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In [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]] '''Fauna''' was the mother goddess of earth, rural life, fields, cattle and wild creatures. She was a protectr A Roman earth-mother and fertility goddess, usually referred to as the '''Bona Dea'''.

...(Mother of the Milk), Veļu Māte (mother of the souls/spirits), Zemes Māte (Mother of the Earth) and other “mothers”. ...a takes the body of the person while Dievs take the soul. She is also the goddess of land. In the western and some parts of Latvia, Māra is linked with Laim

'''Dānu''', a Hindu primordial goddess, is the mother of the [[Danava]]s. Dānu is called the mother of [[Vrtra]], the demonic serpent slain by Indra in RV 1.32. In later Hindu

[[Image:Brigit.jpg|thumb|155px|right|Brigit as a Triple Goddess.]] Brigit is considered a classic Celtic [[Triple Goddess]].

...a [[Roman mythology|Roman]] goddess who presided over burials. She was the mother or leader of the [[Manes]]. Black puppies were offered to her in sacrifice

...(also known as '''Ixcuiname''') was an earth, sex, childbirth and a mother goddess. She was referred to as "the eater of filth" because she visited people at ...her every year. The victim was killed, then his skin was used to cover the Goddess-shaped statue.

In Roman and Etruscan mythology, '''Mania''' (or '''Manea''') was the goddess of the dead. Mania, along with [[Mantus]], ruled the underworld. She was said to be the mother of ghosts, the undead, and other spirits of the night, as well as the [[Lar

...he life of the two divine brothers at the altar of 'Mahamaya' ( the Mother Goddess). Eventually, Hanuman saved their life by killing Ahiravan and his army.

...f the two war goddesses, the other, [[Bast (goddess)|Bast]], being the war goddess of Lower Egypt. Consequently it was Sekhmet who was seen as the ''Avenger o ...ch occasions, people danced and played music to soothe the wildness of the goddess, and drank great quantities of beer. For a time, a myth developed around th

In Albanian mythology, '''Prende''' was a goddess of love. ...Albania, Prende was acknowledged by the Catholic Church as Saint Anne, the mother of Virgin Mary.

...Hindu text part of the ""Markandeya Purana"" describing the victory of the goddess Durga over the demon [[Mahishasura]]. ...ic sadhana since ancient times. It is the most common epithet used for the Goddess. In ''Devi Mahatmya'', Chandi, Chandika, Ambika and Durga have been used sy

'''Narakasura''' or '''Naraka''' is the asura son of the earth goddess Bhudevi (Bhumi) and Lord Vishnu in his [[Varaha]] (boar) avatar (incarnatio ...foretold that he would be destroyed by a later incarnation of Vishnu. His mother, the earth, sought the boon from Vishnu that her son should have a long lif

...she is frequently called ''Maa Durga'' and is sometimes referred to as the mother of '''[[Ganesh]]''', '''[[Lakshmi]]''', and '''[[Saraswati]]''', though in ...' of the ''Markandeya Purana'', the form of Durga was created as a warrior goddess to fight the [[demon]] Mahishasura. Through intense prayers to [[Brahma]]

...der rolls. She could be seen as the female side of nature, maaemonen, the "mother earth" whom Ukko ferilizes.

...like Zemes māte of [[Latvian mythology]], she is also viewed as the mother goddess and one of the chief Lithuanian gods. Žemyna is the epitome of fertile ear ...sings, and greetings. The bones and other leftovers will be offered to the goddess by burning or burying.

...of [[Athena]]. So, Athena was actually the daughter of wisdom. She was the goddess of wisdom and deep thought. [[Metis]] was also the mother of [[Porus]].

