Goddesses
Aine na gClair: Aine na gClair, pronounced aw-ne, is identified with the Goddess Anu in Ireland. Aine na gClair was worshipped on Midsummer's Eve in County Limerick at a hill called Cnoc Aine. The worshippers would carry torches of hay and straw. After invoking her they would return to their field and pastures to wave the torches over the crops and livestock. Aine na gClair is revered among Irish herbalists and healers and is said to be responsible for the body's life force; to this end, no blood letting was allowed on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday before Lughnasadh Day.
	Anu: Anu, pronounced an-oo is the Irish Goddess of plenty and is the maiden aspect of the Morrigu. She is the Mother-Earth Goddess and the flowering fertility Goddess.
Aphrodite: Aphrodite is the Greek Goddess of Passion and sexual love, and womanly beauty. Said to have been born of sea-foam; her name means "laughter loving".
	Arachne: Arachne is the Greek spider Goddess, who is the weaver of fate.
Arianrhod: Arianrhod, pronounced ari-an-rod, is the Mother aspect of the Triple Goddess in Wales. Her palace is Caer Arianrhod (the Aurora Borealis). Arianrhod is the keeper of the circling "Silver Wheel of Stars", which is a symbol of both time and karma. This wheel was also known as the Oar Wheel, a ship which carrried dead warriors to the Moon-land (Emania). Arianrhod was married to Nwtvre ("Sky of Firmament"), but is the mother of Llue Llaw Gyffes and Dylan by her brother Gwydion. Invoke Arianrhod to promote fertility, Beauty, and reincarnation.
	Artemis: Artemis, the Huntress, is the Greek Moon Goddess. She is shown often with a Deer as a companion and carried a bow and quiver of arrows. She is also the deity of wild places, groves and ponds.
Astarte: Astarte is the general Greek Fertility Goddess as well as the Goddess of love, war and the planet Venus. She is usually depicted as being naked, wearing a lapis-lazuli necklace and carrying a spear or a bow. Sometimes she is shown with crescent-Moon horns; and sometimes she is shown walking on a lion.
	Astrild: Astrild is a Scandinavian Goddess of love.
Athena: Athena is the Greek Goddess of War as well as the Greek Goddess of Wisdom. She is the daughter of the Greek God Zeus and Metis. Athena is depicted as a strong woman in full armour. Her breast-plate symbolizes earned wisdom, and her helment, the protection of knowledge. Athena is the Greek patron of craftsmen and the protector of cities.
	Badb: Badb is the Irish War Goddessand wife to the War God Net. She is the Mother Aspect of the Triple Goddess in Ireland.Invoke Badb for life, wisdom, inspiration, and enlightenment.
Bast: Bast is the Egyptian Goddess of Bubastis. Her sacred animal is the cat. Bast symbolizes the moon, as a swelling womb. She is also the Egyptian Goddess of pleasure, music, dancing and joy.
	Boand: Boand is the Irish Goddess of the river Boyne, (in County Meath), and the mother of Angus Mac Og by the Dagda. She was the wife of Nechtan. Invoke Boand for poetic inspiration and healing.
Branwen: Branwen is a Manx and Welsh Goddess of love and beauty. She is the sister of Bran the Blessed and wife of the Irish King Matholwchh.
	Brigit: Brigit, ("High One"), pronounced breet is an aspect of Danu, the Irish Great Goddess. There are three sister Goddesses named Brigit in Ireland. As a Goddess of fire, Brigit is associated with Imbolc. She is also a fertility Goddess and the keeper of the Cauldron, chalice or bowl. Brigit is the matron of augury, and healing as well as a teacher all feminine arts and crafts, as well as the arts of smithing, forging, poetry, speaking, agriculture, inspiration, learning, divination, prophecy, love, witchcraft, occult knowledge and herbs. Brigit had an exclusive female priesthood in County Kildare and a sacred, eternal flame. Brigit had nineteen priestesses, as this represented the nineteen year cycle of the Celtic "Great Year". Her kelles were purported to be sacred prostitutes and her soldiers brigands.
Buto: Buto is the chief Egyptian Goddess of the Delta. She is associated with the snake.
	Caillech: Caillech, called the Veiled One, is the Celtic Great Goddess in her Destroyer aspect. She is invoked for disease, plague, cursing, and wheat.
