicted as a woman with blue skin, and her body covered with stars, standing on all fours, leaning over her husband, representing the sky arched over the earth

Oya:
African (Yoruban) warrior orisha of the wind, symbolic of the winds of change. Every breath we take is a gift from Oya. She is tall and regal, strong, assertive, courageous and independent and is always willing to take risks. Oya is a great witch and the guardian of the gates of death. Women often ask her to give them the ability to choose their words so that they speak persuasively and powerfully. She symbolizes transformations, power, action, life, vivacity. Oya is invoked in case of illness. Wife of Chango.

Hybla:
This Sicilian Goddess presides over earth and nature, tending to all its needs. She also gave birth to humanity and inspires greater earth awareness within us.

Hesta:
Greek Goddess of hearth, home and family. Hesta was originally one of the twelve supreme gods on Mount Olympus, but she grew tired of the petty intrigues and wrangling that went on amongst the Olympians. So she gave up her position to Dionysus, the god of wine

Aizan:
Voodoo Loa of the marketplace and herbal healing. She is also the Protectress of the houngan (temple) and religious ceremonies. Unlike other loas, she never possesses devotees during ritual. The palm leaf is her symbol and white and silver are her sacred colors.

Annapurna:
Hindu. Goddess who provides food; she lives on top of Mount Annapurna

CERES
Little is known of the ancient goddess, Ceres. She was an Etruscan goddess, one of the Penates [pe nah' tes], guardians of the home and hearth. By Roman times, the Penates numbered two and did not include Ceres.

Akka
Finnish earth mother and goddess of the harvest and female sexuality. Wife and consort of the supreme sky God Ukko. She symbolizes love, agriculture, womanliness

Aega
Greek a very beautiful moon Goddess who was viewed as being the daughter of the sun. Gaia, the earth Goddess, hid her in a cave during a Titan attack on the Olympic deities so that she would not be stolen away.

Danu
Celtic (Irish) goddess, the mother of The Dagda, god of the Tuatha de Danaan. Aspect of Morrigu. Considered to have been an early form of Anu, the Universal Mother. Patroness of wizards. Symbolizes rivers, water, wells, prosperity, magick, and wisdom.

Neith
A very ancient goddess of war, worshiped in the Delta; revered as a goddess of wisdom, identified with Athena by the Greeks; in later traditions, the sister of Isis, Nephthys, and Selket, and protectress of Duamutef, the god of the stomach of the deceased. Mother of the crocodile god Sobek

Grismadevi
This Buddhist Goddess whose name means "summer" joins us to welcome the season and energize our efforts for goddess-centered living. In works of art she often appears wearing the color red, the hue of life's energy, and carrying a cup offering refreshment to all in need.

Yemonja:
One of the great African goddesses, specifically of Nigerian Yoruba. She was the daughter of the sea into whose waters she flows. Her breasts were enormous because she mothered so many Yoruban gods. She also is the Mama Watta, or "mother of the waters", and gave birth to all the bodies of water in the world. She is the sister and wide of Aganju, the soil god, and together they had Orungan, god of the noonday sun, as their child. She is known by many different names, each with some variations in character: As Yemayah or Yemoja, she is the orisha of the oceans, seas, fish, and motherhood. Nurturing, feminine, and life-giving. Considered the epitome of feminine power. Like the ocean, she can be not only gentle but destructive and torrential as well. She holds the secrets that are within the sea. She can be invoked for issues with childbirth, mothers, fertility, or anything involving women's issues or women's mysteries. As Imanje or Yemanja in Brazil, she is the ocean goddess of the crescent moon.
As Ymoja in West Africa, she is the river goddess who grants fertility to women. She is Agwe in Haitian voodoo beliefs. Finally, she is Yamoja, a combination of the phrase Iyamo eja ("our mother").

Diana: (visit Vampyress' MOON PAGE)
"Lovely Goddess of the Bow and all Wild Creatures," Diana was the Roman name for the Greek's Artemis, MOON Maiden, divine huntress and protector of the wilderness.

Aphrodite:
The Greek's great Goddess of love, beauty and art. She has inspired artists all over the world to paint her portrait. The Crescent Moonstone is prized by women throughout the centuries for it's association with Aphrodite and Selene.

Al-lat
Arabian/Chaldaean moon and Underworld Goddess. In Arabic, her name means 'Goddess'. The masculine version of the name, meaning 'God', is familiar to people today as Allah, the God/dess of Islam.

Artemis:
This Greek goddess can be traced back to the "Goddess of the Moon" and Mistress of the animals". Artemis is supposed to be the daughter of Zeus and Leto and being the twin of Apollo (god of sun). Her other human attributes were the bow and arrow. She could transform herself or others into animals. As the lunar huntress, she was a virginal, vengeful figure. Artemis was truly the heiress to the ancient earth mother tradition.

Arianrhod
"The Silver Wheel", "High Fruitful Mother". Celtic (Welsh) goddess, the sister of Gwydion and wife of Don. Deity of element of Air, reincarnation, full moons, time, karma, retribution.

Aradia
Italian witch goddess. She came to earth to teach her mother Diana's magic. Symbolizes the air element, the moon.

Befana:
'Epiphany', Italian Witch Fairy who flies her broomstick on Twelfth Night to come down chimneys and bring presents to children.

Binah:
'Understanding' Hebrew. The Supernal Mother, third Sephirah of the Cabalistic Tree of Life. She takes the raw directionless energy of Chokmah, the Supernal Father (the second Sephira), and gives it form and manifestation; she is thus both the Bright Mother, Aima (nourishing) and the Dark Mother, Ama (constricting).

Bona Dea:
'Good Goddess,' Roman Earth Goddess of Fertility, worshipped only by women; even statues of men were covered where her rites took place.

Sati
The goddess of Elephantine, and the consort of Khnum. Together with their companion Anuket, dispenser of cool water. Represented with human head, the crown of Upper Egypt, and the horns of gazelles

Epona
Gaulish-Celtic ~ A horse Goddess associated with the night and dreams, who has lunar attributes. In western Ireland, legends still abound of hearing the hoof-beats of her horse as she rides west to escape the rays of the rising sun. She is also a Goddess of magick and feminine power.

Arduinna:
Romano - Celtic (continental European) goddess of forests and hunting. She is identified with the Roman goddess Diana.

Antheia
Antheia has been known as the Greek Goddess of marriage, companionship, and good council. These attributes manifested themselves in a triple Goddess figure who flowered, sought a mate, and reached perfection. Today we ask her to bless our rites by flowering within our souls so we too can obtain spiritual perfection.

Chantico
Aztec goddess of fire, home and fertility. She symbolized pleasure and pain together. Her symbols were a red serpent and cactus spikes. She ruled wealth and precious stones of the earth. Invoke for fire elements, fertility, domestic matters

Aurora
Greek goddess of the dawning morning. She gave birth to the morning star and the winds (Zephyrus, Boreas, Notos, and Euros) by Astraeos, the god of starlight.

Selket
A scorpion-goddess, shown as a beautiful woman with a scorpion poised on her head; her creature struck death to the wicked, but she was also petitioned to save the lives of innocent people stung by scorpions; she was also viewed as a helper of women in childbirth. She is depicted as binding up demons that would otherwise threaten Re, and she sent seven of her scorpions to protect Isis from Set. She protected Qebehsenuef, the son of Horus who guarded the intestines of the deceased. She was made famous by her statue from Tutankhamen's tomb, which was part of the collection which toured America in the 1970's

Abnoba
Forest and river goddess. (Romano-Celtic/Continental European). Known locally from the Black Forest region in Germany. The name "Avon," associated with many rivers, derives from her name.

