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This is a list of goddesses, deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender. African mythology (sub-Saharan) Afro-Asiatic. Ethiopian. Dhat-Badan ...
The goddess Kali is regarded as the most famous female deity of all the numerous Hindu goddesses. [4] The uncommon appearance of Kali is explained as a cause of her popularity. [2]: 398 Kali is iconographically depicted as a "terrifying emaciated woman"; with black skin, long tangled hair, red eyes and a long lolling tongue. She is naked ...
When the asuras (demons) endangered the existence of the devas (gods), the gods created an all-powerful goddess from their combined anger (Devi Mahatmya 2.9–12), by channelling their essential powers, which took the form of a feminine being, who was assented as the Mahadevi, the supreme goddess fully independent of the gods, considered the ...
Bounty goddesses such as Dinsana, Raka, Puramdhi, Parendi, Bharati, and Mahi are among others are mentioned in the Rigveda. [13] The Devīsūkta of the Rigveda (10.125.1 to 10.125.8) is among the most studied hymns, declaring that the ultimate reality is a goddess. [14] [15]
Mahadevi, as mother goddess, is an example of the later, where she subsumes all goddesses, becomes the ultimate goddess, and is sometimes just called Devi. [77] Theological texts projected Mahadevi as ultimate reality in the universe as a "powerful, creative, active, transcendent female being."
The most popular legend associated with the goddess is of her killing of Mahishasura. Mahishasura was a half-buffalo demon who did severe penance in order to please Brahma, the creator. After several years, Brahma, pleased with his devotion, appeared before him. The demon opened his eyes and asked the god for immortality.
The noun goddess is a secondary formation, combining the Germanic god with the Latinate -ess suffix. It first appeared in Middle English, from about 1350. [3] The English word follows the linguistic precedent of a number of languages—including Egyptian, Classical Greek, and several Semitic languages—that add a feminine ending to the language's word for god.
In some cults she is the healer goddess of women with the surnames Lousia and Thermia. [39] Artemis is the leader of the nymphs and she is hunting surrounded by them. [40] The nymphs appear during the festival of the marriage, and they are appealed by the pregnant women. [41] Artemis became goddess of marriage and childbirth.