Clockwise from the top: I nanna: Sumerian Queen of heaven and earth in a breast offering pose suggesting her function as the Goddess of nourishment and fertility. Nile Bird Goddess: Egyptian. This predynastic design is about 5,000 years old. Representative of vitality and joy, She is also connect to death as a funerary diety. Lilith: Sumerian dark mother Goddess, Original Consort of Adam, from the Hebrew tradition, she was later demonised. Crowned with horns to denote a high Goddess, She holds the rod and ring of Sumerian royal authority. Wings & claws show bird magic. Image 2300 BC. Una,Green Goddess: from a Petroglyph from Arnhem Land, Australia. This prehistoric goddess holds a rainbow snake, with plants sprouting from Her on all sides. The rock art of the Australian Aborigines represents the oldest artistic tradition anywhere in the world. Peruvian Goddess: In a classic breast offering pose of nurturing. Akuaba: African.The Akuaba is a Goddess symbol used for good luck, and is especially worn by women and children as a charm to lend protection, fertility and good fortune. It is primarily from the Ashanti tribe in Nigeria. Goddess of Kostienki: Russian.A goddess of fertility, mother-ancestor, or guardian of the home, with faceless head bending towards the chest. Covering the head are rows of incisions showing a hair style or cap. Her hands on the belly emphasise her aspects of fertility and pregnancy. A breast ornament is tied up at the back. 23,000-21,000 B.C. Changing Woman: Eternal earth Goddess of the Navaho people, she always renews her youth whenever she grows old. Holding two corn stalks, symbols of life. Partial image from a Navaho sand painting. Rhiannon: Beautiful Celtic Queen of the underworld, She puts the living to sleep and revives the dead with her magical birds, seen at her sides and on her headdress. Image: Ireland, 2000 BC. Pele Honua Mea: is the creatrix of the Hawaiian Islands. Honua Mea means Earth Mother in Hawaiian. Goddess of volcanos and fire, this Goddess lives on the Big Island of Hawaii, a currently active volcano, where she is actively worshiped. She both distroys and is the primal creative mother. Image from a 19th century wood carving. Tara: One of the oldest Goddesses, giver of life, was known from Ireland to India, also in Rome and Greece. A pre-Vedic earth and star Goddess, her name is the same as the Latin Terra. Tibetan image, 16th century. Quan Yin: Chinese. Goddess of compassion, her name means She who hears the suffering of the world. One of the most beloved of the Buddhist deities, she relieves suffering, heals and protects those in need. from: goddessgift.net/page5.html
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