All Wiccans should know and study our Goddesses and Gods, and find the one they connect to. We call upon them in spell casting,in rituals and to help us in every day life. So here is a list of both, it is up to you as beging Wiccan to study and learn about them as much as possible and draw them down to you.
Goddesses
Aer: Wales. Goddess of war and revenge. Goddess of the River Dee.
Aine: Ireland. Moon Goddess and patroness of crops and cattle. Associated with the Summer Solstice.
Andraste: Britain. A war and nature Goddess. Associated with the hare And Ostara.
Anu/ Dana/Dana-Ana: Ireland. Mother Goddess, Greatest of all Goddesses. Goddess of plenty.Maiden aspect of the triple Goddess, formed with Goddesses macha and Badb.
Aphrodite: Greek; Goddess of passionate, sexual love. Aphrodite will assist you in pulling loving energy towards yourself.
Aradia: Italian: Queen of the Witches, daughter of Diana. Aradia is an extremely powerful entity and a protectress of Witches in general.
Arianrhod: Welsh; Goddess of the stars and reincarnation. Call on Arianrhod to help with past life memories and difficulties as well as for contacting the Star People.
Artemis: Greek; Goddess of the Moon.
Astarte: Greek; Fertility Goddess. Whether you wish to bear children or have a magnificent garden, Astarte will assist in your desire.
Athena: Greek; Warrior Goddess and Protectress. Someone giving you a rough time at work? Call on Athena to help you.
Badbh: Ireland, Gaul. In Gaul known as Cauth Bodva. War Goddess. Part of the triple Goddess aspect with Anu and Macha. Asscoaited with cauldrons, ravens, life and wisdom.
Bast: Egyptian; Goddess of Protection and Cats. Bast is great for vehicle travel as well as walking down a dark alley. Call on her essence in the form of a giant panther to see you through to your destination.
Blodwin/ Blanchflor: Wales,Gaul. Goddess of the earth in bloom. Associated with flowers,owls and ceremonies. Goddess of initiation ceremonies.
Brigantia: Britain. Goddess of pastures and rivers. Associated with Imbolc.
Brigid: Celtic; Warrior Goddess and Protectress and Preserver. Brigid is also a Triple Goddess. She is strong and wise. Call on her to help protect your children in a tough situation. Invocation to Brigid.
Caillech Beine Bric/ Scota: Scotland. Destroyer Goddess of the Underworld. The name for Scotland comes from her( original name was Caledonia)
Ceres: Roman; Goddess of the Harvest.
Cerridwen: Welsh; Moon and Harvest Goddess and Goddess of nature. Goddess of the Underworld and the cauldron of inspiration.
Demeter: Greed; Earth Mother archetype. Excellent Goddess where birthing or small children are involved.
Diana: Roman; Moon Goddess and Goddess of the Hunt. Diana is many faceted. She is a seductress (as she enchanted her brother Lucifer to beget Aradia in the form of a cat) as well as a mother figure for Witches. Invocation to Diana.
Dryads: Greek; feminine spirits of the trees.
Flora: Roman; Goddess of Spring and Birth. For beautiful flowers, babies, and all bounties of Earth Mother.
Fortuna: Roman; Goddess of Fate.
Freys: Scandinavian; Moon Goddess and wife/lover of Odin. Also commander of the Valkyries.
Hathor: Egyptian; Protectress of Women in Business. A Hathor's Mirror is very important for the Witch. Hathor was cunning as well as beautiful.
Hecate: Egyptian; Moon Goddess as in Crone or Dark Mother.
Hera: Greek; Goddess of Marriage. If handfasting or some type of commitment is the issue, Hera is the Goddess to seek. Just remember that she has a vindictive side.
Hestia: Greek; Goddess of Home and Hearth. Building a house, remodeling, or apartment hunting. Safety in the home and family unit.
Inanna: Sumerian; Goddess representation of the Mother.
Isis: Egyptian; represents the Complete Goddess or the Triple Goddess. Invocation to Isis.
Kali: Hindu; Creative/Destructive Goddess. Protectress of abused women. Kali-Ma should be called if a woman is in fear of physical danger. Her power is truly awesome.
Lilith: Hebrew; Adam's first wife and said to be turned into a demoness; however, you may change your mind. In Silver RavenWolf's opinion, Lilith was a Star Woman bred with Adam. This would make her a Goddess of Higher Intelligence or a representation of the Star People. Associated with sexuality and the dark side.
Macha: Ireland. Mother of life and death. A war Goddess. Associated with ravens and crows. Dominates males with sexual cunning and force. She was honored at Lughnassadh.
