Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Odin, god of wisdom who nevertheless relentlessly keeps searching for more knowledge; associated with the runes; Frigg, she is said to know the future, but never tells. The three following goddesses may be hypostases of her. Gefjon, goddess associated with plowing, foreknowledge, and virginity. Sága, goddess of wisdom
Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses. Oceanus: Ὠκεανός (Ōceanós) God of the all-encircling river Oceans around the Earth, the fount of all the Earth's fresh-water. Phoebe: Φοίβη (Phoíbē) Goddess of the "bright" intellect and prophecy, and consort of Coeus. Rhea: Ῥέα (Rhéa)
The necklace gave peace and held Harmonia's powers in it, which is what made it cursed. Harmonia is also rationalized as closely allied to Aphrodite Pandemos , the love that unites all people, the personification of order and civic unity, corresponding to the Roman goddess Concordia .
Durga's legend centres around combating evils and demonic forces that threaten peace, prosperity, and dharma, representing the power of good over evil. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] Durga is believed to unleash her divine wrath against the wicked for the liberation of the oppressed, and entails destruction to empower creation. [ 10 ]
She was thus often associated with Pax ("Peace") in representing a stable society. [1] As such, she is more closely related to the Greek concept of homonoia (likemindedness), which was also represented by a goddess. [2] Concordia Augusta was cultivated in the context of Imperial cult. Dedicatory inscriptions to her, on behalf of emperors and ...
Asase Ya/Afua (or Asase Yaa, Asaase Yaa, Asaase Afua, Asaase Efua) is the Akan goddess of fertility, love, procreation, peace, truth and the dry and lush earth in Ghana and Ivory Coast. She is also Mother of the Dead known as Mother Earth or Aberewaa.
Tranquillitas seems to be related to Annona (the goddess of the corn harvest from Egypt) and Securitas, implying reference to the peaceful security of the Roman Empire. In the Roman context, the characteristics of Tranquilitas reflected the values at the heart of the Via Romana (the Roman Way) and are thought to be those qualities which gave ...
Shachi is also associated with the word shak, meaning 'power', 'strength', 'action' or 'exploit'. [4] David Kinsley, a professor known for his research on Hindu goddesses, believed that the word Shachi is suggestive of the later concept of Shakti, the personification of power. [2] Other scholars use 'divine grace' as the translation of Shachi. [7]