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As a "goddess of witchcraft", Hecate has been incorporated in various systems of Neopagan witchcraft, Wicca, and neopaganism, [173] in some cases associated with the Wild Hunt of Germanic tradition, [174] in others as part of a reconstruction of specifically Greek polytheism, in English also known as "Hellenismos". [175]
Damona - Gallic goddess of mineral springs, consort of Apollo Borvo and of Apollo Moritasgus; Dea Latis - Brittonic goddess of bogs and pools, [8] companion of Deus Latis; Dea Matrona - "divine mother goddess" and goddess of the River Marne in Gaul; Divona [9] - Gallic goddess of sacred springs and rivers; Epona - fertility goddess, protector ...
Wiccan views of divinity are generally theistic, and revolve around a Goddess and a Horned God, thereby being generally dualistic.In traditional Wicca, as expressed in the writings of Gerald Gardner and Doreen Valiente, the emphasis is on the theme of divine gender polarity, and the God and Goddess are regarded as equal and opposite divine cosmic forces.
Witches in folklore (7 C, 29 P) D. Deal with the Devil (4 C, 57 P) E. Epic cycles of incarnations (14 P) M. ... Pages in category "Witchcraft in folklore and mythology"
In various forms of Wicca, her masculine consort is the Horned God. The Triple Goddess was the subject of much of the writing of early and middle 20th-century poet, novelist and mythographer Robert Graves, in his books The White Goddess and The Greek Myths as well as in his poetry and novels.
In Germanic paganism, the indigenous religion of the ancient Germanic peoples who inhabit Germanic Europe, there were a number of different gods and goddesses. Germanic deities are attested from numerous sources, including works of literature, various chronicles, runic inscriptions , personal names, place names, and other sources.
In Germanic paganism, a seeress is a woman said to have the ability to foretell future events and perform sorcery.They are also referred to with many other names meaning "prophetess", "staff bearer" and "sorceress", and they are frequently called witches both in early sources and in modern scholarship.
Perperuna and Dodola – pagan folk festival celebrated in the Balkans that was used to bring rain. Some scholars suggest that the name of the festival originally may have been the name of a goddess, the wife of Perun. [71] Pizamar – deity mentioned in the Knýtlinga saga. The exact reading of the name is unclear, which has led some scholars ...