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People asked me to put some of the names of the different aspects of the Gods and the Goddesses together. Again that is a big task to do, there are 1001 names within every culture.
A popular saying in the craft is:
All Goddesses are but one Goddess, all Gods are but one God!
She
is the Maid, Mother and Crone. Like the woman thru stages of life.
Always there and renews herself in the wheel of Nature.
Three is a magical number. Refers to and known by many names, and are the fates, norns and Queens of the Tuatha DeDanann. The moon as waxing, full, and waning.
The Maid, who is young, joyous, no fear. Fresh and adventures. Like a budding flower in the beginning of life s spring.
She is also a free woman choose whoever she wants for her company. Huntress in the wildwoods. Her colour is white. Goddesses of her nature are Bride, Artemis and Persephone.
The Mother, she is mature, experienced. The nourisher of life who sometimes needs to be harsh in order to teach magic. Brings seed to new life. A powerful woman within her own right. Fertility and her colour is red. Like the Goddesses Gaia, Dana and Isis.
The Crone, the Wise One, the old silver beautiful hag. She has been all and seen all.
Keeping her eye on everything. Helper of the Maiden and gives compassion to the Mother.
Can come across as a dark aspect, she is the gateway to the last faze we all have to embrace death. There she holds us and heals us until our return. Her colour is black. The Goddesses Morrigan, Cerridwen and Hecate.
One of the first images of The
Horned God of raw Nature is the male god form already started out before
agriculture.
The cave paintings show a half-antlered hunter, half-man dressed in deerskins. Hunting in sympathetic magic, the hunter as well as the hunted. The horns or antlers are the symbol of strength, wild beauty, and force.
An Alter dedicated to him is found under the Notre Dame in Paris, and is open to the public. Have a look if you re around!
The god of the animals is seen everywhere like the Gundestrup Cauldron. Portrayed with horns, and wild animals surround him.
In British customs and folklore the Windsor Park legend is famous Always there in hour of need. The leader of the Wild Hunt.
He is the favourite God of the witches. As modern witchcraft is a Nature based religion.
He is the Lord of the Dance of the rhythum of life earth and rebirth. Defender of it all.
The consort, lover and champion of the Goddess.
If you are happen to see a herde in the woods stop and listen to the call : hhhhrrrrrennnn!
*Aditi Hindu -The original Mother from the Rig Veda.
*Andraste British Goddess invoked by Boudicca before battle. The Hare is sacred to her.
*Anu Irish Mother Goddess.
*Aphrodite Greek Goddess of love. Born out of the foam of the sea. Festival in 23 April and 24 June.
*Artemis Greek Goddess of the Moon and Nature. Bears belonged to her. Festival 12 February.
*Astarte Canaanite Goddess of fertility. Festival 23 April.
*Athene Greek Warrior Goddess. With shield and spear and an owl.Festivals 19-23 March and 25 December.
*Bast Egyptian cat Goddess.
*Brighid Irish Goddess of fertility and art and inspiration. Festival 1 February.
*Cerridwen Welsh Moon Goddess. The sow belonged to her.Her cauldron is the source of wisdom and inspiration.
*Circe Greek Goddess. Swines were her animals And the willow trees.
*Dana Irish Mother Goddess. Read the Irish Lebor Gabala Erenn.
*Demeter Greek Goddess of the Earth.Festivals are the Eleusinian mysteries.
*Diana Roman Goddess of Nature. Festivals in May and 13 and 15 August.
*Epona. British horse Goddess.
*Eris Greek Goddess of Chaos.
*Freya Northern Goddess of marriages. The Falcon, hawk and jewellery belonged to her.Friday is named after her.
*Gaia Greek Earth Mother Goddess.
*Hathor Egyptian Goddess of dance and love. She ruled from 17 September till 16 October.
* Hecate Greek Goddess of the Underworld and Magic.
*Innana Sumerian Goddess and Queen of heaven. Festival new years day while the people walked in procession under the lapis lazuli
portal.
*Ishtar Babylonian Mother Goddess. Festivals March and June.
*Isis Egyptian Goddess of love and magic.
*Kali Hindu Goddess of destruction as well as the creative force.
*Lakshmi Hindu Goddess of fortune.
*Maat Egyptian Goddess of justice and law.
