Camunda
Camunda, dread goddess, is venerated and propitiated in Hindu and Buddhist traditions. Her name derives from Canda and Munda, the two Ashuras she slew. Camunda,…
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Cao Guo-Jiu
Cao Guo-Jiu is the most recent addition to the party of spirits known as the Eight Immortals. There are strikingly different versions of how he…
Caointeach
Caointeach – The Keener The Caointeach of the Western Highlands is a Scottish equivalent of Ireland’s Banshee. She is attached to a clan who comes…
Car
Car is a great goddess of life, death, and the sun. She is a primordial cave mother, akin to Kybele or Echidna, who emerges from…
Cardea
Cardea In Latin, cardo is a door hinge or pivot. Cardea is the goddess of hinges. She controls the opening and closing of doors, literal…
Carmenta
Carmenta, the original Charmed One, was born in Arcadia, Greece, where she was known as Nicostrata. She moved to Italy and changed her name, emerging…
Carna
Carna is the flesh goddess, the carnal queen. She is the goddess who controls the functioning of the body, including the ability to obtain nourishment…
Castalia
Castalia In Greek mythology, daughter of the river god Achelous and sister of Callirrhoë and Peirene. Castalia was chased by Apollo and turned into a…
Chandi
Chandi – Queen of Dust Chandi, goddess of birth and death, is a tribal and village goddess partially incorporated into the Hindu pantheon. She is…
Chandra
Chandra (moon) In Hindu mythology, moon god, source of fertility, often identified with the magic drink of the gods, Amrita or Soma. Chandra was the…