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Goddesses and Gods.wps - Welcome to Our Temple

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Australia. Goddess who forms infants from mud <strong>and</strong> places them in<strong>to</strong> their<br />

mother's womb.<br />

Antervorta/Antervorte<br />

Antervorta/Antervorte<br />

Antervorta/Antervorte<br />

Italy. Goddess of prophecy <strong>and</strong> childbirth.<br />

Anu<br />

Anu<br />

Irel<strong>and</strong>. Goddess of fertility, comfort <strong>and</strong> prosperity.<br />

Aphrodite Aphrodite<br />

Aphrodite<br />

Greece. Goddess of sexual love.<br />

Aradia<br />

Aradia<br />

Italy. Patroness of witches <strong>and</strong> founder of Strega, the Italian tradition of<br />

Wicca; She is the daughter of the Italian goddess Diana <strong>and</strong> Her brother, the Italian<br />

god of the sun, Lucifer.<br />

Arianrhod<br />

Arianrhod<br />

Wales. Goddess of the sky, the stars, beauty, fertility, <strong>and</strong> reincarnation;<br />

keeper of the cycling silver wheel of stars the symbol of time/karma (Her name means<br />

"Silver Wheel").<br />

Ariki<br />

Ariki<br />

New Zeal<strong>and</strong>. Goddess of the stars.<br />

Artemis<br />

Artemis<br />

Greece. Goddess of the hunt, the night, <strong>and</strong> virgins; guardian of women<br />

during childbirth.<br />

Astarte<br />

Astarte<br />

Greece. Goddess of spiders; weaver of fate <strong>and</strong> destiny.<br />

Astraea<br />

Astraea<br />

Greece. Goddess of the stars <strong>and</strong> justice (Her name means "The Star Maiden").<br />

Athena<br />

Athena<br />

Greece. Goddess of wisdom, the arts, industry, justice, <strong>and</strong> skills.<br />

Atro Atropos Atro Atropos<br />

pos<br />

Greece. Fate who with Her shears cuts off the thread of human life.<br />

Auxesia<br />

Auxesia<br />

Greece. Goddess of growth.<br />

Aveta<br />

Aveta<br />

Gaul. Goddess of midwifery.<br />

Befana<br />

Befana<br />

Italy. Kind <strong>and</strong> gentle old woman who every January 5th, comes <strong>to</strong> give c<strong>and</strong>y<br />

<strong>to</strong> the good children of the world, <strong>and</strong> lumps of coal <strong>to</strong> the bad children.<br />

Belisama<br />

Belisama<br />

Irel<strong>and</strong>. Goddess of light <strong>and</strong> fire, the forge, <strong>and</strong> crafts; She is the wife of the<br />

Irish god of metal crafts, Belenos.<br />

Bia Bia<br />

Bia<br />

Greece. Goddess of power <strong>and</strong> force (Her name means "force").

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