| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Azer Ava" | Russian | Ancient Russian goddess, the name Azer-Ava translates into "forest mother" or "the friendly tree goddess". Azer-Ava lives in trees and welcomes those who venture out to pick berries and mushrooms. She is known as a goddess of fruitfulness who brings Rain and corn, and oaths are taken in her name. |
| Goddess name "A·Si" | Persia | Treasure-laden, goddess of treasure hunters. Persia |
| Goddess name "BAAL (lord)" | Western Semitic / Canaanite / northern Israel, Lebanon / later Egypt | vegetation deity and national god. Baal may have originated in pre-agricultural times as god of storms and Rain. He is the son of DAGAN and in turn is the father of seven storm gods, the Baalim of the Vetus Testamentum, and seven midwife goddesses, the SASURATUM. He is considered to have been worshiped from at least the nineteenth century BC. Later he became a vegetation god concerned with fertility of the land. From the mid-sixteenth century BC in the Egyptian New kingdom, Baal enjoyed a significant cult following, but the legend of his demise and restoration was never equated with that of OSIRIS. In the Greco-Roman period, Baal became åśśimilated in the Palestine region with ZEUS and JUPITER, but as a Punic deity [Carthage] he was allied with SATURNUS, the god of seed-sowing.... |
| Goddess name "BASTET" | Egypt | Feline goddess åśśociated with the vengeance of the Sun god. Bastet is the daughter of the Sun god RE and is regarded as his instrument of vengeance, the rage in his eye. Alternatively she is the eldest daugh ter of AMUN. She has a son, the lion headed god MIHOS.... |
| Goddess name "BRAGI (poet; leader)" | Nordic / Icelandic | God of poetry. A Viking deity, said by Snorri to be a son of OTHIN and consort of IDUNN, the goddess who keeps the apples of immortality for the gods of Asgard. Bragi is possibly also a pseudonym for Othin himself. Often found in company with AEGIR. The cup over which oaths were sworn was known as the cup of Bragi and he was seen as a poet and orator in the hall of the slain, Valhalla.... |
| Goddess name "BRIGIT (exalted one)" | Celtic / Continental / European / Irish | Fertility goddess. A major Celtic pastoral deity, described as a wise woman, the daughter of the DAGDA, Brigit became Christianized as St. Brigit of Kildare, who lived from AD 450-523 and founded the first female Christian community in Ireland. She was originally celebrated on February 1 in the festival of Imbolc.... |
| Goddess name "Ba" | China | The goddess of drought |
| Goddess name "Ba (1)" | Chinese | Goddess of drought. She is identified in some texts as the daughter of the god HUANG TI.... |
| Goddess name "Ba Han" | China | Goddess of drought. China |
| Goddess name "Baau" | Phoenicia | Creator goddess. Mother of the first man. Phoenicia |
| Goddess name "Baba" | Sumeria | Goddess of healing and fertility. Sumeria |
| Goddess name "Baba" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Fertility goddess. Locally worshiped in Lagas, where Gudea built her a temple. Also Bau.... |
| Goddess name "Bachu" | Chibcha | Goddess who started the human race, turned her and her mate into dragons. Chibcha |
| Goddess name "Badb" | Brazil | A much feared serpent goddess |
| Goddess name "Badb" | Brazil | Much feared serpent goddess. Brazil |
| Goddess name "Badb" | Celtic / Irish | war goddess. One of the aspects of the MORRIGAN. Capable of changing shape at will. She confronts the Irish hero Cu Chulainn before a battle and terrifies him by turning into Badb Catha, the crow and harbinger of death.... |
| Goddess name "Badb/ Bodva" | Irish | A goddess of war |
| Goddess name "Badb/ Odva/ Badb Catha" | Irish | A goddess of war |
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