5/2016

Nascio
Personification of the act of birth.

Nascio ("birth") is a Goddess who was the personification of the act of birth and one of many goddesses of birth,
and a protector of infants. She is assisted by Lucina, the goddess of childbirth who
safeguarded the lives of women in labour. She is assocaited with the Greek Goddess of
childbirth, Eileithyia. She had a sanctuary in Ardea.


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Pantheon: Roman

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 Atja


God of thunder.

Atja (Horagalles) is the God of the sky, thunder and lightning, the rainbow, weather, oceans,
and lakes and rules over human life, health and wellbeing. He is depicted as a wooden figure
with a nail in the head, and with a hammer.

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Pantheon: Sami
Consort: Ravdna
Element: Air
Symbols: Nails, Thunder, Bow, Rainbow

6/11/2016

Mama Quilla
Goodess of marriage, festival and the moon.

Mama Quilla (Mama Killa, Mama Kilya), is the third power and goddess of the moon. She was the goddess of marriage and the menstrual cycle, and considered a defender of women. Mama Quilla was known as "Mother Moon", and was goddess of the moon and responsible for calculating the passage of time and the calendar. Mama Quilla had her own temple in Cuzco, served by priestesses dedicated to her.

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Pantheon: Inca
Colours: Silver
Planet: Moon

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Sin
Moon God

Sin ("lord of wisdom") (Nanna) is the God of the Moon and was regarded as the head of the pantheon. Sin had a beard made of lapis lazuli and rode on a winged bull. His symbols are the Bull, the crescent and the tripod. He is represented as an old man with a flowing beard and the crescent symbol. His chief sanctuary at Ur was named E-gish-shir-gal ("house of the great light").

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Pantheon: Sumerian
Animals: Bulls
Consort: Ningal
Crystal: Lapis Lazuli
Planet: Moon
Symbols: Bull, Crescent, Tripod

6/12/2016

Papatuanuku
Primordial earth mother

Papatuanuku (Papa) is the Primordial earth mother, who with Rangi, lie locked together in a tight embrace. They have many children, all of whom are forced to live in the cramped darkness between them. Tane, god of forests and birds, forces his parents apart, where Rongo and Tangaroa had failed.

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Pantheon: Maori
Abode: Earth
Consort: Rangi

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Dagur
The personification of day.

Dagur ("Day") (Dagr) is the personification of day, he drives the day chariot across the sky. He is the son of the god Dellingr and is associated with the bright-maned horse Skinfaxi, who "draws day to mankind".

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Pantheon: Norse
Abode: Sky
Animals: Horses
Time: Daytime

6/13/2016

Mariamman
Goddess of Rain

Mariamman or Mari ("Mother Mari") is a Goddess of Rain. Festivities for her occur during the late summer and early autumn. She is said to bring the rains and cure diseases. She is usually pictured as a beautiful young woman with a red-hued face, wearing a red dress. She is invoked for familial welfare such as fertility, healthy progeny or a good spouse.

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Pantheon: Hindu
Animals: Lions
Colours: Red
Consort: Shive
Element: Water
Offerings: Rice, Lights, Milk, Eggs
Plant/Tree: Limes, Red Flowers
Symbols: Rain, Trident

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Perun
The highest god of the pantheon.

Perun is the highest god of the pantheon and god of thunder and lightning. His other attributes were fire, mountains, the oak, iris, eagle, firmament, horses and carts, weapons, and war. He was first associated with weapons made of stone and later with those of metal. Perun is described as a man with a copper beard. He rides in a chariot pulled by a goat buck and carries a mighty axe, or sometimes a hammer.

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Pantheon: Slavic
Animals: Eagle, Horses
Plant/Tree: Oak Tree
Symbols: Axe, Lightning, Thunder, Weapons, Axes

June 14th 2016

Kyan-Yin
Goddess of fecundity and healing.

Kyan-Yin

Kyan-Yin ("Observing the Sounds of the World") (Guanyin) is the Goddess of fecundity and healing. Buddhists believe that after, they are placed by Guanyin in the heart of a lotus, and then sent to the western pure land of Sukhavati. She is depicted in a white robe and necklaces, with a jar containing pure water, and a willow branch. Guanyin is often depicted as meditating.

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Pantheon: Chinese
Animals: Dragon, Parrot
Offerings: Water
Plant/Tree: Willow
Symbols: Lotus

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Mani
God of the moon

Mani ("Moon") is the God of the moon and brother of the sun goddess Sol. M?ni "guides the path of the moon and controls its waxing and waning." M?ni is followed through the heavens by the brother and sister children Hj?ki and Bil.

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Pantheon: Norse
Planet: Moon
Symbols: Moon

6/15/2016


Diana
Goddess of Fertility, Hunting, and the Moon

Diana ("heavenly, divine") (Diana Nemorensis - Diana Of The Wood) is the Goddess of Fertility, Hunting, the Moon, childbirth and the wild woodlands and associated with the constellation of Ursa Major. She is also associated with fire festivals, her title Vesta, indicates a perpetual holy fire in her sanctuary. Her annual festival, held on August 13th, where she is invoked to protect the harvest from autumn storms, is the middle of summer, when the sun is at its hottest. Diana is often depicted holding a torch, a symbolic reminder of the fiery nature of the Goddess.

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Pantheon: Roman
Abode: Oak groves
Animals: Dog, Deer
Day: Monday, Friday
Plant/Tree: Oak Tree
Time: Festival of Diana - February 12th, August 13th, Nov 22nd, November

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Sterquilinus
God of fertilizer.

Sterquilinus (Stercutus or Sterculius) is a God of fertiliser and fertilisation of farmland. He was assocaited with supervising the manuring of the fields.

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Pantheon: Roman
Abode: Fields

6/16/2016

Proserpine
Goddess of the Underworld

Proserpine ("to emerge") (Proserpina) is a Goddess of the Underworld, her story is the basis of a myth of springtime. Her Greek goddess equivalent is Persephone. She was abducted by Pluto who wished to marry her and live together in the underworld. Her mother Ceres searched for her, but was unable to find her, in sorrow she stopped the fruits and vegetables from growing.

Eventually Jupiter sent Mercury to order Pluto to free Proserpina. Before letting her go he made her eat three pomegranate seeds which meant she would have to live three months of each year with him. In spring when Ceres receives her daughter back, the crops blossom, and in summer they flourish.

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Pantheon: Roman
Offerings: Pomegranate
Symbols: Spring
Time: Spring

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Neper
God of grain

Neper ("Lord of the Mouth") (Nepri) is a God of grain, whose consort, Nepit was a Goddess of Grain. He is depicted in human form, often as a child suckled by Renenutet, and dotted to represent grains of corn. He is associated with the most used types of grain, namely barley and emmer wheat.

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Pantheon: Egyptian
Abode: Fields
Consort: Nepit
Offerings: Grain
Symbols: Grain, Barley, Emmer Wheat
Time: Harvest