Hecate
"Goddess of the Witches", "Goddess of the Dark Moon". The original incarnation of the holy trinity, the crone aspect of the triple goddess. She was warped by the coming and spread of Christianity into a demonic, evil monster to obscure her importance in healing and love magic. She symbolizes blessing, cursing, luck, divination, the moon, oracles, prophecy, magical empowerment, mutation, healing, wisdom, women's mysteries. Greek crone Goddess deeply associated with the waning and dark moons. She is depicted as haunting crossroads with her two large hounds, and carrying a torch, symbolic of her great wisdom. Many scholars believe she is a very old deity who far predates the rest of the Greek pantheon. She is usually worshipped with the rest of her triplicity, Diana the maiden, and Selene the mother.

Hun-Apu-Atye
Guatemalan moon Goddess who is the wife of the sun. Her sacred animal is the nocturnal tapir, a long-nosed, pig-like mammal native to Central and South America.

Helen (visit Vampyress' MOON PAGE)
Greek and before she became a mythic heroine, she was the Goddess of vegetation, birth, and the moon.

Cerridwen
Celtic (Welsh) Moon, Grain and Nature Goddess. Cerridwen's symbol is a white sow. Patron of the poets, greatest of all the bards. She prepared in a cauldron a magical brew which stewed for a year and would yield three precious drops. These would bestow on the receiver the wisdom of the past, the knowledge of the present, and the secrets of the future. Cerridwen symbolizes luck, element of earth, death, fertility, regeneration, inspiration, inspiration, the arts, science, poetry, astrology/zodiac.

Selene
"The Radiant", "The Well Dressed Queen". Greek moon goddess and teacher to the magicians and sorcerers or sorceresses. She was a beautiful woman with long wings and a halo of gold. Daughter of Hyperion and Theia, sister of Helios and Eos. She symbolizes the moon. Also known as Phoebe. A mother Goddess linked to the full moon. She is widely worshipped by Pagans today, especially within the Dianic tradition. Selene is shown wearing wings and a crown with an upturned silver crescent, and of and potent moon symbol. She is deeply linked to the rest of her, Diana the maiden, and Hecate the crone.

Ceres
Is the Roman Goddess of agriculture and fertility. Her Greek counterpart is Demeter.

Danu
Is the major Irish Mother Goddess; Moon Goddess, as well as an aspect of the Morrigu. She is the patroness of wizards, rivers, water, wells, prosperity, magick, and wisdom; and is said to be the ancestress of the Tuatha De Danann. Probably the same Goddess as Anu

Ilmatecuhtli
"The Old Princess". Aztec mother goddess. During her winter festival, a woman's heart was cut out and the severed head carried during a procession. She can also be invoked for fertility

Selket
Egyptian scorpion-goddess and helper of women in labor, often shown as a beautiful woman with a scorpion on her head. Her scorpions would strike death to the wicked, but she saved the lives of the innocent people who were stung by scorpions. she was also viewed as a helper of women in childbirth.

Sekhmet
Egyptian goddess of sunset, destruction, death, and wisdom. Originally created by Ra from his fire to be a creature of vengeance who would punish humans for their wrongdoings. However, she became a loving goddess of peace and compassion, and a Protectress of the righteous. Symbols are the lion and the desert. She symbolizes health, rebirth, fire, and wisdom.

Blodeuwedd
Celtic (Welsh) maiden form of the Triple Goddess. She was changed into an owl for committing adultery and plotting to kill Lleu. Symbolizes wisdom, lunar mysteries, initiations. Known to help a garden or a child grow.

Chalchiuhtlicue:
Aztec goddess of water; particularly invoked as a guardian goddess of young women.

Erzulie
Vodou (Voodoo) goddess of the love and the elemental forces. She is the embodiment of beauty. She lives luxuriously and appears powdered and perfumed, wearing fine clothes. She is generous with her love as well as gifts. As Erzulie Ge-Rouge, she is show lamenting the shortness of life and the limitation of love. As Erzulie-Dantor, she is the goddess of abused women. As Erzulie-Freda, she is the moon goddess. She is wife of three husbands- Agwi, Ogoun, and Damballah. Comparable to Aphrodite or Venus.

Eir
Norse (Scandinavian) Goddess of healing with herbs. Eir taught the use of healing herbs only to women, and was a handmaiden to Frigg

Aine na gClair
Is identified with the Goddess Anu in Ireland. Aine na gClair was worshipped on Midsummer's Eve in County Limerick at a hill called Cnoc Aine. The worshippers would carry torches of hay and straw. After invoking her they would return to their field and pastures to wave the torches over the crops and livestock. Aine na gClair is revered among Irish herbalists and healers and is said to be responsible for the body's life force; to this end, no blood letting was allowed on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday before Lughnasadh Day.

Arachne
Other sources state simply that Arachne is the Greek spider Goddess, who is the weaver of fate. A Lydian girl skilled in weaving, she dared to challenge Athene to compete with her. The contest was held, and Arachne's work was faultless: impudently, it portrayed some of the Gods' less reputable deeds, including Athene's father Zeus abducting Europa. Furious, Athene turned her into a spider, doomed eternally to spin thread drawn from her own body. But the Spider Goddess is more archetypal than this story suggests: spinning and weaving the pattern of destiny like the Moerae or the Norns, and enthroned in the middle of her spiral-pathed stronghold like Arianrhod. Athene here represents Athenian patriarchal thinking, trying to discipline earlier Goddess-concepts.

Rigantona
A Italian form of Rhiannon, this Goddess travels the earth on a swift white horse, a lunar symbol, sweeping us up to travel along and get everything in our lives moving! Stories portray Rigantona in the company of powerful magical birds, and she also represents fertility.

Luna
Roman moon and calendar goddess. A very old moon Goddess, the namesake for the Latin word luna meaning 'moon'. Her name is also the root of the English words 'lunar' and 'lunatic'.

Itzpapalotl
Beautiful Aztec female demon with symbols of death on her face. Balance of sensuality and evil. Invoke for destiny, fate, agriculture, and cosmic matters, especially with the stars

Badb
Is the Irish War Goddess and wife to the War God Net. She is the Mother Aspect of the Triple Goddess in Ireland. Invoke Badb for life, wisdom, inspiration, and enlightenment.

Mayahuel
Aztec goddess who discovered and introduced the gods to pulque. She was pictured naked, holding a bow of pulque and seated on a throne of a tortoise and a snake. She carried a cord that she used to help women in childbirth, and the night was sacred to her

Atargatis
Near Eastern (Syrian) mother goddess who symbolizes the moon, love, and fertility. She was most often portrayed as half-woman and half-fish. Her sacred animals were the dove and fish.

Flidais
Celtic (Irish) goddess of the forest, woodlands, and wild things. She had a magic cow that could produce milk enough for three hundred men in one night. Also a shapeshifter. Wife of Ailill. Associated with hunting, protection of wild animals

Anahita
Persian river Goddess who was also a Goddess of Venus and the moon. In Persian mythology she is the mother of Mithras, a God widely worshipped throughout the Middle East.

B�and
Irish Goddess of the river Boyne, (in County Meath), and the mother of Angus Mac Og by the Dagda. She was the wife of Necht�n. Invoke B�and for poetic inspiration and healing.

Tesana
In Etruscan, Tesana means "dawn." As the first pink rays of light begin to reach through the darkness, Tesana is there, offering the hope of a better tomorrow and the warmth of a new day. Through her steadfast attendance, the earth and its people bear life and become fruitful.

