Goddess of the Month

WHO IS BAST? Bast is an ancient Goddess of Kemet or Egypt, Who has been known since at least the time of the 2nd Dynasty period, 2890 -2650 BCE. She is the Protectress of the Royal House and The Two Lands. She is also most famously the Goddess of Cats, and statues of Her in cat form are almost ubiquitous in reproduction. Her other roles include being one of the divinities associated with the Sun, as well as being the Goddess of Joy and Protectress of Womyn. Her name means "Devouring Lady", and it is fitting since She is a huntress and protectress first and foremost. Some of Her other names include: Bastis - The Tearer Ba en Aset - The soul of Aset (Isis) Lady of the East Lady of Truth Goddess of the Birth Chamber Daughter of Ra Lady of Flame

WHO IS LIBERTAS? Call Her what you will, but the Goddess known as Libertas by the ancient Romans is a Goddess both ancient and modern. She is universal in Her reach and She fills the hearts of common folk everywhere with Her song. Libertas was always considered a Goddess by the Romans, but She was more of a personified virtue than an actively worshipped deity until the time of the Second Punic War (around 218 BCE). Since that time Libertas has become more and more of a strong Goddess who is one of the most openly loved and acknowledged in modern times in regions all over the world. Some of Her other names include: Efígie da República - Brazil Marianne - France Kartilis Deda - Republic of Georgia Lady of the Mountain - Iceland Mother Russia - Russia Britannia - England Polonia - Poland Lady Liberty - USA

WHO IS LILITH? Lilith is an enigma in Goddess lore. Ideas and theories abound, and stories are few. First wife of the Hebrew Adam, Goddess of night or birds, demoness, original Semitic Great Mother, the possibilities are endless. Lilith is all of this and more. Her enigmatic nature enables Her to be all She desires and all we desire of Her. Some of the names attributed to Her include: Lady Air - Sumerian Night with Moon - Sumerian Hand of Inanna - Sumerian The Beautiful Maiden - Assyrian Screech Owl - Hebrew (from the book of Isaiah) Wind Spirit - Babylonian

WHO IS ATHENE? Athene is first and foremost the Matron Goddess of Athens, one of the most famous cities of the ancient and modern worlds. She is the divine bringer of wisdom and matroness of many crafts, which the Greeks attributed directly to Her; among these are weaving, metalworking, and pottery, which are most useful skills for anyone to have. She was also called upon by those who fought as defenders of their homes from aggressors. She is one of very few Goddesses ever depicted in any kind of armor or armed. During classical times, Athene was stated by the philosopher Plato as being identical to the Goddess Neith, who was worshipped in North Africa by the Libyans and the Egyptians since before the dynastic period. Athene's first appearance though, is in early Minoan Linear B texts where Her name is Atana Potinija. As Atana, She appears before Her supposed father, Zeus, and She was viewed by the Minoans and Pelasgian Greeks as being of an older generation of Goddesses, born parthenogenetically from Her mother, Metis, Titaness of Wisdom. Of course, this was later perverted by the Dorian Greeks to the familiar story of Zeus swallowing Metis and Athene being born from his head. Some of Her other titles include: Nikê - Victory Eryma - Defender Alalkomenêis - Protectress Polias - Of the City Polioukhos - Protectress of the City Paiônia - Healer Oxyderkês - Sharp Sighted Parthenos - Virgin Gigantoletis - Destroyer of Giants Gorgolaphas - Gorgon-crested Pronoia - Foresight Hippia - Of the Horses Erganê - Worker Glaukopis - Bright Eyed

WHO IS FREYJA? Freyja is one of the most important Goddesses in the Norse pantheon. According to the Eddas, a group of epic poems from Iceland, She is the Goddess of love, beauty, battle, magick, prophecy, wealth, and fertility. Freyja is also the leader of the Valkyries, immortal maidens who were choosers of those slain in battle who were worthy to go to Valhalla and dwell with the Gods, and half of those chosen would go to Her to dwell in Her hall Fólkvangr. She was often prayed to by people in love who wanted a happy relationship or those who wanted to find true love. Freyja was invoked at the spring planting for good weather and a good harvest and by women in childbirth. The ancient Norse art of Seid, a form of witchcraft practiced by women called völva or seiðkona, was said to have been created by Freyja. In the Ynglinga Saga, it states "Njörðr’s daughter was Freyja. She presided over the sacrifice. It was she who first acquainted the AEsir with seiðr, which was customary among the Vanir". Some of Her other titles include: Den Väna Solen - The Fair Sun Vanadís - Fair Goddess Mardöll - Sea Bright Gefn - The Giver Sýr - Sow Valfreyja - Mistress of the Chosen

