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Brigid, celtic Goddess of Fire, the Home, poetry and the end of winter. Her festival, Imbolc, is on 1st or 2nd of February which marks "the return of the light". Persephone, Greek Goddess of Spring. Her festival or the day she returns to her mother Demeter from the Underworld is on 3rd of April. Many fertility deities are also associated with ...
Iphthime, daughter of Dorus, mother of the Satyrs Lycus, Pherespondus and Pronomus by Hermes. [5] The name is the feminine form of the adjective ἴφθιμος, which is a Homeric epithet of vague meaning, usually connoting something like robustness or faithfulness when applied to a female human.
Depending on local climate, the transfer of power between the winter goddess and the summer goddess is celebrated any time between Là Fhèill Brìghde (Imbolc, 1 February) at the earliest, Latha na Cailliche (25 March), or Bealltainn (1 May) at the latest, and the local festivals marking the arrival of the first signs of spring may be named ...
Goddess of spring, Queen of the Underworld, wife of Hades and daughter of Demeter and Zeus. Her symbols include the pomegranate , grain, torches, wheat and the asphodelus . After her abduction by Hades, she was forced to split the year between the world of the dead with her husband and the world of the living with her mother.
Diana, goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness and the moon; equivalent to the Greek goddess Artemis; Faunus, horned god of the forest, plains and fields; Feronia, goddess associated with wildlife, fertility, health and abundance; Flora, goddess of flowers and the spring; equivalent to the Greek goddess Chloris
Thallo (Θαλλώ, from θάλλειν (thallein 'to sprout, grow', esp. fruit trees) [13] or Flora for Romans) or Thalatte was the goddess of spring, buds and blooms, a protector of youth. Auxo (Αὐξώ, from αὐξάνειν ( auxanein , 'to increase') [ 14 ] or Auxesia was worshipped (alongside Hegemone ) in Athens as one of their two ...
The designer was inspired by Persephone, the Greek goddess of spring and queen of the underworld, to establish this generous outdoor living space into a dreamy, decadent place to escape at any ...
Anuket, goddess of the Nile and nourisher of the fields. Bairthy, goddess of water, was depicted with a small pitcher on her head, holding a long spear-like sceptre. Hapi, god of the annual flooding of the Nile. Khnum, god of the source of the Nile. Nephthys, goddess of rivers, death, mourning, the dead, and night.