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  AMystical1...The Craft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Goddess of agriculture, grain, crops, initiation, civilization, lawgiver and the love a mother bears for her child.
Daughter of Ceres, is the counterpart of the Greek goddess, Persephone.
She was the goddess of chastity in women, despite the fact that she had many affairs with both gods and mortals.
www.amystical1.com /romangodsgoddesses.htm   (2955 words)

  
 List of deities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Artemis - goddess of the hunt, the moon, virginity, and childbirth, twin sister of Apollo, and an Olympian
Matangi - The Goddess as Leftovers and Salvage
Ceres - goddess of the harvest and mother of Proserpina, and an Olympian, and assigned a Flamen Minore
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_deities   (2564 words)

  
 Roman Pantheon
A fertility Goddess, one of an ancient triad alongside Minerva and Tina.
Goddess of miasmas and sulphuric vapours; associated closely with plagues and malarias, as these were regarded as the results of the volcanic emissions so common in Italy.
Goddess of the cradle, and Protectress of the nursery.
web.raex.com /~obsidian/RomPan.html   (3907 words)

  
 Gods and Godesses
She was worshipped by the Vestals as the goddess of chastity and fertility.
Proserpina, daughter of Ceres, is the counterpart of the Greek goddess, Persephone.
The Etruscan moon goddess was the companion of the love goddess Turan; she was represented with a half-moon hanging from her neck.
www.gallica.co.uk /romans/myths.htm   (4335 words)

  
 Etruscan mythology information information - Search.com
Laran's consort was the love goddess Turan, mirroring the relationship of Ares, the deity from the Greek pantheon who Laran would later be merged with, and Aphrodite, Turan's equivalent.
Goddess of the dead in Etruscan and Roman mythology, not to be confused with the Greek goddess of insanity, Mania.
Supreme goddess of the Etruscan pantheon, wife of Tinia, mother of Hercle, and patroness of Perugia.
domainhelp.search.com /reference/Etruscan_mythology   (1545 words)

  
 Deities of the Religio Romana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
She is a star goddess Astera (Virgo) of the underworld, that is, the portion of the zodiac lying beneath the celestial equator.
Maatreis Maauissa: Oscan Mother goddess similar to Hecate, She is a form of Ceres as a Goddess of the dead, and as Mater Matuta and Mania Genita.
Thalna: Etruscan goddess of childbirth, consort of Tinia.
www.societasviaromana.org /Collegium_Religionis/deities.php   (8203 words)

  
 Venus - WiccanWeb.ca   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Venus was a major goddess in Roman Mythology, principally associated with love, sex and beauty, the rough equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
Venus was commonly associated with the Greek goddess Aphrodite and the Etruscan deity Turan, borrowing aspects from each.
As the goddess of sexual healing, a degree of erotic beauty in her presentation was justified, which had an obvious appeal to many artists and their patrons.
www.wiccanweb.ca /wiki/index.php/Venus   (938 words)

  
 Etruscan Deities
The Roman goddess Minerva was probably derived from Menrva.
Thesan was also the goddess of childbirth, since her name was often invoked at childbirth.
His consort was Uni, where they formed, along with the goddess Menrva, a supreme triad of the Etruscan pantheon, just like the Roman triad of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, where they shared the temple at Capitol.
www.timelessmyths.com /classical/etruscan.html   (546 words)

  
 Roman Goddess Venus
Given she was a goddess you could actually choose to believe in and adore, it isn't surprising she soon became part of every day Roman life.
Interestingly there was a goddess of dead corpses called Libitina - who even had a gate in the Colosseum named after her - so you could in a sense regard Libitina a sort of opposite of Venus.
As already suggested above the goddess Venus became a great favourite of painters and artists: her very nature made it proper to paint her beauty and nudity with greatly reduced censorship, this was particularly so from the renaissance onwards, where all that was classical made a great come-back.
www.mariamilani.com /ancient_rome/Roman_Goddess_Venus.htm   (1598 words)

  
 Aphrodite
Cyprus is also considered as the most probable place of the formation of Aphrodite and the shaping of her known nature, mainly of the geographic position of the island, on the boundaries between East and West.
In addition, the Greek presence in Cyprus (from the 14th Century BC onwards) contributed with its own influence in the shaping of the character of the goddess but also with her transfer to Greece where she was finally fully hellenized.
Aphrodite was the patron goddess of many cities of Cyprus, and for this reason she is testified with epithets like: Paphian, Idalian, Goglian.
enostos.net /cdrom/aphrodite.html   (639 words)

