List of mythological female characters

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