Goddess By Cross Culture
Arts and Crafts
Athena (Greek), Arachne (Greek), Brigit (Celtic), Minerva (Roman),
Mokosh (Slavic)
Crone, Wise Woman, Elder
Baba Yaga (Slavic), Black Annis (Celtic), Cailleach (Celtic), Goga,
Hecate (Greek).
Dark Mother (See Crone)
Death and/or Destruction
Badb (Irish, Celtic), Belili (Mesopotamian), Durga/ Kali (Hindu),
Eingana, Hikuleo, Hina (Polynesian-Hawaiian), Hubishag (Mesopotamian),
Itzpapalotl (Meso-American), Lahevhev, Mania, Morrigan (Celtic),
Nepthys (Egyptian), Sekhmet (Egyptian), Wahinihai, Watiri, Yuki Onne
(death by freezing).
Earth Mother
Al-Lat (Arabian), Ambika, Arruru, Bhoumi, Biliku, Changing Woman
(Native American), Coatlicue(Meso-American), Cybele (Anatolian),
Danu/Anu (Celtic), Demeter (Greek), Devi (Hindu), Erce, Fauna,
Frigg/Frija, Ga-Tum-Dug, Gaea (Greek), Hu-Tu (Chinese), Tlazolteotl
(MesoAmerican), Inanna (Sumerian), Kadi, Ki, Kishar, Luminu-Ut,
Mat-Syra-Semlya (Slavic), Maka (Native American), Mokosh (Slavic),
Nerthus, Ninhursag (Mesopotamian), Parvati (Hindu), Pi-Hsia Yuan-Chin
(Chinese), Prithivi (Hindu), Rhea (Greek), Tellus Mater (Roman)
Fertility/Agriculturural
Annukis (Egyptian), Demeter (Greek), Ceres and Flora (Greek), Hinlil,
Horta, Nikkal, Nisaba, Three Sisters: Corn Woman, Squash Woman, and
Bean Woman (Native American)
"Good" Mother, or Bright Mother, Nurturing One
Aditi (Hindu), Ama, Anu/Danu/Don (Celtic), Arruru, Asherah/Athirat
(Canaanite), Cybele (Anatolian), Demeter (Greek), Djanggawul Sisters:
Bildjiwuraroju and Miralaidji (Australian), Djulunggul (Australian),
Eingana, Fjorgynn (Norse), Hathor (Egyptian),
Imberombera/Waramurungundji (Australian), Isis (Egyptian), Kuan Yin
(China), Kunapipi, Magna Mater (Roman), Mut (Egyptian), Ninhursag,
Parvati (Hindu), Rhea (Greek), Voltumna, Yemalla (African)
Guides of the Subconscious, Personality,
Bringer/Interpreter of Dreams
Goddess: Astarte/Athtartu (Canaanite-Phoenician), Inanna (Sumerian),
Nanshe (Mesopotamian), Nepthys (Egyptian), Maat (Egyptian), Persephone
and Psyche (Greek), Yami (Buddhist)
Healing
Athena (Greek), Bast (Egyptian), Brigit (Irish Celtic), Gula
(Mesopotamian), Eir (Norse), Hygeia (Greek), Ixchel (Mayan), Nin-Karak
(Mesopotamian), Salus (Roman), Sequana (Celtic)
Huntress
Anath (Canaanite), Arduinna (Celtic), Artemis (Greek), Astarte/Athtart
(Canaanite-Phoenician), Atalanta (Greek), Diana (Roman), Flidais
(Irish, Celtic), Neith (Egyptian)
Justice
Ammit and Amn (Egyptian), Athena (Greek), Azele Yabe, Oya, Nzambi, and
Tenga (African), Chang Yong and Tang (Chinese), Dharma (Hindu), Hathor
(Egyptian), Hoatziqui (Mexican), Minerva (Roman),
Mayet/Maat/Sekhmet/Tefnut (Egyptian), Mirume (Japanese), Thetis (Greek)
Light/Sun
Aine (Celtic), Amaterasu (Japanese), Anp (Lakota/Native American,
Bast/Bastet, Buto and Hathor (Egyptian), Ningal and Shapash
(Canaanite), Sullis (British), Tefnut (Egyptian), Theia (Greek)
Love and Marriage
Aphrodite (Greek, romance), Frigga (Norse), Hera (Greek,
marriage), Juno (Greek, marriage), Psyche (Greek, spiritual union),
Venus (Roman, romance)
Moon
Aponibolinayen, Arianrhod (Welsh Celtic), Artemis (Greek),
Chang-O/Heng-O (Chinese), Diana (Roman), Hianuwele, Hina (Polynesian),
Losna, Luna (Roman), Phoebe (Greek), Selene (Greek).
God: Bahloo, Chandra (Hindu), Eterah, Hanwi (Native American), Khonshu
(Egyptian), Mah, Myesyats (Slavic), Nanna, Sin, Tsukiyomi (Japanese),
Varuna (Hindu), Yemella (African), Yirakh (Canaanite-Phoenician)
Muses/Inspiration
Ama, Brigit (Celtic), the Muses (Greek)
Prophet/Oracle
Astarte/Athtartu (Canaanite-Phoenician), Freya (Norse), the Morrigan
(Celtic), Nina ,White Buffalo Calf Woman (Native American)Asherah
(Canaanite-Phoenician-Hebrew), Athena (Greek), Belili, Cailleach,
Ceridwen (Welsh), Hecate (Greek), Kuan-Yin (Chinese), Metis (Greek),
Minerva (Roman), Sarasvati (Hindu), Sophia (Gnostic/Greek/Christian),
Tara (Tibetan), Tashmit, Vach, Vajra-Yogini, Wisdom
Protectress of Women and/or Children,
Midwifery/Childbirth
Annukis (Egyptian), Artemis (Greek), Belit-Ili (Mesopotamian), Hathor
and Heket (Egyptian), Ilithyia/Eileithyia (Eastern Aegean), the
Kotharot (Canaanite), Mami, Meskhent (Egyptian), Nav (Slavic), Nintud
(Mesopotamian), Pi-Hsia Yuan-Chin (Chinese), Renenet (Egyptian),
Taueret (Egyptian), Yemella (African)
Regeneration/Renewal/Spring
Juno and Prosperina (Roman), Hera and Persephone (Greek), Kostroma
(Slavic)
Sensuality, Romance, Sexual Love, and Beauty
Akka (Baltic), Anath (Canaanite), Aphrodite (Greek), Astarte/Athtartu
(Canaanite-Phoenician), Freya (Norse), Hathor (Egyptian), Inanna
(Sumerian), Ishtar (Mesopotamian), Libitina, Oshun (Nigerian), Venus
(Roman)
Sky/Thunderstorms
Hera (Greek, lightning, thunder, storms); Hiiaka and Inanna
(Sumerian, sky); Nuit (Egyptian, sky); Oya (Nigerian, lightning,
thunder, storms); Satavaesa and Tien Mu (Chinese, lightening);
Waitiri (Japanese, thunder)
Sorcery/Magic
Cerridwen (Welsh Celtic), Circe (Greek), Freya (Norse), Hecate (Greek),
Isis (Egyptian), Morgana (British)