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Bellona (IPA: [bɛlˈloːna]) was an ancient Roman goddess of war. Her main attribute is the military helmet worn on her head; she often holds a sword, spear, or shield, and brandishes a torch or whip as she rides into battle in a four-horse chariot.
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Athena (Latin: Minerva) is the goddess of wisdom, war strategy, and arts and crafts. Often shown bearing a shield depicting the gorgon Medusa (Aegis) given to her by her father Zeus. Athena is an armed warrior goddess, and appears in Greek mythology as a helper of many heroes, including Heracles, Jason, and Odysseus.
Anat-- also known as Anath-- was a goddess of fertility, sexuality, love, and war. She was the sister of Baal; Anhur, god of war, not a native god; Anuke, a goddess of war and consort of Anhur; Apedemak, the lion god of war: he is sometimes depicted with three heads
'Strife') is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad (where she is the "sister" of Ares the god of war). According to Hesiod she was the daughter of primordial Nyx (Night), and the mother of a long list of undesirable personified abstractions, such as Ponos (Toil), Limos (Famine), Algae ...
God and the Goddesses: Vision, Poetry, and Belief in the Middle Ages (2003) ISBN 0-8122-0291-0; Frauenlob's Song of Songs: A Medieval German Poet and His Masterpiece (2006) ISBN 0-271-04560-4; Thomas of Cantimpré: The Collected Saints' Lives: Abbot John of Cantimpré, Christina the Astonishing, Margaret of Ypres, and Lutgard of Aywières (2008)
In Greek mythology, Enyo (/ ɪ ˈ n aɪ oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Ἐνυώ, romanized: Enȳṓ) is a war-goddess, frequently associated with the war-god Ares. The Romans identified her with Bellona. [1] Enyo is also the name of one of the Graeae, one of three grey-haired sisters who share an eye and a tooth.
Nanaya's primary function was that of a goddess of love, and she was referred to as bēlet ru'āmi, "lady of love". [12] The physical aspect of love was particularly strongly associated with her, and texts dedicated to her could be explicit. [13]