In Greek mythology, '''Amalthea''' (in Greek, "tender goddess") is the most often mentioned among foster-mothers of [[Zeus]]. ...ll of his children immediately after birth. the mother goddess Rhea, Zeus' mother and Cronus' sister and wife, deceived Cronus by giving him a stone wrapped

...onian mythology '''scorpion men''' were the children of Tiamat, the dragon mother of the universe. They were also known as aqrabuamelu or girtablilu. They were first created by the mother goddess Tiamat in order to wage war against the younger gods for the betrayal of he

...rsonified as the skylight, identified as the wife of Vahagn and became the goddess of love, beauty, water sources and springs. ...the creator of heaven and earth) and Anahit (the moon, the Great Lady and Mother Deity). During the Hellenistic period, Astghik was coupled with the Greek A

# [[Amphitrite]] - Usually counted as a nereide Goddess of the Sea # [[Clymene]] - Mother of [[Prometheus]]

...name of the Greek Titan Ophion, who was the son and husband of the mother goddess Eurynome. Ophion had the form of a great serpent. According to one version

...ughter of Uranus and Gaia, a sister and wife of the Titan Oceanus, and the mother of the river gods and the Oceanids. ...rother Oceanus, an enormous river encircling the world, and was by him the mother of numerous sons (the river gods) and numerous daughters (the Oceanids).

In Irish and Scottish mythology [[Cailleach]] was a goddess concerned with creation, harvest, and the underworld. [[Fates|Moirae]], par ...he triple goddess (Maiden-Mother-Crone), or the older aspect of the Mother goddess]. It is also reserved for honored elder women. It is a term of respect, ack

...ed '''Bastet''', '''Baset''', '''Ubasti''', and '''Pasht''') is an ancient goddess, worshipped at least since the Second Dynasty. The centre of her cult was i ...was originally a goddess of the sun, but later changed by the Greeks to a goddess of the moon.

...ategory:Irish mythology|Irish]] and Scottish mythology [[Cailleach]] was a goddess concerned with creation, harvest, and the underworld. The [[Moirae|Three F ...triple goddess (Maiden-Mother-Crone), or the older aspect of the [[Mother goddess]]. It is also reserved for honored elder women. It is a term of respect, ac

Zu is said to be the son of the bird goddess [[Siris]] or conceived by the pure waters of the Apsu-gods and the wide Ear In another legend--that of Etana--the mother serpent, addressing the sun god, Shamash, says:

...mountains— you brought me up!" (Gilgamesh and Huwawa, version A), or "The mother who bore me was a cave in the mountains. The father who engendered me was a 5. ^ Nungal, the goddess of prisoners.

...oddess of the Morning Star (Venus) in the Lithuanian mythology. She is the goddess of beauty and youth and the opposite of Vakarinė, the Evening Star. Her cu ...for Saulė during the evening. In some instances, Saulė was referred as the mother of Aušrinė, Vakarinė and other planets – Indraja (Jupiter), Sėlija (S

...hag disguised as a normal woman. When the young girl reaches puberty, the mother Night Hag might visit the child several times and, after several rituals, t [[Cegilune]] is the goddess of the night hags, or possibly just the most powerful one of their kind who

...ess, Merry's aunt, the sister of Essus, and mother of Cel. Andais is a war goddess, and the sadistic Queen of the Unseelie Court. Ruler of the male guard The * ''Kitto'' - [[Goblin]]/ [[sidhe]] hybrid, Seelie sidhe mother raped during goblin wars, snake-type goblin, given full sidhe status via se

'''Eurynome''' is a lunar Goddess of ancient Greek religion and a demon in modern demonology. Eurynome was easily the most important Goddess of Pelasgian myth. She was worshipped at a sanctuary near the confluence of

...ered to travel around the world on a carriage, driven by Xihe (deity) the 'mother' of the suns. ...a Jungle Crow called '''Yatagarasu''' (八咫烏), which is the bird of the sun goddess Amaterasu. The Yatagarasu appears in the Japanese ancient document called t

...val, the malicious goddess [[Lamashtu]], who was believed to cause harm to mother and child during childbirth. Pazuzu is also a demon who protected humans ag

...r, though some scholars see it as a derivation from the latin name for the goddess Diana. References to where the mythological xanas lived are still common in ...and put their own fairy child in instead (see [[changeling]]s): The human mother realizes this change when the baby grows up in just a few months. One must

