AERTEN : Cornish, Anglo-Celtic, Welsh, Also spelled Aerfen, or Aeron. A Goddess of fate who presided over the outcome of war between several Celtic clans.
AGRONA : Welsh, Anglo-Celtic, Goddess of slaughter and war often equated with the Morrigan.
AIFE : Irish, Scottish, Also spelled Aoife. Aife was a Goddess and queen of the Isle of Shadow, an honour she shared with her rival and sister Scathach.
AINE : Ireland, a woman of the Leanan Sidhe (Sweetheart of the Sidhe). Some said she was the daughter of Manannan, some said she was the Morrigan herself.
ANDARTA : Gallic, Fertility Goddess and patron Goddess of the Vocontii tribe.
ANDRASTE : Romano-Celtic; British; Anglo-Celtic; Continental Europe, The patron Goddess of the Iceni tribe.
ANU : Ireland, goddess of plenty and Mother Earth. Greatest of all Irish goddesses, deity of cattle, health, fertility, prosperity, and comfort.
AOIBHELL : Evill, Ireland; another woman of the Sidhe, she made her dwelling in Craig Liath.
ARIADNE : Continental European, This Goddess of ancient Crete is the only Greek deity known to have been worshipped in Celtic Gaul.
ARIANRHOOD : Wales; goddess of beauty, fertility, and reincarnation. Known as Silver Wheel and the High Fruitful Mother, the palace of this sky goddess was Caer Arianrhold (Aurora Borealis).
ARNAMENTIA : Anglo-Celtic, Romano-Celtic, British, Water Goddess known only from inscriptions.
AVETA : Romano-Celtic
Gallic, Goddess of birth and midwifery
BABH : BIBE, Ireland, goddess of enlightenment, inspiration, life, wisdom. Sister of Macha, the Morrigan, and Anu, the name of this goddess means “boiling,” “battle raven,” and “scald-crow.”
BELISAMA : Celtic, Goddess of light and fire, the forge and of crafts. She is the wife of the god Belenus (Beli) and the Goddess of the Mersey River.
BLODEUWEDD : Welsh, “Flower Face”; “White Flower”. Lily maid of Celtic initiation ceremonies. Also known as the Ninefold Goddess of the Western Isles of Paradise.
BRIGID: The Goddess of Ireland, daughter of Dagta. She has three aspects: Protectress of the bards, healers and smiths. Her festival Imbolc is at the 1st of February.
BRIGANTIA : British, Anglo-Celtic, “High One”; pastoral and river goddess. Associated with Imbolc. Flocks, cattle, water, fertility; healing; victory.
BRITANNIA : Romano-Celtic British, Tutelary Goddess. The genia loci of Britain who first appears on the coinage of Antoninius Pius in the 2nd century AD. She became the symbol of the British Empire after being partly synchronized with the war goddess Minerva.”
CAILLEACH BHEUR : Scottish, Irish, Manx, Great Goddess in her Destroyer aspect; called “Veiled One”. Another name is Scota, from which Scotland comes. In parts of Britain she is the Goddess of Winter. She was an ancient Goddess of the pre-Celtic peoples of Ireland. She controlled the seasons and the weather; and was the goddess of earth and sky, moon and sun.
CERRIDWEN : Scottish, Welsh, Moon Goddess; Great Mother; Grain Goddess; Goddess of Nature.
CLIODNA : Irish, Scottish, Goddess of beauty and the otherworld. A Tuatha sea and Otherworld Goddess who often took the form of a sea bird and, as such, symbolized the Celtic afterlife.
CLOTA : Scottish, Popular Goddess of the River Clyde.
CONDWIRAMUR : Welsh, Cornish, An archetypal guardian of the feminine mysteries and a Goddess of sovereignty who appears briefly in the Grail legends as the wife of Sir Percival.
CORRA : Scottish, A Goddess of prophecy who usually appeared in the form of a crane.
COVENTINA : Anglo-Celtic, Scottish, British, Tutelary and water Goddess of uncertain affinities.
CRED : Irish, Scottish, Also Creide. This faery queen Goddess is associated with Dana’s mountains.
CREDDYLAD : Welsh, Daughter of the sea god Llyr.
CYHIRAETH : Welsh, Once a Goddess of streams, she later became thought of as a fairy spirit who was a portent of death.
DAMARA : Anglo-Celtic, An English fertility Goddess associated with Bealtaine.
DAMONA : Gaul, Goddess of fertility and healing; her name means “divine cow”. Cow Goddesses were linked to fertility and abundance.
DIVONA : Gaul, A fertility Goddess associated with water and known only from inscriptions.
DRUANTIA : Breton, “Queen of the Druids”, Mother of the tree calendar; Fir Goddess. Fertility, passion, sexual activities, trees, protection, knowledge, creativity.
