Feminine energies and magical images from diverse cultures and traditions from around the world.
No matter what our age, gender, race or where we live in the world, we all need the inspiration of the goddess for the spiritual and creative revival of our souls.
The goddess culture all over the world, through the many images and stories and its special respect for animals and nature, emphasizes the very qualities in our lives for survival.
The Greek goddess Athena goddess of wisdom.
Maia the Greek goddess of spring.
The Javanese goddess of the South seas Nyai Lord kidul.
Oya African goddess of the Niger river.
Pele the Hawaiian fire goddess.
Inanna Sumerian moon goddess.
The Japanese goddess of food Ukemochi
The Japanese goddess Benzai_Ten goddess of beauty and music.
Chinese moon goddess Chango.
Chinese goddess of immortality Hsi Wang Mu.
Kuan Yin the Chinese goddess ofcampassion.
Lakshmi the Indian goddess of prosperity.
Saraswati Indian goddess of knowledge.
Tara the Tibetan goddess of mercy
Isis the Egyptian goddess of fertility.
Juno the Roman ruling goddess.
Rhiannon Celtics horse goddess.
Roman goddess of hunting and moon the famous Diana.
Navajo the creation goddess of Estsanatlehi.
Norse goddess of beauty and love Freyja.
Gwenhwyfar Welsh goddess of the islands.
Venus Roman goddess of love.
Wawalak Aboriginal sister goddesses.
Xochiquetzal Mexican flower goddess.
Yemana Cuban Santeria goddess.
Zorya Slavic guardian goddess.
A few details below.
ATHENA
The most powerful of the ancient Greeks was the daughter of Zeus the Greek father God and Metis whose name meant wisdom.
not only as a goddess of wisdom she was also skilled without an equal in the art of war. She gave protection to those in need of defense. She was well know for protecting Achilles the hero of the Iliad. Her brilliance of reason and artistry in all crafts was unmatched.
often depicted with an owl as symbol of enlightenment and a servant symbol of fertility. She is credited with the invention of a plough and the rake.
Athena gave her name to Athens the capital of Greece and a gift of an olive tree to provide shade oil for lamps and delicious olives to eat.
The Athenian families have held the olive branch as a symbolof generosity.
Diana. Italy
In ancient Rome the goddess Diana was honored as the mother of wild animals. She was praised for her grace and athletic strength. Her skill as a huntress was unsurpassed. She was also the moon goddess the changing moon reflected the changing cycles of nature and influenced all growing things. The ascending cycle was good for growth and descending considered not so good to begin new things. She was worshiped all over Europe until the middle ages. After which people just considered her to be a queen of witches. Civilization had grown out of wild living people became civil and led less harmful lives.
Estsanatlehi. The earth goddess symbolizing the ever changing earth on which plants grow die and are born again. She appeared as a young woman for spring and summer and an older woman for fall and winter. Her name means the woman who changes.she was First discovered by the human beings and was fed with pollens and grew up in just 18 days. She married the sun and the Navajo believe that the sun visits her evening in the west upon the sacred water.
The moonwalk also important to ancient society because they relied on it to guide them to plant their crops for the most plentiful outcome.
This is still the practice nearly all over the world for anything people do from trimming their hair to what not.
Juno the ancient Roman's worshiped her she was believed to protect all women from their first breath to their last. Thus Roman women called their souls Juno. Every year on1st of March the Roman women celebrate a special festival called Metronalia to praise Juno and thank her they pray for healthy children. June is considered a sacred month for marriage being named after her. One of her temples is dedicated to the use of women who need shelter from cruel husband's.
The peacock is also associated with her for her many eyes to watch over the women people of Rome men and women carried flabella ornate fans made out of peacock feathers during the sacred rites of Juno.
Maia. Greece. The constellation called the Pleiades made up of seven stars was thought to be the seven sisters the daughters of Atlas, and the youngest of them was Maia.
When atlas took part in a revolt led by the giant's against the gods of Olympus atlas was made to bear the world on his back .
Maia and her sisters mourned the humiliation of their father so much thT the gods turned them I to doves to spare them the pain. Like the month of May that bears her name meating the maker, she is also called the grandmother of magic excuse her son the God Hermes was the first to discover the mysterious arts. Hermes is also credited with the discovery of medicine astrology and letters. People celebrate may 1st in her honor and women rejoice over the rebirth of spring by dancing circles around the Mayport And by wearing green the colors of earth.
Pele Hawaii.
The goddess of fire. The power to both create and destroy. Surprisingly her first home was the sea with her sister the goddess of sea. But she grew angry with Pele and drove her away. Pele then settled in the Hawaii islands in Mount Kilauea one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
Lakshmi India goddess of good fortune, prosperity and beauty representing all that is feminine and her consort Vishnu is the conqueror of darkness representing all that is masculine. They ride on the back of Garuda the giant king of birds.
Lakshmi was created from the ocean of milk standing on the lotus flower with a lotus blossom in her hand and a crown of lotuses on her head. She announced that her place was next to Vishnu,s heart. Vishnu churned the ocean of milk for Indra, king of gods, because he wanted to make a magic portion that would bestow eternal life. As he churned many wonderful things came out
A wish giving cow and tree, an elephant, a handsome white horse, a matchless jewel. Most precious of all was the beautiful goddess Lakshmi. Vishnu and Lakshmi soon had a son whom they named Kama.
Lakshmi is said to be attracted to sparkling jewels which she bestowed on her worshipers. It is believed that she lives in the sky with the most beautiful jewels of all the stars.
Once a year on the night of the new moon in November Indian women clean their homes and hang tiny lanterns that look like stars in the hope that it will attract the goddess to their homes to bless them with good fortune and prosperity.
Saraswati the goddess of knowledge. Held in special esteem by students, writers musicians. She is credited in India with the creation of the fruits of civilization. The first alphabet the arts, mathematics, music and magic. Extraordinarily beautiful and graceful. She is easily recognizable by her dazzling white skin and brilliant clothing. Her colour and brightness is said to represent the powerful pure light of education which destroys the darkness of ignorance.
Myth tells that Saraswati and Brahma were born from a golden egg which came from the sea. They then created all the knowledge and all of the creatures of the world. Saraswathi the mother of all life with the awareness of Brahma bought everything into being.
Saraswati is also a river goddess and her name translates to the flowing one.in India the pure flowing waters of rivers represents the purifying and nurturing waters of life and are regarded as sacred. Saraswati shares her name with the river that flows down from the Himalayas and joins the Ganges River.
Pictures of her sitting on a lotus blossom accompanied by a white swarn believed to separate milk from water in the same bowl. Implying the ability to distinguish between the good and wise fro.those that are insincere. She is depicted with four arms I one holding a book, and in another a strand of beeds. The book represents knowledge and the beads I dicate spiritual knowledge. With her other hands she holds and plays the vina. An Indian lute representing the art of music.
Yamana Cuban goddess.
The goddess of the ocean is believed to be the daughter of the oddudua and the sister and wife of the God aganju. As the divine mother of the fourteen gods and goddesses who make up the sacred pantheon, she occupies an exhaulted position in the senteria religion.
Yemana isvan extremely beautiful and immensely powerful goddess of the waters. She is said to own the riches of the seashells peRls oysters Coral reef. She is also called to ring rain. Seven is the no sacred to yemana.
To be continued.
