Mythic Monday: 13 Unsung Goddesses

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Raja Ravi Varma [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Maharaja Fateh Singh Museum
The goddesses featured today are less well known than many other goddesses of the world. I am pleased to cast attention to these unsung heroines of our past times.

Amaunet– Egyptian goddess of the mysterious primordial waters at the time of creation. The female counterpart of the hidden god Amun, she is often shown with a snake’s head and the feet of a jackal.

Aya– Babylonian goddess of light, wife of the sun god Samas.

Caia Caecelia– Roman goddess of fire, the household hearth, women, and healing. She evolved from an Etruscan goddess.

Catmend– Quarrelsome goddess of the Fir Bolg of Ireland.

Hel– Norse goddess of the land of the dead, a place of cold and mist.

Hreda– Anglo-Saxon goddess of the month of March, the tumultuous twilight time between winter and spring.

Kipitaki– Also known as Old Lady. Creatrix and trickster goddess of the Blackfoot Indians.

Marama– Maori goddess of the moon.

Mawu– West African creatrix and moon goddess.

Nintur– Sumerian great mother goddess, creatrix of mankind.

Sarama– Huntress goddess of India, flanked by an army of brindled dogs.

Tien-Mu– Chinese goddess of lightning.

Uni– great mother goddess of the Etruscans, also affiliated as a star goddess and love goddess. Akin to her is the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter.

Themis Cheers & happy reading!

Flossie Benton Rogers, Conjuring the Magic with Paranormal Romance

 

 

By Flossie Benton Rogers

Paranormal romance author who loves to shake the edges of reality.

4 comments

  1. Interesting. I have to admit I was only familiar with three of those names. There is certainly an endless supply of myth and folklore in all cultures to keep inquiring minds entertained!

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