Ceres: Ceres is the Roman Goddess of agriculture and fertility. Her Greek counterpart is Demeter.
	Cerridwen: Cerridwen is the Welsh Moon, Grain and Nature Goddess; she is also the Welsh Great Mother. Cerridwen is married to the giant Tegid and is the mother of a beautiful girl, Creirwy and an ugly boy Avagdu. In her magickal cauldron, she made a potion called greal; this potion was made from six plants for inspiration and knowledge, and the Bard Taliesin is said to have drank of it. Cerridwen's symbol is a white sow. Invoke Cerridwen for rituals concerning death, fertility, regeneration, inspiration, magick, astrology, herbs, science, poetry, spells, and knowledge.
Creiddylad: Creiddylad is the Welsh Goddess of summer flowers, and love. She is the daughter of the sea God Llyr, and is connected with Beltane and is often called the May Queen.
	Cybele: Cybele is the Greek Great Mother of the Gods. She is the leading deity of the Greek mystery religions. Her Consort is Attis, whom is also her grandson.
Danu: Danu is the major Irish Mother Goddess; Moon Goddess, as well as an aspect of the Morrigu. She is the patroness of wizards, rivers, water, wells, prosperity, magick, and wisdom;and is said to be the ancestress of the Tuatha De Danann. Probably the same Goddess as Anu.
	Demeter: Demeter is the Greek Earth-Mother Archtype, she is the Goddess of agriculture, crops and all produce. She is invoked to insure an abundant harvest and also during birthing.
Diana: Diana is the Roman Goddess of the hunt, moon, beasts and wild-areas. Her Greek counterpart is Artemis.
	Diana Of Ephesus: Diana Of Ephesus is the Amazon's multi-breasted Goddess of Heaven.
Don: Don is the Welsh Queen of the Heavens and Goddess of sea and air, and is the equivalent of the Irish Goddess Danu, and ruled over the Land of the Dead. Invoke Don for eloquence and control of the elements.
	Druantia: Druantia, meaning "Queen of the Druids", is the Celtic Fir Goddess and Mother of the tree calender. Invoke Druantia for protection, knowledge, creativity, fertility, passion, sexual activities, and trees.
Eir: Eir, meaning "mercy", is a Scandinavian Goddess of healing with herbs. Eir taught the use of healing herbs only to women, and was a handmaiden to Frigg.
	Elaine: Elaine is the Welsh and ancient Briton's maiden aspect of the Goddess.
Elli: Elli is the Scandinavian Goddess of old age. She bested Thor in a wrestling match.
	Epona: Epona is the Celtic Goddess of horses, fertility, maternity, protective of horses, horse breeding, prosperity, dogs, healing, springs, crops.
Erzulie Dantor: Erzulie Dantor is the Voodoo (Vodun, Vodou) protectress of abused women, as well as the protector of newly consecrated Houngans and Mambos. She is identified with the "Black St. Barbara".
	Erzulie Freda: Erzulie Freda is the Voodoo (Vodun, Vodou) lwa (aka loa or god/dess) of the moon and love. She can be compared to Venus.
Freya: Freya is called the most beautiful of the Scandinavian Goddesses. She is a Goddess of love, sensuality, and fertility. She is also the patron Goddess of crops and birth. Her father is Njörd; her brother, Freyr. She married the God Od, (whom is thought to be another form of Odin.) When Od disappeared, Freya's tears turned to gold. She has a human lover, named Ottar, who goes in disguise as Hildesvini ("battle boar"). Freya is also the Queen of the Valkyeries. Her palace is Folkvang ("field of folk") and her hall is Sessrumnir. Freya takes half of the slain warriors and all women. Freya's magickal items are: the necklace of the Brisings ("Brisingamen"), the falcon cloak (a magickal cloak of bird feathers, which causes its wearer to change into a falcon), a chariot pulled by two cats, and cat-skin gloves. Freya is invoked for love, war and witchcraft. The boar is symbolic of prosperity, vitality and ceremonial feasting for both the Norse and Celts.
