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Mother goddesses

Demeter8 minDemeter once let everything on earth die. Not through carelessness or neglect, but through a grief so total that crops withered, harvests failed, and mortals began to starve. This is not a gentle story of a goddess tending fields. It is a…
Venus (mythology)12 minVenus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity, and victory, was so deeply woven into Roman life that the luckiest roll you could throw in a dice game was simply called "Venus." She was the divine ancestress…
Metis (mythology)5 minMetis, in the words of the poet Hesiod, was 'wiser than gods and mortal men.' Yet for most of her existence she was hidden beneath the inward parts of Zeus, the king of the gods. Her name, Μῆτις in ancient Greek, translates as Wisdom,…
Rhea (mythology)8 minRhea handed Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, and he swallowed it whole. The ruler of the cosmos had just been deceived by his own wife. The infant he believed he had consumed was already hidden in a cave on the island of Crete.…
Frigg12 minFrigg is a goddess of the Germanic world whose name is embedded in something millions of people say every week without realizing it. Every time someone says "Friday," they are invoking her. Friday comes from Old English Frīġedæġ, meaning…
Isis15 minIsis was one of the most consequential figures in the religious history of the ancient world. She began as a relatively minor character in the royal rituals of ancient Egypt and ended her journey as a universal goddess worshipped from…
Nut (goddess)5 minNut, the ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky, stretches across the ceiling of the world. Her body arches on fingertips and toes, spanning the four cardinal points of north, south, east, and west. Stars cover her skin. The dead cry out to…
Nephthys10 minNephthys stands at the edge of everything the ancient Egyptians feared and needed most: darkness, death, and the passage of souls into whatever came next. Her name, transliterated from the Egyptian nbt-ḥwt, means Lady of the House or Lady…
Cybele18 minCybele was already ancient when Rome came for her in 204 BC. A Sibylline oracle had declared that a foreign enemy threatening Italy could be repelled if Rome brought the goddess of Pessinos to the city. The Roman Senate sent ambassadors to…
Hathor11 minHathor was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, and she may be the most difficult deity in that tradition to pin down with a single description. Her Egyptian name, ḥwt-ḥr, is typically translated as "house of Horus" but can…