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Min, ancient Egyptian god of fertility and lettuce. Amun, creator-god, associated with fertility. Bastet, cat goddess sometimes associated with fertility. Hathor, goddess of music, beauty, love, sexuality and fertility. Heqet, frog-goddess of fertility. Heryshaf, god of creation and fertility. Isis, goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility.
As Bhawani and goddess of fertility and birthing, she is the symbolic equivalent of Ephesian Diana. [114] In Crete, Rhea is the mythological figure, goddess of the mountains, paralleling Parvati; while in some mythologies from islands of Greece, the terrifying goddess mirroring Parvati is Diktynna (also called Britomartis ). [ 115 ]
Aditi (Sanskrit: अदिति, lit. 'boundless' or 'limitless' [a] or 'innocence' [2]) is an important Vedic goddess in Hinduism. She is the personification of the sprawling, infinite and vast cosmos. She is the goddess of motherhood, consciousness, unconsciousness, the past, the future, and fertility. [4] She is the mother of the celestial ...
She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, prosperity, beauty, fertility, royal power and abundance. [10] Lakshmi is the supreme goddess in Vaishnavism. [3] She along with Parvati and Saraswati, forms the Tridevi. [11] [12] Within the goddess-oriented Shaktism, Lakshmi is venerated as the prosperity aspect of the Mother goddess.
The Shiva-related tradition is a major part of Hinduism, found all over the Indian subcontinent, such as India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, [53] and Southeast Asia, such as Bali, Indonesia. [54] Shiva has pre-Vedic tribal roots, [22] having "his origins in primitive tribes, signs and symbols." [55]
Lajjā Gaurī is a lotus -headed Hindu goddess associated with abundance, fertility and sexuality, sometimes euphemistically described as Lajja ("modesty"). She is sometimes shown in a birthing posture, but without outward signs of pregnancy. [1] 6th century Lajja Gauri relief from Madhya Pradesh.
Shashthi. Shashthi or Shashti (Sanskrit: षष्ठी, Bengali: ষষ্ঠী, Ṣaṣṭhī, literally "sixth") is a Hindu goddess, venerated in Nepal and India as the benefactor and protector of children. She is also the deity of vegetation and reproduction and is believed to bestow children and assist during childbirth. She is often ...
The Trimurti are the most prominent deities of contemporary Hinduism. This consists of Brahma - the Creator, Vishnu - the Preserver, and Shiva - the Destroyer. Their feminine counterparts are Saraswati - the wife of Brahma, Lakshmi - the wife of Vishnu, and Parvati (or Durga) - the wife of Shiva. Statue of Brahma.