Amunet
Amunet is a primordial goddess in ancient Egyptian religion, whose worship was centred in Thebes through the last dynasty, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, in 30 BC.
Category Archives: Myths and Folktales
Women have been depicted as goddesses, creatures, biblical figures, legends and folk tale heroines throughout history – many based in a grain of truth.
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Liu Sanjie
A folk tale of the Zhuang people, Sanjie was an incarantion of a lark and started speaking eloquently when she was only one.
Bendis
Bendis was a Thracian goddess whom the Athenians identified with Artemis.
Danu
Danu, a Hindu primordial goddess, is mentioned in the Rigveda as the mother of the Danavas demonic race.