Showing posts with label Mother Goddess. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mother Goddess. Show all posts

Goddess Xi Hou

 


Chinese goddess of light, Xi Hou.

Xi Hou is the mother of the 10 suns that rotate around the globe, providing light.

She symbolizes the dawning of a new day, carefully nourishing and caring for the light and strength so that it might provide mankind with all possibilities.

Xi Hou's emblem is gold, and she is connected with riches and luck.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess White Buffalo Calf Woman

 



White Buffalo Calf Woman: Native American mother goddess.

Many Native Americans are familiar with White Buffalo Calf Woman.

She instilled in the people agricultural skills and survival skills, as well as holy rites and ceremonies to improve their lives.

She appears as the buffalo as the nourishing goddess, offering her flesh and hide to the tribe so that they may live and prosper.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess Tiamat

 



Tiamat: Babylonian goddess of chaos.

In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is the ancient goddess's mother.

She is the chaotic energy that divided in two to create the heavens and the earth.

She is a big dragon that governs over salt seas.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess Teteoinnan

 



Teteoinnan: Aztec goddess of midwives.

Teteoinnan is the patroness of midwives, doctors, and holistic intuitives, as well as the mother of the gods.

She created medicine and is the goddess of herbal remedies, making her a vegetation deity.

Teteoinnan is commemorated with blood sacrifices in the fields during harvest celebrations.

In a triad with Tlazolteotl and Tozi, she is the Mother aspect.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess Sophia

 



Sophia: Middle Eastern Mother Goddess 

Sophia is the Divine Feminine and the Holy Spirit of the Christian trinity in Gnostic and Judeo-Christian faiths.

She is God's voice and knowledge, and it is thought that a bit of her lives in everyone of us.

Sophia is the mother of all creation and the universe because she is God's true source of power.

The dove is her talisman.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess Rhea

 



Rhea: The goddess of time in Greek mythology.

Rhea, the Olympian gods' Titan mother, signifies the passage of time and the power of ancestors' blessings.

Her name means "ease," because her soothing essence soothes the world's misery and turmoil.

Her reverence for menstrual blood and milk demonstrates her strength as a feminine fertility figure.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess Papatuanuku

 


Maori Earth Mother, Papatuanuku.

Papatuanuku is revered by the Maori of New Zealand as the mother of humans, animals, and forests.

She provides nourishment for the planet, and in return, parents pledge their children's fealty to her.

Papatuanuku's rage generates earthquakes when she is forcefully taken from her lover Rangi Nui.


~Kiran Atma


Goddess Neith Or Nit

 



Neith, also Nit: Egyptian domestic goddess.

Neith, the mother of Ra, was born from the primordial waters of creation.

She is the protector of women and the ties that bind them together in marriage.

She is in charge of battle, hunting, and weaving, as well as the bandages and shrouds of the deceased.

Neith is shown as a lady with a bow and arrow or a weaving shuttle in her hands.


~Kiran Atma


Goddess Nammu

 



Nammu: Sumerian goddess of creation.

Nammu is the mother of heaven, earth, and the sea, having created the cosmos on her alone without the help of a spouse.

She is the life-giving water that nourishes both humans and gods, and she is accompanied by seven other goddesses who serve as her handmaidens.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess Mut

 


Mut: Egyptian mother goddess.

Mut is the goddess's heavenly mother and queen, as well as the personification of global secrets.

She is the Mother of Nut, a sky goddess who embodies the strength that exists throughout all living things.

She aggressively defends Egypt and its people, delegating ultimate power to the ruling pharaoh.

Mut is a female vulture with white vulture wings on her head or back.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess Mboze

 




Mboze: The goddess of agriculture in Central Africa.

Mboze, the mother of Bunzi, is the force of rain, harvests, and agriculture.

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola, she is revered as the mother of the Woyo people.


~Kiran Atma


Goddess Matronae

 




Matronae: Europe's three goddess moms.

