Asherah, Canaanite Goddess and consort of Yahweh. She is known as the "Queen of the Heavens", also known as Ishtar in Mesopotamia, Ashtoret in Syria-Palestine as Ashtartu in Egypt, and to the Greeks She was Astarte. The names all share a root in a Semitic word...
Category: Sacred Mothers and Goddesses
Brigid Imbolc Celebration
On Imbolc, I will set up an Altar for Brigid, and welcome Brigid's sculpture to our Sacred Mothers and Goddesses Collection with homemade butter to bless and "fertilize" this new Altar Art for Brigid.It is said that Goddess Brigid would travel around farms all over Ireland with her ...
Persephone
Greek Goddess Persephone, daughter of the God Zeus, and Demeter, Goddess of the harvest. Persephone’s name translates to “destroying face” and research shows her to be an ancient goddess of death, and some scholars say she is the original ruler of the Underworld. This leaves the pos...
Honeysuckle Syrup Inspired by Rhiannon
The Welsh lunar goddess of birds and horses, faerie magick, and dreams, Rhiannon, fell in love with a king up in the Upperworld. She was forced to leave her world when she was wrongly accused for killing and eating her newborn son. She faced a great hardship when losing her son an...
Sopaipillas Inspired by Kuyén
Moon goddess kuyén is a goddess of the Mapuche people of both Chile and Argentina. She is known for representing all three phases of the moon and controls the waters of the Earth. She is the wife of the sun god, Antu. He struck her once so she stays away from him and will continue...
Garlic Butter Quinoa Inspired by Mama Cocha
Incan Goddess Mama Cocha is the goddess of the oceans and is also known as Mama Qucha. She is well known in places where the ocean is a very necessary part of life, such as Ecuador, Peru, and Chile. She is called on and celebrated with ceremonies with coca flower offerings and fre...