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In Ancient Egyptian texts, the "Two Ladies" (Ancient Egyptian: nbtj, sometimes anglicized Nebty) was a religious epithet for the goddesses Wadjet and Nekhbet, two deities who were patrons of the ancient Egyptians and worshiped by all after the unification of its two parts, Lower Egypt, and Upper Egypt. When the two parts of Egypt were joined ...
The noun goddess is a secondary formation, combining the Germanic god with the Latinate -ess suffix. It first appeared in Middle English, from about 1350. [3] The English word follows the linguistic precedent of a number of languages—including Egyptian, Classical Greek, and several Semitic languages—that add a feminine ending to the language's word for god.
Yami mythology Sinan maharek; Sinan maniray; Puyuma mythology Nunurao Paiwan mythology Telanke; Drengerh Saljavan Paiwan mythology Muakaikai Dei-ili SaySiyat mythology Wauan Sakizaya mythology Icep Kanasaw Tsou mythology Nivnu Kebalan mythology Mutumazu
This is a category for goddesses (i.e. female deities) and for female aspects of non-female gods. See also Category:Gods . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Goddesses .
Her cult was deeply embedded in Mesopotamia and among the Canaanites to the west. F. F. Bruce describes a transformation from a Venus as a male deity to Ishtar, a female goddess by the Akkadians. He links Ishtar, Tammuz, Innini, Ma (Cappadocia), Mami, Dingir-Mah, Cybele, Agdistis, Pessinuntica and the Idaean Mother to the cult of a great mother ...
But aside from being the most ancient of the three chief goddesses of Mecca, [7] she was also very possibly among the most ancient of the Semitic pantheon as well. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Her now-lost major shrine was between Mecca and Medina on the coasts of the Red Sea , [ 10 ] likely in al-Mushallal where an idol of her was erected. [ 11 ]
It probably suggests an association between the female figure and crops, and possibly implies a ritual sacrifice where the blood of the victim was offered to the goddess for ensuring agricultural productivity. [18] Bhattacharya links the archaeological discoveries of Indus valley civilization to present-day Shaktism of later Hindu religion. [19]
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters