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'''.
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...(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
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'''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
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[[Image:Brigit.jpg|thumb|155px|right|Brigit as a Triple Goddess.]]
Brigit is considered a classic Celtic [[Triple Goddess]].
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...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
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...(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.
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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
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...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.
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...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
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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.
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...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
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'''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
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...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]]
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...der rolls. She could be seen as the female side of nature, maaemonen, the "mother earth" whom Ukko ferilizes.
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...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.
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...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]].
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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
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...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
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...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
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# [[Amphitrite]] - Usually counted as a nereide Goddess of the Sea
# [[Clymene]] - Mother of [[Prometheus]]
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...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
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...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).
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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
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...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.
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...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
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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:
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...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.
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...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
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...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
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...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
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'''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
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...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
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...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
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...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
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...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''
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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
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'''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
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..., [[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
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...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
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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.
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...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.
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...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
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...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
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...) [[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
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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
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...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
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...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
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...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)
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...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.
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...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
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