Goddess

Slavic mythology

Mokosh

While there are limited medieval sources that describe her role in detail, she is generally regarded as a goddess associated with earth, fertility, moisture, and women’s activities, such as spinning and weaving.

Goddess of Fertility and Earth: Mokosh is often considered the Slavic equivalent of an earth mother goddess, similar to Gaia in Greek mythology.

Moisture and Water: As a fertility goddess, Mokosh is also connected to moisture and water, essential elements for agriculture and life.

Mokosh, Perun, Svarog

Slavic Paganism

Mokosh: A goddess mentioned in Eastern Europe, possibly representing earth and fertility, similar to other Indo-European earth mother goddesses.

Ashera is highlighted as a significant female entity, represented in various cultures as a goddess of agriculture and fertility.

Pleiades and Orion

Pleiades and Orion

According to myth, Orion boasted that he could kill all the animals on Earth, which angered the Earth goddess Gaia.

Freyja's Gown: In some interpretations, the stars of Orion were thought to be part of the goddess Freyja's gown, representing her status as a powerful deity of love, beauty, and fertility.

Vietnamese mythology

Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ

Origin: Âu Cơ is a fairy or mountain goddess, representing the highlands and the natural beauty of the land.

The Adityas are the sons of Aditi, the primordial mother goddess, and Kashyapa, a sage and progenitor of many beings.

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The Baal Cycle

Anath (Anatu): Baal’s sister or lover, a warrior goddess living on her own mountain.

Shapshu: The sun goddess, known as the torch of the gods.

Shapash, the sun goddess, helps Anath recover Baal's body, and they transport it to Mount Zaphon.

Anath and Shapash, the sun goddess, search for Baal, ensuring his return to his throne.

Beside him was Asherah, the nurturing mother goddess, the source of life and fertility.

Asherah, the mother goddess, wept for her lost children and the changing times, her influence waning as YHWH's power grew.

Tethys: Wife of Oceanus and goddess of the nourishing flow of rivers.

Hyperion: The Titan god of light, father of the sun god Helios, the moon goddess Selene, and the dawn goddess Eos.

Theia: Wife of Hyperion and goddess associated with sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky.

Phoebe: Wife of Coeus, associated with the oracle of Delphi and the goddess of prophetic radiance.

Mnemosyne: The Titan goddess of memory and mother of the Muses by Zeus.

Themis: The Titan goddess of divine law and order.

Eos: Goddess of the dawn.

Selene: Goddess of the moon.

Primordial State: In Aztec mythology, the earlier gods, including the Earth goddess Coatlicue and her offspring, represented older, more chaotic forces.

Role: Mother goddess, fertility goddess, consort of El

Let’s consider which names and titles might fit under Asherah, given her role as the Mother Goddess and Nurturer, and explain why.

Role: Mother Goddess, Nurturer

Asherah (אֲשֵׁרָה) - Mother Goddess, consort of El

The Phrygians depicted her as a mountain goddess, embodying the fertile earth and wild nature.

While it declined with the rise of Christianity, many of its symbols and rituals influenced Christian practices and iconography, such as the emphasis on virginity and the figure of the mother goddess.

It was built to house a particular image or form of the goddess, a meteoric stone brought from Greek Asia Minor to Rome in 204 BC at the behest of an oracle and temporarily housed in the goddess of Victory's Palatine temple.

Inside the temple, the cult statue of Cybele, likely a depiction of the goddess enthroned with lions, was housed.

The sacred black stone, believed to be a meteorite and considered an aniconic representation of the goddess, was also kept within the temple.

Private individuals could also offer prayers and votive offerings to the goddess.

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The Lunar Period

50,000 - 10,000 BCE): This period is marked by the emergence of symbolic art, such as cave paintings, and the worship of the Great Mother goddess.

Asherah poles were wooden objects used in the worship of the goddess Asherah, who was associated with fertility, motherhood, and the nurturing aspects of nature.

Canaanite Pantheon

Asherah

Asherah is a prominent goddess in the ancient Canaanite religion, where she is often considered the consort of the chief god, El.

"The Hebrew Goddess" by Raphael Patai

Worshiped as a mother goddess and protector, she played a crucial role in the Canaanite pantheon.

Ashira's worship extended to ancient Egypt, where she was identified with the goddess Qetesh, known as the Queen of Heaven and Mistress of the Gods.

Aztec mythology

The 5 Suns

Goddess: Chalchiuhtlicue

Description: Chalchiuhtlicue, the goddess of rivers and water, presided over this era.

Goddess: Chalchiuhtlicue, the goddess of rivers, lakes, and water, was the deity presiding over this era.

The myth states that the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue wept for 52 years, causing a deluge that submerged the world.

Aztec: Tlaloc (rain god), Chalchiuhtlicue (goddess of rivers).

Consort: Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music, and arts.

Consort: Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity.

Role: The Supreme Goddess, Mother of the Universe

Varaha (The Boar): Rescues the Earth (personified as the goddess Bhudevi) from the demon Hiranyaksha.

Consort: Vishnu's consort is Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, fortune, and prosperity.

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Varaha (The Boar): Rescues the Earth (personified as the goddess Bhudevi) from the demon Hiranyaksha.

Consort: Vishnu's consort is Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, fortune, and prosperity.

In a line from a song dated about 1790 the primal goddess Vari-ma-te-takere is addressed as “a goddess feeding on raw taro” (E tuarangi kai taro mata), a reference recalling the children of Haloa born on the Hawaiian genealogy to Wakea and Papa.

12,800 Years Ago

African Flood stories

Maat is the goddess of truth, justice, and cosmic order in ancient Egyptian religion.

The goddess of divine law and order, representing the moral order and natural law governing both gods and humans.

Afterlife

Anubis

The brindled dog associated in the chant with the dog-headed ’Olohe was supposed to have been born into the family of the volcano goddess and to be under her protection.

Channelled during a Star-seed Activation Retreat: the Pleiadian Goddess, Satya, takes on a wonder-ful journey to the Temples of Alorah - usually considered to have existed in Atlantis, but which Satya now reveals were initiated in Lemuria.

Satya, a Pleiadian goddess and former priestess of Ellora, speaks about her frequency and vibration, connecting with participants to enhance their divine feminine grace.

Satya: Pleiadian goddess and former priestess in the temples of Ellora, representing goddess frequency and divine feminine grace.

In Norse mythology, the Pleiades are sometimes associated with Freyja, the goddess of love, fertility, and battle.

In these texts, Baal is depicted as the son of El, the chief god, and Asherah, the mother goddess.

Hermaphroditus was a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of Hermes, the messenger god, and Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty.

Animals

The bull

The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest known literary works, features the Bull of Heaven sent by the goddess Ishtar to punish Gilgamesh for spurning her advances.

For example, the Sumerian goddess Inanna (Ishtar) is linked to the Hindu goddess Kali.