WHO IS PERSEPHONE? PERSEPHONE is the Queen of the Underworld, wife of the god Hades. She is also the Goddess of Spring, who was worshipped alongside her mother Demeter in the Eleusinian Mysteries. The first festivals celebrating the sorrows and later joys of Demeter and Persephone were exclusively for women held in pre-Hellenic Greece; that is in the Pelasgian period, when the civilizations of Crete and Troy were at their zenith before the time of the warrior-gods Zeus and Apollo who reduced the power of the Great Goddess. The women fasted for nine days in memory of the nine days of sorrow that Demeter roamed the earth holding a staff-like torch in search of Persephone. She meets Hekate, and together they go to Phoebus, the sun god, who had seen the young Goddess abducted and told them where She was. Afterwards Demeter, filled with wrath and grief, left the world of the gods, and sat as an old woman, heavily veiled, for days at the Well of the Virgin. Next She became a servant in a kingly household in Eleusis, the city that became Her largest sanctuary in Greece. She then cursed all the Earth so it bore no fruit for man or the gods for a whole year. Then the gods of Olympus, including Zeus, each pleaded with Her in vain, but She would not relent. Zeus finally succeeded in gaining Persephone's release; but while in the underworld She had eaten a seed of a pomegranate and as a consequence would have to spend one third of the year with Hades. She was embraced by both her mother and Hekate and returned to Olympus glorious, and, as if by magic, the Earth bloomed again with flowers and vegetation. Some of Her other names include: Proserpine - Roman Kore - Maiden (Greek) Persephassa - Ionic Persepatta - Attic Persephone-Isis - Greek Italic colonies such as Herculaneum Pherepapha - She who is wise and touches that which is in motion (from Plato)

WHO IS THEMIS? Themis is a most ancient Goddess. One of the eldest children of Gaia and Ouranos, Themis is cited as one of the first prophetesses and givers of law.Her name literally means "Law of Nature", and She is considered one whose decrees could sway even the most powerful of the Olympian Gods. She is also the Goddess of Assemblies, and She was invoked at every assembly in ancient Greece and called the Gods themselves to assemble on Olympus when needed. Themis also presided over the functions of the family as part of the greater populace as well as the fair and proper function of the courts. Because of this, judges were called themistopóloi, servants of Themis. Some of Her other titles include: Euboulos - Well-Counselled Orthoboulos - Straight Counselled Sôteira - Saviour Hiera - Holy Aidoios - August Eugenês - High-Born

WHO IS FRIGGA? Frigga is the foremost Lady amongst the Goddesses according to Norse/Germanic cultures. She is Goddess of marriage, medical arts, the domestic arts, and weather, amongst other things. She was said to weave the clouds, and also to weave people's destinies. She was called upon to watch over women in childbed, and a plant known as Frigg's Grass by the Norse and Lady's Bedstraw (Galium verum) in modern times was used by midwives to aid women during labor. Some of Her titles include: Fjorgyn's maer - Daughter of Fjorgyn Frigg - Beloved One Nyckel Vaktaren - Key-Keeper Fripwebba - Peaceweaver

WHO IS OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE/TONANTZIN? Our Lady of Guadalupe is one of the most important religious figures in the western hemisphere. She is considered Patroness of the Americas by both the peoples of Latin America and by the Roman Catholic Church. Her basilica in Mexico is the second most visited Catholic shrine in the world. She first appeared to the world as Our Lady of Guadalupe in the early morning of December 9, 1531. Since then She has been venerated especially by the peoples of Mexico as their Mother and Guardian Protectress in all causes. Her image was flown on the flags of the Mexican revolutionaries and their first president changed his name to Guadalupe Victoria in Her honor when he took office. She is also Tonantzin, Mother Goddess of the Aztecs. As Tonantzin, She was considered to be the Earth Mother. She was also worshipped as Goddess of Sustenance and Bringer of Maize. Some of Her other titles include: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe - Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish) Queen of Patriots Virgin of Guadalupe Mama of All the Mexicans Queen of Mexico and Empress of the Americas Mother of the Americas Guadalupe Tonantzin Honored Grandmother Chicomexochitl - Seven Flowers (Nahautl) Chalchiuhcihuatl - Woman of Precious Stone (Nahautl)

WHO IS KALI? Kali is the Great Mother of the Hindu Religion. Kali is death and rebirth. She is creation, destruction, and change. Kali is one of the most misunderstood and most grossly distorted Goddesses that Western Society has ever tried to explain. Kali is beyond limited concepts like good and evil. She is ALL. She defies us to comprehend Her.Some of Her other names include: Kalaratri - Night of Death Bhavatarini - Redeemer of the Universe Adi Shakti - Fundamental Power Kali Kalanat - Kali, the One Who Finishes Para Prakriti - Beyond Nature Mahakali - Great Kali Akhanda Satchidananda - Indivisible Reality, Awareness, and Bliss