Discover or find the Goddess and her manifestations. In this section, you’ll find Goddesses from different regions around the world. In each post, you’ll find out or remember about a Goddess, her myth, her symbols, ritual suggestions and curiosities to help you on your Pagan path and during your practice of Witchcraft and Magic.
Attibutes: Goddess of peace, spring, reconciliation and cooperation Symbolos: Cornucopia, torch, scepter, rython Place: Greece Goddess Eirene (or Irene) is the very personification of peace. She is part of The Hours (or Horae, in Greek), the Greek Goddesses who represent the seasons of the year and natural justice. This Goddess is always represented as a …
Attributes: Goddess of knowledge, clairvoyance, earth, marriage, birth, fertility, motherhood, love and housework. Queen of AesirSymbols: Keys and the spinning wheelPlace: Scandinavia The Goddess with the highest position in Aesir, Frigga, is associated with knowledge and clairvoyance. She is Odin‘s first wife and mother of Baldr. She is a tall, beautiful and imponent woman. She always wears expensive jewels …
Goddess Inari, also considered an aspect of Ukanomitama, is one of the main Shinto deities in Japan, possessing more than one thousand and two hundred altars and temples dedicated to her (not counting the small and homemade altars found on roads). Rice planting is on the basis of Japanese culture and society, therefore Inari is …
Goddess Konohana Sakuya-Hime is the Goddess who represents flowers and life, also representing mountains and volcanoes. Her main shrine is located on Mount Fuji. Sometimes called simply as Sakuya, this Goddess is also related to the cherry blossoms as they show their beauty and soon disappear. This represents the cycle of life and death. Her …
Attributes: Goddess of love, beauty, fecundity and sexuality Symbols: The hand mirror (symbol ♀), shell, rose Place: Rome Venus in “The Birth of Venus” Depicted throughout Greek mythology as Aphrodite, Venus represents the female individuality and self-love. Despite being married to Vulcan, this Goddess had affairs with other gods and with the Trojan prince Anchises, whose …
Attributes: Goddess of war, hunting, and weaving Symbols: Shield with two crossed arrows, red crown, loom, cow Place: Egypt Neith (or Nit, Net or Neit) Was the patroness of lower Egypt and the city of Sais, where her devotees also identified her as the Greek Goddess Athena, because of her similar traits. She is one of the …
Attributes: Goddess of the sky, stars and death Symbols: Sky, stars, cow and a pot Place: Egypt For the ancient Egyptians Nut (or Nuit, Newet, or even, Nueth) was one of the major Goddesses. como uma das mais adoradas. She was the very personification of heaven and she was also the one who gave birth to many …
Attributes: Arts, Science and Literature inspired Goddesses, Symbols: Several ones, each Muse has her own symbol Place: Greece The nine Greek Muses were depicted as young and beautiful maidens. Their father is Zeus, king of the Gods and their mother is Mnemosyne, Goddess of the memory. In the Greek mythology, they are the inspiring Goddesses of …
Attributes: Goddess of Abundance, transformation and wildlife Symbols: Bear and fruits Place: Europe Artio is a Celtic Goddess of abundance (or fertility), transformation and wildlife. Her name originates from the Celtic word for bear (arth) and it is represented most of the time as such. She may also be surrounded by fruits. The earliest records …
Attributes: Goddess of gifts, children and family.Symbols: Verbena, figs and leaves.Place: Sicily. “La Befana” is known in Italy as a wise woman, endowed with magical powers. She crosses the skies on her flying broom or flying donkey, bringing presents to the good children like figs, nuts and sweets on the night of the Epiphany. To …