  
 Pagan Village News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In this capacity, Vesta is a Goddess of connections, while in Her ancient aspects she connected family members together and then the family to the community, today she may be seen as a Goddess that reconnects us to Nature.
As such, Venus (Aphrodite and Turan) is associated with the season--She is a quintessential fertility goddess and is associated with the reseeding and growth of the earth--She turns the barren winter landscape into a lush paradise, a carpet of green.
Turan is a Goddess of vitality and force, of breaking through to new ground through devotion; while Venus is a Goddess of connection through loving relationships.
pagansunited.com /deitiesimbolic06.htm   (1334 words)

  
 Turan (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Etruscan mythology, Turan was the goddess of love and vitality and patroness of the city of Velch.
In art, she was usually depicted as a young winged girl.
Her name is derived from the Etruscan verb turan "to rule".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turan_(goddess)   (99 words)

  
 Southern Europe Realm of the Forgotten Goddesses
Goddess of earth and nature, hunting and wild animals.
One of the Lasas (goddesses of fate: Acaviser, Alpan, Evan, Lasa and Mean).
An Etruscan and subsequently Roman (river-)goddess whose fertility festivals were aimed at stimulating the fertility of both plants and humans.
inanna.virtualave.net /southeurope.html   (104 words)

  
 Friends and Nymphs of Aphrodite
Later she was considered a daughter of Aphrodite, because the Love Goddess was also a Goose Goddess — one of the original versions of Mother Goose.
Turan's costume remained distinct, always including a conical Etruscan cap and shoes with upturned toes335 which so strongly suggest a connection between the Etruscans and peoples of Anatolia.
However, the placement of her temple actually relates to the fact that Turan was a fundamentally foreign deity, and it was Roman practice to place the temples of all such deities outside of their city's sacred boundary.
www.moonspeaker.ca /Aphrodite/aphfriends.html   (756 words)

  
 Turan, Etruscan Goddess of Love and Beauty--Aphrodite Venus Turan Atuns Love Goddess Beauty Goddess Etruscan Goddess ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Turan is the Etruscan Goddess of Love and Beauty, much associated with the Greek Aphrodite.
She was the patron Goddess of the city of Vulci, one of the main cities of Etruria, famous for its cemeteries and rich grave goods that now supply many a museum's Roman collections.
In the Judgment of Paris scenes She is shown with Uni and Menrfa, and is easily identified by the fact that of the three Goddesses, Turan is the one hiking up Her skirt to show off Her trendy Etruscan boots and a good bit of leg.
www.thaliatook.com /turan.html   (687 words)

  
 Site Map ~ Spiral Goddess Grove
Here at the Spiral Goddess Grove there is always something to experience that goes beyond the material magic of Cartier, Harry Winston, Chanel, Laugerfeld and Mira Lago.
The Goddess is known by many names, here are a few of them.
Spiral Goddess Grove tm, and Goddess Magazine.com tm are Trademarked (TM) by Abby Willowroot.
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 the craft
With the Goddess and the God of hunting growing empowered in the society, as the chiefs among deities, the other Gods fell into secondary roles, and then were finally forgotten.
As the race spread across Europe, the Goddess and God were carried with them, and as the nations rose, and languages changed, the Names of the deities changed, but the essential force of the deities remained the same.
The Goddess grew into both the Goddess of Fertility and the Goddess of Rebirth, as life after death and in reincarnation had evolved into the religion.
paranormalhampshire.bravehost.com /craft.htm   (1990 words)

  
 Etruscan Gods
Goddess of night and death, personification of growth in nature.
She is the predecessor of the Roman goddess Minerva.
Goddess of the cosmos and the supreme goddess of the Etruscan pantheon.
amanda61483.tripod.com /id12.html   (395 words)

  
 Divine_Mirror, story of Helen of Troy with Etruscan characters
We know that Ralna is a goddess because of the robes she is wearing and thus cannot be confused with the mortal wife of Tyndareus, Leda, who in other versions of the story was directly raped by Zeus.
That Turan was involved in the abduction of Helen by Alexander is clear.
If the goddess suckling the two babes is Ceres, she represents the Corn Goddess, of agriculture, crops, initiation, civilization, the love a mother bears for her child, protectress of women, motherhood, marriage, etc. She is the daughter of Saturn and Ops.
www.maravot.com /Divine_Mirror.html   (4910 words)

