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Theories presenting Qetesh as a "sacred harlot" are regarded as obsolete in modern scholarship due to lack of evidence, [5] and she's generally regarded as a goddess developed in Egypt possibly without a clear forerunner among Canaanite or Syrian goddesses, though given a Semitic name and associated mostly with foreign deities. [6]
Arnakuagsak, goddess responsible for ensuring the hunters were able to catch enough food and that the people remained healthy and strong; Arnapkapfaaluk, sea goddess who inspired fear in hunters; Nerrivik, the sea mother and patron of fishermen and hunters; Nujalik, goddess of hunting on land; Pinga, goddess of the hunt, fertility, and medicine
Brigid, a goddess sometimes associated with water and where three streams join (relating to her being a Triple Goddess). [79] Boann, goddess of the River Boyne. Danu (Dana), Continental Celtic river goddess. Her Irish variation was an ancestor/mother goddess. Manannán mac Lir, god of the sea. Lí Ban, water goddess. Lir, god of the sea.
Goddess of evil. [5] Erkliğ Han – God of space, controls the celestial bodies. [6] He is said to kill the stars with the rise of the sun, thus became a symbol for warriors. [7] Shalyk – Hunting God. He was the Turkic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness and protector of forests. Inehsit – Goddess of childbirth and labour pains ...
The lion and sun motif is based largely on astronomical configurations, and the ancient zodiacal sign of the sun in the house of Leo. Lion and sun is a symbol of royalty in Iranian flag and coins. Goddess Anahita was sometimes shown standing on a lion. Lion is also title of the fourth grade of mithraism. [6]
Ben Cruachan, highest point in Argyll and Bute, home of the Cailleach nan Cruachan. In Scotland, where she is also known as Beira, Queen of Winter (a name given by 20th-century folklorist Donald Alexander Mackenzie), she is credited with making numerous mountains and large hills, which are said to have been formed when she was striding across the land and accidentally dropped rocks from her ...
Cathubodua - Gallic war goddess; Caticatona - Gallic water goddess in Rauranum [7] Cissonia - Gallic goddess of trade, companion of Cissonius [4] Clota - hypothetical Brittonic goddess of the River Clyde [1] Coventina - Brittonic goddess of wells and springs; Damona - Gallic goddess of mineral springs, consort of Apollo Borvo and of Apollo ...
A witch hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. Practicing evil spells or incantations was proscribed and punishable in early human civilizations in the Middle East. In medieval Europe, witch-hunts often arose in connection to charges of heresy from Christianity.