*Macha Irish Goddess of war. She raced against the fastest horse in Ireland while pregnant,died giving birth to twins.
*Maya Hindu and Buddist - Goddess of Nature and mother of Buddha.
*Maeve Irish Goddess of sovereinity. Beter known as Queen Mab of the Fairy land.
*Morrigan Irish war Goddess.Her symbol is the crow or the raven.
*Nehalennia Goddess of the sea in the Netherlands.
*Nuit Egyptian Goddess of the sky.
*Rhiannon Welsh fertility and Goddess of the otherworld. She rode a white horse, and had three birds who sang everybody to sleep.
*Sarasvati Hindu Goddess of speech, magic and wisfom.
*Sekhmet Egyptian lion head Goddess.Festival 7 January.
*Sheila na Gig Irish and British Goddess. Naked squatting and displaying her genitals.
*Sophia Greek Hebrew Goddess of wisdom.
*Tiamat Babylonian sea Goddess.
*Vesta Roman Goddess of domestic fire and hearth.Festival of Vestalia 7 June.
And The Gods:
*Adonis Greek God.
*Agni Hindu fire God.
*Allah Islamic God.
*Amor Roman God of love.
*Amun-Ra Egyptian God of the Sun.
*Apollo Greek and Roman God, of the Sun, medicine and music. The bow and lyre belonged to him.
*Arawyn Welsh. The God of the Otherworld. He led a pack of white hounds with red ears.
*Ares Greek God of war. The basilisk, sword and spear belong to him.
*Attis Anatolian God of vegetation.
*Baal God or better said Lord of fertility and vegetation. Also a storm God. A general name for God.
*Bacchus Roman God of wine.
*Baldur Scandinavian God of wisdom. The sign of Gemini belongs with him.
*Balor Irish Old God as the King of the Fomors. Had a poisonous eye.
*Beli Welsh Father God.
*Bes Egyptian God. Protects pregnant women he looks like a dwarf and very popular. Loves fun and games, music.
*Brahma Hindu God, with four faces. The Wand belongs to him.
*Bran Welsh. Bran the Blessed came with an army to rescue his sister Branwen.He was wounded and his head was buried on
Tower Hill. The raven is his totem.
*Buddha Indian. The Enlightened One.
*Centaurs Greek. Giant horse-men.
*Cernunnos Celtic Horned God.
*Crom Cruaich Irish, the Lord of the Mound.A Ancient God. Festival Lughnasadh.
*CuChulain Irish warrior hero. Celtic and many stories are about him.
*Dionysus Greek God of vegetation and wine. Worshipped with ectastic rituals, on many different dates.
*Donar Northern God of Thunder. His sacred tree was the oak.
*Faunus Roman oldest nature God. Protector of woods and fields. The Lupercalia Festival was sacred to him.
*Ganesha Hindu elephant headed God. Very friendly and fond of sweets.
*Gog British gatekeeper. Horse God.
*Hades Greek God of the Underworld. Guardian of the treasures of the Earth.
*Hanuman Hindu Monkey God.
*Helios Greek Sun God.
*Hermes Greek. The messenger of the Gods. Of intellect and communication also a trickster bringing good luck to thieves.
*Jupiter Roman God of the weather. Rain wind and storm.
*Knum Egyptian creator God.
*Krishna Hindu God. Most well known, very charming playing upon his flute.
*Lugh Llaw Gyffes Welsh. The strong hand. The celtic Young God.
*Lugh Irish. The festival of Lughnasadh.
*Mabon Welsh. A Hunter with a horse and a hound.
*Mannanan Irish God of the sea.He had a Magic cauldron which was stolen from him by Cuchulain.
*Marduk Babylonian God of vegetation and the spring.
*Mars Roman God of war.
*Mercury Roman God of communication and travel.
*Minos Greek God the legendary King of Crete.
*Oberon King of the fairies.
*Odin Scandinavian God of war, magic poetry.
*Osiris Egyptian God of vegetation and after-life.
*Pan Greek God of nature, the countryside and the woods.
*Ra Egyptian Sun God.
*Saturn Roman God. Of planting and the harvest.
*Shiva Hindu God.
*Taranis Celtic God of Thunder. His symbol was the wheel.
*Thor Scandinavian God of Thunder.
*Vishnu Hindu God of the Sun.
*Zeus Greek God.
