Juksahkka: The Sami Bow-Woman and Protector of Boys
In the old Sámi reckoning, every child in the womb began as a girl. Whether that child was born a…
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Olokun: Orisha of the Deep Sea
Somewhere below the last of the light, the water goes still. That is where Olokun lives: the floor of the…
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Annapurna: The Hindu Goddess of the Full Bowl Who Fed Shiva
In the most familiar painting of her, the great ascetic of the Hindu world stands at a woman’s feet with…
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Epona: The Celtic Horse Goddess
On the wall of a Roman stable, above the straw and the reek of it, somebody painted a woman on…
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Mawu: The Fon Creator and Moon Goddess
A rainbow serpent carried the creator across the dark in its mouth, back before there was any ground to stand…
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Aje: Yoruba Orisha of Wealth and the Marketplace
The money came out of the sea. For centuries, a trader in a Yoruba market counted her price in small…
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Frigg: The Norse Queen of the Gods, Mother of Baldr, and Keeper of Fate
At a feast in the hall of the sea giant Ægir, Loki stood up and insulted every god and goddess…
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Aphrodite: Greek Goddess of Love and Beauty
The first thing Aphrodite ever touched was a beach on Cyprus, and grass sprang up under her feet. That’s Hesiod’s…
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Sita: Hindu Goddess of the Earth and Devotion
A king was plowing a field to open a sacrifice when the blade caught on something in the soil. He…
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Rhiannon: Welsh Goddess of Horses and Sovereignty
A woman on a white horse walks past a hill in Dyfed, and every rider who spurs after her falls…
