...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
* ''Kitto'' - [[Goblin]]/ [[sidhe]] hybrid, his Seelie sidhe mother was raped during the goblin wars by a snake-type goblin.
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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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...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
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...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
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'''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
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...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.
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[[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
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...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
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..., 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'' ===
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...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
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...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
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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).
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