Bona Dea: The Goddess of Healing and Fertility
Bona Dea occupied a unique and enigmatic realm within the extensive and intricate pantheon of ancient Roman deities, thus earning…
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Vesta: Roman Goddess of the Hearth and the Sacred Fire
Rome kept one fire that was never allowed to go out. For close to a thousand years, six women tended…
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Yemaja: The Goddess of the Seas
Yemaja is the goddess who turned a river into an ocean. She began as the guardian of a single river…
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Sulis: Goddess of Healing Waters
The goddess Sulis creates a special legacy from the sacred springs of Bath, England, to modern domains like gaming, fashion,…
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Eos: Greek Goddess of the Dawn
A winged woman slips from a mortal’s bed before first light and climbs into her chariot. Homer opens whole days…
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Ayao: Orisha of the Air and the Whirlwind
Stand at the center of a tornado and the wind stops. The funnel roars in a ring around you, and…
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Athena: Goddess of Wisdom, Craft, and Warfare
She was born fully grown, in full armor, screaming a war cry, straight out of her father’s skull. That’s how…
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Devi: The Great Goddess of Hinduism
Ask a devotee of the Goddess which of India’s goddesses is the greatest, and the answer can sound like a…
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Freya: Goddess of Love, War, and Magic
Freya is the goddess Norse myth never quite manages to simplify. Call her up and most modern retellings hand you…
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Nana Buluku: The West African Primordial Creator
Before the sun and the moon, before the gods who run the world, there is a grandmother who made all…
