GODDESS

Aphrodite: Goddess of Love and Beauty. Although married to Hephaestus she had many lovers, most notably Ares. She was depicted as a beautiful woman usually accompanied by her son Eros. Her symbols include the rose, scallop shell and myrtle wreath. Her sacred animal is a dove.

Artemis: Virgin Goddess of hurt, wilderness, wild animals, childbirth and plague.She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of Apollo. In art she was usually depicted as a young woman dressed in a short knee-length chiton and equipped with hunting bow and a quiver of arrows. In addition to the bow, her attributes include hunting spears, animals pelts are deer, bears and wild boars.

Athena: Goddess of wisdom, warfare, battle strategy, heroic, endeavour, handicrafts and reason. According to most traditions she was born from Zeus’s head. She was depicted crowned with a crested helm armed with a shield (Aegis), which holds Medusa’s head to paralyze her enemies who looked at it and a spear. Her symbols include the aegis and the olive tree. She is commonly shown accompanied by her sacred animal, the snowy owl.

Demeter: Goddess of fertility, agriculture, horticulture, gain and harvest. Demeter is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea and sister of Zeus, by whom she bore Persephone. She was depicted as mature woman, often crowned and holding sheaf’s of wheat and a torch. Her symbols are the Cornucopia (horn of plenty), wheat-ears, the winged and the lotus staff. Her scared animals are pigs and snakes.

Hera: Queen of marriage, woman, children, heirs, kings and empires. She is daughter of Cronus and Rhea. She crown and veil and holding a royal, lotus-tipped staff. Her scared animals are the cow, the peacock. She is the eternal wife of Zeus.

Hestia: Virgin Goddess of the hearth, home and cooking. She is a daughter of Rhea and Cronus and sister of Zeus. Symbols are the hearth and kettle. In some accounts, she gave up her seat as one of the Twelve Olympians to tend to the sacred flame on Mount Olympus for Dionysus.by her sacred animal, the snowy owl.