Šauška
Hurrian-Hittite goddess of fertility, war, and healing
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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Tara
Tara is a female deity in both Hinduism and Buddhism who personifies compassion and offers salvation from the suffering of rebirth and death.
Bhramari
Indian goddess
Manananggal
A vampire, almost always female, she is depicted as a terrifying being with large wings who walks on earth until she spies her prey and then detaches her torso from her legs to fly quickly and attack.
Zhinü
Chinese goddess of weaving for the gods
Fitcher’s Bird
Germany folk tale
Tonantzin
Aztec earth goddess associated with fertility
Xōchiquetzal
Aztec goddess of flowers, grain, pleasure, and weavers
Freyja
Norse queen of the gods
Shepherdess from Prince Lindworm
Folk tale from Norway