Pandora (“All-Gift” or “All-Gifted”), the bringer of misery and evil, the Greek Eve, the first woman…and one of the best examples of how the Divine Feminine has been maligned and degraded in patriarchal culture. Pandora’s best known story is how she opened her jar (commonly described as a box) and let loose disease, suffering, misery,Read more
The Cailleach (“kye-luhkh”) is one of the oldest deities in Ireland and Scotland, perhaps even the oldest. Though often described as Celtic, Cailleach does not actually appear in any written myths of Ireland or Scotland, and does not appear in Wales at all. She is a Gaelic Goddess whose origins may have been with theRead more
While she is most commonly known as the mother of Zeus and the Olympian deities, Rhea is actually a much older Goddess. Originally Cretan, Rhea was worshipped as an Earth Goddess and embodiment of the mountains. With the movement of the ancient peoples, Rhea became assimilated with Cybele, an Anatolian Mother Goddess (“Mountain Mother”), andRead more
Frau Holle or Mother Holda (also known as Hulda, Hulde, Holla, Huld) is a Germanic Goddess whose essence resonates with the energies of Capricorn and the midwinter solstice. She is usually portrayed as a crone with a grandmotherly attitude of being firm but fair. Holle is also a Goddess of domesticity (spinning, weaving, and childrearing),Read more