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Devana (Polish: Dziewanna [d͡ʑɛˈvan.na] ⓘ, Latin: Dzewana), Zevana (Polish: Ziewanna), less often Zievonia (Polish: Ziewonia, Zewonia) is the goddess of wild nature, forests, hunting and the moon worshiped by the Western Slavs. In the sources, she was first mentioned in the 15th century by Jan Długosz, who compared her to the Roman ...
Since the 1970s, Goddess Spirituality has emerged as a recognizable international cultural movement. [17] In 1978 Carol P. Christ's widely reprinted essay "Why Women Need the Goddess," [18] which argues in favor of the concept of there having been an ancient religion of a supreme goddess, was presented as the keynote address to an audience of over 500 at the "Great Goddess Re-emerging ...
The Vodoun religion of the Fon people has four overlapping elements: public gods, personal or private gods, ancestral spirits, and magic or charms. [5] In this traditional religion of West Africa, creation starts with a female supreme being called Nana Buluku, who gave birth to Mawu and Lisa and created the universe. [5]
Atabey (goddess) Mother goddess of fresh water and fertility. Female counterpart of the god Yúcahu: Yúcahu: The masculine spirit of fertility in Taíno mythology along with his mother Atabey who was his feminine counterpart Guabancex: The top Storm Goddess; the Lady of the Winds who also deals out earthquakes and other such disasters of ...
A matriarchal religion is a religion that emphasizes a goddess or multiple goddesses as central figures of worship and spiritual authority. The term is most often used to refer to theories of prehistoric matriarchal religions that were proposed by scholars such as Johann Jakob Bachofen , Jane Ellen Harrison , and Marija Gimbutas , and later ...
Asase has two differing descriptions and, thus, two different personalities. However, they are both one deity [6]. Asase Yaa: Asase Yaa is described as an old woman, linked to the other meaning of the name Asase Yaa; Old Mother Earth, and the other name Asase Yaa is known as, Aberewaa. [7]
Rankini, goddess of protection, strength and fertility; Sinivali, goddess associated with fecundity and easy birth; Yogamaya, goddess of fertility and maya (illusion) Saraswati, Vedic-goddess of knowledge, music, arts, wealth, abundance and fertility; Mariamman, goddess of rain, fertility and cure for small pox
Music and singing goddesses (4 C, 18 P) Music and singing gods (3 C, 15 P) D. Dance deities (2 C) This page was last edited on 22 September 2020, at 15:18 (UTC). ...