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ASTARTE/ISHTAR
Goddess of love and sexuality, female allurement and primal creatrix. Associated with the stars, Moon and Sun as well as the Earth, she is also an ancient mother goddess archtype. A goddess of dance and beauty. Her symbols and associations are serpents, stars and the Milky Way.
INNANNA
Asiant Sumer, Asian goddess of the Heavens and the Underworld, she is an independent and spirited figure. She is a Moon goddess as well as an Earth deity. She is celebrated as a mistress of life and death, a wise woman and a trickster. Her symbols and associations are seven stars in a circle, the Moon.
KALI
Goddess of dance, female energy. Kali is part of the primal life-force. She dances the dance of 'destruction' - that is to say the chaos out of which life is produced - and cuts away that which is not strictly necessary. In Wicca she is seen as an aspect of creation, a positive way of channelling 'righteous' anger and putting energy to good use. She is a fierce protector and symbol of direct action in good causes. Her symbols and associations are fire and dance, the wheel of creation.
MAWU
West African moon goddess who's believed to have created all life, with her husband the sun god, Liza. Mawu helps those who call upon her to learn how to live in harmony with nature, and to respect its resources. She ensures that our needs are abundantly supplied without causing harm to the planet.
MITRAS
God of light and resurrection. Although the cult of Mitras originated in Persia, he became particularly popolar with the Roman Soldiers. Today, his rites are seen as a celebration of the redemptive and regenerative life force. Mithras is seen as a solar god as well as a god of vegetation. He links reason and intuition, and represents inner as well as outward illumination. His symbols and assoctions are sunbursts.
OYA
African goddess of storms, positive and protective action and defence. Oya is a fierce goddess, but good to have on your side if you are being threatened or bullied. She represents the basic instinct for self-protection and is not averse to bouncing back to wrongdoers the results of their own deeds. Her symbols and associations are a copper shield and the colour red.
YEMANYA
She is an African and Brazilian goddess who is credited with creating the sea. Since the sea is the root of Earth life, Yemanya's connection to it makes her a very powerful and nurturing mother goddess. She is a protector, supplier and one who grants wishes.