The Matronae are most known for the hundreds of altars that may be seen all across Gaul, Spain, and Italy.

Three matronly figures are represented, surrounded by fruits, plants, children, and animals.

The Matronae are goddesses that represent maternity and are primarily considered as protective deities who safeguard civilization from sickness and famine.


~Kiran Atma


Goddess Maia

 




Maia is the goddess of spring in Greek mythology.

Maia is the mother of Hermes and the oldest of the Pleiades.

She is a lonely goddess who dwells alone in a cave and is related with birthing and spring witchcraft.

She promotes the development of plants and flowers, as well as the fertility of the ground.


~Kiran Atma


Goddess Leto

 




Leto: The Greek mother goddess.

Leto, the mother of Artemis and Apollo, guards the young and helps mothers who are having difficult deliveries.

She is loving and kind to both people and gods, and she is claimed to respond to all prayers.


~Kiran Atma


Goddess Kunapipi Or Gunapipi

 




Kunapipi, also Gunapipi: Australian puberty goddess.

Kunapipi is a mother goddess and guardian of the courageous and valiant among the aboriginal people.

Humanity, animals, and plants were all born from her womb.

She allegedly eats young boys and regurgitates them as adults.

The rainbow snake is her totem animal.


~Kiran Atma

Goddess Haumea

 




Haumea is the Hawaiian goddess of motherhood.

The mystical Makalei tree, which grows coconut, bamboo, and sugarcane and attracts fish when its branches are dipped in the ocean, represents Haumea.

She is a goddess of plenty, ensuring that her offspring are always fed and nurtured.

Haumea gives birth to the Hawaiian gods from various bodily parts, including Pele and Hi'iaka, as the holy mother.

Her breast milk creates the world's rivers, and she matures from Maiden to Crone in an endless cycle, signifying the cycle of life and the planet.

~Kiran Atma


Goddess Hebat, Or Kheba, Or Khepat

 




Hebat (also Kheba, Khepat) was a Mesopotamian matron goddess.

Hebat was venerated by the ancient Hurrians as the wife of the storm deity Teshub.

She wields the sun's strength and light, as well as protecting women during times of conflict.

Hebat is a domesticated lady who sits on a throne or stands on a lion.

She is the embodiment of royalty and beauty.

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 Kappan30(4), pp.99-100.
  • Rudolph, R., 2012. The dragonflies of the Germanic goddess Frigga. Odonatologica41(3), pp.251-266.
  • Rumpf, M., Hellenberg, A. and Tucker, E., 1977. The legends of Bertha in Switzerland. Journal of the Folklore Institute14(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. Sci37, pp.1082-1083.
  • Gray, B., 2008. A PLAY ON WORDS: Stories, Verses and Plays for the Classroom and Beyond. Xlibris Corporation.
  • Skye, M., 2008. Goddess Afoot!: Practicing Magic with Celtic & Norse Goddesses. Llewellyn Worldwide.
  • Guerber, H.A., 1992. Myths of the Norsemen: from the Eddas and Sagas. Courier Corporation.



Goddess Dana Or Danu

 




Ireland's Earth-Mother Goddess. 



Dana is the mother and queen of the Tuatha De Danann, a deity tribe. 


Her name means "wisdom," and her impact spanned the whole Celtic world. 

She is the fertility, rivers, and vegetation's strength and magick. 

Dana is said to be the Irish version of Don, the Welsh goddess.



~ Kiran Atma





Who Is Goddess Cybele?

 


 

 

She is the Mother of the gods in Roman mythology. 

Cybele, a fertility and environment goddess who rules over caverns and mountaintops, is revered. 

She defends the city and its inhabitants from invaders and conflict. 

She revived her lover Attis after he was castrated and died of his wounds. 

Her most ardent supporters were guys who had ritually castrated themselves and adopted female duties and attire. 

Music, dancing, drinking, and orgies were all part of the priestess' yearly spring celebration.