Goddess

from others around her yet open to everyone. Everyone loved Hasani she became known as the daughter of the goddess of love, as she loved everyone no matter their appearance or any hatred of there heart. Although she did not believe herself to be beautiful. Her eyes were two different colors and her skin spotted dark and light. One day a beautiful maiden decked with flowers, Chloris the goddess of flowers, visited Hasani’s village. Seeing Chloris beauty Hasani was weary to approach her. She…

untamed aspect of war, in contrast to his sister the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and generalship.Ares is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. In Greek literature, he often represents the physical or violent and untamed aspect of war, in contrast to his sister the armored Athena, whose functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and generalship.Ares is the Greek god of…

One of the mystery cults in Rome worshiped the Goddess Demeter. Demeter was a fertility Goddess, they also worshipped her daughter Persephone. Demeter embodied the harvest and would give a good harvest. Persephone embodied the spring and the bringing of life after it was killed in winter. They were worshiped by the Eleusinian Mysteries. Followers had to be initiated into the cult. Their beliefs focus on an afterlife and visions to the afterlife. It was important to form a connection with Demeter…

what she stood for in ancient Greece entailed many things, the goddess of the wilderness, hunting, animals, birth of children and protectress of children, and of sudden death and disease. She is a very contradicting goddess and stood for many things. People believed in the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece and their roles in their day to day lives and it has been an important part of society ever since. Artemis is one specific goddess of Ancient Greek and played an important role in the…

primordial god of darkness and Nyx primordial goddess of the night. Then Eros primordial god of love appeared. However in some myths Eros is also considered as a son of Aphrodite not Chaos. From love, together Nyx and Erebus gave birth to Aether primordial god of the upper atmosphere, Hemera primordial goddess of the day. Once there was light and day, formed Gaia primordial goddess of the earth. Then light and day gave birth to Thalassa primordial goddess of the sea. Beneath the earth arises…

the gods, who are facets of the divine. As I mentioned briefly in chap- ter 2, the two main aspects of deity that Wiccans work with are simply called the Goddess and the God. They are the female and male “halves” of the divine. In Wic- can thought, the union of the Goddess and God creates the universe. The rela- tionship between the Goddess and God is symbiotic. Like darkness and light, each half needs the other to express itself fully. The God represents, among…

Athenian sculptor, Leochares, created Diana of Versailles in 325 BCE to honor Artemis who is the Greek Goddess of hunting, wilderness, and childbirth. The Romans later created a marble copy of the sculpture in the Imperial Roman period to honor Diana, the Roman Goddess of hunting, the moon, and childbirth. The statue currently resides on display at the Louvre in Paris, France (Ancient Greek & Roman Sculpture). Artemis, the daughter of Leto and Zeus, is a principal Greek God who spends most of…

In Greek mythology, Artemis is the goddess of the hunt, chastity, virginity, the moon and the natural environment. Her counterpart in Roman mythology, Diana, is the goddess of the woodlands, wild animals and hunting. Both goddesses are important in mythologies that were very different and yet probably the most known of all types of mythology. Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo—who has no Roman correspondent—and the daughter of the titan Leto and the god Zeus. She and Apollo were born on a…

celebrating Basant Panchami. Basant Panchami is a popular Hindu festival dedicated to goddess Saraswati, who is the divinity of knowledge, art and music. This day falls on the fifth day of the Hindu month of Magh, which is also the first day of spring. Goddess Saraswari is generally shown seated on a white lotus, wearing a colorful silk sari with base of white color and holding a book in her lower left hand. Goddess Saraswati denotes serenity and calmness. Her ride is a white swan which is known…

had a huge impact on feminist spirituality. The main attributes of this movement are it’s focus on the goddess, feminist sacred history, ritual and magic…