Brigid Deity Symbols

Hecate, was the daughter of both Perses and Asteria who were Titans. Perses (her father) name when translated means “destroyer”, while on the other hand Asteria (her mother) name when translated means “the starry one”. With the strength, knowledge and power given to her by both parents, Hecate was finally born. She was given the strength, power and control over the sea, heaven and earth. A picture of Hecate can be seen as having three bodies while holding a torch in one of her hands. Her name was originally translated to mean the goddess of the moon. She grew up to be a beautiful young woman who was known for being helpful with decision making for those around her. An example of this is was during a story she was featured in, helping Demeter (also known as the goddess of harvest and fertility) to look for her daughter, Persephone

Throughout ancient Greco-Roman history, the Olympian Gods had very different roles in mythology. Athena and Artemis were two of the twelve gods who ruled Olympus. The goddesses portrayed many different religious aspects of this culture and played a large role in mythology. Both goddesses were believed to be virgin goddesses but still represent the ideas of growing into a woman, childbearing, and matronly duties. Throughout this paper the reader will find examples of similarities and differences between two virgin goddesses and how they represented the cultures of women, purity, and womanly duties.

She was the great Olympian goddess of wise counsel, war, and was heroic. She is known as Athena, she is the daughter of Zeus and when she was born she did not have a mother, because from stories they say she was born from Zeus’s head. Athena since she was the goddess of wisdom and war she never lost a battle ever, she always made her own decisions to everything. After her battle strategies and being not so friendly on the field she did have compassion. By teaching woman to weave and pottery she was very nice. Athena has a very interesting history when it comes to everything she does such as how she was born, battle skills, and compassion.

Pallas Athena and Wonder Woman have shaped up history and influenced women throughout generations due to their power in defending justice. These strong, independent women have shown many similarities that have given women the confidence to stand up for themselves leading to the opportunities today’s women have. They both liked to settle battles and fights by peaceful means. These two women, symbolized fortitude, wisdom, and intelligence. Pallas Athena, the Greek patron goddess of the Amazons and Diana Prince the modern heroine of Wonder Woman (2017) both demonstrate a feminist

heiress to Avalon, Morgaine. The story is told by each, as they saw it happen.

From the Woman in the odyssey we can tell that Ancient Greeks valued many qualities: hospitality, love, faithfulness, strength, bravery and humility. Women were mainly judged by their looks. They didn't have as much respect as men. They were only paid attention to if they were goddesses, like athena; if they had kingdoms; or their husband or children were someone important as in the case of Penelope, Odysseus’ wife.

One way Diana contributed to the Ancient world was through women. Diana was the Goddess of babies and their mothers, and she was invoked by them. Women would pray to her for a child, and then, once pregnant, they would they pray for an easy delivery. This form of worship is attested in finds of votives statuettes in her sanctuary in the nemus of Aricinum as well as in Ancient sources (crystalinks). Diana became the goddess of babies and their mothers by devoting herself never to marry.

Hermes is infamously known for being the messenger of the gods, which is true, however he is also in charge of many other sectors of the world as well. He is the god of travel, merchants, literature, and thieves. Hermes is sometimes thought to be as a trickster because of how he would take any opportunity to trick the gods for the well-being of human kind, or for his own personal gratification, which is why Hermes is sometimes considered to be a trickster. As soon as Hermes was born he stole Apollo’s cattle and said that he didn’t do it, and that is why he became the god of thieves. Hermes had many symbols but for the most part he is mainly associated with Caduceus and his winged sandals.

Selene was the goddess of the moon. She was the daughter of Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky). She was one of the Titans. She was the immortal sister of Helios (God of the sun) and they were responsible for the movements of the sun and moon across the sky.

In Avalon, She presided over nine priestess’s who were prophetesses and healers. Avalon is known to have been an oracular center. Some believe that Avalon was a Druidic college for priestesses of women’s mysteries. Certain healing wells are also sacred to Her in Britain - known as Morgan’s wells.

She was the goddess of the sky, love, beauty, joy, dance, music, the desert, the turquoise mines and fertility (the ability to conceive children or young). The people prayed to her because she was the goddess of childbirth, and they wanted to have a good birthing and strong children. The women also wanted to be beautiful like Hathor, and that is another reason that Hathor was worshiped. As she was also

Artemis was the Greek god of virginity, childbirth, wild and tame animals, and the wilderness. Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, she had a twin brother Apollo. Although they were twins she is nothing like her brother for his poetry and musical talents. When Artemis and Apollo where with each other they only brought on disease and death, even though Artemis is the protector of women. She was born a day later than her brother Apollo on the island of Ortygia (where Hera had chased her mother to). Artemis helped her mother through the birth of Apollo. She then became the protector of childbirth. It is said that she is one of the most respected ancient Greek goddesses.

This red mare's name is Lair Derg and was a horse that no one could outrun. As one of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Áine was known as the Faery Queen and leanan sidhe, which means the sweet heart of the Fae. She is the mother aspect of the triple goddess, along with her two sisters, Fenne and Grainne. Áine was one of the most beautiful and powerful of the Celtic Goddesses, and was one of many that the Christian monks wanted to get rid of, mostly because she had relations with so many different men. In Celtic Mythology, Áine also known as Awnya, is the Goddess of the Sun and a feast known as the Feast of the Midsummer's Night were held in her honor, because at midsummer the farmers would walk around their fields waving torches, in the hopes that Áine and her sacred fire might grant them an abundant harvest that year.

“She took a vow to remain a virgin, refusing to give into the callings of Poseidon and Apollo; once,she was almost raped by Priapus, a lesser god of fertility, but was saved thanks to a braying of a mule”.She was not that worshipped publicly and which is evident by some of the lack of temples and shrines attributed to her or this comes in contrast to the Roman equivalent goddess Vesta and who represented public hearth cause she kinda needed to be worshipped because she was a god. She is the goddess of the Olympian generation and she is also the daughter of Cronus and Rhea and sister to Poseidon, Hades,

First, we start with the goddesses. Artemis was the goddess of the hunt. She protected the hunt and the youthful. Apollos twin sister. She was the best archer