...o equivalent to the Germanic mythology '''Norns''' or the Baltic mythology Goddess '''Laima''' and her sisters. ...fate to be fixed at birth. At first, they used to believe in the so-called Goddess of Birth, '''Parca'''. Then, they turned to three entities, the '''Parcae''

During his reign [[Athena]] became the patron goddess of the city of Athens in a competition with [[Poseidon]] which Cecrops judg ...f Actaeus (former king of the region). It is unknown if this woman was the mother of Cecrops's son Erysichthon. Erysichthon predeceased him and he was succee

'''Echidna''' was called the "Mother of All Monsters" and described by Hesiod as a female monster spawned in a c :''the goddess fierce Echidna who is half a nymph with glancing eyes and fair cheeks, and

..., [[fairy|faerie]] princess Meredith NicEssus, and her cousin, Cel. Cel's mother, Queen Andais, has promised that the first of the two cousins to produce a ...ess, Merry's aunt, the sister of Essus, and mother of Cel. Andais is a war goddess, and the sadistic Queen of the Unseelie Court. Ruler of the male guard The

...complementary to female fertility deities known collectively as the Great Mother. ...stag horns was built in the temple of Apollo at Delos, and temples to the Goddess [[Diana]] usually contained horns as well. The horn is also seen as a symbo

Makaras are associated with Indian goddess Ganga, but they are also connected with Laxmi, who is linked with good fort ...er when a crocodile caught one of his feet. The boy’s screams brought his mother running in a panic to the riverbank.

...European word. She therefore seems to be a survival of a pre-Greek "great goddess" figure - perhaps one of the powerful female divinities of the Minoan civil Her archaic association was primarily with cattle, as a Cow Goddess, who was especially venerated in "cattle-rich" Euboea.

...ones" in remembrance of their indulgence when Orest seek refuge after his mother’s murder. They are sometimes represented by flies which harass their vict ...ated by his son Cronus. It is also thought that they were the daughters of Mother Earth and Darkness, or of Cronus and Eurynome, or Cronus and Night. Their n

...e pressed to take part, with the exception of Heracles, who vanquished his Goddess-sent boar separately. ...Thestios and again gave the skin to Atalanta (''Bibliotheke''). Meleager's mother, sister of Meleager's slain uncles, took the fatal brand from the chest whe

...) [[Roman mythology|Roman]] and Gallo-Roman mythology, '''Epona''' was the goddess of horses, donkeys, mules. She was particularly a goddess of fertility, as shown by her attributes of a patera, cornucopia, and the p

It is revealed that Meredith is a vessel for the Goddess [[Danu]] when she inadvertently brings Maeve Reed back into her god-head, a ...ess, Merry's aunt, the sister of Essus, and mother of Cel. Andais is a war goddess, and the sadistic Queen of the Unseelie Court. Ruler of the male guard The

...ess, Merry's aunt, the sister of Essus, and mother of Cel. Andais is a war goddess, and the sadistic Queen of the Unseelie Court. Ruler of the male guard, The * ''Kitto'' - [[Goblin]]/ [[sidhe]] hybrid, his Seelie sidhe mother was raped during the goblin wars by a snake-type goblin.

...mbolized the umbilical cord, joining all humans to Mother Earth. The Great Goddess often had snakes as her familiars - sometimes twining around her sacred sta ...e Solomon Islands (each with different responsibilities), the Aztec Mother Goddess Coatlicue, and the Voodoo snake-spirits Damballah, Simbi and Petro. Snake-g

...number in 100). The most notable of them is [[Thetis]], wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles; and [[Amphitrite]], wife of [[Poseidon]]. *PSAMATHE The Nereis goddess of sand. (Hesiod, Apollodorus)

...m a drop of Lord Siva's sweat. Andhaka conceived an unnatural lust for his mother, Parvati, which accounts for Shiva's ferocious antagonism against him. ...lowing conditions. If I ever wish to marry a beautiful woman who is like a mother unto me, let that be the hour appointed for my death.

