Hecate – Mythopedia Hecate, daughter of Asteria and Perses, was a powerful but mysterious goddess usually associated with magic, witchcraft, and the Underworld Though often an object of dread, Hecate was sometimes seen as a kind goddess and a protector of justice
Nyx – Mythopedia Nyx, daughter of Chaos and personification of the night, was among the first Greek gods of the cosmos She bore numerous children, both with her brother-consort Erebus as well as on her own, representing various personifications and abstractions
Medea – Mythopedia Medea was the daughter of Aeetes, the king of Colchis, and a highly skilled witch When Jason and the Argonauts came to her homeland to steal the Golden Fleece, she fell in love with Jason and sacrificed everything to help him
Ceridwen – Mythopedia Ceridwen was a Celtic witch of great power, wisdom, and prophetic skill With her magic cauldron, she brewed potions that not only made the drinker wise and beautiful, but gave them the ability to shapeshift
Nana-Buluku – Mythopedia Nana-Buluku is the supreme deity of the Fon pantheon She created the universe and gave birth to the creator god, Mawu-Lisa, before handing over her authority to her children
Demeter – Mythopedia Demeter was a Greek Olympian goddess who reigned over crops, harvests, family, and fertility She was closely connected with her daughter Persephone
Works and Days – Mythopedia The Works and Days, composed by Hesiod around 700 BCE, is a didactic Greek epic It combines mythology, fable, advice, and a farmer’s calendar in order to sing the praises of hard work and honesty
Homeric Hymns: 2. To Demeter (Full Text) - Mythopedia II TO DEMETER (1–3) I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful goddess—of her and her trim-ankled daughter whom Aidoneus rapt away, given to him by all-seeing Zeus the loud-thunderer (4–18) Apart from Demeter, lady of the golden sword and glorious fruits, she was playing with the deep-bosomed daughters of Oceanus and gathering flowers over a soft meadow, roses and crocuses and
Perses – Mythopedia Perses was the son of the Titan Crius and his wife Eurybia and was often numbered among the Titans himself He married Asteria, another second-generation Titan, with whom he fathered Hecate, a goddess of witchcraft