APRIL 29th 2022

Terra
Goddess of the Earth

Terra or Tellus ("Mother Earth") is a goddess of the earth. Tellus is one of the twenty principal gods of Rome (di selecti).
She is usually depicted reclining with cornucopia, flowers or fruit. The Temple of Tellus was located at Carinae on the Oppian Hill.
The sacrum ceriale ("cereal rite") was carried out for Tellus and Ceres. She was honored in several festivals; Sementivae (Sowing Festival)
and Fordicidia (Fertility and animal husbandry). In agriculture she was a personification of the field which receives and cherishes the seed.

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Pantheon: Roman
Consort: Caelus
Element: Earth
Offerings: Flowers, Fruit
Symbols: Cornucopia, Flowers, Fruit
Time: April, Spring
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Karewit
Protector God of ancient Charenza

Karewit, is the protector God of ancient Charenza. When depicted alone he is naked with a head with two faces,
an oxen's head on his chest and a rooster's head on his belly. When depicted with Rugiewit, he has six heads, four male and two female.
His chest sports a lion's head.

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Pantheon: Slavic
Symbols: Lion, Oxen, Rooster

5/2/2022

 Mama Cocha
Sea and fish goddess, protectress of sailors and fishermen.

Mama Cocha (Cochamama) ("mother ocean") was a sea and fish goddess, protectress of sailors and fishermen. She ensures that there are plenty of fish in the sea, averting storms and calming the seas. In one legend she mothered Inti (God of the Sun) and Mama Killa (Goddess of the Moon) with Wiraqucha. She is a source of health and provider of food.

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Pantheon: Inca
Animals: Fish
Colours: Blue, Green
Symbols: Whale

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Tonatiuh
God of the Sun.

Tonatiuh ("Movement of the Sun"), was a Sun God responsible for keeping the sun moving through the sky. Human sacrifices were made to him as tribute to ensure he had the strength to keep the sun moving. He is the Sun God of the Fifth World.

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Pantheon: Aztec
Animals: Eagle
Time: Sunrise, Sunset

5/4/2022

Egeria
Water Goddess and Oracle

Egeria was a water nymph who was the divine consort and counselor of Numa Pompilius. She created the laws pertaining to ritual and religious practices. She is one of the Carmenae, a group of deities associated with Spring. She was worshipped at a sacred grove at Nemi along with Diana Nemorensis(?Diana of the Wood?), with whom she is closely associated. She is associated with wisdom and prophecy in return for libations of water or milk at her sacred groves. She is also associated with childbirth.

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Pantheon: Roman
Abode: Sacred Grove
Colours: Green, White
Consort: Numa Pompilius
Element: Water
Offerings: Water, Milk
Plant/Tree: Oak Tree

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Achuguayo
God of the Moon.

Achuguayo ("Father of the times") is the god of the Moon in Guanche religion in Tenerife. He was responsible for regulating time. According to tradition the gods lived in the mountains, only descending to hear the prayers of the people. Worshippers performed rituals under sacred trees or near sacred mountains and sometimes caves.

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Pantheon: African
Abode: Mountains, Caves
Planet: Moon
Plant/Tree: Pine

5/5/2022

Agischanak
Goddess of the Mountains

Agischanak is a Goddess of the Mountains of the Tlingit poeple, in Alaska. She supports the pillar on which the earth rests and when the Raven tries to drive her from the pillar, earthquakes follow.

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Pantheon: Ameri-Indian
Abode: Mountains
Animals: Raven
Element: Air
Offerings: Fire

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Bragi
God of poets and skaldi.

Bragi is the God of poets and the patron of all skaldi (poets) in Norse culture. He is renowned for wisdom, and most of all for fluency of speech and skill with words. He is said to bring inspiration to poets and writers. The Norse word for poetry is bragr. It is said that runes were carved on the tongue of Bragi.

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Pantheon: Norse
Consort: Idunn
Musical Instrument: Harp
Offerings: Poetry, Mead
Rune: Ansuz
Symbols: Runes, Poetry

5/6/2022

Chasca
Goddess of dawn and twilight, and Venus.

Chasca or Ch'aska ("The long-haired Star") was the goddess of the dawn and twilight and of the planet Venus. She is the protectress of virgins and young girls. She is associated with spring and renewal.

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Pantheon: Inca
Offerings: Flowers
Planet: Venus
Symbols: Sun, Fire, Flowers
Time: Dawn, Twilight

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Tawhirimatea
God of weather, thunder, lightning, rain, wind and storms

Tawhirimatea (Tawhiri) Maori God of weather, thunder, lightning, rain, wind and storms. He is a son of Papatuanuku (earth mother) and Ranginui (sky father). He was one of the gods who opposed the separation of his parents. He sent forth clouds, winds and storms as part of his war against his brother. He is father of the four winds, Tuaraki (North), Tonga (South), Marangai (East) and Hauauru (West).