...ss, Merry's aunt, the sister of Essus, and mother of Cel. Andais is a war goddess, and the sadistic Queen of the [[Unseelie]] Court. She has recently been re *''Besaba'' - Merry's mother, who has returned to the Court of the Seelie. Went to Essus as part of a tr

...d return home, it also brings with it its own dangers. Cel, previously his mother's sole heir, makes several attempts upon her life. It is in order to gain s ...ess, Merry's aunt, the sister of Essus, and mother of Cel. Andais is a war goddess, and the sadistic Queen of the [[Unseelie]] Court. Her personal guard, call

...the Wood element, as seen by another one of his nicknames, Mùmǔ (木母, "Wood-Mother"). ...elebration of gods and attempted to flirt with Cháng'é, the beautiful moon goddess, resulting in his banishment into the mortal world. He was supposed to be r

'''Kali''' is a goddess with a long and complex history in Hinduism (although sometimes presented i ...ovement largely conceives of Kali as a straightforwardly benevolent mother-goddess. Therefore, Kali is associated with many devis goddesses as well as the dev

...ies, their father was the dark element of Tartarus, named Erebus and their mother was Night. ...e. Her Roman equivalent was ''Nona'', (the 'Ninth'), who was originally a goddess called upon in the ninth month of pregnancy.

[[Image:Hécate - Mallarmé.png|thumb|right|Hecate, Greek goddess of the crossroads; drawing by Stephane Mallarmé in ''Les Dieux Antiques, n '''Hecate''', '''Hekate''' (''Hekátē''), or '''Hekat''' was originally a goddess of the wilderness and childbirth originating either from Thrace or among th

...yer of the first-born of dragons". Vritra's mother, Danu (who was also the mother of the Danava race of Asuras), was then attacked and defeated by Indra with ...ti as taking the life-force of Vritra could be an analogy referring to the goddess being the personification of a river. In Vedic times, the Sarasvati was mai

..., is that the carvings are remnants of a pre-Christian fertility or Mother Goddess religion. They point to what they claim are differences in materials and st ===''A Survival of a Pagan Goddess'' ===

...ance to the Underworld on the side of the western Ocean. She is the Krone Goddess in her most terrible aspect ...head to fulfill a boastful gift to the King Polydectes, who held Perseus' mother, Danae, as his future queen against her will. Once Perseus beheaded Medusa

...be, the goddess of youth; Hephaestus, the god of fire; and Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth; her mother, wrapped a stone in swaddling clothes in place of the infant Zeus. Cronus t

Annwn is associated with the [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] and Welsh goddess of pleasure [[Bebhinn]], though it is unknown whether the giantess inhabits ...ueens”; they travelled with King Arthur on his funeral barge with Arthur’s mother Igraine and his [[fairy|fay]] wife '''Guinevere''' (Gwenhwyvar).

...nto ravines if she is ignored. In Aomori she takes on the character of the mother ghost called ubume, harassing people into holding her child, which then bec ...nd I will not hurt you now. But, if you ever tell anybody -- even your own mother -- about what you have seen this night, I shall know it; and then I will ki

...nder which she traditionally threw her staff before turning to stone. As a goddess of winter, she struck the grass into blades of ice with her hammer. In earl ...ges into a young maiden, Bride, suggesting the changing phases of an earth goddess.

...') daughter of ''Mundilfari''. Dag as a personification of day and the sun-goddess Sól are mentioned elsewhere, but only the ''Hversu'' mentions their daught ...who was father of Álfgeir the father of Gandálf the father of Álfhild the mother of the famous Ragnar Lodbrok (by Sigurd Hring). That Álfhild's father was

...ved allegedly recurring ghosts. One popular variant in Hawaii involves the goddess Pele, travelling the roads incognito and rewarding kind travellers. ...in which the vanishing hitchhiker was subsequently identified as the late Mother Cabrini, founder of the local Sacred Heart Orphanage, who was beatified for

...bolgs' last king was Eochaid Mac Eirc, whose wife, Tailtiu, was the foster mother of Lugh Lamfata, the Danann hero and solar god.

