Gods and Goddesses

GREEK GOD AND GODDESS

POSEIDON

Poseidon, a violent and moody individual, is the lord of the sea. He is also known as the “Earth Shaker.” When Poseidon is calm, land can be seen because the water level is not high. When Poseidon is angry waves wreck ships and he drowns those who lived by the shore. Poseidon became the lord of the sea because of a girl named Neried. Neried was the daughter of Nereus, the former ruler of the sea. When Nereid and Poseidon got married, Poseidon inherited the name of the lord of the sea.

ATHENA

Athena is the goddess of wisdom. She is Zeus’s favorite child. Her mother is Metis, the goddess of prudence. Metis is the first wife of Zeus. Zeus was told that his wife Metis would bear him a son that would dethrone him. So when Metis transformed into a fly, Zeus swallowed her. Metis was stuck in Zeus’s head, guiding him there. Metis was pregnant and Zeus didn’t know this. When Metis was going to have her baby, she hammered Zeus’s head and out came Athena.

INDIAN GOD AND GODDESS

Shiva

Shiva is an ancient god. Shiva is often worshipped in the form of a lingam, a stone phallus. The stone phallus represents the underlying unity of existence in which all opposites are reconciled. Shiva is known as “the creator and destroyer. He is also known as the lord of the dance. As well as being a bringer of death. He conquers death and disease and is invoked to cure sickness.

The Mother Goddess

The mother goddess is Shiva’s bride. She is the perfect wife. She exists in forms of Sati and Parvatti. She has nice forms but also horrible forms as well. As a Durga, She is a beautiful and ferocious warrior goddess. As Kali, she is the hideous personification of death and destruction. She is usually seen with a flaming third eye on her forehead, has four arms and is covered with tiger skin.

EGYPTIAN GOD AND GODDESS
Thoth

Thoth is the Egyptian moon god. He was a god of wisdom and he was involved with magic, music, medicine, astronomy, geometry, surveying, drawing and writing. Thoth is shown in human form with the head of an ibis. He also wore a crown consisting of a crescent moon topped by a moon disk. He is also shown as an ibis or a baboon. Both the ibis and the baboon were sacred to him. He lived in the Nile delta region, Hermopolis. Thoth was known for protecting Isis during her pregnancy and healing her son Horus when Seth tore out his left eye. Thoth was very popular in medieval magic and alchemy. Thoth was also a god of the underworld, where he served as a clerk who recorded the judgments on the souls of the dead.

Isis

Isis is the Egyptian goddess of rebirth. She is well known for her empowered femininity. Geb, the god of the Earth, was her father and Nut, the goddess of the Overarching Sky was her mother. Isis was their first daughter and was born on the first day between the first years of creation. Isis taught women how to grind corn and make corn bread, spin flax and weave cloth. She also taught women how to tame men enough to live with them. Isis was worshipped for her knowledge of medicine and wisdom.

CHINESE GOD AND GODDESS

Shen Yi

Shen Yi is the Chinese sun god. He is usually displayed with a sun in his hand. When the earth was scorched by the heat of ten suns, he shot nine with his arrows and became the ruler of the remaining one. By doing this, he became known as “Heavenly Archer.” Shen Yi was granted a drug of immortality and he went to the abode of the immortals, heaven. His wife, Chang, tried to eat the drug but caught her before she ate it all. Due to eating only partial amount of the drug, his wife did not reached the heaven and had to settle in the moon. His enemy was the wind god, Fei Lian.

Chang

Chang is the moon goddess. She is the younger sister of the Water Spirit. She has a husband named Shen Yi, the Excellent Archer, who was given the drug of immortality by the gods. Chang found this drug of immortality and she ate it. After eating it she was able to fly. When Shen I found out that Chang ate the “drug,” Chang fled from him. She flew into the sky until she reached the Moon. She made the moon her new home. She became the Goddess of the moon and her husband became the God of the Sun. After a short separation, Chang and Shen Yi reconciled. Chang is usually presented with a hare. She represents the source of yin, the female principle, as Her husband symbolizes yang, the masculine.

CELTIC GOD AND GODDESS

Cernunnos

Cernunnos is known as the Horned God, the God of Nature, the God of the Underworld and the Astral Plane and the great Father. Creatures called druids knew Cernunnos as Hu Gadarn, the Horned Gods of Fertility. He is displayed with horns on his head, long curling hair, a beard and sometimes holding a spear and shield. Symbols the represented him was the stag, ram, bull and horned serpent. Cernunnos resided in Gaul, which is now central France. He became a prototype for the Christian anti-God, Satan scaring the European people away from their Old Religion.

Cerridwen
Cerridwen is the Moon Goddess. She is also known as the Great Mother, the Grain Goddess and the Goddess of Nature. Her husband is the giant “Tegid.” She has a beautiful daughter named Creirwy and two ugly sons named Avagdu and Movaran. Cerridwen is also known as an evil goddess with dark powers. She is the keeper of the cauldron of the underworld, in which inspiration and divine knowledge are brewed. Sometimes, she is also related to the Greek Muses, only in a more violent and dark form.

LATIN AMERICAN GOD AND GODDESS

Mensabek

Mensabek is the god of rain. He was developed by the Mayan culture. Mensabek is defined as the maker of powder. This definition relates to the mythical method of how Mesabek makes rain. It was believed that Mensabek made black powder and he would give them to his assistants. His assistants, in turn, poured the powder over the clouds and created dark, rain enclosed, clouds.

Tlazolteotl

Latin American gods and goddesses served as explanations of normal everyday occurrences. The Aztecs goddess named Tlazolteotl, was known as the mother of all gods. Aztecs believed that Tlazolteotl consumed the sins of the Aztecs, leaving them pure. Tlazolteotl was also the goddess of childbirth and was widely worshipped. The squatting position for childbirth was, at the time, common all over the world. She was worshipped because she symbolized the answers for the uncontrollable fate of humans.