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Gods & Goddesses
Below is a listing of
Gods and Goddesses of different traditions.
These are just a few from the many traditions from around the world.
| Name | Tradition | Aspects |
| Adonis | Greek | God of vegetation |
| Anubis | Egyptian | God of protection in the Underworld |
| Aphrodite | Greek | Goddess of passion, love and beauty |
| Apollo | Greek & Roman | God of the Sun, light, fertility & the Arts |
| Aradia | Italian |
Protector
of Witches (The Queen of the Witches) |
| Ariadne | Minoan & Greek | Goddess of the Moon, Mother Goddess |
| Arianrhod | Welsh | Mother Goddess and reincarnation |
| Artemis | Greek | Goddess of the Moon, Nature and the Hunt |
| Astarte | Greek | Mother Goddess, Goddess of fertility |
| Athena | Greek | Warrior Goddess, wisdom, the arts and protector |
| Bast | Egyptian | Goddess of protection, festivities and cats |
| Brigid | Celtic | Goddess of fertility, smithing and poetry |
| Ceres | Roman | Goddess of the Harvest |
| Cernunnos | Celtic | Horned God |
| Cerridwen | Welsh | Mother Goddess of the Moon & Harvest |
| Circe | Greek | Goddess of death & the Underworld |
| Demeter | Greek | Mother Goddess, the harvest |
| Diana | Roman | Goddess of the Moon, Nature & the Hunt |
| Dryads | Greek | feminine spirits of the trees |
| Eros | Greek | God of love, passion & romance |
| Eurynome | Pelasgian (aborigines of Greece) |
Mother Goddess, Goddess of All Things including the Moon, Sun, Stars & all living creatures |
| Flora | Italian | Goddess of Spring, flowers & births |
| Fortuna | Roman | Goddess of fate |
| Freya | Scandinavian | Goddess of the Moon, protector of marriages |
| Gaia (or Gaea) | Greek | Earth Mother Goddess |
| Hathor | Egyptian | Cow Goddess, protector of women |
| Hekate/ Hecate | Thracian/ Greek | Goddess of crossroads & liminal places |
| Hera | Greek | Goddess of marriage & unions |
| Hestia | Greek | Goddess of hearth & home |
| Horus | Egyptian | God of all-seeing, healing |
| Hymen | Greek | God of marriage & commitment, wedding feasts |
| Inanna | Sumerian | Mother Goddess |
| Isis | Egyptian | Mother Goddess, magick & protector |
| Kali | Hindu | Goddess of destruction, protector of abused women |
| Kuan Yin | Chinese | Earth Woman, Goddess of compassion & mercy |
| Lilith | Hebrew | Goddess of Higher Intelligence |
| Lucifer | Italian | God of the Sun & Light. See Apollo. |
| Maat | Egyptian | Goddess of justice, truth, law & divine order |
| Mithra | Persian | God of light, purity, soldiers |
| Morgan | Celtic | Goddess of water, healing & magick |
| Muses | Thracian/ Greek | Goddesses of inspiration |
| Nemesis | Greek | Goddess of revenge on evil-doers |
| Nephtys | Egyptian | Goddess of the home, sisters & midwives |
| Norns | Scandinavian/ Norse | Weavers of fate - past, present & future |
| Nut | Egyptian | Sky Mother Goddess |
| Odin | Scandinavian/ Norse | God of war, magic, wisdom & psychic sight |
| Osiris | Egyptian | Father God, vegetation, fertility & after-life |
| Pan | Greek | God of Nature, the Woods, laughter, music & passion |
| Pele | Hawaiian | Goddess of fire |
| Persephone | Greek | Goddess of the Underworld & Spring |
| Poseidon | Greek | God of the Sea |
| Ptah | Egyptian | God of craftsman, creativity |
| Sekhmet | Egyptian | Goddess of vengeance, war & retribution, Great One of Healing |
| Selene | Greek | Goddess of the Moon, Mother Goddess |
| Shiva | Hindu | God of Universal cycles: birth, death, rebirth |
| Thor | Scandinavian/ Norse | God of Sky & Thunder, farmers, sailors |
| Thoth | Egyptian | God of wisdom, writing, reincarnation, the Moon, science |
| Venus | Roman | Goddess of Spring, protector of vegetation. Later associated with Aphrodite. |
| Vesta | Roman | Goddess of fire |
| Zeus | Greek | Father God of thunder & rain |
God/dess jewelry at Avalon Moon, Inc.
Further Reading
For more
information on the Gods and Goddesses, I recommend the following books.
These titles are available for purchase at Avalon Moon and on the
Books page at Avalon Moon, Inc.
The Witches' God by
Janet & Stewart Farrar
The
Witches' Goddess by
Janet & Stewart Farrar
Offering to Isis by M.
Isidora Forrest
Queen of the Night by
Sharynne MacLeod NicMhacha
The Mabinogion
Welsh Legends
When the Drummers Were Women by
Layne Redmond
Gods, Demons and Symbols of
Ancient Mesopotamia by
Jeremy Black & Anthony Green
Inanna, Queen of Heaven & Earth by
Diane Wolkstein & Samuel
Noah Kramer
Inanna, Lady of Largest
Heart by
Betty De Shong Meador
Hekate Soteira
by Sarah Iles Johnston