Aine of Knockaine
Celtic (Irish) goddess of love and fertility, later known as the fairy queen. Goddess related to the moon, crops, and farms or cattle. Aine is revered among Irish herbalists and healers and is said to be responsible for the body's life force.

Naru Kami
Japanese goddess of thunder, ruler of trees and the forest, patron of artisans

Mielikki
Finnish goddess of the forest and the hunt. Protectress of wild animals. Totem animal was the bear. She symbolizes archery, hunting, wilderness, trees

Mut
The wife of Amen in Theban tradition; the word mut in Egyptian means "mother", and she was the mother of Khonsu, the moon god

Skadi
Norse (Scandinavian) goddess of winter, darkness, black magic, and hunting

Aditi
"The Unfettered". Hindu mother goddess. She was self-formed and the mother of the sun and moon gods, Mitra and Varuna. She is the unlimited space of sky beyond the far east, the brilliant light from which the gods sprang. She clears obstacles, protects, and solves problems.

Fauna
Italian goddess of the earth, wildlife, forests, and fertility. Symbolizes prosperity as well

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Aztec goddess of the crescent moon. Often referred to as the dirt goddess. A horrendous aspect of the goddess. She rode naked on a broom holding a red snake and a blood stained rope

Ixchel
"Lady Rainbow". Mayan goddess of childbirth, pregnancy, domestic arts and matters, floods, spinning, and weaving. Generally portrayed as being destructive, deathly, and demonic

Amphityonis
Greek goddess of wine, friendships and relationships between nations.

Epona
Epona is the Celtic Goddess of horses, fertility, maternity, protective of horses, horse breeding, prosperity, dogs, healing, springs, crops. A horse Goddess associated with the night and dreams, who has lunar attributes. In western Ireland, legends still abound of hearing the hoof-beats of her horse as she rides west to escape the rays of the rising sun. She is also a Goddess of magick and feminine power.

Bes
Bes was the protector of pregnant women, newborn babies and the family. The ancient Egyptians also believed that Bes protected against snake and scorpion bites

Amphitrite
Greek goddess of the sea. She took care of all the creatures of the ocean. Wife of Poseidon, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys.

Rosmerta
"The Great Provider". Celtic goddess of fertility and wealth. Her symbols are a cornucopia [horn of plenty] and a stick with two snakes. She may be invoked for fertility or money

Nephthys:
Egyptian protective goddess of the dead. She was the sister of Isis and Osiris, and the sister/wife of Seth. Nephthys was also the mother of Anubis. She is often shown on coffins, or in funerary scenes.

Fortuna
Italian goddess of fortune, fate, destiny, blessings, luck, and fertility. Often invoked when one wants to receive money by chance, like in a lottery or contest

Freya
"Queen of the Valkyeries". Norse (Scandinavian) goddess of love, sex, sensuality, passion, and fertility. Called the most beautiful of the goddesses. She is also the patron Goddess of crops and birth. Her father is Nj�rd; her brother, Freyr. She spends much of her time with the faeries. She symbolizes war, fertility, Leo magic, fruitfulness, the moon, poetry, child blessing, maternity.

Erzulie Dantor
Is the Voodoo (Vodun, Vodou) Protectress of abused women, as well as the protector of newly consecrated Houngans and Mambos. She is identified with the "Black St. Barbara".

Don
Celtic (Welsh) Queen of the Heavens and Goddess of air and sea. Ruled over the land of the dead. Corresponds to the Celtic (Irish) goddess Danu. Symbolizes control of the elements, the moon.

Kuan Yin:
The compassionate Kuan Yin is the embodiment of the YIN principle. Kuan Yin is dedicated to relieving suffering through any of her manifestations. "She who hears the cries of the world," or "Mother of Mercy" is how she is known. She is Bodhisattva, which means she achieved enlightenment, yet chooses to stay in this plane of existence until all living beings have attained enlightenment also. Kuan Yin is usually shown as a woman sitting or standing on a lotus, always having a serene expression. She is compassionate, the reliever of suffering (mainly during child birth and pregnancy), the remover of obstacles and the comforter. I like Kuan Yin because she is a Goddess who has no enemies.

Nanna
Norse (Scandinavian) great goddess of earth. Mother goddess, symbolizes the moon and fertility.

Heqet
A primordial Egyptian goddess with the head of a frog, worshipped as one of the Eight Gods at Hermopolis, and seen as the consort of Khnum at Arsino�

Xochiquetzal Ichpuchtli
Aztec goddess of the underworld and flowers. Also symbolizes twins, artisans, sex, children

Juno
Roman goddess of the home and motherhood/women, wife of Jupiter. Watched and protected all women. Her festival is Matronalia, where people asked Juno to bless their marriages and provide a safe childbirth and a healthy newborn. Juno restores peace to quarreling lovers. Also symbolizes the moon, love, fertility.

Kishi-Mojin
Japanese goddess who protected children. Universal mother. She symbolizes compassion, children, life, fertility, and balance

Erzulie Freda
Is the Voodoo (Vodun, Vodou) lwa (aka loa or god/dess) of the moon and love. She can be compared to Venus.

Kono-hana-sakuya-hime
Japanese goddess of the cherry tree, makes the flowers bloom

Astarte
Her symbol was the dove and coinage portrayed Astarte as the heavenly dove of Wisdom ... Christian iconography will preserve her in her dove form with "seven rays emanating from the dove of the Holy Ghost: an image that went back to some of the most primitive manifestations of the Goddess".

Cybele
Cybele is a goddess of nature and fertility who was worshiped in Rome as the Great Mother. Because Cybele presided over mountains and fortresses, her crown was in the form of a city wall, and she was also known to the Romans as Mater Turrita. The cult of Cybele was directed by eunuch priests called Corybantes, who led the faithful in orgiastic rites accompanied by wild cries and the frenzied music of flutes, drums, and cymbals.

Masaya
Mayan goddess of fire and divination. She required that victims be thrown into volcanoes

Tefnut
The Egyptian goddess of moisture and clouds, daughter of Re, sister and wife of Shu, mother of Geb and Nut. Depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness, which was her sacred animal. The name "Tefnut" probably derives from the root teftef, signifying "to spit, to moisten" and the root nu meaning "waters, sky

Gaia:
Greek goddess "Broad-bosomed"; Great Mother; Universal Mother; Supreme Goddess; Earth Goddess; Mother Earth; Primeval Prophetess; most ancient Earth; omnipotent.

Rauni
Finnish thunder goddess. Forest mother, spirit of the mountain ash. She was one of the most powerful deities and wife of the god of thunder. Invoke during childbirth for a painless and safe delivery

Ran
Norse (Scandinavian) goddess of storms. She ruled the realm of the dead and was wife of Aegir. She was vicious and destructive. She symbolizes the element of water

Ch'ang O, Queen of the Moon (visit Vampyress' MOON PAGE)
Chinese moon goddess who had her palace of Great Cold on the moon

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Egyptian cobra - headed goddess of agriculture and the harvest.

Gabjauja:
Lithuanian goddess of grain. After Christianity supplanted Paganism in Lithuania, the role of Gabjauja was transformed from a benevolent goddess into an evil demon.

Rhiannon:
Her name is derived from the Welsh literally translated as Great Queen Goddess. Rhiannon rode a pale white horse, carried the magical bag of abundance and the song sang by her sacred birds were so strong it held power over life and death. She is said to reward those who ask for what they need. A Goddess of fertility, the moon, night, and death whose name means 'night queen'. She married the Irish-Manx sea God Manann, and was falsely accused of eating her baby son. She is often equated with Epona.

