Rhiana Moonstar's
Gods & Goddesses

Artwork © Jessica Galbreth

GODS
GODDESSES

These are simply different aspects of the Divine.

AEGIR - (Eagor) known as the Scandinavian God of the sea. To appease him, sacrifices were made because sailors believed that Aegir would drag men and their ships down into his underwater palace. He was married to Ran (Goddess of Storms and ruler of the realm of the dead). Aegir had nine daughters known as "billow maidens." He was also known for great banquets where he entertained other Scandinavian Gods. During one of these banquets, Loki killed him.

ALFS- Germanic spirits of the ancestral fathers. There are different kinds of alfs: Light Alfs who are seldom seen by humans. Their ruler is Frey, and they are helpful spirits; Black Alfs which are skilled craftsmen and make great treasures of the gods. They are known as Black Alfs because their skin turns black from the soot from their coal fires; Dark Alfs, known as "mound-alfs" can be helpful or not, depending on their mood. They are the spirits of dead men and linger near burial mounds.

BALDER- In Scandinavian mythology is called the "Good God". He is the god of reconciliation, purity, light, joy, innocence and beauty. Balder is wise and friendly and beloved by the gods and mankind. He is considered one of the most loved but not very powerful. His parents are Odin and Frigg. It is said that Balder still waits in Hel with his wife and will come out again only after Ragnarok to help rule the new world.

BELI-( Belenus) Celtic God. Father of Arianrhod. Beli is the God of Death and King of the Underworld.

CERNUNNOS-(Hu'Gadarn, Herne, The Horned One) Celtic God of Nature, The Wild Man of the Woods, Animal Instinct, The Hunt. God of virility, woodlands, animals. Known to all Celts as the "Horned God ". God of nature, virility, fertility, animals, sex, reincarnation and shamanism. Known to the Druids as Hu Gadarn. God of the Underworld and Astral Planes. The Consort of the Great Goddess. The Celts were so enamored of Cernunnos that his cult was a serious obstacle to the spread of Christianity, with him becoming a prototype of the Christian anti-God.

FENRIS-(Fenrir) Norse god known as the monstrous wolf. He is the son of the god Loki. Fenris will swallow Odin at Ragnarok and will be slain by Odin's son, Vidar.

FORSETI- God of justice. He was the son of Balder and Nanna. Said to have reconciliated the differences between the gods and man. His judgements were said to be so pure and fair, that no one ever felt treated unfairly.

FREY- (Freyr, Frea, Froh, Frodi, Yngvi) Scandinavian God of peace and war; sun and rain; and the patron of bountiful harvest. Called the "God of the World". Son of Njörd, brother of Freya and married to Gerd. Frey rides in a chariot which is pulled by the golden boar Gullinbursti. He also owns the ship Skidbladnir ("wooden-bladed"), and owns a magick, phallic sword which unsheathes itself and wreaks havoc on the field of battle. Frey will be the first to die at Ragnorak Frey is called "beautiful" and can be invoked for peace and prosperity as well as the releasing of fetters/restrictions.

GWYNN AP NUDD- Celtic. The Master of the Wild Hunt, the Welsh Guardian of the Dark Portals of the Underworld. He rode the Night in a flowing grey cloak upon a pale horse following his Hounds called Cwn Annwn (very large, white with red tipped ears). They would seek out and collect souls.

HEIMDAL- (Heimdall, Heimdallrl, Gullintani, Rígr, Heimdallr) Scandinavian God of light, the guardian of the rainbow bridge, and was born at the end of the world to nine mothers (daughters of the giant, Geirrendour ). Heimdal has acute hearing and it has been said that he is able to hear grass growing. Heimdal is the one who willl kill Loki at Ragnarok, but he will also die. Heimdal can be invoked for protection and for teaching.

HORUS- Egyptian deity attributed to the New Aeon and is identified with the ruler of Egypt. His parents are Osiris and Isis and his sacred animal is the falcon.

JEHOVASHA- (Also known as YawWeh, Jehova, Adonai, YHVH, Tetragrammaton, Abba) Creator deity of Christianity, Judiasm, and Quaballic systems. Head deity of the Ascenes as told in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the religion known as the Way.

JEHESHUA- (Also known as Jesus) "Son" of God in the ascenic way, messenger and connection to the Divine in Christianity. The perfected human.

