Encyclopedia of Goddesses: Divination

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Goddess Persephone

Persephone: Persephone is the Greek goddess of spring.

Persephone is the spring girl, a goddess of development and gladness, and the daughter of Demeter.

She is the goddess of agriculture and symbolizes youth's innocence and purity.

Persephone is the ruler of the underworld and the guardian of souls in her function as the Dark Maiden.

She embodies the knowledge of life and death, and is adept in all sorts of witchcraft and divination.

~Kiran Atma

Goddess Marzanna Or Morena

Marzanna, also known as Morena: Slavic winter goddess.

The ancient Poles made effigies of Marzanna out of straw and myrtle, which they ritually burned or drowned to ward off the winter chill and welcome the warmth of spring.

Marzanna is related with Witchcraft and divination, and she controls the gloomy winter months as well as death.

~Kiran Atma

Goddess Frigga

Mother goddess of the Norse people.

Frigga is the goddess of marriage and domestic order, as well as the arts of the home.

She is the patroness of matronesses and protects women and children.

Frigga is a seer who sees into all realms of reality and has the abilities of divination and prophesy; yet, she keeps her knowledge to herself.

She is the gods' ruler as Odin's wife.

~Kiran Atma

References And Further Reading

Stuff, W.A.S., Sokkvabekkr and Saga: Beneath the Waves.

Koefoed, L.B., 2000. Mythological narratives. California State University, Long Beach.

Langley, A.L., 1948. Mistletoe Meanings. The Phi Delta Kappan, 30(4), pp.99-100.

Rudolph, R., 2012. The dragonflies of the Germanic goddess Frigga. Odonatologica, 41(3), pp.251-266.

Rumpf, M., Hellenberg, A. and Tucker, E., 1977. The legends of Bertha in Switzerland. Journal of the Folklore Institute, 14(3), pp.181-195.

Fennell, J.H., 1841. CHRISTMAS, AND ITS DECORATIVE PLANTS. The Mirror monthly magazine, (1091), pp.405-408.

Owen, T.C., Aksnes, K., Beebe, R., Blue, J., Brahic, A., Burba, G.A., Smith, B.A. and Tejfel, V.G., 2006. Titan: Nomenclature system and the very first names for one more world. Lunar Planet. Sci, 37, pp.1082-1083.