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* [[Hecate]] - birth, dark arts, the Underworld | * [[Hecate]] - birth, dark arts, the Underworld | ||
* [[Hel]] | * [[Hel]] | ||
* [[Helen of Troy|Helen of Troy]] | |||
* [[Inanna]] - Sumerian goddess; voyage to the underworld | * [[Inanna]] - Sumerian goddess; voyage to the underworld | ||
* [[Ishtar]] - Babylonian goddess of the moon; see also Inanna | * [[Ishtar]] - Babylonian goddess of the moon; see also Inanna | ||
Revision as of 19:17, 14 February 2007
A list of mythological female characters might include:
- Amaterasu Omi Kami
- Asherah
- Astarte
- Baba Yaga
- Basta
- Brigid
- Cerridwen
- Corn Woman
- Diana
- Eostre - German goddess of fertility; name taken as "Easter"
- Eve - Abrahamic
- Gaea
- Hathor - Egyptian goddess of birth
- Hecate - birth, dark arts, the Underworld
- Hel
- Helen of Troy
- Inanna - Sumerian goddess; voyage to the underworld
- Ishtar - Babylonian goddess of the moon; see also Inanna
- Isis - Egyptian goddess of the moon
- Kali Ma - Hindu goddess of destruction
- Lilith
- Maat - Egyptian goddess of law, justice, truth
- Mama Quilla - Incan moon goddess of married women
- Mary Magdalene in the Christian New Testament
- Maya - Hindu & Buddhist goddess of magic, water
- Medea
- Medusa
- Minerva
- Nut - Egyptian goddess of night
- Oshun - Yoruba goddess of rivers, love, the arts
- Oya - African goddess of storms
- Pele - Hawaiian goddess of fire & volcanoes
- Sheila na Gig - Irish goddess of life cycle
- Tara enlightenment
- Yemaya - African goddess of the ocean
Related
- See Retellings
- See Myths