LOKI- ( Logi, Loge) trickster of the Scandinavian pantheon. God of fire and chaos. He was a son of the giant Farbauti. (He is also foster-brother to Odin.) He was married to Sigyn. Loki is a malicious God who is pleasant to look upon, but dangerous to meet up with. He could change his form, and even his sex. He was the father of Hel (Goddess who ruled the realm of the dead and Midgard Serpent) and Fenrir. Loki caused the death of the God Balder as well as the God Aegir. For causing Balder's death, Loki was chained across three boulders and had a poisonous snake placed above his head. Loki's wife (Sigyn) holds a bowl over his face in order to catch the venom. When Sigyn has to leave, the venom falls on Loki's face which makes him writhe in pain. Scandinavian legend says that it is Loki's writhing in pain that causes earthquakes. Loki can be invoked for trickery and destruction.

ODIN-(Odhinn, Woden, Wodan, Woutan) He is considered the supreme god and oldest of all in Norse/Scandinavian mythology. Odin is the god of death, wisdom, poetry, magick, runes, war and occult. He is known as All-father, because he is the "Father of the Gods". His parents are the primordial pair of giants, Bor and Bestla. Husband of Frigga, and father of Balder, Hodur and Hermod; consort of Rind, father (with her) of Vali and Vidar; consort of Jord, father (with her) of Thor. With his brothers, Ve and Vili, he was said to have created heaven, earth, and the twelve realms from the slain body of the primeval being Ymir. In Norse mythology, they also created the first human beings, Ask and Embla. Odin hung for nine days, on the world tree Yggdrasil. He was speared by his own spear, ("Gungnir"), and where he learned nine songs, and eighteen runes. He is represented as having one eye as he traded his other eye for a drink from the Well of Wisdom, which is one speculation on how he gained his incredible knowledge. Odin can be invoked for wisdom, war, occult knowledge and power, invisibility, revenge, curses, and healing.

OGHMA -(Ogma, Ogmios) Celtic God of communication and writing. Oghma was a warrior and was said to have invented the Ogham Alphabet and gave it to the Druids.

OSIRIS- Egyptian Head deity. The Sacrificed God. Icon of Reincarnation.

RA- (aka Re) Egyptian Sun God. Myth has it that man and animals were created from his tears.

SETH- (Also known as Set) Egyptian god of pestulence. Keeper of the pathways of the negative tree of life.

TALIESIN-("Radiant" or "Shining Brow") Celtic god considered to be the greatest of all Celtic bards. Son of Cerridwen, who gave birth to him after swallowing her servant Gwion.

THOR- ( Thunor, Thunar, Donar, Donner) Scandinavian (Norse) God of thunder and fighter of giants. He was one of the most powerful Gods in the Scandinavian pantheon. His parents were Odin and Jord. Thor married Sif (fertility Goddess) and had a daughter Thrudhr (aka Thrud) meaning "strength." Thor's sons, Magni and Modi, are by his mistress the giantess Jarnsaxa, who's name means "iron-cutlass," or "Iron-Sax." In the Teutonic version, Thunar's (Thor) father was Wodan, his mother; the earth. Thunar represents the spirit of the law. Thunar is portrayed as a always carrying his hammer and oaks are sacred to him. Thursday is named for Thor.
Thor is invoked for defense, strength, good weather, and agricultural fertility.

THOTH- (Thot, Tehuti, Djehuti) Egyptian God of wisdom, arts and sciences, and magick. Also known as the Egyptian God of the calendar, chronology, and writing. Thoth is often depicted as dog-headed-ape wearing the lunar disk and crescent above his head. He is also seen as an Ibis headed man, holding a writing stylus and an ankh. He is often associated with the ibis as well as the ape.

Artwork © Jessica Galbreth

GODDESSES
GODS

These are simply different aspects of the Divine.

AMALTHEA- Cretan goat goddess, who suckled the infant Zeus when Rhea was hiding him from Cronus. Some say she also suckled Pan.

ANGURBODA- Teutonic. The Hag of the Iron Wood, wife of Loki, mother of the Wolf Fenrir, the Midgard Serpent,and Hel.

ANU- (Ana, Catana) Celtic godess. She is the virgin aspect of the Triple Goddess. Anu is a goddess of presperity and abundance. She is the daugher of Dana.

APHRODITE- Greek Goddess of sexual love, passion and womanly beauty. She was born of sea foam from the sea where Cronus threw the genitals of his father Uranus after castrating him. Her name means "laughter loving." She can be equated with Astarte.

