The Goddess Library

A resource to learn about Goddesses celebrated and honored across traditions and cultures worldwide.

Brigid
Olivia DeGennaro Olivia DeGennaro

Brigid

In honor of Imbolc, we celebrate Brigid, the Celtic Goddess of wisdom, poetry, healing, protection, smithing and domesticated animals.

One of the most revered mythic and religious figures in Ireland, Brigid is celebrated around the world on February 1, marking the beginning of Spring on the pagan calendar.

Read More
Citlalicue
Olivia DeGennaro Olivia DeGennaro

Citlalicue

Citlalicue is an Aztec goddess, revered as the creator of stars and is associated with both the Milky Way and Earth. Additionally, Citlalicue is regarded as the goddess of death and darkness, often linked to the first human pair in Aztec mythology, Nata and Nena.

Read More
Frau Holle
Olivia DeGennaro Olivia DeGennaro

Frau Holle

❄️ In some Scandinavian traditions, Frau Holle is known as the feminine spirit of the woods and plants, and was honored as the sacred embodiment of the earth and land itself. She is associated with many of the evergreen plants that appear during the Yule season, especially mistletoe and holly, and is sometimes seen as an aspect of Frigga, wife of Odin.

Read More
Diana
Olivia DeGennaro Olivia DeGennaro

Diana

Diana is the Roman Goddess of wild animals and the hunt.

Original stories of Diana depict her as an indigenous woodland goddess. She eventually became connected to the moon across several cultures as well.

Read More
Vesta
Olivia DeGennaro Olivia DeGennaro

Vesta

Goddess Vesta rules over the ever-burning hearth fire- a staple in Ancient Roman culture during a time when fire was not easy to access. The Temple of Vesta sat in the Roman Forum, where the Vestal Virgins tended to the perpetual hearth that burned within.

Read More
Lakshmi
Olivia DeGennaro Olivia DeGennaro

Lakshmi

Lakshmi is the Hindu Goddess of Prosperity. She is the embodiment of wealth and abundance in both the material and spiritual forms.

Read More
Kali Ma
Olivia DeGennaro Olivia DeGennaro

Kali Ma

Kali is the Goddess of Revolution… she is also known as Kali Ma, Mother Kali - she provides us with an opportunity to have our most inner requests granted! Kali holds both fearless and liberating energies.  She challenges us to look at her darkest form and find the face of love behind the pain of life.

Read More
Ishtar
Olivia DeGennaro Olivia DeGennaro

Ishtar

At our first ever Goddess Night Out under the Libra Full Moon, we worked with the Goddess Ishtar. Ishtar is the Mesopotamian goddess of love, sexuality, war, justice and fertility.

Read More