Smertrios
Smertrios The Provider ALSO KNOWN AS: Smertrius ORIGIN: Celtic Smertrios is a Celtic deity, venerated in Gaul. Very little information about him survives. It isnot…
Year: 2017
SKOGSFRUAR
Skogsfruar, the “Forest Wives,” are guardians of the woods. They have dominion over hunting, assisting those whom they love but obstructing those who do not…
Skadi
Skadi, an ice goddess, is the daughter of the Jotun Thiazi, who died in a fatal altercation with the Aesir. In Skadi’s first appearance on…
Sitala
Sitala The Cool One ALSO KNOWN AS: Sitlamata (literally “Mother Sitala”); Shitala ORIGIN: India Sitala was the youngest of her many spirit sisters, born considerably…
Chan, Lady
Chan, Lady Lady of Birth ALSO KNOWN AS: Ji Sung Niang Niang ORIGIN: China Lady Chan, divine midwife, rules the birth process. She protects pregnant…
Chalchihuitlicue
Chalchihuitlicue : She of the Jade Skirt Chalchihuitlicue is queen of rivers, lakes, and standing, still waters. The meaning of her name refers to a…
CERNUNNOS
Cernunnos The Horned God of the Celts, associated with the hunt and with fertility. He was sometimes portrayed with serpent’s legs, a man’s torso and…
Ceres
Ceres is the original Corn Mother, Goddess of Grain. Scholars now believe grains were first cultivated for the purpose of brewing beer, not baking bread,…
Perkunas
Perkunas ALSO KNOWN AS: Perkons ORIGIN: Baltic Perkunas, Lord of Fire, is the Baltic thunder spirit. Thunder is his voice. Perkunas eventually became the chief…
Pelé
PelĂ© is currently the world’s most famous volcano goddess, but she is also so much more. PelĂ© is a divine ancestress and a spirit of…