ARACHNE- Greek Spider Goddess, weaver of fate. A Lydian girl skilled in weaving, she dared to challenge Athene to compete with her. The contest was held, and Arachne's work was faultless: impudently, it portrayed some of the Gods' less reputable deeds, including Athene's father Zeus abducting Europa. Furious, Athene turned her into a spider, doomed eternally to spin thread drawn from her own body. But the Spider Goddess is more archetypal than this story suggests: spinning and weaving the pattern of destiny.

ARADIA- Italian (Tuscany) Witch Goddess, surviving there into this century. Daughter of Diana and Diana's brother Lucifer (i.e. of the Moon and Sun), she came to Earth to teach the witches of her mother's magic.

ARAIDNE- Cretan and Greek. The Daughter of King Minos of Crete, who with her cunning thread helped Theseus find his way into the labyrinth to kill the Minotaur, and out again. She eloped with him, but he abandoned her on the island of Naxos. She was consoled by Dionysus, who in her Naxos cult was regarded as her consort.

ARIANRHOD- ('Silver Circlel') Celtic goddess. She is the goddess of reincarnation, full moon, fertility and the Wheel of the Year. She is the daughter of Dana. Her palace was called Caer Arianrhod (Aurora Borealis), Goddess of time and karma. Caer Arianrhod is the circumpolar stars, to which souls withdraw between incarnations, she is thus a Goddess of reincarnation. She is honoured at the Full Moon.

ARTEMIS- Greek Nature and Moon Goddess. Daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of Apollo (though a day older). She is a huntress and is often shown with a deer as a companion. She is a deity of wild places. The Greeks assimilated her to a pre-Greek mistress of wild beasts. Bears were sacred to her, and she was associated with the constellation Ursa Major.

ASTARTE- (Ashtoreth, Ashtaroth, Ashtart, Ishtar) Canaanite version of Ishtar. Godess of love, war fertility and the Planet Venus. Usually depicted naked carrying a spear and wearing a lapis necklace.

ATHENA- Greek, a Warrior Goddess, yet also one of the intelligence and the arts of peace. Protector of towns, above all of Athens.

BADB -("The Fury"), also known as Badhbh, Badh Catha) Celtic goddess. She is a goddess of ware and is the crone aspect of the Triple Goddess. One of the Morrigan. She is linked with the Banshee.

BANSHEE- (Bean Sidhe , 'Woman Fairy') Irish. Attached to old Irish families ('the O's and the Mac's'), she can be heard keening sorrowfully near the house when a member of the family is about to die. Still very much believed in, and heard.

BEAN-NIGHE- ('Washing Woman') Scottish and Irish. Haunts lonely streams washing the bloodstained garments of those about to die.

BEFANA- ('Epiphany') Italian Witch Fairy who flies her broomstick on Twelfth Night to come down chimneys and bring presents to children.

BONA DEA- ('Good Goddess') Roman Earth Goddess of Fertility, worshipped only by women; even statues of men were covered where her rites took place.

BRIGHID, BRIGID, BRIGIT, BRIT- ("Power") Celtic Goddess of fertility, inspiritation, agriculture, crafting, music, medicine, and animal husbandry. Daughter of the Dagda; called 'the poetess.' Often triple ('The Three Brigids'). She is a warrior and protectress, as well as a healer and guardian of children. Her characteristics, legends and holy places were taken over by the historical St. Bridget.

BAST- (Bastet) Egyptian Goddess of Bubastis. Considered to some the goddess of cats because that was her sacred animal. She symbolizes the moon and is also the Egyptian goddess of music, dancing, pleasure and joy.

CALLISTO- ('Most Beautiful') Greek Moon Goddess, to whom the she-bear was sacred in Arcadia. Envisaged as the axle on which everything turns, and thus connected with the Ursa Major constellation. Linked with Artemis, often called Artemis Callisto.

CARMAN- Irish. Wexford Goddess, whence Gaelic name of Wexford, Loch Garman (Loch gCarman).

