ANCIENT GREECE

 Amphitrite - Sea Goddess


Ananke - Necessity. Neo-Platonic Pythagorean Goddess Who governed the world according to Karmic Law. Aspect of the Triple Goddess with Dike and Heimarmene.

 Aphrodite - Greek Love Goddess who sailed the seas in a scallop shell. Queen of the Sea. Her Sacred metal is copper. Goddess of birth, life, love, death, time and fate, reconciling man to all of them through sensual and sexual mysticism. Patroness of arts and letters, craft and culture.The Dove was her totem. Myrtle was Her sacred plant, sacred number 6. Goddess of Love and Beauty and Laughter. Loving Goddess. Goddess of Love. The irresistible Goddess who stole away even the wits of the wise. She sprang from the sea near Cythera and was called The Foam-risen. Beautiful Golden Goddess. Cythera and Cyprus are Her sacred places. Myrtle was Her tree, Dove Her bird, sometimes too the sparrow and swan. Copper sacred to Her, Emerald and Pearl, Rose and Violet.


Arachne - Goddess of Spinning, Weaving, Thread arts. Spinner of the Web of Fate.

 Artemis - Amazonian Moon Goddess, Mother of all animals, Goddess of the Heart, Divine Huntress, Patroness of nurture, fertility and birth. Scythian tribes who worshipped Her were called Alani (Hunting Dogs). Great Bitch, her priestesses were the Sacred Bitches. The word Bitch took on negative meaning in Christian Europe because it is one of the most sacred titles of the Goddess. The term "son of a bitch" did not mean son of a dog, but spiritual son of the pagan Goddess. Virgin Moon Goddess, Lady of the Beasts, Mistress of the Animals. Sometimes depicted as a bear. Mugwort, Wormwood are Her plants. Willow, Her tree. A mellissae, Queen Bee, She is sometimes surrounded by bees.


 Athene - Goddess of wisdom, and justice. Mother Goddess and Protectress of the city of Athens, the Holy Virgin. Scales of Judgment, Celestial Virgin dispensing the fates of men.  Gray-eyed, Flashing eyed Embodiment of Wisdom, Reason and Purity. Protectress of civilized life, handicrafts, especially weaving and pottery. Goddess of agriculture. Inventor of the horse bridle, the plow and rake. Sulfur sacred to Her. Olive, Her tree. The owl is Her totem and source of inspiration. Goddess of architecture. A warrior goddess, skilled in battle.  Her brilliance of reason was said to be as penetrating as her clear, gray eyes. 

Baubo - Greek Goddess of Laughter.

Buto - Serpent Goddess aka Uazit.

Cer (Ker) - Goddess of violent death.

Ceto - Sea Goddess.

Circe - Death Goddess, falcon Her bird. Pure Mother Bee. Poppy Her flower.

Coronis - Crow Goddess

 Daphne - Laurel Goddess. Oleander Her plant.

Demeter - Doorway of the Mysterious Feminine. 13th century B.C. Goddess of the Harvest, Her spirit was manifest in the final sheaf of the harvest. Mistress of Earth and Sea. Mother Goddess from 13th century B.C. Mycenae through the Middle Ages of Europe. Goddess of the Corn. Sacred Sow. Sulfur was sacred to Her. Every field of grain was Demeter's holy grain. The threshing floor, too was under Her protection. Both were Her temples where at any moment She might be present. Demeter of the corn-ripe yellow hair. Goddess of the Eleusinian Mysteries, celebrated at Harvest time, September, every 5 years, lasted 9 days. Most sacred of all Greek and Roman festivals. Poppy is Her flower.


Eos - Birth Goddess, Rosy-fingered Dawn.

Eurydice - Greek Mother of Fate, the Orphic name for Goddess of the Underworld. Snakes were Her sacred animals, and constant companions.

Eurynome - Universal One, Pelasgian Creatress Who danced alone on the primordial ocean of Chaos until She brought the elements to order.

 Gaea - Mother Earth, Mother of the Gods, the Deep Breasted One, Oldest of Divinities.

Galatea - Milk-giving Goddess. She Who made the Wheel of the Stars with Her Milk.

Hebe - Maiden aspect of the Triple Goddess, Hebe.Hera.Hecate. She governed the Tree of Life with it's Magic Apples of Immortality. Goddess of Youth.

Hecate - Moon Goddess, Protectress of childbirth. Her totem was a Frog. Wise Crone of the Hebe.Hera.Hecate triple Goddess. She is worshipped where three roads meet. Goddess of Magic and Prophecy. Protectress of travelers. Monkshood (Wolfbane) Her plant. Goddess of the Dark of the Moon, the black nights when the Moon is hidden. Often depicted with a basket. Henna sacred to Her, and willow, Her tree.

Hera - Great Mother of the Triple Goddess, Hebe, Hera, Hecate. Pomegranate Her fruit. Protectress of married women. Cow and Peacock are sacred to Her. Cuckoo, as the rainbird was sacred to Her. Lily, Her flower.

Hestia - Goddess of the Hearth. One of the oldest matriarchal Goddesses. She represented the Heart of the Home. aka Vesta. Every banquet began and ended with an offering to Her. Each city had a public hearth sacred to Hestia where the fire was never allowed to go out.

Hygeia - Health. She and Her Sister Goddess Panacea sprang from the milk of the Goddess Rhea.

 Io - Moon. The White Cow Goddess Who Mothered the Ionians.

Iris - Goddess of the Rainbow. Source of the waters from on high, Mother of Love. Bridge between Heaven and Earth.  Messenger of the gods. Gathered the souls of women. Iris is Her flower.

Kore - Holy Virgin, Inner Soul of Mother Earth. One of the earliest designations of the Female Spirit of the Universe.

Leda - Goddess Who gave birth to the World Egg. Swan is Her totem.

Leto - Greek Mother of the Moon and Sun (Artemis and Apollo).


Maia -  White Goddess.  Greek goddess of the spring and rebirth. Grandmother of Magic, Mother of Greek Enlightened One, Hermes. As the mother of Hermes, she was considered the grandmother of magic. She is celebrated on May Day. Her tree the Hawthorne, also called the May tree.

Nike - Pre-Hellenic Victory Goddess of Samothrace.

Oenothea - Wine Goddess. Dispenser of Immortality, keeping gods and men alive with Her Magic Ambrosia.

Pandia - All Goddess, one of three daughters of the Moon in Greece. A title of the female Trinity. Her two sisters were Erse and Nemea.

Pandora - All Giver, title of Earth Goddess Rhea. She poured out blessings from Her honey-vase called a pithos.

Pangaea - Universal Gaea, title of the Earth Mother at Her mountain shrine in Thrace. She was called Ida, Olympia, Panorma, Universal Mountain Mother.
Penelope - She Whose Face is Veiled. Greek Goddess of Fate. The Weaver.

Persephone - Queen of the Underworld. Destroyer Goddess. Crone of the Triple Goddess with Kore and Demeter. Narcissus Her flower.

Pitys - Fir tree Goddess. Satyrs wore fir twigs in Her honor.

Selene - Variant of Semele -Moon Goddess

Semele - Mother of Dionysus. Associated with both the Earth and the Moon.

  Themis - Pre-Hellenic Creatress. Her children were Themistes, Oracles. She founded the oracle of Delphi long before it was taken over by Apollo. Egyptians called Her Temu, spirit of the fertile Abyss that gave birth to all things in the beginning.


Tyche - Greek Fortune, Goddess of Destiny.

    

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