Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Aveta" | Celtic | A goddess of female-fertility, childbirth and midwives, also åśśociated with all fresh water. Celtic |
Goddess name "Badi Mata" | Hindu / northern Indian | Mother goddess. A SAKTI and one of the seven SAPTAMATARAS (mothers) who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent, attacking children during puberty. Particularly recognized in Bengal.... |
Goddess name "Ban Chuideachaidh Moire" | Ireland | Old Goddess who appears in modern Irish legends as the midwife who åśśisted the Christian Virgin Mary with her birth, and was also a title applied to St. Bridget. A once forgotten goddess of childbirth. Ireland |
Goddess name "Bibi the Child-Strangler" | Bibi | Sometimes affectionately known as "Aunty Bibi," is a Romany witch-goddess. Bibi is an old crone who either wears torn black garments or is entirely naked. Like the Romanian goddess Dschuma, Bibi is disease incarnate, particularly cholera. She is referred to as "the child-strangler" because it is believed that disease often effects children, who are young and weak. |
Goddess name "Bod" | Indian | The divinity invoked by Indian women who desire fecundity. Children born after an invocation to Bod must be redeemed, or else serve in the temple of the goddess. Indian |
Goddess name "Boldogåśśzony" | Hungary | Virgin goddess who protected mothers and children. Hungary |
Goddess name "Boldogåśśzony" | Pre - Christian Hungarian | Tutelary goddess. The guardian deity of women and children, she became syncretized with the Virgin Mary after Christianization.... |
Goddess name "Brigantia" | Celtic | Goddess of the seasons, doctors smiths, poets, and women in childbirth Pan-Celtic |
Goddess name "Brigantia/ Bridget/ Brigit" | Pan-Celtic | The goddess of the seasons, doctors smiths, poets, & women in childbirth |
Goddess name "COATLICUE (the serpent-skirted goddess)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Mother goddess. The creator goddess of the earth and mankind and the female aspect of OMETEOTL. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex. She has 400 sons, the stars of the southern sky, and is the mother of the goddess COYOLXAUHQUI. Later, as a widow, she was impregnated by a ball of feathers as she was sweeping the serpent mountain of Coatepec near Tula. Her other children decapitated her as punishment for her dishonor, but she gave birth to the Sun god HUITZILOPOCHTLI who subsequently slew Coyolxauhqui and her brothers, thus banishing night for day. According to tradition Coatlicue feeds off human corpses. She is also recognized as the patron deity of florists.... |
Goddess name "Caireen" | Ireland | Protective mother goddess and patron of children. Ireland |
Goddess name "Candelifera" | Roman | She Roman is a mother goddess responsible for bringing in the child into the light |
Goddess name "Candelifera" | Roman | Goddess of childbirth and midwives who guides the child through the birth canal. Roman |
Goddess name "Candelifera" | Roman | Minor goddess of birth. Responsible for bringing the newborn child into the light. Usually åśśociated with LUCINA and CARMENTES.... |
Goddess name "Carmenta" | Roman | A goddess of childbirth & midwives, prophecy & springs |
Goddess name "Carmenta aka Carmentis" | Roman | Goddess of childbirth, prophecy, charms and spells. Her soothing words ease the pains of women in labour, heal the ills of childhood, foretell the futures of brides and that of their children. Roman |
Goddess name "Carmentes" | Roman | Roman goddess of fate or fortune, one of the Camenae. Also a goddess of childbirth, |
Goddess name "Carmentes" | Roman | Minor goddess of birth. Responsible for bringing the newborn child into the light. Usually åśśociated with LUCINA and CANDELIFERA.... |