CERRIDWEN- (Caridwen, Ceridwen)Celtic goddess known as "Old White One". Cerridwen is also a moon and grain Goddes, Goddess of Nature. Cerridwen is associated with the Triple Goddess, being an aspect of he Great Mother. Married to Tegid and mother of Creirwy (the most beautiful girl in the world) and Avagdu (the ugliest boy). Owner of an inexhaustible cauldron called Amen, in which she made a magic potion called greal from six plants, which gave inspiration and knowledge. Most of her legends emphasize the terrifying aspect of the Dark Mother; yet her cauldron is the source of wisdom and inspiration. It is her Sacred Cauldron of Wisdom that allowed Taliesin to become enlightened. When she discovered that Gwion had tasted of her cauldron, she chased him through a variety of mutable shape changes until at last she caught and consumed him as a grain of wheat. This caused her to give birth to Taliesin. A white sow is Cerridwen's symbol and she lives amongst the stars. Cerridwen can be invoked for spells and rituals concerning death, fertility, regeneration, inspiration, magick, astrology, herbs, science, poetry, spells, and knowledge.

CLIONA OF THE FAIR HAIR- Irish. South Munster Goddess of great beauty, daughter of Gebann the Druid, of the Tuatha De Danaan. Connected with the O'Keefe family.

CLOTA- Scottish. Goddess of the River Clyde.

CYBELE- Greek. Originally Phrygian, finally merged with Rhea. Goddess of Caverns, of the Earth in its primitive state; worshipped on mountain tops. Ruled over wild beasts. Also a Bee Goddess.

DAMARA-British feritility goddess, associated with the month of May.

DAMONA- Continental Celtic cow or sheep goddess.

DANA, DANU- The major Irish Mother Goddess, who gave her name to the Tuatha De Danann ('Peoples of the Goddess Dana'), the last but one occupiers of Ireland in the mytholigical cycle.

DEMETER- ('Earth-Goddess-Mother') Greek goddess of the fruitful Earth, especially of barley. Daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Her brother Zeus, tricking her in the form of a bull, made her the mother of Persephone.

DEVANA- Slavonic. (Devana to Czechs, Diiwica to Serbians of Lusatia, Dziewona to Poles) Goddess of the hunt. Young, beautiful, she rode a swift horse through the forests of the Elbe and the Carpathians, with a pack of hounds. Name for Diana.

DIANA- Roman equivalent of the Greek Moon and Nature Goddess Artemis, and rapidly acquired all her characteristics. Like Artemis, classically regarded as virgin but originally a Sacrificial-Mating Goddess. Originally from Latium, a goddess of light, mountains and woods, and probably first a pre-Indo-European Sun goddess. One of her sanctuaries was at Lake Nemi, where her priest was an escaped slave, who had to kill his predecessor in single combat to take the office - and then hold it against would-be successors.

DIONE- Phoenician/Greek. Also known as Baltis. A Nature or Earth Goddess, overlapping with Diana and Danae. Daughter of Uranus and Gaia. Married her brother Cronus, who gave her the city of Byblos.

DISCORDIA- Roman Goddess of Discord and Strife, who preceeded the chariot of Mars. Greek equivalent Eris.

EIR- Scandinavian Goddess of healing. Eir, meaning mercy, was called upon in times of sickness. She taught her secret art of healing with herbs only to women. Eir was a companion to Frigg.

EPONA-- Celtic horse goddess. Usually portrayed as riding a mare and carrying a serpent. Epona was a Goddess able to bestow sovereignity on Celtic kings.

ERIN- Irish. One of the Three Queens of the Tuatha De Danann, daughters of the Dagda, who asked that Ireland be named after them.

FREYA- (Freyja, Friia ) Often called the most beautiful of the Scandinavian/Norse Goddesses. A Goddess of love, sex, magick, witchcraft, fertility, sensuality and beauty. She is sometimes identified as the goddess of battle and death. Freya is the patron Goddess of harvest and birth. Freya can be invoked for love, war and witchcraft.

FRIGG- (Frig, Frigga, Fricka) She is the wife of Odin and the mother of Balder, Hod, Hermod and Bragi. A Norse goddess of love and fertility and is also the patron goddess of motherhood and marraige. She is also considered the goddess of the sky; Queen of the Heavens. Friday is named after her. It is believed that she knows the destiny of all but will not reveal it. She can be involked for marital fidelity and childbirth.

GAIA-("Earth") The "deep-breasted," the primordial Greek Earth Mother, the first being to emerge from Chaos. She was regarded as creating the universe, the first race of gods, and humankind.

