A Goddess is a female Deity found in many animistic/Polytheistic religions in the world. a lot of them are very powerful and some of them are the main god/spirit. post pics and info on goddesses and female spirits around the world

Gaia

Gaia was the great mother of all: the primal Greek Mother Goddess; creator and giver of birth to the Earth and all the Universe; the heavenly gods, the Titans and the Giants were born from her union with Uranus (the sky), while the sea-gods were born from her union with Pontus (the sea).

Oya

She is seen in aspects as the warrior-spirit of the wind, lightning, fertility, fire, and magic. She creates hurricanes and tornadoes, and guards the underworld. She is the spirit of tornadoes (which are said to be her whirling skirts as she dances), lightning, earthquakes, and any kind of destruction. Beyond destruction, Oya is the spirit of change, transition, and the chaos that often brings it about. Her association with the marketplace, and more specifically with the gates of cemeteries (as opposed to the entire underworld), reveals her in her aspect as facilitator of transition. Oyá, when danced, often has a horse tail. Her clothes have all the colors but black. She has a face expression of really big and open eyes, and she breathes and blows up her chins, and often screams.

Amaterasu

is a part of the Japanese myth cycle and also a major deity of the Shinto religion. She is the goddess of the sun, but also of the universe. The name Amaterasu derived from Amateru meaning "shining in heaven." The meaning of her whole name, Amaterasu-ōmikami, is "the great august kami (Gama or God) who shines in the heaven". The Emperor of Japan is said to be a direct descendant of Amaterasu.

Yemaja.
The Mother Goddess of the Ocean according to Yoruba mythology.

Oshun,

Yorùbá Goddess of Love and the
Sweet Waters

Isis
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Isis is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs, whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patroness of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, and the downtrodden, and she listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats, and rulers. Isis is often depicted as the mother of Horus, the hawk-headed god of war and protection (although in some traditions Horus's mother was Hathor). Isis is also known as protector of the dead and goddess of children.

Anuket
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In Egyptian mythology, Anuket was originally the personification and goddess of the Nile river, in areas such as Elephantine, at the start of the Nile's journey through Egypt, and in nearby regions of Nubia.


Durga

Durga is a popular fierce form of the Hindu Goddess or Devi. She is depicted with multiple (variously,from ten up to thousand) arms, carrying various weapons and riding a ferocious lion. She is often pictured as battling or slaying demons, particularly Mahishasura, the buffalo demon.

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Mawu is the female part of MawuLisa, the creator in the vodun pantheon.

Hera

is the wife and one of three sisters of Zeus in theOlympian pantheon of Greek mythology and religion . Her chief function is as the goddess of women and marriage.

Excellent thread OP. just a suggestion to posters; its better if you post the actual "Idol images" or paintings etc., then the recently made anime ones so that it does the deity more justice as the ancients depicted it. (wherever possible)

I personally dislike some of the recently made cartoonish depictions.


like this for example: GODDESS HERA

cyrexx: Yemaja.
The Mother Goddess of the Ocean according to Yoruba mythology.

bros abeg, what is the relationship between Yemaja and the legendary "Mammy Water"; the half-fish side of her anatomy makes me curious.

Nice boobies. I wonder who services them.

Ceres

The Roman goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships.

Pachamama

In Inca mythology, Mama Pacha or Pachamama is a fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting. She causes earthquakes. Her husband was Inti, depending on the source. Llamas are sacrificed to her. After the conquest by Spain, which forced conversion to Roman Catholicism, the figure of the Virgin Mary became united with that of the Pachamama for many of the indigenous people.

Toci

Toci is a deity figuring prominently in the religion and mythology of the pre-Columbian Aztec civilization of Mesoamerica. In Aztec mythology she is attributed as the "Mother of the Gods" , and associated as a Mother goddess

Kianda
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Kianda is a Goddess of Water, she is traditionally venerated with offerings in Angola

Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto

Ame-no-Uzume-no-mikoto is the goddess of dawn, mirth and revelry in the Shinto religion of Japan, and the wife of fellow-god Sarutahiko Ōkami. She famously relates to the tale of the missing sun deity, Amaterasu Omikami.

here is a cool Documentary "When God Was a Girl"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzz1wgjxkPg

tchaik:

bros abeg, what is the relationship between Yemaja and the legendary "Mammy Water"; the half-fish side of her anatomy makes me curious.

I was told that Yemaya is a Yoruba equivalent of a Mami Wata spirit. There are many Mami Wata spirits throughout Africa who survived and thrive in Asian spirituality as well.

Ēostre

is a goddess in Germanic paganism it is also where we most likely got the name Easter from

where is mary?