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The goddess became a healer goddess of women. [30] Kolias, in a cult of women. Men were excluded because the fertility of the earth was related to motherhood. Aristophanes mentions Kolias and Genetyllis who are accused for lack of restraint. Their cult had a very emotional character. [136] [137] [138]
Jiutian Xuannü, a goddess of war, sex, and longevity. [10] Yue-Lao, a god of love, who binds two people together with an invisible red string. Tu Er Shen, a deity who oversees love between (effeminate) homosexual men. White Peony (Bai Mudan or Pai Mu-Tan), a goddess who tempts men, especially ascetics.
Other versions of her myth have her born near the island of Cythera, hence another of her names, "Cytherea". [97] Cythera was a stopping place for trade and culture between Crete and the Peloponesus, [98] so these stories may preserve traces of the migration of Aphrodite's cult from the Middle East to mainland Greece. [99]
A beauty deity is a god or (usually) goddess associated with the concept of beauty. Classic examples in the Western culture are the Greek goddess Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart, Venus. The following is a list of beauty deities across different cultures. For some deities, beauty is only one of several aspects they represent, or a lesser one.
Nicknames for girlfriends are a great example of this, providing the special woman in your life with a regular reminder of how you feel. You might choose to use a sweet nickname for your ...
This is a list of goddesses, deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender. African mythology (sub-Saharan) Afro-Asiatic. Ethiopian. Dhat-Badan ...
Olympians; Aphrodite; Apollo; Ares; Artemis; Athena; Demeter; Dionysus; Hephaestus; Hera; Hermes; Hestia; Poseidon; Zeus; Chthonic deities; Hades; Persephone; Erinyes ...
Olwen, female figure often constructed as originally the Welsh Sun goddess; Sulis, British goddess whose name is related to the common Proto-Indo-European word for "Sun" and thus cognate with Helios, Sól, Sol, and Surya and who retains solar imagery, as well as a domain over healing and thermal springs. Probably the de facto solar deity of the ...