GEFION- (Gefjon, Gefinn) Scandinavian goddess of fertility and fruitfulness. Her name means "giver" and she is the patron Goddess of virgins. Legend says she sold her hymen for jewels but retained her virginity. It is said that any maiden which dies a virgin, will become her servant. Gefion's symbol is the plough. She is also the bringer of good luck and prosperity.

GERD (Gerda) Scandinavian earth goddess, a diety of light.. She reluctantly married Frey due to a spell in runes.

GLAISRIG, GLAISTIG- Scottish undine, beautiful and seductive, but a goat from the waist down (which she hides under a long green dress). She lures men to dance with her and then sucks their blood. Yet she can be benign, looking after children or old people or herding cattle for farmers.

GORGONS, the- Greek. Three daughters of Phorcys and his sister Ceto. Winged monsters with hair of serpents, they turned men to stone by their gaze. They were Euryale and Stheno, who were immortal, and Medusa who was mortal and killed by Perseus.

GRIAN- ("Sun") Irish. A Fairy Queen with a court on Pallas Green Hill, Co. Tipperary. Also a general Goddess symbol.

GRUAGACH, the- ("The Long-Haired One") Scottish. Female fairy to whom the dairymaids used to pour libations of milk into a hollow stone.

GULLVEIG- ("Gold Branch") Teutonic. A giantess and sorceress, one of the Vanir, whom the Ęsir tried to kill. This caused war between the Vanir and the Ęsir, which the Vanir won. Vanir and Ęsir seem to have been two early Nordic people who eventually merged.

GWENHWYFAR, GUINEVERE, GUENEVA- Arthur's queen. Traces of Triple Goddess.

HABONDIA, DAME HABONDE, ABUNDIA- Medieval witch goddess name, doubtless implying "abundance". Referring to the goddess Nicheven.

HATHOR- Egyptian. An ancient Sky Goddess; Ra's daughter by Nut, or his wife; sometimes the wife or mother of Horus the Elder, Goddess of pleasure, joy, love, music and dancing. Protectress of women and embodiment of the finest female qualities.

HECATE- Dark Goddess of the Moon. Patron of Magick and Witchcraft. Greek, originally Thracian and pre-Olympian; at the same time a Moon Goddess, and Underworld Goddess and a Goddess of magic.

HEL, HELA- Norse Goddess of Death, Ruler of the underworld. She dwelled below one of the three roots of the Yggdrasil. Daughter of Loki and sister of the Midgard Serpent. Odin hurled her into the real of cold and darkness, also known as Hel, over which he gave her authority. In Hel, the dead suffered unimaginable tortures. She is described as being half living and half dead and is responsible for plagues, sickness and catastrophes.

HESTIA- ('Hearth') Greek. First daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and oldest of the Olympians. Goddess of domestic fire and of the home in general. Poseidon and Apollo both wanted to marry her but she placed herself under Zeus' protection as eternally virgin. She received the first morsel of every sacrifice. Roman equivalent Vesta.

HOLDA- Norse goddess who cares for children who have died. She is considered a patron of Witches. Holda has a kind and helpful disposition and llikes the keep household affiars in order.

IDUN- ( Idun, Iduna, Idunna)Scandinavian Goddess of spring and eternal youth. Also, goddess of youth and fertility. She is said to be the guardian of the golden applies of immortality. The gods ate these apples whenever they wanted to renew their youth. Her father is the giant and star-hero Ivalde, and her brother is Orvandil who was married to Sif. She is maried to Bragi. She is always shown as a sweet and naive maiden. Idun can be invoked for longevity of life.

INANNA- (Also Kown as Venus, Ishtar) Sumerian Goddess of War, Knowledge, Lust and Love. The Sacred Whore with a heart of Gold, Goddess of Warriors and Protectors, patron of sacred love.

ISIS- Egyptian. The most complete flowering of the Goddess concept in human history. Daughter of Earth God Geb and Sky Goddess Nut.