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Pantheon: Maori
Abode: Sky
Symbols: Weather of all kinds, Lightning

5/9/2022

Selene
Goddess of the Moon

Selene (Mene), was the personification of the moon, her Roman counterpart is Luna. She fell in love with Endymion who she saw asleep on Mt. Latmus as she drove her chariot across the sky. Together they had fifty daughters called the Menae, who were the goddesses of the lunar months and the phases of the moon.

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Pantheon: Greek
Abode: Moon
Animals: White Horses, Cows, Mules, Dogs, Pegasus
Colours: Silver, White, Blue, Green
Consort: Endymion
Crystal: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Turquoise, Moonstone, Pearl
Day: Monday
Direction: West
Element: Water
Incense: Jasmine, Aloes, Camphor, Lotus, Sage
Musical Instrument: Harp
Offerings: White Roses, Poppies
Planet: Full Moon
Plant/Tree: Chamomile, Valerian, Hyssop, Rosemary, Mugwort, Myrtle, Birch, Willow
Rune: Ehwaz, Laguz, Dagaz
Symbols: Crescent, raised cloak, bull, rooster, dog, torch
Time: Twilight

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Nulgubjishin
God of grain

Nulgubjishin (Nadgarishin) was one of the Gashin, the household deities of Korean mythology. He was a God of Grain and was said to ensure a good grain harvest and the protection of the family from misfortune or Gwishin (evil ghosts). He was considered to be the weakest of the Gashin, and his was the last rite in the Gakdobinyeom Ritual.  The worshipping of the Gashin form a central and integral part of Korean shamanism.

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Pantheon: Korean
Element: Earth
Offerings: Grain, Singing, Dancing
Symbols: Grain

5/12/2022

I/stustaya
Goddess of destiny

Istustaya is a goddess of destiny who is closely associated with Papaya, their task is to spin the thread of life, especially the one of the king. They are strongly associated with divination, communication (with the Divine) and destiny. Her symbols are sacred dance, circles, mirrors, and thread.

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Pantheon: Hittite
Element: Air
Symbols: Sacred dance, circles, mirrors, thread

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Aether
God of the Air

Aether ("brightness") is a Greek primordial deity, the first-born elementals. Aether is the personification of the upper air. He embodies the pure upper air that the gods breathe, as opposed to the normal air breathed by mortals.

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Pantheon: Greek
Abode: Upper Air
Consort: Hemara
Element: Air

5/13/2022

Mano
Goddess of the Moon

Mano (Manno, Aske, Manna) is a personification of the moon, she was considered unpredictable and dangerous. She was worshiped around the time of the new moon, especially around the Winter Solstice, and during that time it was taboo to make any kind of noise.

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Pantheon: Sami
Planet: Moon
Symbols: Moon
Time: Winter Solstice

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Teshub
God of the sky, weather and storms.

Teshub is the God of the sky, weather and storms. He is depicted holding a triple thunderbolt and a weapon, usually an axe or mace. His symbol was the Sacred Bull and was the wife of Hebat the mother goddess. He slew the serpent dragon Illuyanka.

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Pantheon: Hurrian
Abode: Sky
Animals: Bull
Consort: Hebat, Arinniti
Element: Air
Symbols: Sacred Bull, Thunderbolt, Axe, Mace

Meret
Goddess associated with rejoicing, singing, and dancing

Meret ("beloved") was the wife of Hapy, the god of the Nile. She was a Goddess associated with rejoicing, singing, and dancing and symbolic of bounty from the inundation of the Nile. She is depicted with the either the Blue Lotus or Papyrus - the symbols for Upper and Lower Egypt - and an offering bowl. In later times she became goddess of the eighth hour, in the Book of Gates.

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Pantheon: Egyptian
Colours: Hapy
Element: Water
Offerings: Singing, Dancing
Symbols: Blue Lotus, Papyrus, Offering Bowl

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Raijin
God of thunder and lightning.

Raijin ("thunder God") was the God of thunder and lightning and storms. He is depicted as a red demon beating drums to create thunder. Raijin is also considered a god of agriculture, his lightning is said to fertilise rice plants.

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Pantheon: Japanese
Consort: Raiju
Element: Air
Plant/Tree: Rice
Symbols: Drums

5/16/2022

Xihe
Goddess of the sun

Xihe is a sun goddess and one of the wives of Emperor Jun, the most mighty God of them all. She was the mother of Ten Suns, in the form of Three-legged crows, who lived in a Mulberry Tree. Each day Xihe bathed one of her children in the river and the child-Sun would fly up into the sky and be the Sun for each day. One day all ten sun birds came out on the same day, causing the world to burn. Houyi the archer shoot down all but one of the sun birds which has to be the Sun everyday so that the world has light. She is said to have created the calendar.

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Pantheon: Chinese
Animals: Crow
Colors: Black
Planet: Sun
Plant/Tree: Mulberry Tree
Symbols: Chariot

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Xolotl
God of sunset.

Xolotl

Xolotl ("The Animal, The Dog") is the god of fire and lighting, the underworld, sickness and deformities. He guarded the sun when it went through the underworld at night. Xolotl was depicted as a skeleton, a dog-headed man, or a monster animal with reversed feet. He was associated with misfortune and bad luck.

