Gods and Goddesses by Archetype Name Pantheon Archetype Information Lunar, protectress of horses, abundance, source of inspiration, Epona - goddess Celtic Abundance psychopomp for the soul Fortuna - goddess Roman Abundance Good fortune, abundance, controller of destiny, happy fates, fertility Ganesha - god Hindu Abundance Remover of obstacles Lakshimi - goddess Hindu Abundance Good fortune & plenty Diancecht - god Celtic Communication Messenger god, god of medicine, magic, regeneration Hermes - god Greek Communication Messenger to the gods, winged hat and sandals Iris - goddess Greek Communication Rainbows, Hera's messenger, her words were never doubted Mercury - god Roman Communication Communication & travel, patron of merchants and thieves Ogma - god Celtic Communication Wisdom, speech, eloquence, created the ogma writing system Sefkhet - goddess Egyptian Communication Writing Temmangu - god Japanese Communication Learning, calligraphy Thoth - god Egyptian Communication Wisdom & writing, Moon, measurer of time, scrupulously fair Kali - goddess Hindu Destruction Creator - destroyer, rebirth & destruction, associated with the moon Loki - god Nordic Destruction Trickster, shapeshifter, bringer of destruction to the Gods, fire giant Sekhmet - goddess Egyptian Destruction Destruction, healing, lion headed goddess Set - god Egyptian Destruction Chief of the power of destruction, Brother of Isis, Osiris, Nephthys Shiva - god Hindu Destruction God of destruction & transformation, creation, cosmic dance Bast - goddess Egyptian Earth Cat goddess of the Moon, Sun, Earth mother Goddess of Earth & Sky; controller of weather, the Sun & Moon, creator Cailleach - goddess Celtic Earth and destroyer, divine hag, ruler of winter months Ceres - goddess Roman Earth Grain, agriculture, love a mother has for her child, nurturer of man Cybele - goddess Roman Earth Earth, grain, fertility, mother of the gods, moon, caverns, Earth God, created the seasons by playing music, "the Good God", has Dagda - god Celtic Earth a magical cauldron, justice, warrior, mighty one of knowledge Nordic Ertha - goddess (Germanic) Earth Mother Earth, fertility, hearth, home, domestic life, the wild hunt Flora - goddess Roman Earth Flowers, gardens, spring, all of nature Geb - god Egyptian Earth Personification of Earth, father of the Sun & the gods, spouse of Nut Bringer of civilization to man, Queen of Heaven & Earth, Her womb is Inanna - goddess Sumerian Earth the vessel of creation producing flowers, grain, legumes & fruit Ninlil - goddess Chaldean Earth Grain goddess, lady of the open field, lady of air, south wind Rhea - goddess Greek Earth Mother Earth Goddess, wife of Cronus Gaia - goddess Greek Earth Ancient Earth mother goddess Astarte - goddess Babylonian Fertility Love & fertility, motherhood, later goddess of war, dove is sacred Baal - god Phoenician Fertility Fertility, vegetation, storms, rider of clouds, lord of heaven & earth Horned God of the wild beasts, the hunt & the hunted, shown on Cernunnos - god Celtic Fertility Gundestrap cauldron Fertility, wine, drunkenness, son of Zeus & Semele (Bacchus is the Dionysus - god Greek Fertility Roman equivalent) Frey - god Nordic Fertility Crops, peaceful prosperity, fecundity Herne - god Celtic Fertility Horned God Lilith - goddess Hebrew Fertility abundance, fertility, agriculture, wisdom Nerthus - goddess Nordic Fertility Earth & fertility Osiris - god Egyptian Fertility God of life, death, vegetation, and fertility, husband of Isis Pan - god Greek Fertility Horned god of fertility, shepherds, flocks, mountain wilds, music "Great Queen" of life, death & rebirth; fertility, otherworld; shape-shifter, Rhiannon - goddess Celtic (Welsh) Fertility muse, source of the king's power Isani - goddess Hindu Fertility Abundance & fertility goddess Creator and craftsman god, fashioned the universe through words of Ptah - god Egyptian Fertility power & thought, helped the dead in their travels, fertility & rebirth Bridgit - goddess Celtic Fire Triple goddess of smithcraft, fire, healing, poetry Futsunushi - god Japanese Fire Fire and lightning god Goibniu/Govannon - god Celtic Fire Smith to the Tuatha de Danan Created by Vella Rose for WSLA Dragonfest 2007 1 of 4 Gods and Goddesses by Archetype Name Pantheon Archetype Information Smith, creator of tools for the Gods, son of Zeus & Hera, husband of Hephaestaus - god Greek Fire Aphrodite Hestia - goddess Greek Fire Hearth and home Lives in a volcano; receives the souls of the dead & regenerates them Pele - goddess Hawaiian Fire with fire. Spider Woman - Native Created everything by dreaming, taught people to plant, weave, make goddess American Fire pottery, brought rain & fire Vesta - goddess Roman Fire Domestic & ritual fire Vulcan - god Roman Fire Metal work & fire Danu - goddess Celtic Great Mother Of the Tuatha de Danan, name means knowledge Life & death, the cultivated earth, giver of fruitfulness & abundance, Demeter - goddess Greek Great Mother mother of Persephone, she is Mother Nature Sky/Moon goddess of music, song, dance, mirth & sexuality, protectress Hathor - goddess Egyptian Great Mother of women, mother of all Isis - goddess Egyptian Great Mother Great mother goddess, wife of Osiris, mother of Horus Mary - goddess Christian Great Mother creator, mother, moon Apollo - god Greek Healing Sun, music, healing Asclepius - god Greek Healing Health & healing, son of Apollo, snake on staff Bridgit - goddess Celtic Healing Triple goddess of smithcraft, fire, healing, poetry Diancecht/Dianket- god Celtic Healing Messenger god, god of medicine, magic, regeneration Mercy & compassion, healing, "she who listens to the sounds of the Kuan Yin - goddess Buddhist Healing world" Sekhmet - goddess Egyptian Healing Destruction, healing, lion headed goddess Earth God, created the seasons by playing music, "the Good God", has Dagda - god Celtic Justice a magical cauldron, justice, warrior, mighty one of knowledge Ma'at - goddess Egyptian Justice Justice, truth, law and divine order, controlled movement of stars Personified social order, justice, customs, dreams, mother of the three Themis - goddess Greek Justice Fates, bestower of oracles Varuna - god Hindu Justice Early sky & water god, maintains justice & order Aphrodite - goddess Greek Love Love, water, relationships, feelings Branwen - goddess Celtic Love Lady of the lake (cauldron), love and beauty Eros - god Greek Love God of lust, love, fertility, patron of male love Freya - goddess Nordic Love Magic, love & beauty, fertility, wife of Odin Frigg - goddess Nordic Love Protector of life, sensuality, maternal principle, "she who is loved" Love, marriage, protector of children & childbirth, prophecy, money, Hera - goddess Greek Love public life, wife of Zeus Juno - goddess Roman Love Sister/wife of Jupiter, goddess of marriage Originally a nature goddess, the bringer of spring, growth & beauty, Venus - goddess Roman Love goddess of grace & love Etruscan / Aradia - goddess Roman Magic Goddess of the witches who came to Earth to teach them magic. Enki - god Sumerian Magic Lord of Earth, God of wisdom & magic, creator Freya - goddess Nordic Magic Magic, love & beauty, fertility, wife of Odin Crone, cross roads, dark moon, underworld, Goddess of witches & Hecate - goddess Greek Magic magic, new beginnings, journeys, underworld, mid-wives, healers Marduk - god Sumerian Magic Water, vegetation, judgment, white magic Odin - god Nordic Magic Chief god, war, wisdom, magic, cunning, poetry, prophecy, death Moon, reincarnation, "high fruitful mother who turns the wheel of the Arianrhod - goddess Celtic Moon heavens", keeper of time, giver & nurturer of life. Artemis - goddess Greek Moon Moon - especially waxing, the hunt, nature, animals & wild things Bast - goddess Egyptian Moon Cat goddess of the moon, sun, Earth mother Originally Queen of the open sky, Moon, the hunt, nature, Lady of the Diana - goddess Roman Moon beasts, also called Luna Created by Vella Rose for WSLA Dragonfest 2007 2 of 4 Gods and Goddesses by Archetype Name Pantheon Archetype Information Lunar, protectress of horses, abundance, source of inspiration, Epona - goddess Celtic Moon psychopomp for the soul Etain - goddess Celtic Moon "Shining One", a symbol of fertility, vitatility and love of all growing things Crone, cross roads, dark moon, underworld, Goddess of witches & Hecate - goddess Greek Moon magic, new beginnings, journeys, underworld, mid-wives, healers Hina - goddess Polynesian Moon Appears in the moon Holde - goddess Nordic Moon Moon, witch goddess Assyrian / Ishtar - goddess Babylonian Moon Goddess of the Earth & Moon, divination, love Kali - goddess Hindu Moon Creator - destroyer, rebirth & destruction, associated with the moon Luna - goddess Greek Moon Personification of the moon, with powers over the cycle of life Mary - goddess Christian Moon creator, mother, moon Medusa - goddess Greek Moon Moon in her death aspect, with serpent energy Queen of the starlit heavens, carries the moon across the sky; later Selene - goddess Greek Moon represents the full moon Egyptian / Sphinx - god/goddess Greek Moon Moon, birth & death Apollo - god Greek Music Sun, music, healing Benten - goddess Japanese Music Love, eloquence, music, good luck, the arts, wisdom, geisha patron Sky/Moon goddess of music, song, dance, mirth & sexuality, protectress Hathor - goddess Egyptian Music of women, mother of all Etruscan / Wisdom, music, numbers, crafts, protection, healing, dawn, the Minerva - goddess Roman Music "goddess of a thousand works" Pan - god Greek Music Horned