Gieddegeašgálgu: The Sami Old Woman at the Meadow’s Edge
Walk out past the last cleared ground, to the place where the home-field stops and the forest starts. Somewhere there,…
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Jabmiidahkka: The Sami Goddess of the Dead
When a Sámi person fell seriously ill, the first question was where their soul had gone. The usual answer was…
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Inanna: The Goddess of Heaven
Inanna, the Sumerian goddess of the heavens, is not only one of the earliest female deities in recorded history but…
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Ix Chel: Maya Goddess of the Moon, Medicine, and the Flood
Ix Chel is the Maya goddess most likely to change while you are looking at her. Ask for her picture…
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Badb: The Irish Battle-Crow Goddess
A hooded crow drops onto the roof-beam of a hall where a king sits feasting, and every man inside stops…
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Hecate: Goddess of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Night
Zeus overthrew the Titans and stripped most of them of everything. Hecate, he left alone. He gave her a share…
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Caer Ibormeith: The Irish Swan Maiden
A god fell in love with a woman he had only ever seen asleep. For a year he ate nothing….
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Snotra: Norse Goddess of Wisdom and Prudence
Thirteenth in the list, one sentence long. That is the whole of Snotra’s record. Across everything that survives of Norse…
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Fulia: Goddess of Abundance and Service
The Norse pantheon is a complex and intricate system of deities, each with unique roles and significance. One such divine…
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Eir: Norse Goddess of Healing
Three medieval Icelandic texts name a healer called Eir, and they disagree about what she is. One seats her among…
