Any mythology - please tell me why. Thanks!
2006-08-31 19:11:06 · 16 answers · asked by carole 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thank you all so much for asking. I put this question in Religion & Spirituality because I wanted input on a religious ceremony.
So many super great answers! Gaia I had thought of, but I had not thought of Fortuna or Quan Yin (and I had only heard of Gayatri as a prayer, not the name of a Goddess).
Thanks everyone for participating. In the end I chose Hera for myself - but could not choose a best answer. I leave it up to the vote.
Peace!
2006-09-01 14:24:00 · update #1
Thank you all so much for answering. I put this question in Religion & Spirituality because I wanted input on a religious ceremony.
So many super great answers! Gaia I had thought of, but I had not thought of Fortuna or Quan Yin (and I had only heard of Gayatri as a prayer, not the name of a Goddess).
Thanks everyone for participating. In the end I chose Hera for myself - but could not choose a best answer. I leave it up to the vote.
Peace!
2006-09-01 14:24:15 · update #2
Gaia, the earth goddess
I saw a statue of her one time, pregnant with the earth. It took my breath away, it was so beautiful.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/g/gaia.html
2006-08-31 19:18:26 · answer #1 · answered by Miss. Bliss 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ma Gayatri.
2006-09-01 02:29:22 · answer #2 · answered by Pappu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dana, Danu: The major Irish Mother Goddess, who gave her name to the Tuatha De Danann ('Peoples of the Goddess Dana'), the last but one occupiers of Ireland in the mytholigical cycle.
Demeter/Ceres: ('Earth-Goddess-Mother') Greek goddess of the fruitful Earth, especially of barley. Daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Her brother Zeus, tricking her in the form of a bull, made her the mother of Persephone.
Cerridwen: Welsh Mother, Moon and Grain Goddess, wife of Tegid and mother of Creirwy (the most beautiful girl in the world) and Avagdu (the ugliest boy). Owner of an inexhaustible cauldron called Amen, in which she made a magic draught called 'greal' ('Grail?') from six plants, which gave inspiration and knowledge. Mother of Taliesen, greatest of all Welsh bards. Most of her legends emphasize the terrifying aspect of the Dark Mother; yet her cauldron is the source of wisdom and inspiration.
Gaia: ('Earth') The 'deep-breasted,' the primordial Greek Earth Mother, the first being to emerge from Chaos. She was regarded as creating the universe, the first race of gods, and humankind.
Isis: Egyptian. The most complete flowering of the Goddess concept in human history. Daughter of Earth God Geb and Sky Goddess Nut.
2006-09-01 02:26:39 · answer #3 · answered by Juniper C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goddess of Mercy, Kwan Yin!
2006-09-01 02:16:47 · answer #4 · answered by Jo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MOTHER EARTH
http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Nature_Worship.htm
2006-09-01 02:14:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, I'd go with Ilythia, Greek goddess of Childbirth because she helped Leto give birth to the twins, Artemis and Apollo.
2006-09-01 02:20:47 · answer #6 · answered by Carrot Cake 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bridgid, Celtic
2006-09-01 02:13:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Venus of Willendorf seems to be, to me.
She signifies pregnancy, the miracle of life, that which makes a woman so special.... that she can nurture and carry her child inside her, and then continue to nurture the child outside the womb as well, where men can't.
2006-09-01 02:15:30 · answer #8 · answered by aht12086 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Personally I like using the Virgin Mary for mother-goddess sorts of rituals. Isis is maybe the best representation, though...
2006-09-01 02:14:41 · answer #9 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The one living in your own home if you are a Mother. That angel God gave all of us........
get over your mythology......why? it will lead you to a path farther than you want to go.
2006-09-01 04:03:30 · answer #10 · answered by deed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