Maat: Egyptian; Goddess of Justice and Divine Order. Maat is the true balance of any situation. She plays no favorites and will dispense justice to all parties involved. Be sure your own slate is clean in the situation before you call her.
Morgan: Ireland, Wales, Britian; Crone aspect of the triple Goddess. Goddess of War, magick, fate and death.. She was also doubled with The Lady of the Lake. Associtaed with ravens,crows,shapeshifting, magick,prophecy,wisdom,war,peace and night. It is Morgan who taught Merlin his magick Patroness of priestesses and witches.
Morgan Le Fay: Welsh. Death Goddess. Glamorgan in Wales is her sacred terrotory.
Muses: Greek; Goddess of Inspiration who vary in number depending upon the pantheon used.
Nephtys: Egyptian; Goddess of Surprises, Sisters and Midwives.
Norns: Celtic; the three sisters of the Wyrd. Responsible for weaving fate- past, present and future.
Nuit: Egyptian; Sky Mother. Often seen depicted in circular fashion cradling the stars.
Persephone: Greek; Goddess of the Underworld as well as Harvest. Daughter of Demeter.
Rhiannon: Wales. Goddess of birds and horses. She rides a white horse. Goddess of the Underworld.
Selene: Greek; Goddess of the Moon and Solutions. Appeal to Selene to bring a logical answer to any problem.
Valkyries: Scandinavian; women warriors who carried the souls of men slain in battle to heaven.
Venus: Roman; Goddess of Love and Romance.
Vesta: Roman; Goddess of Fire.
Gods
Adonis: Greek; consort of Aphrodite. Also another name for "Lord." In Phoenician his counterpart is Astarte. A vegetation God. Roman counterpart is Venus.
Amaethon: Wales. God of agriculture.
Anubis: Egyptian; guardian of Isis. Jackal-Headed God of Protection. Call on hem to protect both home and person.
Apollo: Greek and Roman; twin brother of Artemis. God of the Sun, Light and the Arts.
Apsu: Babylonian; his mate is Tiamat.
Bel/Bile/Belenus: Ireland. Sun and fire God. Associated with fire,sun, purification,success,crops,fertility and cattle. Seen in the festival of Beltane.
Bran: Wales. The giant. God of prophecy,the arts,leaders,war,music and writing. Associated with ravens.
Camulos - Britian,Gaul. War God
Cernunnos: Celtic; Horned God and consort of the Lady. God of Nature. Also called Herne The Hunter. He represents the darker aspects of nature.
Eros: Greek; God of Romance and Passionate Love.
Green Man: God of nature: The male spirit of nature, life and growth. The Green Man
Herne The Hunter: Britain. The dark lord. God of the hunt, wild animals, and forests. Associated with the Gods, Cernunnos and Gwynn ap Nudd.
Horus: Egyptian; Head of a Falcon and body of a man. God of the all-seeing eye and healing.
Hymen: Greek; God of Marriage and Commitment. His counterpart is Dionysus.
Kai: Wales. A fire and smithing God.
Lucifer: Italian: Soulmate and Brother of Diana. Father of Aradia. God of the Sun and Light.
Lugh: Ireland,Wales. Sun and War God. Connected with the festival of Lughnassadh, a harvest festival. Associated with ravens. and a white stag.
Math Mathonwy: Wales, Britian. God of magick,sorcery and enchantment.
Mithra: Persian; Sun God and bringer of Light. A soldier's God.
Odin: Scandinavian; counterpart of Freya. This is the God who hung on the Tree of Yggdrasil to obtain second sight. His familiars are the Raven and the Wolf. He is depicted as a terrible God, in his old age as a God of Wisdom and psychic sight. He is the giver of Runes.
Osiris: Egyptian; counterpart of Isis. Over-all God form including vegetation and after-life.
Owen ap Urien: Wales. God of wisdom, magick and war. Associated with Ravens.
Pan: Greek; God of Nature and the Woods, Laughter and Passion. Also music and personal abandon. Invocation to Pan.
Poseidon: Greek; God of the Sea. His familiars are dolphins and horses.
Ptah: Egyptian; Expert craftsman and designer. God of creative enterprise with the hands.
Shiva: Hindu; consort of Kali. God of the universal cycle of birth-death-rebirth. Shiva can be both kind and terrible.
Sucellus: Britain. Father God , a sky God. God of authority,success,protection and strength.
Thor: Scandinavian; God of the Sky and Thunder. A kindly God of the common people, including farmers and sailors.
Thoth: Egyptian; God of Reincarnation. Also a Moon God and favorable to science and wisdom.
Comments
It's crucial to note that a lot of Wiccans consider all of the Gods and Goddesses to actually be different expressions of the same deity.