  
 Italian Deities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
TUCHULCHA - Etruscan Goddess of Death; she is part human, part bird, and part animal, with snakes in her hair and around
TURAN - Etruscan Goddess of Love, Health and Fertility; usually portrayed as a young woman with wings on her back
VANTH - Etruscan Goddess of Death; she is depicted with wings, a cap on her head, and a key to open tombs in her hand.
hometown.aol.com /shamaness33/Italianindex.html   (517 words)

  
 Aphrodite / Venus
The elder one, having no mother, who is called the heavenly Aphrodite--she is the daughter of Uranus; the younger, who is the daughter of Zeus and Dione --her we call common; and the Love who is her fellow-worker is rightly named common, as the other love is called heavenly.
Iliad (Book V) expresses another version of her origin, by which she was considered a daughter of Dione, who was the original oracular goddess ("Dione" being simply "the goddess," etymologically an equivalent of "Diana") at Dodona.
The gods and goddesses as well as various mortals were invited to the marriage of Peleus and Thetis (the eventual parents of Achilles).
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Aphrodite.html   (2381 words)

  
 Venus (Olympian goddess)
As a rather hedonistic goddess, Aphrodite was most displeased to be married to the lame, sooty, hard-working Hephaestus.
In a contest among herself, Hera, and Athena to decide who was the most beautiful goddess of all, the Trojan prince Paris was approached by Hermes to play the role of arbitrator for the three goddesses--each of whom promised him a reward from whomever he chose.
The goddess of love fled, until she saw that the messenger no longer had a reflection.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/venusaph.htm   (5035 words)

  
 Mythography | Etruscan Gods and Goddesses in Myth and Art
And while the names of these gods and goddesses may be unfamiliar, even in some cases a bit comic, they represent the Etruscan version of the Greek Olympians.
One of the problems that arises in the study of the Etruscans, however, is that we have yet to decipher their odd language.
Also, note how some of the names of the gods and goddesses are similar to their Greek and/or Roman counterparts, while others (like Fufluns...) are, well, unique.
www.loggia.com /myth/etruscan.html   (291 words)

  
 ItalianGods   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
On January 5th of each year she distributes candy to the good children and coal to the bad.
The Goddess of all witches (remember, "Diana" is a name associated with the Goddess in several traditions, places and times.
: Etruscan Goddess of death; she is depicted with wings, a cap on her head and a key to open tombs.
www.harmonysenchantedhearth.homestead.com /ItalianGods.html   (499 words)

  
 etruscan
Ferona - goddess who protects freedmen, associated with woodlands, fire, and fertility.
Menrva - goddess of wisdom and the arts.
Thalna - winged lady, goddess associated with childbirth.
www.geocities.com /kotonii/etruscan.html   (284 words)

  
 Catha, Mother Sun of the Etruscans--Mother Sun Solar Goddess Etruscan Goddess roman goddess pagan gods and goddesses ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
That said, Usil is depicted on a mirror-back with Nethuns (Neptune, the Sea-God) and Thesan (the Goddess of the Dawn).
Ati is a title used of a few other Etruscan Goddesses such as Cels, the Earth Goddess, and Turan, the Goddess of Love.
Catha is associated in cult with Fufluns, the Etruscan Dionysos, and they may have been worshipped together, perhaps in a manner similar to Dionysos and Ariadne (whose legend was brought to Etruria, and where She was renamed Areatha), who does have attributes of a Light-Goddess, albeit starlight rather than sunlight.
www.thaliatook.com /catha.html   (439 words)

  
 Haruspicy
UNI, Goddess of Light and Fertility, is Sister and Wife of TIN.
ATI TURAN is Goddess of Love and Desire in all its Aspects, Pure and Impure.
ARITIMI, Queen of the Moon, is Goddess of the Chase and of Forests.
www.religioromana.net /haruspicy.htm   (3482 words)

  
 Deities of Stregha - Message Board - ezboard.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
DIANA - the tripple goddess: Maiden, Mother and Crone, the goddess of all witches (remember that Diana is a name associated with the goddess in several traditions, places and times.
FANA - Goddess of the Earth, forests, wildlife and of fertility
TUCHULCHA - Etruscan Goddess of Death; she is part human, part bird, and part animal, with snakes in her hair and around her arms.
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