	Frigg: Frigg is the wife of Odin and the mother of Baldur, Hod, Hermod and (honourarily) Bragi. She is the Scandinavian Goddess of love and fertility and is the patron Goddess of marriage and motherhood. It is believed that she knows; but will not reveal, the destiny of everyone. Frigg's magickal item is the distaff and she is invoked for maritalfidelity and childbirth.
Gaia: Gaia, (pronounced guy-uh) is the deified earth. Although Gaia is thought of as a New Age goddess, the person who created the concept in 1973 never intended for that to happen.
	Gefion: Gefion is an ancient Scandinavian vegetation and fertility Goddess. Gefion is the patron Goddess of virgins and a bringer of good luck and prosperity. She is married to King Skjold. In legend, she is the ancestress of the Swedish kings. It is said that any maiden which dies a virgin, will become her servant. Gefion's symbol is the plough.
Gerd: Gerd is a Scandinavian earth Goddess. She reluctantly married Freyr, the Scandinavian God of sun and rain.
	Hathor: Hathor is the cow-eared Goddess of joy and love in Egypt. Her mate is Horus.
Hecate Hecate is the original representation of the holy trinity. The Christian tradition demonized her as the queen of witches; and created an evil image of her to obscure her importance to the agrarian societies of medieval Europe as a source of healing magic. She is the crone aspect of the moon. Invoke Hecate for wisdom, healing, and women's mysteries.
	Hel: Hel is the Scandinavian Goddess who ruled the realm of the dead in the north. (Eljudnir is her hall in Helheim, where she distributes those dead who were wicked or died of sickness or old age.) Her parents are Loki and his mistress the giantess Angrboda.
Hera: Hera is the Greek Goddess of marriage and all phases of a woman's life. She is both sister and wife to Zeus.
	Hestia: Hestia is a Greek Mother Goddess, her name means "Hearth". She is also the Goddess of Household Harmony. Invoke Hestia for abundance in the home, conception and general well-being. Hestia's consort is Pales; an ass-god, and a symbol of fertility throughout the ancient world.
Idun: Idun is the Scandinavian Goddess of eternal youth and the keeper of the golden apples (of youth). She is also a Goddess of youth, fertility, and death. Her father is the giant and star-hero Ivalde, and her brother is Orvandil who was married to Sif. Idun is always shown as a sweet and naive maiden. She was once rescued by Loki, when she was kidnapped by the storm giant Thiazi. (Loki changed her into a nut, and carried her back to her hall.) Idun is married to the mortal turned Scandinavian God, Bragi. Idun's magickal items are apples, and she is invoked for longevity of life.
	Isis: Isis is the Egyptian Mother Goddess. She is a Protectress of the home. Her mate is Osiris. Isis is considered to be the ideal woman, wife and mother. Invoke her for matters relating to the home and family.
Kore: Kore, (aka Persephone) is the Greek queen of the underworld. Her father is Zeus and her mother is Demeter, Zeus' sister.
	Ma'at: Ma'at is the Egyptian Goddess of truth, justice and the order of the universe. Her symbol is the feather.
Meshkent: Meshkent is the Egyptian Goddess of birth. She will be present at the great day of Judgement.
	Metis: Metis, meaning "thought" is the Greek daughter of the Titan Oceanus. With Zeus, she is the parent of the Goddess Athena.
Minerva: Minerva is the Roman Goddess of crafts and wisdom. Her Greek counterpart is Athena.
	Nehellenia: Nehellenia is associated, in Holland, with vegetation, dogs and the sea. She is always portrayed with a basket of apples. (Apples being symbolic of life and fertility; dogs with death.) Nehellenia was worshipped on the Dutch Frisian island, Walcheren, (now a part of the provence of Zealand). Nehellenia was invoked by sailors before they attempted to cross the North Sea to England.
Nut: Nut is the Egyptian Goddess of the sky.
	Obatala: Obatala is identified with the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Mercy", in Santeria. In the Ifa Creation myth, Obatala came down from Heaven to the Earth with a sea-shell, guinea hen, sand and ikin. Obatala poured the sand on the waters, and dropped the hen on the earth. The hen scratched the sand and created earth's first land mass. Obatala embodies the value of ethics and symbolizes reason.
