Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans.
One Dione is identified as the mother of the Roman goddess of love, Venus, or equivalently as the mother of the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite; but Dione is also sometimes identified with Aphrodite.
Aphrodite, also known by her Roman name of Venus, is the most famous goddess of love in Western mythology. Shown here is also her most famous depiction in European art, Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus."
Aphrodite (known in Roman mythology as Venus), is the Greek goddess of romantic love, sexual passion and beauty. She is often accompanied by her son Eros (Cupid), who shoots arrows into mortal and god alike to inflame their passions.
In Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess of love, sex, beauty, and fertility. She was the Roman counterpart to the Greek goddess Aphrodite. However, Roman Venus had many abilities beyond the Greek Aphrodite; she was a goddess of victory, fertility, and even prostitution.
Venus was the Roman goddess of love and beauty. She was usually shown as a beautiful woman, similar to the Greek goddess Aphrodite. Her husband was Vulcan, god of blacksmiths, but Venus also had a love affair with Mars, the god of war.
Aphrodite and the Gods of Love: Goddess of Love and Beauty (Getty Villa Exhibitions) The essence of Aphrodite's power was her ability to provoke desire.
Luna was the goddess in heaven and of the full moon (Greek counterpart being Selene), Diana was the goddess on earth and of the halfmoon (Greek Artemis) and Hecate (or Hekate) was the goddess in the underworld and of the dark moon.
Given that February 14 is Valentine's Day in the United States, today seemed like a good opportunity to share a little about Okuninushi-no-mikoto, the Japanese kami who acts as the patron god of love and “good matches” (in love and marriage).
Ishtar: The First Goddess of Love
Rather, she was worshipped by the Sumerians as “Inanna”, and would later be called Ishtar by the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Interestingly, some scholars believe that Inanna and Ishtar were originally two separate deities that were merged into one being over time.
Aphrodite was the goddess of love, pleasure, and beauty. This meant that she enjoyed flirtatious occasions with a number of others. However, her father Zeus decided that she should marry and end her dallying with men. Zeus forced Aphrodite to marry Hephaestus.
Eros was the Greek god of carnal love. In Latin he is called Amor (love) or Cupid (desire). Eros was the assistant, and according to some the son, of Aprhodite, the goddess of love and fertility.
In Greek mythology and religion, Themis (/ˈθiːmɪs/; Ancient Greek: Θέμις, romanized: Themis, lit. 'justice, law, custom') is the goddess and personification of justice, divine order, law, and custom. She is one of the twelve Titan children of Gaia and Uranus, and the second wife of Zeus.
2. Ishtar Is the Earliest Deity in Written Evidence. Ishtar holds a special historical significance, as she is the earliest goddess in written evidence. Early Mesopotamians called her Inanna, as seen in the now extinct language of cuneiform writing, the primary form of communication in the Ancient Near East.
Goddesses such as Aphrodite, Shakti and Isis were honored for their divine feminine energy, and women were revered as incarnations of the great Goddess. The divine feminine was revered as "Mother Gaia" and her qualities were frequently linked to the moon and lunar phases.
Aphrodite is the ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified with Venus by the Romans.
Fortuna, in Roman religion, goddess of chance or lot who became identified with the Greek Tyche; the original Italian deity was probably regarded as the bearer of prosperity and increase.
PEITHO was the goddess or personified spirit (daimona) of persuasion, seduction and charming speech. She was a handmaiden and herald of the goddess Aphrodite. Peitho was usually depicted as a woman with her hand raised in the act of persuasion or fleeing from the scene of a rape.
ASTERIA was the Titan goddess of falling stars and perhaps of nighttime divinations such as oneiromancy (by dreams) and astrology (by stars).
There have also been many sun goddesses. The ancient Norse worshipped a sun goddess named Sol, while Greek mythology has the dawn-goddess Eos and the day-goddess Hemera. The Japanese religion of Shinto has Amaterasu, a prominent sun goddess who is said to be the genealogical origin of the Japanese emperors.
Amphitrite, in Greek mythology, the goddess of the sea, wife of the god Poseidon, and one of the 50 (or 100) daughters (the Nereids) of Nereus and Doris (the daughter of Oceanus). Poseidon chose Amphitrite from among her sisters as the Nereids performed a dance on the isle of Naxos.
Theia, the goddess of divine light, is the ether of bright blue sky. The Greeks believe the eyes emit a beam of light that allows one to see. Theia is viewed as the goddess who gives sight to mankind as well as being the mother of the light to the sun, moon, and dawn.
According to legend, Paris, while he was still a shepherd, was chosen by Zeus to determine which of three goddesses was the most beautiful. Rejecting bribes of kingly power from Hera and military might from Athena, he chose Aphrodite and accepted her bribe to help him win the most beautiful woman alive.
Flora, in Roman religion, the goddess of the flowering of plants. Titus Tatius (according to tradition, the Sabine king who ruled with Romulus) is said to have introduced her cult to Rome; her temple stood near the Circus Maximus. Her festival, called the Floralia, was instituted in 238 bc.