JUNO- Protector and special counselor of the Roman state and queen of the gods. She is a daughter of Saturn and sister (but also the wife) of the chief god Jupiter and the mother of Juventas, Mars, and Vulcan. As the patron goddess of Rome and the Roman empire she was called Regina ("queen") and, together with Jupiter and Minerva, was worshipped as a triad on the Capitol (Juno Capitolina) in Rome. As the Juno Moneta (she who warns) she guarded over the finances of the empire and had a temple on the Arx (one of two Capitoline hills), close to the Royal Mint. She was also worshipped in many other cities, where temples were built in her honor. The primary feast of Juno Mucina, called the Matronalia, was celebrated on March 1. On this day, lambs and other cattle were sacrificed to her. Another festival took place on July 7 and was called Nonae Caprotinae ("The Nones of the Wild Fig"). The month of June was named after her. She can be identified with the Greek goddess Hera and, like Hera, Juno was a majestical figure, wearing a diadem on the head. The peacock is her symbolic animal. A juno is also the protecting and guardian spirit of females.

KALI-Hindu Goddess of Love, Birth and Death, Destruction. Personification of Creation, with Life given and Life taken upon the same coin.

LADY OF THE LAKE-Arthurian. In some legends Vivienne (or Viviane); in others, Vivienne was the daughter of the Lady of the Lake by Dylan, son of Arianrhod and Gwydion. In Thomas Mallory, the Lady of the Lake is called Nimue.

LEANNAN SIDHE- Irish fairy lover, succubus. In the Isle of Man she is malevolent and vampiric.

LILLITH-In Hebrew legend, she was Adam's first wife, who would not subordinate herself to him and was turned into a demoness.

LORELEI- German. A beautiful siren who sat on a cliff above the Rhine, luring boatment to their death with her songs.

LUNA- The Roman Moon Goddess, identified with Diana and the Greek Selene.

MEDUSA- Greek. The only mortal member of the three Gorgons. Her hair was turned to serpents by Athene because she dared to claim equal beauty with hers. Her gaze turned men to stone.

MINERVA-Roman. Wife of Jupiter, forming a triad with his other wife, Juno.

MACHA - ("Battle") One of the Morrigan. Macha is the crone aspect of the Triple Goddess. She is goddess of death, disease, destruction and strife. Macha feeds on the heads of slain enemies. It is said she often dominates her male lovers through cunning or simple brute strength.

MORGAN- ('Of the Sea') Arthur's half-sister Morgan le Fay; but would seem to be a much older Goddess, possibly the Glastonbury Tor one, for her island is Avalon.

MORRIGHAN (the), MORRIGAN, MORRIGU- ("Great Queen", "Specter Queen", "Supreme War Goddess" or "Queen of Phantoms or Demons") Irish/Celtic. The Dark aspect of the Celtic Triple Goddess. Crone aspect of the Goddess. Great Mother. Moon Goddess. Great White Goddess. Queen of the Fairies. Patroness of priestesses and Witches. Queen of the Witches and Goddess of Magick. Associated with revenge, night, magick, prophecy, wisdom, war and peace. Possibly a pre-Celtic Moon goddess.In her Dark Aspect, she is the Goddess of War, Fate and Death. As a War Goddess, she reigned over the battlefield, helping with her magick, but did not join in battles. The "Washer at the Ford" (seem washing bloody laundry prior to battle by those destined to die). With her, others like Fea (Hateful), Nemon (Venomous), Badb (Fury) and Macha (Battle) encouraged fighters to battle-madness. Marries the Dagdha at Samhain. Daughter of Ernmas, and sometimes a collective name for all three of her daughters; see Badhbh. Her symbol was the raven or crow. Like many Goddesses, She was a shapechanger. She often turned into a raven or hooded crow. The carrion crow is her favorite disguise. Could also appear as a beautiful Maiden or an ugly Hag. Tradition says she has nine loosed tresses on her head, a sign of her connection with the Ninefold Goddess of the Cauldron. Goddess of rivers, lakes, and fresh water. Once she confronted the Celtic hero Cu Chulainn, attacking him in the forms of a crow, a gray wolf and a hornless red heifer. He was able to fight all of them off, but she had the last laugh, when he was dying in battle years later, she turned into a hooded crow and perched on his dying body as his enemies approached to finish him off. she did not actually fight, but urged on her chosen armies and intimidated the ones She wanted to lose with Her fearsome war cries. she survived into medieval times as Morgan Le Fay, the witch who haunted King Arthur and his knights. "Like Macha, the Crone aspect of the Morrigan, Morgan as Mother Death cast the destroying curse on every man." -- Barbara Walker, The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets.

NEHELENNIA- Dutch. She is portayed with a dog and a basket of apples, and she was sometimes described as holding a horn of plenty. A statue of her dating from the first century has been found in Walcheren, on of the islands now forming the Dutch province of Zeeland. On this island was the Temple of Nehellenia. Possible fertillity goddess.