Osun: Osun is the Santeria (Macumba) Orisha of Love and Sensuality as well as the patroness of the blood-stream and of rivers. As Ikole, she the messenger to Olodumare, the God of the heavens. She is depicted as an old woman whom is wise but sad at her loss of beauty. Alternately she may be shown as tall, light brown-skinned woman who has the sensuality of a prostitute. Osun wears seven brass bracelets, and wears a mirror at her belt to admire herself. Her companions are a peacock and a cricket. Osun is identified with the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Charity" and symbolizes human self-esteem. She carries river water in her pot. This is an Orisha of opposites, and powerful spells are worked in Santeria (Macumba) through her. Osun embodies the value of connectiveness. The sacrifice to Osun is a small chicken.
	Oya: Oya is the female Warrior Orisha of the Wind, to the Santeria (Macumba). She is wedded to Shango and has nine children. She is often depicted kneeling and suckling a child. Tall and regal, Oya is invoked for power, action and life. Oya embodies the value of change
Ran: Ran is the Scandinavian Goddess of storms, and ruler of the realm of the dead. She married Aegir, and mothered nine daughters, which are the waves. It was believed that Ran sunk ships and drowned sailors so that she could tenderly care for them in her hall under the ocean.
	Renenet: Renenet is the Egyptian Goddess whom protects children.
Rhiannon: Rhiannon, pronounced hri-an-non, is the Welsh Great Mother Goddess; goddess of horses, enchantments, fertility, horses, birds and the underworld. Invoke her as you would Epona.
	Saga: Saga is a daughter of the Scandinavian God Odin and is invoked for a good memory as well as to recall past events.
Sekhmet: Sekhmet is the Egyptian Goddess of war and an aspect of Hathor. She is wife to Ptah. Sekhmet is associated with the lioness and the heat of the desert.
	Selene: Selene is the Greek Moon Goddess and teacher to Magickans, and sorcerers. she is shown as a beautiful, pale woman in a chariot drawn by either two white horses or a mule.
Sequana: Sequana is a Celtic River Goddess. She has a duck prowed boat and wears a diadem.
	Sif: Sif is the second wife of Thor and the mother of Uller, by her first husband Orvandil, a star-hero. Sif has long corn-gold hair and is the Scandinavian Goddess of summer fertility and corn. Loki cut Sif's hair and that act is interpreted as a corn-field fire. (In ancient Scandinavia, a married woman who slept with another, had her hair cropped, as punishment. Loki claimed in "Lokasenna" to have slept with Sif and for this, cropped her hair. He then had dwarves forge hair of gold for her.) Invoke Sif for conjugal fidelity, peace, friendship, fertility and a happy family life.
Skadi: Skadi, ("shadow"), is a local Scandinavian Goddess of winter. Her father is the giant Thiazi. She is always portrayed wearing ice skates. Her hall is Thrymheim. It is Skadi who fastened the poison snake over Loki's head. Skadi married Uller after divorcing Njörd.
	Tauert: Tauert is the Egyptian Goddess of child-birth; she is represented as a hippopotamus. Invoke her to ease the pain of child-birth and to insure a safe delivery.
Tefnut: Tefnut is the Egyptian Goddess of rain, moisture and dew, in Heliopolis
	Var: Var was a handmaiden to Frigg and a Scandinavian Goddess of contracts and marriage agreements. She hates oath-breakers and will avenge the wronged party in one. Interestingly, Var cognates with the German word wahr, (meaning "true") and survives in English in the words "beware" and "aware". Invoke Var to witness oaths and to avenge broken ones, especially in marriages.
Venus: Venus is the Roman Goddess of love and beauty. Her Greek counterpart is Aphrodite.
	Vor: Vor was a handmaiden to Frigg and a Scandinavian Goddess of contracts and marriage agreements. It is said that nothing can be kept hidden from Vor.
Yemayah: Yemayah is the Santeria (Macumba) Orisha of the Ocean, fish, and Motherhood. Yemayah embodies the value of nurturance. She is long-breasted, and wears an insignia of alternating crystal and blue beads. She has a strong, nurturing, and life-giving, but very destructive nature. In Santeria (Macumba), she is considered to be the Great Witch, and the ultimate manifestation of feminine power. Yemayah is identified with the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of Regla" and "Our Lady of Lourdes". Yemalla symbolizes human compassion. Yemalla is the Palo version.