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Demeter
Greek mythology. Goddess of the harvest, agriculture, and fertility of the earth. Mother of Persephone.
Isis
Egyptian mythology. Goddess of magic, marriage, healing, and protection. Wife of Osiris.
Sekhmet
Egyptian mythology. Warrior goddess and goddess of healing. Depicted with lioness head, symbolizing her fierce nature.
Artemis
Greek mythology. Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and childbirth. Twin sister of Apollo.
Hera
Greek mythology. Queen of the gods. Goddess of marriage and childbirth. Wife of Zeus.
Frigg
Norse mythology. Goddess of marriage, motherhood, and the household. Wife of Odin.
Freya
Norse mythology. Goddess of love, fertility, war, and wealth. Member of the Vanir tribe.
Hathor
Egyptian mythology. Goddess of the sky, dance, love, beauty, joy, motherhood, foreign lands, and mining. Wife of Horus or Ra.
Kālī
Hindu mythology. Goddess of time, doomsday, and death, or the black goddess (the feminine form of Sanskrit kala, 'time-doomsday-death' or 'black').
Persephone
Greek mythology. Queen of the Underworld. Goddess of spring growth and daughter of Demeter.
Athena
Greek mythology. Goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts. Patron of the city of Athens.
Amaterasu
Japanese mythology. Sun goddess and one of the principal Shinto deities. Symbol of the Japanese imperial family.
Ixchel
Maya mythology. Goddess of fertility, medicine, and the moon. Associated with weaving.
Brigid
Celtic mythology. Goddess of fire, poetry, healing, childbirth, and unity. Associated with perpetual, sacred flames.
Benzaiten
Japanese mythology. Goddess of everything that flows: water, time, words, speech, eloquence, music and by extension knowledge.
Aphrodite
Greek mythology. Goddess of love, beauty, and desire. Born from the sea foam.
Saraswati
Hindu mythology. Goddess of knowledge, music, art, wisdom, and learning.
Pele
Hawaiian mythology. Goddess of volcanoes and fire, and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands. Known for her fiery temper as well.
Quan Yin
Buddhist mythology. Goddess of mercy and compassion. Considered to be the female Bodhisattva of compassion in East Asian Buddhism.
Hestia
Greek mythology. Goddess of the hearth, home, and domesticity. One of the original Olympians.
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