Thoueris
A hippopotamus Egyptian goddess, responsible for fertility and protecting women in childbirth. Partner of Bes

Anu
Manifestation magic, moon, air, fertility, prosperity. Celtic (Irish) goddess of plenty. Mother earth goddess and maiden aspect of Morrigu.

The Morrigan:
Depicted as a bronze age Celt, she is known as the Triple Goddess, her three aspects known as Nealm, Macha, and Badb. She always holds two spears and is known to be undefeated in battle. A shape shifter, she would often appear as a raven or crow. As a protector she empowers an individual to face their demons.

Frigg
Norse (Scandinavian) Goddess of love, fertility, marriage and motherhood. It is said that she knows but will not reveal the destiny of everyone. She symbolizes fertility, physical love, foresight, cunning, wisdom, the moon, and love. Also known as Frigga

Olokun
African goddess, sometimes a god, of the sea. Portrayed with a coral dress and mudfish legs, with lizards in both hands

Feng-Po-Po
Chinese goddess of the winds, she replaced Feng-Po. She symbolizes the elements of air and water, storms, precipitation and moisture

Juno
In Roman mythology, queen of the gods, the wife and sister of the god Jupiter. She is the protector of women and is worshiped under several names. As Juno Pronuba she presided over marriage; as Juno Lucina she aided women in childbirth; and as Juno Regina she is the special counselor and protector of the Roman state. Her special festival was the Matronalia. Juno is the Latin counterpart of the Greek queen of the gods, Hera.

Makosh
Slavic Goddess of earth and fertility. Her husband is Svarog, god of the Sky

Obatala
Yoruban (Africa) Goddess who created earth and people from clay and gave them life. She was drunk from drinking plum wine, that's why she made everyone so different from each other.

Buto
Is the chief Egyptian Goddess of the Delta. She is associated with the snake.

Caillech
Called the Veiled One, is the Celtic Great Goddess in her Destroyer aspect. She is invoked for disease, plague, cursing, and wheat.

Vor
Vor was a handmaiden to Frigg and a Scandinavian Goddess of contracts and marriage agreements. It is said that nothing can be kept hidden from Vor

Hu-Tu
Chinese earth goddess, similar to gaia, the deification of the earth. Patroness of fertility, element is earth

Alcyone
Greek goddess of the sea, the moon, calm, tranquility. She who brings life to death and death to life.

Var
Norse (Scandinavian) goddess of contracts and agreements. She gets revenge against those who break oaths. No secret can be kept from Var. She is best invoked when one is signing an agreement, contract, pact, or oath. She is also good to invoke if an oath or promise to you was broken, especially in marriage. Also symbolizes love. Also known as Vor

Hathor:
She was the ancient Mother Goddess who's name means "House of Horus", relating to her protective maternal role. Hathor was known as the Goddess of love and beauty. She later manifested a violently destructive aspect. Hathor also became associated with the west and was thus an important deity in many scenes relating to the afterlife. She was a major influence to the women of Egypt, including Isis.

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Roman goddess of grain. Her name means "mildew", and she was invoked by farmers to protect the wheat crops from mildew during damp seasons.

Maat:
According to the Egyptians, Maat, was the Goddess of Order, Truth and Judgment. Maat's Egyptian symbol was a tall ostrich feather on her head. She also embodied one of the chief responsibilities of the Egyptian king, to maintain order of the cosmos.

Nuit: (often called the "Bird Goddess")
Nuit is considered the Egyptian Star Goddess. She has great association with the Moon, the soul, and a possible guide for the dead. Her identity is a combination of the ancient bird, the serpent goddess of regeneration, and the Cow Horned Queen of Heaven

Gefion
Norse (Scandinavian) vegetation and fertility goddess. It is told that maidens who die as virgins become her servants. Gefions symbol is the plough. A shape shifter. She symbolizes fortunate turns of luck, magical arts, virginity, prosperity, luck, fertility, and agriculture/growth

Gerd
Norse (Scandinavian) earth goddess who married Freyr. She was a giantess, and considered very beautiful

Ishtar
Near Eastern (Assyria). The goddess of Venus is the Queen of Inanna, called Ishtar by the Babylonians. She is the goddess of sex and passion in love and war. She appeared as a beautiful lady in the company of lions. Her counterpart is the moon god Nanna. When they are in agreement, there is great mirth, happiness, and celebration. She will bestow a worthy bride upon any man who is deserving and makes a proper sacrifice. Her symbol is the eight or sixteen pointed star, and her sacred number is 15.

Edjo
A serpent goddess of the Delta, a symbol and Protectress of Lower Egypt, the counterpart of Nekhbet in Upper Egypt, worn as part of the king's crown

Nantosuelta
Celtic (Gaulish) goddess of nature, valley, and streams. Her symbol, like the Celtic (Irish) goddess Morrigan's, is a raven.

Nerthus
Norse (Scandinavian) earth mother. She symbolizes peace, fertility, the sea, purity, magic, and white witchcraft

Jizo Bosatsu
Japanese protector of mankind, especially women in childbirth. Rescued souls from the depths of hell. Symbolizes children, comfort, safety, protection from illness and evil, counsel of the dead, and the deceased

Durga-Kali / Lakshmi / Saraswati / Uma-Prawati:
In Bali, four prominent Goddesses are worshipped. Each one (listed above) governs a region of the compass (west, north, south, east,) in the cosmos and is also associated with a color (black, yellow, red, white).

Gullveig
The Golden Branch". Norse (Scandinavian) goddess of sorcery, symbolizes the magickal arts, prophecy, foresight, healing

Inanna
"Queen Moon". Near Eastern (Sumerian) queen of heaven. She ruled over the stars, planets, water, and light. Also symbolizes love, destruction of the indestructible, health, the moon workings.

Eris
A daughter of Hera and Zeus, she is the goddess of discord and strife. When she was not invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, she threw in the 'apple of discord', a golden fruit which was labeled only "For the Fairest". The goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite all grabbed for the gift at once, and the ensuing contest did indeed create much discord.

Niamh
Celtic (Irish) goddess of beauty and brightness. Helps heroes at their death

Eurynome
The goddess who danced the universe into being, the creator of all the planets, stars, sky, sea, animals and the earth itself. Her sisters were Themis and Mnemosyne, and she and her husband Ophion ruled Olympus until they were dethroned by fellow titans Cronos and Rhea. In creating the world, she first danced in the void, and from the wind created by her dancing, she made her husband, Ophion. They together created the world egg, which he took in his coils and hatched, and from that egg all things in the universe were born

Pazardzik:
The old European Mother Goddess. She is a classic example of the pregnant Earth Goddess. The seat she occupies is often symbolic of a mountain. Her ample proportions, represent the fertile earth as granter of sovereignty. Her face is like a phallic mask with a prominent nose and 6 tiny holes forming a fierce toothy mile. She is also the one who claims our bones when we die ... back to the Mother Earth

Danae:
Greek mother of Perseus by Zeus, who entered her locked room in a shower of gold. Danae's father, King Acrisius of Argos, had been warned that he would be killed eventually by a son born to Danae. So when Perseus was born, he put mother and infant into a bronze chest and set them adrift on the sea. They survived, and Danae became the object of the unwanted affections of the King of Seriphos. To protect his mother, Perseus agreed to seek the head of the Gorgon Medusa

Hel
Norse (Scandinavian) goddess of death and the underworld. The Christian concept of "Hell" came from this goddess, however, her realm of the dead for those who were wicked was cold and dark, not fiery

Vesta
Roman Goddess of the hearth, her sacred fire was tended by vestal virgins, and maintained for the safety of the city in which it resided

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A healing goddess of the Celtic order of Tuatha de Danann, goddess of medicinal plants and keeper of the spring. Regenerates, or brings the dead to life again.

