Curated category
Mother goddesses
- DemeterDemeter once let everything on earth die. Not through carelessness or neglect, but through a grief so total that crops withered, harvests failed, and mortals…
- Venus (mythology)The Latin word Venus stems from a Proto-Italic form reconstructed as wenos, meaning desire. This root traces back to the Proto-Indo-European term wes-, which…
- Metis (mythology)The Greek word metis meant a quality that combined wisdom and cunning. This quality was considered to be highly admirable, the hero Odysseus being the…
- Rhea (mythology)The earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus gave birth to Rhea as one of their twelve or thirteen Titan children. She grew up alongside her siblings…
- FriggThe name Frigg emerges from the Proto-Germanic feminine noun Frijjō. This root word stems from the adjective frijaz meaning free or beloved.
- IsisAn inscription from the reign of Nyuserre Ini during Egypt's Fifth Dynasty marks the first known mention of Isis by name.
- Nut (goddess)The name Nut appears in hieroglyphs as a symbol for sky, though ancient Egyptian vowels remain uncertain to modern ears.
- NephthysThe Greek name Nephthys derives from the Egyptian phrase nbt-ht, which translates to Lady of the House or Lady of the Temple.
- CybeleA corpulent female figure sits flanked by large felines on a stone slab from Çatalhöyük, dated to the 6th millennium BC.
- HathorImages of cattle appear frequently in the artwork of Predynastic Egypt before 3100 BC. These images often show women with upraised, curved arms that resemble…