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Pantheon: Aztec
Animals: Dog
Colors: Red
Element: Fire
Symbols: Fire, Salamander, Twins

5/27/2022


 Sjofn
Goddess of love, passion and marital harmony.

Sjofn is Goddess of love, passion and marital harmony. She is said to "direct people's minds to love, both women and men"; and from her name love-longing is called sjafni. She is listed as the seventh of the Asynjur.

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Pantheon: Norse

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Crnobog
God of night and darkness.

Chernobog ("Black God"), God of night and darkness, he is said to be associated with bad fortune. He is counterpart to Belobog or the White God. Belobog, the force of orderly creation fought with Chernobog which caused the world to come into being.

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Pantheon: Slavic
Colours: Black
Tarot Card: The Devil
Time: Winter

5/28/2022

Sekhmet
Goddess of the sun, destruction, pestilence, and war

Sekhmet ("the one who is powerful") was originally goddess of healing for Upper Egypt. Depicted as a lioness it is said that her breath created the desert. She was seen as the protector of the pharaohs and led them in warfare. Sekhmet also is a solar deity, sometimes called the daughter of the sun god Ra and often associated with the goddesses Hathor and Bast.

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Pantheon: Egyptian
Animals: Lion
Colours: Red
Consort: Ptah, Nun
Element: Water
Offerings: Dancing, Wine, Beer
Symbols: Sun disk, Red linen

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Liber
God of male fertility, viniculture and freedom.

Liber ("the free one") is a God of male fertility, viniculture and freedom and part of the Aventine Triad. His festival of Liberalia (March 17) became associated with free speech and the rights attached to coming of age. It was celebrated with sacrifices, processions, ribald and gauche songs, and masks which were hung on trees. He was closely identified with Bacchus and Dionysius.

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Pantheon: Roman
Consort: Ceres, Libera
Offerings: Songs, Masks, Cakes, Oil, Honey
Plant/Tree: Ivy
Symbols: Phallus
Time: Liberalia (March 17)

5/19/2022

Neith
Goddess of creation, war, and hunting.

Neith (Nit, Net, Neit) is a Goddess of creation, war, and hunting and the patron deity of Sais. As a goddess of war and hunting her symbols were two crossed arrows over a shield. She is said to make the weapons of warriors and to guard their bodies when they died. She also is closely associated with water, being considered the personification of the primordial waters of creation and as a great mother goddess. She is sometimes depicted with a weavers shuttle on her head, or as a woman with the head of a lioness, a snake or as a cow.

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Pantheon: Egyptian
Animals: Lion
Consort: Nun, Khnum
Symbols: Crossed Arrows, Shield, Weavers Shuttle, Bow

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Inar
God of woods and fields.

Inar is a God of woods and fields with similar tasks as Kurunta, the god of wild animals and hunting. In mythology Tarhun sends Inar to look for sun god Istanu, but the ice devil Hahhima freezes Inar.

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Pantheon: Hittite
Abode: Woods, Fields

5/21/2022

Pakhet
Goddess of War

Pakhet ("she who scratches") is a feline goddess of war, a synthesis of Sekhmet and Bast. She is associated with Hathor and wears a solar disk as part of her crown. She is described as a night huntress with sharp claws. She was depicted as a feline-headed woman or as a feline, often depicted killing snakes with her sharp claws.

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Pantheon: Egyptian
Animals: Lion, Desert Lynx
Symbols: Sun Disk

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Rongo
God of cultivated food.

Rongo ("peace") is a major god, the god of cultivated food, especially the Sweet Potato. Rongo and his brothers separated their parents Rangi and Papa to allow daylight into the world. Small statues representing Rongo would be placed alongside the fields to encourage abundance.

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Pantheon: Maori
Abode: Fields
Plant/Tree: Sweet Potato
Symbols: Sweet Potato, Yams, Gourds

8/24/2022

Anuket
Goddess of the Nile River.

Anuket

Anuket ("She Who Embraces") (Anqet, Anukis) is the personification and goddess of the Nile, particularly at Elephantine. She is part of a triad of gods with Khnum and Satis. She was depicted as a woman with a headdress of feathers. A temple dedicated to Anuket was erected on the Island of Seheil called Amen-Hery-Ab - Amen's Heart is Content.

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Pantheon: Egyptian
Abode: Elephantine
Animals: Gazelle, Fish
Colours: Dark Browns, Black
Day: Saturday
Element: Water
Offerings: Gold, Coins, Jewellery
Symbols: Feathers
Time: Festival of Anuket

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Terminus
God of Boundary Markers.

Terminus ("boundary stone") is the God of Boundary Markers, sacrifices were performed to sanctify each boundary stone. An annual festival, Terminalia, was celebrated each year on February 23rd to renew ths foundation ritual. It was considered sacrilege to move boundary stones. He protected not only private property but also state boundaries.

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Pantheon: Roman
Abode: Boundary Stones
Offerings: Crops, Honeycombs, Wine, Garlands