Bast:
A Goddess of Pleasure, of the home, of music and dance. The Cat Goddess was said to protect humanity from contagious disease and evil influences. Bast was a major influence in Egyptian culture. A cat-goddess, worshiped in the Delta city of Bubastis. A protectress of cats and those who cared for cats. As a result, an important deity in the home (since cats were prized pets).

Branwen
Celtic goddess of love and beauty. The sister of Bran the Blessed and Manannan mac Lir, daughter of Lir, and wife of the Irish king Matholwch. Died of a broken heart after Bran's death.

Ishikori-Dome
Japanese smith goddess, created the first mirror which is said to be 8-sided and hidden. No one can see it, but many temples have a facsimile of it held important to them

Metis
The personification of counsel and prudence, and Athena's birth mother. After impregnating Metis, Zeus learned of a prophecy that said that if she gave birth to a daughter, she would go on to produce a son who would come to rule the universe. In an attempt to prevent this, Zeus swallowed the pregnant Metis. When it came time for Athena to be born, Hephaistos split open Zeus' head, and Athena sprang out fully formed, and fully armed.

Leucothea
Once the daughter of Cadmus, and the wife of Athamas, she fled with her son from her husband, and to escape him, leapt from a cliff into the sea. The gods took pity on her her and made them deities. Her son, Palaemon, is usually shown riding on a dolphin, and they were both invoked by sailors for protection from shipwreck.

Brighid
Celtic (Irish). One of the triple goddesses of the Celtic pantheon. She is the daughter of The Dagda, the deity of the Tuatha de Danaan, one of the most ancient people of Northern Europe. Some say there are actually three Brigits; one is in charge of poetry and inspiration; one is in charge of midwifery and healing, and the last is in charge of crafts and smiths.

Brigit:
Brigit is the Celtic sun Goddess of Healing, Poetry, Fire and Forge. She is also the Goddess of domestic arts - childbirth, marriage, housekeeping, bread baking, and the like. Controls the powers of fire and water. Simply and excellent goddess for all writers and or people who are creative in addition to anyone who does many healing rituals.

Nemesis
Goddess of vengeance, she took action against those who defied the Gods and Goddesses themselves, especially against mortals who were proud or insolent

Meng-Po-Niang
Chinese goddess who stood just within the gates of hell. Her magic potion was administered to each soul, so that they would forget their past lives

Aglia/Eurphrosyne/Thalia:
Greek graces were Three sisters who were goddesses of banquets, dances, social enjoyments, and the arts. brilliance/joy/bloom

Nu Kua
Chinese goddess who created mankind. She was very powerful, half human and half serpent. She is associated with rain, ponds, pools, and moist creatures near such areas such as amphibians and fish

Durga
Hindu goddess who represents the power of the Supreme Being which stands for morals and ethics. She protects mankind from misery by destroying evil forces such as jealousy, anger, and prejudice. She is symbolized by the tiger, the conch, and weapons. She is often shown with many weapons in her hands to represent how evil cannot be killed with just one weapon, but takes many. Also associated with sorcery, fertility, leo magic, the moon, general magic.

Themis
Goddess of law, Themis was the mother of the Fates, and sat by Zeus on his throne to give him counsel

Kannon:
"Goddess of the Mountain". In Japan, high on the slopes of Daimugenzan, there was a shrine dedicated to this Goddess. She is said to have protected the pilgrims against robbers and villains by sending down icy winds that rendered them unconscious.

Aglia/Eurphrosyne/Thalia:
Three Greek winged sisters with huge teeth, brazen claws and snakes foe hair, the sight of whom turned beholders to stone

Gerd
Is a Scandinavian earth Goddess. She reluctantly married Freyr, the Scandinavian God of sun and rain.

Thetis
A Nereid, she was to be Poseidon's first queen, who he rejected because of a prophecy, in favor of Amphitrite. She married a mortal instead, and they produced Achilles

Adi Mailagu:
In Fiji this great Goddess was known as "Goddess of the Sky". She descended from the sky and plunged into a river, then emerging as a rat. Sacrifices were offered to her in exchange for answering questions about the future. She would appear to men either as a beautiful woman or an ugly old hag.

Alcmene
Greek goddess of midwinter, the new year, stateliness, beauty and wisdom. Zeus fooled her by appearing as her husband, because of which she had a child by him. The result of her union with Zeus was Hercules.

Ratu Lara Kidul:
"Goddess of Rains and Storms". In central Java people worshiped Ratu also known as the Goddess of the Southern Ocean (Pacific). She lived in a splendid palace on the sea bed and employed many spirits who lived in the surrounding caves. Fisherman also would pray to her before risking their lives in their small boats (proas).

Pales
The Roman goddess charged with care of cattle and the pastures in which they resided

Huchi
Japanese goddess of fire, both of the hearth and of volcanic eruptions. Protectress of the home, cures illness. A mediator between man and gods

Indrani:
Queen of Indra, Goddess of the sky, famous for her great sensuality, the ideal Indian woman; beautiful and devoted to her husband. She is the happiest of all wives.

Iduna
Norse (Scandinavian) goddess of eternal youth. She symbolizes youth, longevity, fertility, and death

Greek Fates: Clotho, Lachesis, Atropis:
Three sisters who spun the thread of human destiny and cut it with their shears when they pleased

Pi-Hsai Yuan Chin
Chinese goddess of childbirth and labor; she brings health and good fortune to the newborn and protection to the mother

Medb
"Drunk Woman". Celtic goddess of war. The mere sight of Medb blinds enemies, and she runs faster than the fastest horse. A lewd woman, she needs thirty men a day to requite her sexual appetite. Also a fertility goddess

Hestia
Hestia, (aka Vesta) is a Greek Mother Goddess, her name means "Hearth." She is also the Goddess of Household Harmony. Invoke Hestia for abundance in the home, conception and general well-being. Hestia's consort is Pales; an ass-god, and a symbol of fertility throughout the ancient world.

Inanna
"Queen Moon". Near Eastern (Sumerian) queen of heaven. She ruled over the stars, planets, water, and light. Also symbolizes love, destruction of the indestructible, health, the moon workings

Benzautin
Japanese goddess of happiness and good luck. She is generous and kind, and is known for being sympathetic to men who are being chased by dragons, and helps them out. Queen of the sea. Provides protection from earthquakes; bringer of inspiration and talent, wealth and romance. Can also bring love. Also known as Benzai

Tara:
"The beautiful Goddess Mother". She is one of the most highly venerated Goddesses of Northern Buddhism. She is the embodiment of compassion.

Idun
Idun, (aka Idun, Iduna), is the Scandinavian Goddess of eternal youth and the keeper of the golden apples (of youth). She is also a Goddess of youth, fertility, and death. Her father is the giant and star-hero Ivalde, and her brother is Orvandil who was married to Sif. Idun is always shown as a sweet and naive maiden.

Sarawati/Sarasvati:
The Goddess of the arts. She is often shown sitting on a lotus to signify meditation, lucidity of mind and clarity of expression. Her image has four hands, two carrying vina and hymnbook, two others rosary and lotus. This important Goddess survived the transition from Hinduism to Buddhism in many countries.

