G O D S
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G O D D E S S E S



Some incest exists between the Gods
and I am working on getting it correct.
At this time, I am not sure all info is absolutely correct,
so will continue to do the research in order to get it right.

All links on this page link to sites with information.
I do not link to sites with just links on them.



EGYPTIAN GODDESSES

ISIS
The most complete and many-sided image of the Goddess. Actively worshipped for at least 3,500 years.

She became a goddess of fertility, marriage, motherhood, healing, magic,love, sovereignty, animals, divination, beauty, the Moon, domestic skills and many other things.

With her sister Nephthys, she was protectively present at childbirth and concernedly accompanied the journey of death.

Daughter of Geb and Nut
Wife and Sister of Osiris
Mother of Horus

Isis, Egyptian Goddess

Biography of Isis

Isis - Crystalinks

ISIS - Egyptian Goddess

Wiki on Isis

HATHOR
Goddess of Love, Music, and Dance.

Represented with cow horns and sundisk on head.

Hathor - Crystalinks

Hathor (Sekhmet)

Ancient Egypt Mythology

Lady of Heaven

Hathor, Goddess of Love

Ancient Egyptian Goddess

Hathor - Egyptian Dreams

Egypt: Hathor

Wiki on Hathor

SEKHMET (Sakhmet, Sekhet, Nesert)
Goddess of the Sun
Warrior Goddess of Upper Egypt

Known as Eye of Ra

Protects the good and annihilates the wicked.

Wrathful form of Hathor.

Daughter of Nut and Geb.
Wife of Ptah.
Mother of Nefer-tem

Sekhmet

Sakhmet

Ancient Egypt Online

Sekmet, Egyptian Goddess

Wiki on Sekhmet

NUT
Goddess of the Sky

Daughter of Shu and Tefnut
Wife and Twin Sister of Geb.
Mother of Osiris, Isis(Sekmer), and Nephthys.

NUT and GEB

Wiki on Nut

NEPHTHYS (Nebhet)
Lady of the House

Wife of Seth.
Mother of Anubis.

Nephthys

Wiki on Nephthys

MA'AT (Mayet)
Goddess of Justice.

Wife of Thoth

Ma'at

Wiki on Ma'at

BASTET (Bast)
Protectress of Cats.

Daughter and Wife of Ra
Mother of Khensu and Maahes.

Bast

Wiki on Bastet

MUT
Lady of Heaven.
Mother Goddess

Wife of Amun
Mother of all Gods.
Mother of all living things.

Mut

MUT, Mother Goddess

Wiki on Mut

SESHAT
Goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing.

Wife of Thoth

Seshat

Wiki on Seshat




EGYPTIAN GODS

RA (Re, Phra)
God of Sun and King of the Gods. A man with a falcon's head or a falcon crowned with a sun disk.

Father of first divine couple Shu and Tefnut.
Grandfather of Geb and Nut

RA - Sun God

Wiki on Ra

GEB (Keb)
God of the Earth

Son of Shu and Tefmut
Husband and Twin Brother of Nut.
Father of Osiris, Isis(Sekmer), and Nephthys.

Geb and Nut

Wiki on Geb

OSIRIS
God of the Dead

Husband of Isis
Father of Horus
Father of Anubis by Nephthys

Osiris

Wiki on Osiris

SETH (Set, Suetekh)
God of the Desert

Son of Geb and Nut.
Brother of Osiris, Isis(Sekhmet), and Nephthys
Husband of Nephthys and Taurt.
Father of Anubis

Seth

Wiki on Set

HORUS
Ruler of all Egypt

Son of Isis and Osiris.

Horus

Wiki on Horus

THOTH Tehuti)
God of Wisdom, Time, Writing and the Moon.

Self conceived at the beginning of time.
Husband of Ma'at
Brother and Husband of Seshat.

Thoth

Wiki on Thoth

ANUBIS
God of Embalming
Son of Nephthys and Seth

Anubis

Wiki on Anubis

AMUN (Amon, Amen, Amen Ra, Amon Re)
God of Creation

Self created at the beginning of time. Beleived to be the physical father of all Pharaohs

Amun

Wiki on Amun

PTAH (Ptah-Seker)
Represents the Sun at the time it begins rising and/or after it has risen.

