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Vulcan is related to two equally ancient female goddesses, Stata Mater, [42] perhaps the goddess who stops fires and Maia. [43] Herbert Jennings Rose interprets Maia as a goddess related to growth by connecting her name with IE root *MAG. [44] Macrobius relates Cincius' opinion that Vulcan's
The fictional Vulcan homeworld, also named Vulcan, was visited several times in the Star Trek series and feature films. The inhabitants are known as "Vulcans" or "Vulcanians". First seen in the TOS episode "Amok Time", Vulcan, a Class M planet, is an arid world with a thinner atmosphere than Earth. Upon beaming down, McCoy states "'Hot as Vulcan.'
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Maia embodied the concept of growth, [13] as her name was thought to be related to the comparative adjective maius, maior "larger, greater". Originally, she may have been a homonym independent of the Greek Maia, whose myths she absorbed through the Hellenization of Latin literature and culture .
This is a list of goddesses, deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender. African mythology (sub-Saharan) Afro-Asiatic. Ethiopian. Dhat-Badan;
In Hawaiian religion, Pele (pronounced ) is the goddess of volcanoes and fire and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands.Often referred to as "Madame Pele" or "Tūtū Pele" as a sign of respect, she is a well-known deity within Hawaiian mythology and is notable for her contemporary presence and cultural influence as an enduring figure from ancient Hawaii. [1]
Ancient Greek name English name Description Ἀχλύς (Akhlús) Achlys: The goddess of poisons, and the personification of misery and sadness. Said to have existed before Chaos itself. Αἰθήρ (Aithḗr) Aether: The god of light and the upper atmosphere. Αἰών (Aiōn) Aion: The god of eternity, personifying cyclical and unbounded time.
Vulcan–Vesta; Mercury–Ceres; Divine male-female complements such as these, as well as the anthropomorphic influence of Greek mythology, contributed to a tendency in Latin literature to represent the gods as "married" couples or (as in the case of Venus and Mars) lovers. [citation needed] Di Consentes on an altar
This category lists individual Vulcans as well as other subjects related to the Vulcan home world. Pages in category "Vulcans"