Ereshkigal
Near Eastern (Babylonian, Sumerian) goddess of the underworld and death. The god Nergal once gained access to the underworld after being outcaste by his fellow gods. He seized the terrible mistress Ereshkigal by the hair and threatened to kill her. She begged him to spare her life, promising that she would marry him, give him sovereignty of the underworld, and would also give him the tablets of wisdom. He accepted and was considered the consort of Ereshkigal from then on

Saga
Norse (Scandinavian) goddess of good memories and the past. She is the daughter of Odin and can be invoked for remembrance

Glaisrig, Glaistig:
A Scottish Undine, beautiful and seductive, but a goat from the waist down (which she hides under a long green dress). She lures men to dance with her and then sucks their blood. Yet she can be benign, looking after children or old people or herding cattle for farmers.

Gruagach, The:
('The Long-Haired One') Scottish. Female fairy to whom the dairymaids used to pour libations of milk into a hollow stone.

Sif
Norse (Scandinavian) goddess of corn, crops, summer, and fertility. Symbolizes fidelity, friends, peace, and domestic matters

Kali/Kali-Ma:
She is the ancient Hindu Goddess of change and transformation. She is the energy of destruction that brings forth the new. By facing the energy of change, our lives are transformed. She is known as the Goddess of Death or the Dark One. She is described as a black voluptuous woman with bloodthirsty eyes, which human blood drips from her long tongue. Human skulls hang on strings around her body, snakes writhe around her neck and in each of her 10 hands, there are weapons. Since Kali is the Goddess of Death, she had to destroy everything, including her husband, since no visible thing is eternal. She is from the Hindu belief. The black mother"; Dark Goddess; The Terrible; Goddess of Death; Great Goddess; the Crone; Mother of Karma.

Benten
Japanese-Buddhist river goddess derived from the Hindu goddess Saraswati. Goddess of music, eloquence, fortune, and wealth

Hera
Greek goddess of matrimony and cycles of women's growth. Sister and wife of Zeus. She is best known for her intense jealousy of all of Zeus' affairs with mortal women. She can be invoked for love, the moon, element of Air, motherhood.

Kilya
The Moon, a female deity of the Inca culture. Legend states she was brighter than the sun, her husband, who dulled her down by throwing ashes on her.

Dakini:
Hindu. One of the Six Goddess Governing the Six Bodily Substances; the others being Hakini, Kakini, Lakini, Rakini and Sakini.

Neith:
"Lady Of The Sails". Egyptian goddess of war and weaving. She symbolizes strength, love, the moon, courage.

Mati-Syra-Zemlya
Means "Moist Mother earth' to the Slavic peoples who believed in her. She is a supreme being, kind and just, sentient and a predictor of the future to those who can understand her. One must never attempt to deceive Mati-Syra-Zemlya; and Slav peasants have long settled legal disputes by calling on her as a witness. A legal and binding oath can be made by having it sworn while the speaker has a clod of fresh earth upon his head. Attempting to contest the oath later would lead to sorry consequences for the swearer.

Coatlicue
Aztec mother goddess, a giver of life. She was positive and negative and therefore had the ability to bless or punish. Often shown as a woman with claws and a skirt of snakes. Symbolizes the moon.

Atargatis
Near Eastern (Syrian) mother goddess who symbolizes the moon, love, and fertility. She was most often portrayed as half-woman and half-fish. Her sacred animals were the dove and fish

Coyolxuahqi
"Golden Bells". Aztec moon goddess. Symbolizes element of fire, the moon.

Meshkent
Is the Egyptian Goddess of birth. She will be present at the great day of Judgment..

Var
Var was a handmaiden to Frigg and a Scandinavian Goddess of contracts and marriage agreements. She hates oath-breakers and will avenge the wronged party in one. Interestingly, Var cognates with the German word wahr, (meaning "true") and survives in English in the words "beware" and "aware". Invoke Var to witness oaths and to avenge broken ones, especially in marriages

Tauert
Tauert is the Egyptian Goddess of child-birth; she is represented as a hippopotamus. Invoke her to ease the pain of child-birth and to insure a safe delivery

Nehellenia
Nehellenia is associated, in Holland, with vegetation, dogs and the sea. She is always portrayed with a basket of apples. (Apples being symbolic of life and fertility; dogs with death.) Nehellenia was worshipped on the Dutch Frisian island, Walcheren, (now a part of the Province of Zealand). Nehellenia was invoked by sailors before they attempted to cross the North Sea to England.

Ob atal�
Is identified with the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy," in Santer�a. In the If� Creation myth, Obatala came down from Heaven to the Earth with a sea-shell, guinea hen, sand and ikin. Obatal� poured the sand on the waters, and dropped the hen on the earth. The hen scratched the sand and created earth's first land mass. Obatal� embodies the value of ethics and symbolizes reason.

Willendorf
Willendorf is the great Mother Goddess. (One of the oldest and most famous Paleolithic "Venue" images) Her form symbolizes the Bounty of Nature and an abundance of food ... in addition to fertility and anything related to child birth. Great statue !

Leannan Sidhe:
Irish fairy lover, succubus. In the Isle of Man she is malevolent and vampiric.

Lilith:
In Hebrew legend, she was Adam's first wife, who would not subordinate herself to him and was turned into a demoness.

Allat
Near Eastern goddess of the morning and evening stars, fate, and the planet venus

Ran
Ran is the Scandinavian Goddess of storms, and ruler of the realm of the dead. She married Aegir, and mothered nine daughters, which are the waves. It was believed that Ran sunk ships and drowned sailors so that she could tenderly care for them in her hall under the ocean

Anath
"Lady Of The Mountain". Near Eastern (Syrian) goddess of the earth, grain, and sacrifice. She is often portrayed as a bloodthirsty maiden. The strength of life. Symbolizes element of earth and fertility

Babd Catha
Celtic (Irish) goddess of war. Mother aspect of the triple goddess. Symbolizes life, enlightenment, wisdom and inspiration.

Demeter
Greek Goddess of the earth, grain and harvests. Goddess of agriculture, sister of Zeus, mother of Persephone. When Persephone was abducted to the Underworld by its ruler Hades, Demeter was heartbroken. She wandered the length and breadth of the earth in search of her daughter, during which time the crops withered and it became perpetual winter

Jord
Norse (Scandinavian) primeval earth goddess. Mother of Thor and wife of Odin

Sif
Sif is the second wife of Thor and the mother of Uller, by her first husband Orvandil, a star-hero. Sif has long corn-gold hair and is the Scandinavian Goddess of summer fertility and corn. Loki cut Sif's hair and that act is interpreted as a corn-field fire. (In ancient Scandinavia, a married woman who slept with another, had her hair cropped, as punishment. Loki claimed in "Lokasenna" to have slept with Sif and for this, cropped her hair. He then had dwarves forge hair of gold for her.) Invoke Sif for conjugal fidelity, peace, friendship, fertility and a happy family life.

Malkuth:
'The Kingdom' Hebrew. Personification of Earth, of the Earth-soul; the goddess in actual manifestation.

Nicneven:
Scottish Samhain Witch Goddess. Tradition places her night according to the old (Julian) calendar, on 10 November.

Ulupi:
Hindu. A Serpent Goddess, one of the Nagis, dwelling in Patala, the lowest level of the Underworld.

Valkyries, The:
Teutonic. In late Scandinavian myth, they brought the souls of those slain in battle to Odin. Venus: Roman. Originally a Goddess of Spring and protectress of vegetation and gardens, was a minor deity till she became assimilated to the Greek Aphrodite in the second century BC.

Yesod:
'Foundation', Hebrew. Ninth Sephira of the Cabalistic Tree of Life, sphere of the Moon and of the astral plane.

Cailleach Beine Brick:
A Scottish legendary witch probably recalling an earlier local goddess.

