Category Archives: Goddess

Mayan goddess Xumucane ground white and yellow corn and washed her hands, saving the water to brew a sacred broth which gave life to the humans who were created from the maize, thus beginning human life on the earth.

Persian Holy Maiden who appears to the newly deceased on the Chinvat Bridge and comforts them as they cross

Persian goddess of devotion

Hathor is an ancient Egyptian goddess considered the primeval goddess from whom all others were derived. She is usually depicted as a woman with the head of a cow, ears of a cow, or simply in cow form.

Mesopotamian Queen of the Dead, who rules the underworld

Egyptian goddess of protection associated with the scorpion

Egyptian goddess of truth, justice, harmony, and balance

Early Persian goddess of health and well-being

Sumerian goddess of healing and patroness of doctors, healing arts, and medical practices

Greek goddess of health and namesake of “hygiene”