At a Glance: Goddesses

This is from my BoS, although by no means an all-inclusive list, it can serve as a starting point for further research, if you have anything to add to this list, send me the info, and I will be more than happy to put it in

• Ane-Wales-war, revenge, River Dee
• Aine-Ireland-moon, crops, cattle, Summer Solstice
• Andraste-Britain-war, nature, hare, Ostara
• Anu/Danu/Dana-Ireland-mother, greatest, plenty, Maiden (triple with Macha/Badb)
• Aphrodite-Greece-passion, sexula love, pulling love towards self
• Aradia-Italy-queen of witches, daughter of Diana, powerful, protectress of witches
• Arianrhod-Wales-stars, reincarnation, help with past life memories/difficulties
• Artemis-Greece-goddess of moon
• Astarte-Greece-fertility
• Athena-Greece-warrior and protectress
• Badb/Badbh-Ireland/Gaul-aka Cauth Bodva (Gaulish) war goddess, triple with Anu/Macha, cauldrons, ravens, life, wisdom
• Bast-Egypt-protection, cats
• Blodwem/Blanchfor-Wales/Gaul-earth in blossom, flowers, owls, iniation rituals
• Brigantia-Britain-pastures, rivers, Imbolc
• Brigid-Celtic-warrior, protectress, preserver, triple goddess, strength, wisdom, protectress of children, smithwork, forge, poetry
• Caillech Beine Bric/Scota-Scotland-destroyer goddess of underworld, original name:Caledonia, namesake of Scotland
• Ceres-Rome-harvest
• Cerridwen-Wales-moon, harvest, nature, underworld, cauldron of enlightenment/inspiration
• Demeter-Greece-earth mother, birth, yound children
• Diana-Rome-moon, hunt, seductress, mother-figure
• Dryads-Greece-feminine tree spirits
• Flora-Rome-spring, birth, flowers, infants, bountifullness of earth mother
• Fortuna-Rome-fate
• Freys/Frejya-Scandinavia-moon, wife of Odin, commander of Valkyries
• Hathor-Egypt-moon, crone/dark mother
• Hera-Greece-marriage, commitment, *vindictive*
• Hestia-Greece-home, hearth, safety of home/family
• Inanna-Sumer-mother goddess
• Isis-Egypt-wife of Osiris, complete/triple goddess
• Kali-Hindu-wife of Shiva, creative and destructive, protectress of abused women
• Lillith-Hebrew-sexuality, darker aspects of life
• Macha-Ireland, life and death, mother, war, ravens, crows, sexual cunning, force, Lughnassadh
• Maat-Egypt-justice, divine order, balance, judgement
• Morgan-Celtic-crone, war, magick, fate, death, ravens, crows, shapeshifting, propehcy, wisdom, night, associated with The Lady of the Lake, teacher of Merlin
• Morgan le Fey-Wales-death
• Muses-Greece-creativity/inspiration
• Nephtys-Egypt-surprises, sisters, midwives
• Norns-Celtic-3 sisters of Wyrd, weaves fate--past, present and future
• Nuits-Egypt-sky mother, often depicted cradling the stars
• Persephone-Greece-underworld, harvest, dauther of Demeter
• Rhiannon-Wales-birds, horses, rides a white horse, underworld
• Selene-Greece-moon, solutions, logical answers
• Valkyries-Scandinavia-female warriors who carry the souls of men slain in battle to Valhalla
• Venus-Rome-love, romance
• Vesta-Rome-hearth, fire

J. Leonhardt