Husband of Sekhmet
Father of Nefer-tem

Ptah

Wiki on Ptah



GREEK GODDESSES

APHRODITE
Greek Goddess of sexual love.
She was the last and the most splendid of the love goddesses of Western paganism. Also the purest - not in the puritan sense but because she personified love and nothing but love.
Her Power and her Art

Aphrodite

Aphrodite - Encyclopedia Mythica

Wiki on Aphrodite

ARTEMIS
Goddess of forests and hills, child birth, virginity, fertility, and the hunt.

Daughter of Zeus and Leto.
Twin sister of Apollo

Artemis - Encyclopedia Mythica

Artemis - Greek Goddess

Wiki on Artemis

ARACHNE
Greek Spider Goddess.
A Lydian girl skilled in weaving.
Arachne - Greek Goddess

Arachne - Encyclopedia Mythica

Arachne History for Kids

Myth Man's Arachne

Wiki on Arachne

ATHENA
Goddess of Wisom and War. Came out of Zeus's head after he turned Athena's mother into a fly and swollowed her. Athena Greek Goddess of Wisdom

Goddess Athena

Athena: Greek Goddess of Wisdom

Pallas Athena

Athena, goddess of wisdom

Wiki on Athena

HERA
Greek Goddess of Love and Marriage (also Zeus's wife). Hera, Goddess of Love and Marriage

Hera, the First Greek Goddess

Hera, Goddess

Hera, Grrek goddess of marriage

Greek Goddess Hera

Wiki on Athena



GREEK GODS

ZEUS - King of Gods
Greek King of Gods

Sister of Hestia.
Hera is Wife and sister
Son Ares with Hera
Daughter Athena is aleged to have sprung from his forehead thus no mother.
Daughter Artemis and son Apollo with wife Leto
Son Hephaestus with wife Hera

Zeus on Encyclopedia Mythica

Zeus

Zeus

Wiki on Zeus

APOLLO
Sun God.
God of music, medicine, health, prophecies, poetry, and archery.

Referred to as the most handsome of the gods.

Son o f Zeus and Leto
Twin brother of Artemis
Wife was Koronis
Son Asclepius with Koronis who died in labour. Apollo cut his son our of her womb.

Apollo on Encyclopedia Mythica

Apollo on Ancient History

Apollo - Greek God of Light

Apollo Olympian God

Apollo - God of the Sun

Wiki on Apollo

ASCLEPIUS
Son of Apollo.

Greek god of medicine and healing.

When Asclepius used it to resurrect mortals from the dead Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt

The staff he carried has a snake entwined on it and remains the symbol of medicien today.

Mother Koronis died in labour and his father Apollo cut him from the womb, therfore, receiving the name Asklepios ("to cut open")

Raised by the centaur Kheiron who instucted him in the art of medicine.

Wife was Epione
Daughters are: Hygieia(Health) and Iaso(Medicine), Aceso(Healing), Aglaea/Egle(Healthy Glow), and Panacea(Universal Remedy)
Sons Machaon, Podaleiros and Telesphoros along with the daughters were with Epione.
Son Aratus with Aristodama

Asclepius - Greek Mythology

Asclepius on Encyclopedia Mythica

Asclepius the Healing God

Asklepios

Asclepius on Greece Myths

Wiki on Ascleius



HINDU GODDESSES

AMBAMA
The goddess with 8 arms that rides a tigar, she is the Goddess of protection Hindu - Samai - Temple

Amba Mataji

LAKSHMI / LAXMI
Goddess of wealth, prosperity, light,wisdom, fortune, fertility, generosity and courage.
The embodiment of beauty, grace and charm.

A goddess with 4 arms

Goddess Laxmi

Hindu Deities: Goddess Lakshmi

Wiki on Lakshmi

PARVATI
The strength and wife of Shiva (Shiva is the first God, the one that was before anything)

Parvati is considered the supreme Divine Mother and all other goddesses are referred to as her incarnations or manifestations.

Parvati: the Hindu Goddess

Parvati the Love Goddess

Shiva-Parvati

Hindu Goddess Parvati

Parvati Information

Wiki on Parvati



HINDU GOD

SHIVA - Supreme God
Hindu Supreme God.

The destroyer of the world.

Hindu God Shiva

Lord Shiva

Shiva

Wiki on Shiva




GENERAL MYTHOLOGY

Greek Mythology Family Tree of the Gods

Greek Gods Family Tree

Egyptian Pantheon

Ancient Egyptian Religion

Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten

Greek Mythology

Ancient Greek Religion

Hindu Gods & Goddesses

Hindu Deities

Resources for Myths Around the World

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