I would like to say that Hathor is a Universal Mother ID and not originating with Wiccan, or any other named beleif system. She is the First Feminine Principal. She originated from a field of immense creative potential and I use her energy as a primary source of wisdom.
Thanks
Wicca is mainly a duotheistic religion, not polytheistic. Our two supreme deities are the yin and yang of Nature Itself: the dual Horned God of wild nature and the shadowland beyond death, whose symbol is the sun; and the triple Goddess of the sky and earth and sea, whose symbol is the moon. We celebrate lunar cycles mainly in Her honor, and we celebrate seasonal/solar sabbats mainly in His honor. They are divine Lovers; the traditional theology of Wicca is gender polarity, the loving opposition of God & Goddess, male and female.
It's true that both our Lord and our Lady have many diverse aspects, who can also be thought of as individual deities. Pan, Herne, Cernunnos, Zeus and Dionysos are all aspects of the Horned God, and also pagan Gods in their own right. Likewise Goddesses such as Isis, Diana, Cerridwen, and Hecate. Wiccans may also honor many other pagan gods and goddesses as lesser deities; but we worship above all the Horned God and the Moon Goddess of Wicca.
This idea that Wicca is polytheistic, and you can worship any deities you like or none at all -- that is not traditional Wicca, and it does not fit with the core theology of our religion. If you read books on traditional Wicca, by authors such as Gerald Gardner and Doreen Valiente (the father and mother of Wicca today), then the core theological structure of traditional Wicca will be seen as clearly duotheistic, and based on male/female gender polarity. I suggest especially The Witches' Creed by Doreen Valiente, in which she lays out the basic belief structure of Wicca; including the duotheistic polarity of God and Goddess.
There is nothing at all wrong with polytheistic pagan witchcraft, if that's the spiritual path that calls to you. But it's not Wicca. Wicca is one unique pagan religion among many, with its own distinctive theology and belief structure. Those of us who studied for years to earn our clergy ordination in traditional Wiccan covens are not happy when eclectic pagans portray Wicca as a religion where there is no belief structure and you can do anything you want. If that were the case, then Wicca would not be a religion at all; and it most certainly is.
Then what is the difference between paganism and witchcraft?
Pagan: someone who worships a nature based religion derived from term meaning farmer or nuterer of the land
witch: someone who practices magic
While many pagans are witches and vice versa there are many witch paths that are non religious and not all pagans are practicing witchs. Although i cant imagine too many pagans who dont at least believe in magic.
i think the goddesses would be pround of how they were spoke about in this
I have been a Wiccan for 6 years, and I follow Traditional Wicca, In Wicca it is important that you honor the Old Ones but remember that our devine are The Horned One and The Triple Moon Goddess, they have been named differently in all secs and traditions of Wicca, but I chose to call them the Lord and Lady right now because I have not yet found a coven who is a decendent of the Original Bricket Wood Coven. So untill then I honor most Gods and Goddesses but I love and worship The Moon Goddess, her phases and The Horned One.
i need a effective curse for vengeance. any ideas?
I agree to the idea that wicca is not a religion where anything goes and gods from all pantheons count. Its just so rare and new (or 're'newed) that it really is hard to find structure in it. Even in the Celtic pantheons, there are Welsh, Irish, Britannic, and Gaulic elements with different stories, different gods, and different customs. But in the end its what you take in your heart and make of it, of course.
Yeah, you got a point... but if you think about it there is a structure to wicca you just have to know what it is... what the "rules" and "boundries" are...
I left Christianity because I became woefully tired of the "structure" of "religion" and man's control. In fighting about who has the right "doctrine" and how things must be done to remain "righteous" or acceptable by the "church" and or God. So I also reject structured Wicca or Paganism as well. Wicca endangers itself of becoming just another "man controlled religion" by setting guidelines/rules and dogma. I reject that. I worship who I will and in the manner I feel led to do so. I won't be dictated to by others any longer. I guess I am a solitary witch..those who I find most closely drawn to and "worship" would be Eros, The Morrigan, Brigid and Lugh.
The comments above are from a type of Wiccans. There are many who do believe that all the gods and goddeses are manifistations of the dive duality. In this sense you can focus your worship on say Oden and Demetre for instance and still be worshiping the Wiccan powers. You are just choosing to focus on the energies that are most meaningful to you. BB
I totally love it to be a wiccan.
I whas first catholic, but that whas because of my family.
My mother lives now somewhere else so i dont have to go to that boring church.
Wicca came on my path. I am so happy with it :) I dont have any pression now and I don't care if im going to hell.
(if u dont believe in a hell, u dont come in it)
It is so much better to work with magick and be ur own priesteress :))
Blessed be )0(
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