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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Hathor: Egyptian Goddess of Love, Joy, and Music
The gods once saved the human race with seven thousand jars of beer. The goddess they were saving it from…
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Durga: Hindu Warrior Goddess and Slayer of the Buffalo Demon
The gods had been beaten, thrown out of heaven, and sent home. So they got angry, all of them at…
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Lakshmi: Goddess of Wealth and Prosperity
Every Diwali, Hindu households across the world do something oddly precise: they leave the door open, light a trail of…
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Saraswati: Hindu Goddess of Knowledge and Music
A child sits in a parent’s lap with a plate of raw rice in front of them. An older hand…
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Cybele: The Phrygian Great Mother Goddess
In the spring of 204 BC, with Hannibal still loose in Italy, the Roman Senate sent a warship to Asia…
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Maat: Egyptian Goddess of Truth and Cosmic Order
Picture a scale. On one pan sits your heart, with everything you did in your life packed inside it. On…
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Danu: The Irish Mother Goddess
An entire race of gods carries her name. She herself has no story. That is the puzzle of Danu. The…
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Kali: Hindu Goddess of Time, Death, and Liberation
She wears a necklace of severed heads and a skirt of severed arms, and she stands on the chest of…
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Parvati: Hindu Goddess of Love, Marriage, and Motherhood
She stood between four fires in the summer heat and in freezing water through the winter rains. She gave up…
