Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Easter aka Eastre" | Saxons | A putative goddess of the Anglo-Saxons |
"Laputa" | Swift | The flying island inhabited by scientific quacks, and visited by Gulliver in his "travels." These dreamy philosophers were so absorbed in their speculations that they employed attendants called "flappers," to flap them on the mouth and ears with a blown bladder when their attention was to be called off from "high things" to vulgar mundane matters. Swift |
Goddess name "Mujaji" | Lovedu / South Africa | Rain goddess. She is said to reside in the northern Drakensberg mountains and sends both destructive tempests and gentle generative Rain. In past times she was propitiated with sacrifices of cattle and occasionally young girls. She is represented by a lineage of mortal queens on whose fabulous reputation the author Rider Haggard based the novel She. Also Modjadji.... |
Goddess name "Puta" | Roman | A goddess responsible for the proper pruning of trees & shrubs respond |
Goddess name "Puta" | Roman | Goddess of Agriculture. Specifically responsible for the proper pruning of trees and shrubs.... |