Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "ATTIS" | Phrygia / northwestern Turkey | vegetation god. Attis is a dying and rising fertility god modeled on the Mesopotamian DUMUZI. He is considered to have originated as a shepherd. In alternative traditions, KYBELE, the great mother, is either his mother or purely his consort. Another legend suggests he was conceived immaculately by the demigoddess NANA when she placed a ripe almond in her bosom.... |
Goddess name "Adamisil Wedo" | Haiti | A water goddess |
Goddess name "Adamisil Wedo . Si Adaman" | Haiti | Goddess of water Haiti |
Goddess name "Alaisiagae" | Roman / Celtic / British | Minor goddesses. They are identified at houseteads (Northumberland) in a shrine to Mars Thincsus.... |
Goddess name "Alaisiagae the" | Celtic / British / Roman | They are minor goddess |
Goddess name "Aphrodisias" | Carian | Goddess of fertility Turkey. The Greeks equated her with Aphrodite. (Carian) |
Goddess name "Aphrodisias" | Carian / southwestern Turkey | Fertility goddess. Equating with the Greek goddess APHRODITE.... |
Goddess name "Aphrodisias Carian" | SW Turkey | a fertility goddess |
Goddess name "Arundhati (faithfulness)" | Hindu / Puranic | Astral goddess. Personification of the morning star and the wife of all risis or inspired sons of BRAHMA though particularly åśśociated with Vasistha. Attributes: begging bowls.... |
Goddess name "Beda" | Germanic | Goddess who, along with the Alaisiagae sisters and Fimmilena and Mars Thingsus was popular among the Tubantes. |
Goddess name "Benten-San" | Shinto / Japan | Goddess of luck. One of seven deities clåśśed as gods of fortune and the only goddess in the group. A popular deity with many sanctuaries dedicated to her, she is a patron of music and holds a biwa instrument in her hand. Snakes, believed to stand for jealousy, are often coiled around her statues. Because of this, married couples are reluctant to visit her shrines together. Her priesthood is both Shinto and Buddhist and she is closely linked with the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Cocidius" | Celtic / British | Hunting goddess. Northern British deity depicted in stone relief at Risingham (Yorkshire).... |
Goddess name "Dhisana" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of prosperity. Associated with the acquisition of wealth. Also the name given to a bowl of fermented drink or soma.... |
Goddess name "Disir" | Germanic | Collective name for guardian goddesses norse / germanic |
Goddess name "Disir" | Nordic / Icelandic / / Germanic | Collective name for guardian goddesses. They were the subject of a sacrificial ritual in autumn and have strong fertility connotations as vegetation and fertility deities. They are identified in the Sigr drifumal (Poetic Edda) and include the Valkyries and Norns of Germanic mythology.... |
Goddess name "Esenchebis" | Greek | The Greek name of the goddess Isis. Greek |
Goddess name "Freya, Freyja" | Norse | Freya or Freyja [Feminine of Freyr]. The daughter of Njord and sister of Frey. She dwells in Folkvang. Half the fallen in battle belong to her, the other half to Odin. She lends her feather disguise to Loke. She is the goddess of love. Her husband is Oder. Her necklace is Brisingamen. She has a boar with golden bristles. Norse |
Goddess name "Gestin-Ana" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Chthonic goddess. The sister of DUMUZI and consort of Ningisida. The so-called heavenly grape-vine, this minor goddess is involved in the account of Dumuzi trying to escape from his fate at the hands of INANA and ERESKIGAL. In her house he is changed into a gazelle before being caught and finally transported to the underworld.... |