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Bastet, cat goddess sometimes associated with fertility. Hathor, goddess of music, beauty, love, sexuality and fertility. Heqet, frog-goddess of fertility. Heryshaf, god of creation and fertility. Isis, goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility. Knum, Creator of the human body, source of the Nile, associated with fertility/ creation of life.
The ancient Romans identified Aphrodite with their goddess Venus, [89] who was originally a goddess of agricultural fertility, vegetation, and springtime. [89] According to the Roman historian Livy , Aphrodite and Venus were officially identified in the third century BC [ 90 ] when the cult of Venus Erycina was introduced to Rome from the Greek ...
Liknites ("he of the winnowing fan"), as a fertility god connected with mystery religions. A winnowing fan was used to separate the chaff from the grain. Lenaius, Ληναῖος ("god of the wine-press") [72] Lyaeus, or Lyaios (Λυαῖος, "deliverer", literally "loosener"), one who releases from care and anxiety.
In Greek tradition, Demeter is the second child of the Titans Rhea and Cronus, and sister to Hestia, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Like her other siblings except Zeus, she was swallowed by her father as an infant and rescued by Zeus. Through her brother Zeus, she became the mother of Persephone, a fertility goddess and resurrection deity.
In ancient Roman religion, Ceres (/ ˈ s ɪər iː z / SEER-eez, [1] [2] Latin:) was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships. [3] She was originally the central deity in Rome's so-called plebeian or Aventine Triad, then was paired with her daughter Proserpina in what Romans described as "the Greek rites of Ceres".
Euphrosyne is a goddess of good cheer, joy and mirth. [8] Her name is the female version of the word euphrosynos, "merriment". Pindar wrote that these goddesses were created to fill the world with pleasant moments and good will. [9] The Charites attended the goddess of beauty Aphrodite. [10] In art, Euphrosyne is usually depicted with her ...
Apollo, God of Light, Eloquence, Poetry and the Fine Arts with Urania, Muse of Astronomy (1798) by Charles Meynier. Apollo[a] is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 November 2024. Ancient Greek deity and herald of the gods For other uses, see Hermes (disambiguation). Hermes God of boundaries, roads, travelers, merchants, thieves, athletes, shepherds, commerce, speed, cunning, language, oratory, wit, and messages Member of the Twelve Olympians Hermes Ingenui ...