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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.
Wicca (English: / ˈ w ɪ k ə /), also known as "The Craft", [1] is a modern pagan, syncretic, earth-centered religion.Considered a new religious movement by scholars of religion, the path evolved from Western esotericism, developed in England during the first half of the 20th century, and was introduced to the public in 1954 by Gerald Gardner, a retired British civil servant.
In traditional Wicca, the Horned God and the Goddess are seen as equal and opposite in gender polarity. However, in some of the newer traditions of Wicca, and especially those influenced by feminist ideology, there is more emphasis on the Goddess, and consequently the symbolism of the Horned God is less developed than that of the Goddess.
52 Wiccan mythology. 53 National personifications. 54 Fictional goddesses. ... This is a list of goddesses, deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender.
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.
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 ...
Brigid or Brigit (/ ˈ b r ɪ dʒ ɪ d, ˈ b r iː ɪ d / BRIJ-id, BREE-id, Irish: [ˈbʲɾʲiːdʲ]; meaning 'exalted one'), [1] also Bríd, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland.She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán.
Cousin Amanda Wiccan (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) Cousin Ally Wiccan (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) Cousin Marigold Wiccan (Sabrina, the Teenage Witch) Wicked ; The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz) Julia Wicker (The Magicians) Miss Widget (The New Worst Witch) Abigail Williams (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)