Callisto:
'Most Beautiful,' Greek Moon Goddess, to whom the she-bear was sacred in Arcadia. Envisaged as the axle on which everything turns, and thus connected with the Ursa Major constellation. Linked with Artemis, often called Artemis Callisto.

Cliona of the Fair Hair:
Irish. South Munster Goddess of great beauty, daughter of Gebann the Druid, of the Tuatha De Danaan. Connected with the O'Keefe family.

Tailtiu:
Irish. Foster-mother of Lugh, who instituted the Tailtean Games, central event of the Festival of Lughnasadh (1 August), in her memory.

Tiamat:
Assyro-Babylonian Primordial Sea Mother Goddess, the mass of salt waters, who with her mate Apsu (the sweet waters) begat the original chaotic world and who also symbolized it and ruled it.

ISIS:
Last but not least, my favorite ISIS! This Goddess was my (Vampyress) very first tattoo. Anyways, Isis was the most famous Goddess of Ancient Egypt whose worship spread to Greece, the rest of Europe and as far as England in the ancient world. Isis of a "Thousand Names" is the Goddess of Magic, Healing, Feminine Power and Eternal Life. She was a perfect wife /mother/nurturer to her husband Osiris and son Horus. Many writers throughout the Egyptian era found Isis to be the strongest of the Goddess due to the pain endured through her life and her accomplishments.

The Maiden
The Maiden signifies youth, the excitement of the chase, and the newness of life and magick. In human age she would be between puberty and her twenties. She does not have a mate. Her colors are soft & light, such as white, soft pink, or light yellow. Rituals using the Maiden:

The Mother
The Mother stands for nurturing, caring, fertility; she is a woman in the prime of her life and at the peak of her power. She protects her own and will ensure that justice is done and done well. This woman is usually mated. In human age, she would be seen as a woman in her thirties to mid-forties. Her colors are warmer than that of the maiden, such as green, copper, red, light purple or royal blue. Rituals using the Mother:

The Crone
The Crone is a being of age-old wisdom. She is shrew and counsels well. She cares for the Maiden and the Mother as well as the off-spring thereof. She is logical and can be terrible in her vengeance. She stands at the door to the dimension of death. In human years, she is approximately 45 or older. The Crone is the Most difficult of the three to place in human age. The Crone's traditional colors are black, gray, purple, brown or midnight blue. Rituals using the Crone:

GODDESSES for ALL SEASONS...
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Goddesses for Imbolic Include:
The goddesses of Imbolic are goddesses of fire, light and healing; they are Maiden goddesses and Mother goddesses: Agaehindvo, Ameaterasu, Anu, Aphrodite, Aradia, Arianrhod, Arinna , Athena, Befana, Bertha, Blaize, Branwen, Brigit, Demeter, Diana, Februa, Felicitas, Freya, Gaia, Hera, Hestia , Inanna, Irene, Juno Februata, Kuan Yin, Lucia or Lucina, Oya, Pax, Pele, Perchta, Persephone, Sarasvati, Selene, Sul-Minerva, Venus and Vesta.

Goddesses for Ostara Include:
Mother and Maiden Goddesses, Goddesses of fertility and of Spring:
Anna Fearina, Aphrodite, Arianrhod, Astarte, Athena, Blodeuwedd, Bran, Chalchiuhtlique, Coatlicue, Cocomama, Copper Woman, Corn Maiden, Corn Mother, Cupra, Cybele, Damara-ana, Demeter, Diana, Doda, Erce, Eriu, Erzulie, Esther, Flidais, Flora, Freya, Gaia, Garbhog, Guadalupe, Guinevere, Hathor, Haumea, Hera/Juno, Hina, Indara, Iris, Ishtar, Isis, Ix Chel, Kore, Kuan Yin, Lakshmi, Libera, Lilith, Madhusri, Ma-Ku, Mary, Melusine, Menvra, Minerva, Morwyn, Nepthys, Oddudua, OestreOn-niona, Oshun, Ostara, Ova, Painted Woman, Parvati, Persephone, Renpet, Rheda, Salamaona, Venus, Vesna, and Vesta.

Goddesses for Beltane Include:
Are of flowers and blooming, love, fertility, song and dance and the hunt:
Aphrodite, Asherah, Belili, Blodeuwedd, Bona Dea, Brighid, Danu, Freya, Flora, Gwenhwyvar, Hina, Kwan Yin, Ishtar, Lada, Maia, Mary, Mawu, Oiwyn, Oshun, Ostara, Rauni, Sappha, Spider Woman, Tonantzin, Vesta and Xochiquetzal.

Goddesses for Midsummer Include:
Earth Mothers and Goddesses of beauty and mature sexuality, fire goddesses and goddesses of the animals and the hunt.
They include: Aine, Ameaterasu, Anahita, Aphrodite, Artemis, Asherah, Brighid, Cardea, Coaltique, Corn Mother, Danu, Erzulie, Esmeralda, Freya, Flora, Gaia, Hera, Hestia, Iamanja, Inanna, Ishtar, Li, Litha, Mawu, Oraea, Oshun, Oya, Pele, Rhea, Rhiannon, Spider Woman, The Corn Mothers, Tiamat, Tonantzin, Vesta, Yellow Land Earth Queen, Yemaya.

Goddesses for Lammas / Lughnasadh Include:
Mother Goddesses, Grain Goddesses, Fertility Goddesses and Livestock Goddesses and Ladies of the Beasts.
They include: Aphrodite, Artemis, Bast, Bau, Binah, Ceres, Changing Woman, Corn Mother, Demeter, Epona, Fortuna, Gaia, Guadalupe, Habondia, Hathor, Ishtar, Isis, Juno, Mawu, Prosperpina, Rainbow Serpent, Rhea, Rhiannon, Tailtu and Tonantzin

Goddesses for Mabon Include:
It is a time to honor Aging Deities and the Spirit World. Wiccan celebrates the aging Goddess as she passes from Mother to Crone.
Modron, Morgan, Epona, Persephone, Pamona, The Muses, Akibimi, Cessair, Lilitu, Sin, Pamona

Goddesses for Samhain Include:
The Crone rules this part of the cycle,
Arianrhod, Astarte, Baba Yaga, Cardea, Ceres, Cerridwen, Copper Woman, Demeter, Dione, Diti, Epona, Eurydice, Gaia, Gula, Hathor, Hecate, Hel, Hela, Holda, Inanna, Isis, Kali, Kalma, Kore, Lakshmi, Lilith, Maat, Mari, Minerva, Nephthys, Oya, Samia, Sarama, Sedna, Sheshat, Skinmo, Sina, Spider Grandmother, Tara, The Morrigan, Vanadis

Goddesses for YULE Include:
All Newborn Gods, Sun Gods, Mother Goddesses, and Triple Goddesses. The best known would be the Dagda, and Brighid, the daughter of the Dagda. Goddesses-Brighid, Isis, Demeter, Gaea, Diana, The Great Mother

HERBS OF THE GOD'S AND GODDESSES:
I will list herbs that pertain to each deity. The herbs (refer to my 550 HERB List, additional to this) can be used in many ways regarding altar and ritual use and for charging candles (refer
to my CANDLE MAGICK Section), consecrating statues etc...

GODDESS GENERAL HERBS:
Marjoram, moonwort, elder flower. Her earth: cypress, honeysuckle, jasmine. Her air: anise seed, comfrey, cider wood, eyebright, hazel, lavender, Mugwort. Her fire: angelica, celandine, coriander, heliotrope, hyssop, nettle, primrose, rowan. Her water: chamomile, camphor, catnip, geranium, hawthorn, hyacinth, ivy, rose, willow.

Of the Sacred Herbs of the Goddesses
APHRODITE: olive, cinnamon, daisy, cypress, quince. orris (iris), apple, myrtle
ARADIA: rue, vervain
ARTEMIS: silver fir, amaranth, cypress, cedar, hazel, myrtle, willow, daisy, mugwort, date palm
ASTARTE: alder, pine, cypress, myrtle, juniper
ATHENA: olive, apple
BAST: catnip, Vervain
BELLONA: belladonna
BRIGIT: blackberry
CAILLEACH: wheat
CARDEA: hawthorn, bean, arbutus
CERES: willow, wheat, bay, pomegranate, poppy, leek, narcissus
CYBELE: oak, myrrh, pine
DEMETER: wheat, barley, pennyroyal, myrrh, rose, pomegranate, bean, poppy, all cultivated crops
DIANA: birch, willow, acacia, wormwood, dittany, hazel, beech, fir, apple, mugwort, plane, mulberry, rue
DRUANTIA: fir
FREYA: cowslip, daisy, primrose, maidenhair, myrrh, strawberry, mistletoe
HATHOR: myrtle, sycamore, grape, mandrake, coriander, rose
HECATE: willow, henbane, aconite, yew, mandrake, cyclamen, mint, cypress, date palm, sesame, dandelion, garlic, oak, onion
HEKAT: cypress
HERA: apple, willow, orris, pomegranate, myrrh
HINA: bamboo
HULDA: flax, rose, hellebore, elder
IRENE: olive
IRIS: wormwood, iris
ISHTAR: acacia, juniper, all grains
ISIS: fig, heather, wheat, wormwood, barley, myrrh, rose, palm, lotus, persea, onion, iris, vervain
JUNO: lily, crocus, asphodel, quince, pomegranate, vervain, iris, lettuce, fig, mint
CERRIDWEN: vervain, acorns
MINERVA: olive, mulberry, thistle
NEFER-TUM: lotus
NEPTHYS: myrrh, lily
NUIT: sycamore
OLWEN: apple
PERSEPHONE: parsley, narcissus, willow, pomegranate
RHEA: myrrh, oak
ROWEN: clover, rowan
VENUS: cinnamon, daisy, elder, heather, anemone, apple, poppy, violet, marjoram, maidenhair fern,
carnation, aster, vervain, myrtle, orchid, cedar, lily, mistletoe, pine, quince
VESTA:
oak

GOD HERBS:
Woodruff, yarrow, bergamot. His earth: cedar, fern, High John the Conqueror, horehound, pine. His Air: acacia, Benzoin, mistletoe, nutmeg, thyme, wormwood. His fire: alder, basil, betony, cinnamon, clove, holly, oak, peppercorn, thistle. His water: ash, burdock, hops, Orris root, yarrow.

The Sacred Herbs of the Gods
ADONISA: myrrh, corn, rose, fennel, lettuce, white heather
AESCULAPIUS: bay, mustard
AJAX: delphinium
ANU: tamarisk
APOLLO: leek, hyacinth, heliotrope, cornel, bay, frankincense, date palm, cypress
ATTIS: pine, almond
ARES: buttercup
BACCHUS: grape, ivy, fig, beech, tamarisk
BALDUR: St. John's Wort, daisy
BRAN: alder, all grains
CUPID: cypress, sugar, white violet, red rose
DAGDA: oak
DIANUS: fig
DIONYSUS: fig, apple, ivy, grape, pine, corn, pomegranate, toadstools, mushrooms, fennel, all wild and cultivated trees
DIS: cypress
EA: cedar
EROS: red rose
GWYDION: ash
HELIOS: sunflower, heliotrope
HERNE: oak
HORUS: horehound, lotus,
HYPNOS: poppy
JOVE: pine, cassia, houseleek, carnation, cypress
JUPITER: aloe, agrimony, sage, oak, mullein, acorn, beech, cypress, houseleek, date palm, violet, gorse, ox-eye daisy, vervain
KERNUNOS: heliotrope, bay, sunflower, oak, orange
KANALOA: banana
MARS: ash, aloe, dogwood, buttercup, witch grass, vervain
MERCURY: cinnamon, mulberry, hazel, willow
MITHRAS: cypress, violet
NEPTUNE: ash, bladderwrack, all seaweeds
ODIN: mistletoe, elm, yew, oak
OSIRIS: acacia, grape, ivy, tamarisk, cedar, clover, date palm, all grains.
PAN: fig, pine, reed, oak, fern, all meadow flowers
PLUTO: cypress, mint, pomegranate
POSEIDON: pine, ash, fig, bladderwrack, all seaweeds
PROMETHEUS: fennel
RA: acacia, frankincense, myrrh, olive
SATURN: fig, blackberry
SYLVANUS: pine
TAMMUZ: wheat, pomegranate, all grains
THOTH: almond
THOR: thistle, houseleek, vervain, hazel, ash, birch, rowan, oak, pomegranate, burdock, beech
URANUS: ash
WODEN: ash
ZEUS: oak, olive, pine, aloe, parsley, sage, wheat, fig
As the Wicca, we will take only that which we need from the green and growing things of the earth, never failing to attune with the plant
before harvesting nor failing to leave a token of gratitude and respect.

DUAL DEITY HERBS:
Mullein, dianthus, heather. Their earth: cinquefoil, mandrake, patchouli, sage, slippery elm. Their air: eucalyptus, lemon verbena, Mugwort, peppermint, sandalwood, spearmint. Their fire: bay, juniper, marigold, rosemary, rue, saffron, St. John's Wort, Vervain. Their water: apple, elecampane, heather, meadowsweet, poppy, star anise.

Gift of the Goddess Bread
1/2 Cup Margarine
1 Cup Sugar
3 Medium Mashed Bananas
2 Eggs
1 (11 oz.) Can Mandarin Oranges
1 Tsp. Vanilla
1 (6 oz.) Pkg. Chocolate chips
2 Cups Flour
1 Cup Shredded Coconut
1 Tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 Cup Chopped Cherries
2/3 Cup Sliced Almonds
Confectioners Sugar
1/2 Cup Chopped Figs
Cream butter with sugar. Add eggs and vanilla - beat until fluffy. Sift flour with baking soda. Add alternately with mashed bananas. Stir in oranges, chocolate chips, coconut, 1/2 cup sliced almonds, cherries, figs. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans. Spring remaining almonds over the top. Bake 1 to 1 1/4 hours at 350F. When cool, sprinkle with confectioners sugar

Isis Healing Brew:
1 part Rosemary
1 part Sage
1 part Thyme
1 part Cinnamon
Half fill a blue-glass with fresh water. Add the ground, empowered herbs to it and let this sit in the Sun all day. If by sunset the water has been colored by the herbs, it is ready for use. If not, store in the refrigerator overnight and steep in the Sun the following day. Strain, and drink

I will be adding more to this page when needed. If idea's come to you in your love of a specific Goddess (not mentioned above), please write to me
-Vampyress

Greek, Roman, Hindu, Buddhist, Aztec, Norse, Babylonian, Hawaiian, Arabian, Finnish, Celtic, Italian, African, Persian, Egyptian, Scandinavian, Chinese, Hebrew, Mayan, Dutch, Slavic, Lithuanian, Finnish, Philippine, Syrian, Japanese (color coded for easy reading) !

GODDESSES

Edjo A serpent goddess of the Delta, a symbol and Protectress of Lower Egypt, the counterpart of Nekhbet in Upper Egypt, worn as part of the king's crown

Edjo
A serpent goddess of the Delta, a symbol and Protectress of Lower Egypt, the counterpart of Nekhbet in Upper Egypt, worn as part of the king's crown