...ds he is the son of [[Zeus]] and in some he is the son of [[Hermes]]. His mother is said to be a [[nymph]]. His nature and name is alluring, particularly si ...lowers to kill her. Echo was torn to pieces and spread all over earth. The goddess of the earth, Gaia, received the pieces of Echo, whose voice remains repeat

...ssyria, ca. 1000 BCE. Atargatis, mother of Assyrian queen Semiramis, was a goddess who loved a mortal shepherd and in the process killed him. Ashamed, she jum ...sata in Syria (2nd century CE) in ''De Dea Syria'' ("Concerning the Syrian Goddess") wrote of the Syrian temples he had visited:

In Babylonian mythology, '''Tiamat''' is a sea goddess, and a monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos often represented as a drag ...Tiamat can also be derived from the Sumerian ''ti'', "life", and ''ama'', "mother". Burkert even attempts a linguistic connection to Tethys. The later form t

...o by this time was goddess of ointment, initially became thought of as his mother. ...nsidered the son of Osiris, but Osiris' wife, Isis, was not considered his mother, since she too inappropriately was associated with life.

...one day and came across a beautiful lady in the forest. She was Pressyne, mother of Melusine. He persuaded her to marry him but she agreed, only on the prom ...across Melusine in a forest in France, and proposed marriage. Just as her mother had done, she laid a condition, that he must never enter her chamber on a S

...or a raddled old hag which corresponds to the triple aspects of the Celtic goddess of war and death, namely Badhbh, Macha and Mor-Rioghain. ...o confusion of the banshee with the primitive Celtic goddess [[Badb]], the goddess of war who appeared frequently in the form of a crow.

...o, and in the course of the hunt, threatened to kill every beast on Earth. Mother Earth objected and sent a giant scorpion to kill Orion. The creature succee ...female coldness; he also explained Orion's death at the hands of the moon-goddess as the Moon producing winter storms.

Loki was the father (and in one instance the mother) of many beasts, humans and [[monster]]s. Loki also married a goddess named [[Sigyn]] who bore him two sons: [[Narfi]] and [[Vali]]. (this Vali i

...nd leapt into the sea, but he was caught up and carried safely away by the goddess Aphrodite. ...ampire]] sons hope that Anita can awaken the ability for lust in the siren-mother's eldest son through the medium of her own magic.

...o a river. Her children beg for their mother to let them out. Instead, the mother throws the sack into the river and her children drown. The woman walks off ...ies is: "Toma mi teta, que soy tu nana" (Drink of my breast, for I am your mother).

...ion in the seduction of young men. They were companions of [[Hecate]], the goddess of witchcraft and haunting ghosts, who came forth with her from the depths ...," David Walter Leinweber has noticed. Stesichorus identifies Lamia as the mother of Scylla, by Triton. Further passing references to Lamia were made by Stra

...depict the demon ''Kisikil-lilla-ke'' of the Gilgamesh passage or another goddess, identification with Lilitu is more tenuous and likely influenced by the "s ...t, known also by the Jewish exiles in Babylon. Evidence for Lilith being a goddess rather than a demon is lacking. Isaiah dates to the 6th century BC, and the

...ent world, who acquired his intellectual skills through communion with the Goddess of Wisdom in an abaton. [9] ...ercourse with a woman begot the fetus from his own seed. He added the Holy Mother Church could correct him since this was his personal opinion. Sinistrari ca

...ished, being angry beyond measure with the mighty Herakles ... She was the mother of Khimaira who breathed raging fire, a creature fearful, great, swift-foot

Wiccans may worship a Goddess and a God, or just a Goddess; they observe the festivals of the eight [[Sabbats]] of the year and the fu ...e universe. Depending on the tradition followed, the names of the God and Goddess vary widely, usually based on mythological figures. A few examples might b

...urs, sober, learned and studious. His father was Cronus, the Titan and his mother was Philyra, an Oceanid (or ocean nymph). He was a famous physician and tea ...ng deed. The shameless man repaid this honor by trying to seduce Hera. The goddess told her husband. When Zeus learned about this passion he made a disguised

...live under the ruthless fist of the Witch-King Malekith and his sorcerous mother Morathi. The Druchii live in Naggaroth and are cruel raiders with much hatr ...mystic, opening several avenues of play style. They worship Shillien, the goddess of Death, and are considered malevolent.