NEMAIN - (Neman, Nemhain) Called the "Venomous One". She is one of the three crone Goddesses that make up the Morrigan.

NEMESIS- Greek. Daughter of Erebus and Nyx. Goddess of divine anger, against mortals who offended the moral law, broke taboos or achieved too much happiness or wealth.

NICHEVEN- Scotland. "Divine", "Brilliant". Witch Goddess. Said to ride through the night with her followers at Samhain. Tradition places her night according to the old (Julian) calendar, on 10 November. During the Middle Ages she was called Dame Habonde, Abundia, Satia, Bensozie, Zobiana, and Herodiana.

NIMUE- Arthurian. Thomas Mallory's name for the Lady of the Lake.

NOSTILUCA- Gaulish Witch Goddess.

PANDORA- ("Gift of All") The Greek Eve, fashioned in clay by Hephaestus on Zeus' orders to punish Prometheus for having stolen fire from heaven. Her name means that each God or Goddess gave her an appropriate gift. Zeus gave her a box which she must not open. She did open it, and all the evils that plague humankind came out of it. All that was left at the bottom was Hope.

PERSEPHONE- Greek and Phoenician. Originally a purely Underworld Goddess, became a corn-seed Goddess, daughter of Demeter.

PYTHIA- ("Pythoness") Greek. Serpent Goddess, daughter of Gaia.

RHIANNON- ("Great, or Divine, Queen") Celtic goddess of fertility, enchantments, Goddess of death and the Otherworld. Goddess of birds and horses. Her name means "Great High Queen", and she rode a beautiful white mare, which symbolized power and rulership. Birds which accompanied her on rides were said to sing so sweetly that listeners could sit entranced for years. She was known to grant the wishes of those who could ask what they want, and scorn those who could not.

SATIA- Medieval witch goddess name, doubtless implying "satisfaction". Referring to the goddess Nicneven.

SCATHACH- ("The Shadowy One" or "She Who Strikes Fear") Sgathach or Skadi. Irish/Scottish. Warrior woman and prophetess. The Goddess of martial arts. The destroyer aspect of the Dark Goddess. A great sword warrior and instructor. Patroness of martial arts, prophecy, blacksmiths and magic. Native to the Isle of Skye. Living in Albion (Scotland). Taught the martial art to Cuchulainn. Also, like her daughter Uathach ("The Very Terrible") his lover. Seductive female warrior with red hair, with a combination of leather and lace, silk and metal. Apparently, Scathach has often been mixed up with Skadi or Skadhi.

SEHKMET- Lion Headed Egyptian Goddess of War and Hunting Cats.

SELENE- Greek Moon Goddess, daughter of Hyperion and Theia, and sister of Helios (the Sun) and Eos (Dawn); though sometimes said to be the daughter of Zeus or of Helios.

SOPHIA- ('Wisdom') A Gnostic Aeon; but Wisdom personified as female was earlier also characteristic of Hebrew and Greek-Hebrew thinking.

TAILTIU- Irish. Foster-mother of Lugh, who instituted the Tailtean Games, central event of the Festival of Lughnasadh (1 August), in her memory.

TENEMIT- Egyptian Underworld Goddess, who gave ale to the deceased.

TRIPLE GODDESS, THE - The Triple Goddess is known and worshiped in cultures all over the world. She is at the same time, the Maiden, Mother and Crone and is the waxing, full and waning moons. She is eternal, yet always in a state of flux.

VALKYRIES (the)- Teutonic. In late Scandinavian myth, they brought the souls of those slain in battle to Odin.

VENUS- Roman. Originally a Goddess of Spring and protectress of vegetation and gardens, was a minor deity till she became assimilated to the Greek Aphrodite in the second century BC.

VESTA- ('Torch, Candle') Roman Goddess of fire, both domestic and ritual. Daughter of Saturn and Ops. Domestically she presided over the hearth and the preparation of meals.

VIVIENNE, VIVIANE- Arthurian. Sometimes referred to as the Lady of the Lake, sometimes as the Lady's daughter.

ZOBIANA- A medieval Witch Goddess name.

I have tried to incorporate many different types of deities in the above list to make it easier for those who are
looking for one tradition to follow. This is not a complete list but a general list of many different traditions.
I know how difficult it can be when you first start out on your journey.