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Statue of a goddess of fertility, Copenhagen. A fertility deity is a god or goddess associated with fertility, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, and crops. In some cases these deities are directly associated with these experiences; in others they are more abstract symbols. Fertility rites may accompany their worship. The following is a list of ...
Fertility symbols were generally considered to have been used since Prehistoric times for encouraging fertility in women, although it is also used to show creation in some cultures. Wedding cakes are a form of fertility symbols. In Ancient Rome, the custom was for the groom to break a cakes over the bride's head to symbolize the end of the ...
The Romans adapted the myths and iconography of her Greek counterpart Aphrodite for Roman art and Latin literature. In the later classical tradition of the West , Venus became one of the most widely referenced deities of Greco-Roman mythology as the embodiment of love and sexuality.
Atargatis (known as Derceto by the Greeks [1]) was the chief goddess of northern Syria in Classical antiquity. [2] [3] Primarily she was a fertility goddess, but, as the baalat ("mistress") of her city and people she was also responsible for their protection and well-being.
Umay (also known as Umai; Old Turkic: 饜皢饜阿饜皷; Kazakh: 野屑邪泄 邪薪邪, 弄mai ana; Kyrgyz: 校屑邪泄 褝薪械, Umay ene; Turkish: Umay Ana) is the goddess of fertility in Turkic mythology and Tengrism and as such related to women, mothers, and children. [1]
Mayahuel (Nahuatl pronunciation:) is the female deity associated with the maguey plant among cultures of central Mexico in the Postclassic era of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology, and in particular of the Aztec cultures.
The Origin of Poison in Q始eqchi始-Mayan Hummingbird Myth. Anthropos 100-1 (2005): 173-191. H.E.M. Braakhuis, Xbalanque's Marriage: A Commentary on the Q始eqchi始 Myth of Sun and Moon. Thesis, Leiden University (2010; online). Susan Milbrath, Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars. Austin: University of Texas Press 1999.
According to Wendy Doniger, the Saivite fertility myths and some of the phallic characteristics of Shiva are inherited from Indra. [113] Doniger gives several reasons for her hypothesis. Both are associated with mountains, rivers, male fertility, fierceness, fearlessness, warfare, the transgression of established mores, the Aum sound, the ...