...ions portray Anansi as the son of Asase Yaa, who is worshipped as an Earth goddess by the Akan people of Ghana. Anansi also has a family consisting of his lon ...er Anansi promised to bring Nyame those four things and even added his own mother Ya Nsia for extra measure. Nyame accepted his offer and advised him to begi

...sh in which the storm god [[Marduk]] slays his mother, the sea monster and goddess of chaos and creation [[Tiamat]] and creates the earth and sky from the two

...had the help of a mortal. This mortal was Hercules. The Earth, who was the mother of the Giants, learned this too, and she tried to prevent Hercules from goi ...between the rocks and the sheer cliff. When Porphyrion began to attack the goddess, Hera called for help. Zeus cast his thunderbolt at Porphyrion, leaving him

*In a first version his mother was Semele, daughter of Cadmus, a mortal woman, and his father Zeus, the ki In Phrygia the goddess Cybele, better known to the Greeks as Rhea, cured him and taught him her re

...tu, was later adapted into Jewish demonology as [[Lilith]], known as ''the mother of all vampires''. The Ancient Egyptian goddess [[Sekhmet]] in one myth became full of blood lust after slaughtering humans

...go a civilization known as Albion had various rites associated with a Dark Goddess who was known as "Baphomet".

...amily brewery business and was retired when Aleister Crowley was born. His mother, Emily Bertha Bishop, drew roots from a Devon and Somerset family. Both of ...icism. As a child, his constant rebellious behaviour displeased his devout mother to such an extent she would chastise him by calling him "The Beast" (from t

...], she claimed to take 1000 lives every day signifying her position as the goddess of death. ...oed back ''Death'' and her son became known as Death. Death then raped his mother who subsequently gave birth to monstrous dogs who bite and gnaw at her and

...n, a German nun author of the 12th century. She outlined how the expectant mother would search out a cave with a very narrow entrance but plenty of room insi ...spiritual inspiration. The griffin was also an embodiment of Nemesis, the goddess of vengeance and retribution, and turned her wheel of fortune.

...n was linked to his mythical descent from the [[Shinto]] [[solar deity|sun goddess]], [[Amaterasu]]. * [[Earth Mother]]

...) or Vodun(s), daughters and sons of the Creator's twin children [[Mawu]] (goddess of the moon) and [[Lisa]] (sun god). The God-Creator is the [[Cosmogony|cos ...ual Churches of New Orleans are a Christian sect founded by Wisconsin-born Mother Leafy Anderson in the early 20th century. These churches incorporate Cathol

...lene Louvre Ma508.jpg|thumb|left|300px|A 2nd-century sculpture of the moon goddess [[Selene]] accompanied by Hesperus and Phosphorus: the morning star was lat ..."Moonchild" (out of the "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" album) say "be the mother of a birth strangeled babe, be the devils own, lucifers my name''

...lm)|hel]]", which originally meant "to cover". "Hel" later referred to the goddess of the Norse underworld, Hel. Compare [[Anglo-Saxon language |Anglo-Saxon]] ...rld is different from that of the child while still in the [[womb]] of its mother."<ref name="gwb">{{cite book |author=Bahá'u'lláh |authorlink=Bahá'u'llá

...at their children, but after the first mother cooked her child, the second mother ate it but refused to reciprocate by cooking her own child. ...erschell Gordon Lewis feature a cannibal caterer preparing a feast for the goddess [[Ishtar]].