EPONA : Pan-Celtic, “Divine Horse”; “The Great Mare”; Goddess of horses; Mother Goddess. Fertility, maternity, protectress of horses, horse-breeding, prosperity, dogs, healing springs, crops.
ERCE : Anglo-Celtic, Earth mother and harvest Goddess symbolized by a womb or by an over-flowing horn of plenty, believed to be Basque in origin.
GOEWIN : Welsh, The Goddess of sovereignty who held the feet of Math while he reigned. She was only exempt from doing so when he went to war.
HABETROT : Anglo-Celtic, Habetrot was a “spinning” Goddess. Spinning is both Pagan lingo for spell casting and for the turning of the Wheel of the Year.
HENWEN : Anglo-Celtic, A sow Goddess much like her Welsh counterpart Cerridwen. She is the deity who brought abundance to the land by giving birth to an assortment of “litters” throughout England.
LATIS : Anglo-Celtic, Goddess associated with water. She was originally a lake Goddess who became a Goddess of ale and meade.
Le FAY : Welsh, Cornish, LeFay was a Goddess of the sea and of the Isle of Avalon.
MARCIA PROBA : Anglo-Celtic, This English Goddess’ Roman name means “deep march” or “long march”, a Celtic warrior queen who lived around the third century BCE. Her laws, known as the Marcian Statutes, some scholars claim these statutes laid the ground work for the Magna Carta.
MODRON : Welsh, Goddess whose name means “divine mother”. She is one of the most potent of the Celtic archetypal mother Goddess.
MORGAN LeFAY : Welsh, Welsh death-goddess; Morgan the Fate. Glamorgan in Wales is said to be her sacred territory. She can cast a destroying curse on any man.
MORGAY : Scottish, Anglo-Celtic, A harvest Goddess from the Scottish/English border.
MORRIGAN : Pan-Celtic. Also the Morrigu; “Great Queen”; “Supreme War Goddess”; “Queen of Phantoms or Demons”; “Spectre Queen”; shape-shifter. Archetypical form of the mother goddess in Ireland.. She fought aiding the Tuatha de Danaan .Reigned over the battlefield, helping with her magic, Associated with crows and ravens. She was three-shaped: Badb, Macha and Nemainn . The Crone aspect of the Goddess; Great Mother; Moon Goddess; Great White Goddess; Queen of the Fairies. In her Dark Aspect (the symbol is then the raven or crow) she is the goddess of war, fate and death; she went fully armed and carried two spears. Goddess of rivers, lakes, and fresh water. Patroness of priestesses and witches. “The great queen”.. Manly seen as a goddess of war and love
NICEVENN : Scottish, “Divine”; “Brilliant”. A Samhain witch-goddess; equated with the Roman Goddess Diana.
NIMUE : Welsh, Cornish, Celtic Moon Goddess; also called Morgan.
RHIANNON: The great Queen
SEQUANA: Goddess of the Seine
SIRONA: Goddess of Roma Times, she was Goddess of fertility and a spring Goddess.
SULIS: Goddess of the underword, wisdom and fortune telling.
TAILTIU: Stepmother
of Lugh
The Goddess has many facets, names and aspects. In witchcraft and Neo-paganism she is mainly worshiped in her aspects of the Triple Goddess: Virgin, Mother and Crone.
Throughout the centuries the Goddess has acquired a thousand names and a thousand faces but most always she has represented nature, she is associated with the sun and moon, the earth and the sky.
The
Goddess is the very essence of all women, She is the Great Mother,
representing the fertility which brings forth all life; as Mother
Nature she is the living biosphere of both the planets and the forces
of the elements; she has roles of both creator and destroyer; she is
the Queen of Heaven; and she is the Moon. She possesses magical powers
and is emotion, intuition and psychic faculty.
Ancient
Goddesses were treated with the reverence modern religious culture now
offers to Jesus, God, The Father, Allah, Krishna, and Buddha. And they
were called upon for everything from ensuring fertile crops and easy
childbirth to attaining wealth, health or, even, a peaceful death. Many
of the world’s cultures still continue to worship, honour and pray to
female deities. The Hindu, Buddhist, Tibetan, Native American, South
American and African cultures are among those that always have
The Goddess religion, usually in all forms, is a nature religion. Those worshipping the Goddess worship or care for nature too.
The Divine Force within the Goddess is believed to be genderless, but within the universe it is manifested as male and female principles. Often within the worship of the Divine Force the Goddess, or the female principle, is emphasized to the exclusion of The Horned God or the male principle. Both are recognized.
The
Goddess and her many forms, and faces, is accessible to modern women
for divine inspiration and guidance, yet she can also be appreciated
for her archetypical meaning and for the metaphor of female prowess she
represents. On a global level, we really do need the Feminine Divine to
balance our world.
On a very practical level, it’s time for women of today to develop ‘Goddess Consciousness” that will help elevate self-esteem and empower personal and professional growth.
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