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~According to Wikipedia
"The fertility goddesses are the female deities to watch over and
promote fertility, pregnancy, and birth in many polytheistic cultures.
~In some cases these deities were directly associated with sex, and in
others they simply embodied related attributes. Some examples include
Aphrodite in ancient Greece, Hathor in ancient Egypt, the Teutonic goddess
Freyja, and Brigit in Ireland. Fertility gods are also present in many
other cultures.
~ Ancient Fertility Rites have included the honoring of fertility gods
and goddesses in many ways and ceremonies.
~Fertility Goddess statues and carvings were often placed near the couples
bed or on the family altar with suitable offerings that would ask the
fertility goddess to work in their favour
~ It is amazing to see how many common archetypal forces are present in
the fertility images of many different cultures all over the world and
indeed the ancient religions and spiritualities
~ It is interesting to look at the many ways on how to invoke a fertility
goddess, how to create a ceremony that is right for your particular situations
~ There are many fertility symbols that can be added to your ritual as
well as accompanying fertility herbs for smudgning and burning incense
to enhance the athmosphere of conception
~ Here I will look at the different ancient fertility goddess that have
been known throughout the cultures and then investigates practical ways
on how to incorparate their specific task for a modern approach to goddess
appreciation
Goddesses of Love
and Fertility
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Egyptian
Egyptian Fertility Goddess
Amaunet
Egyptian
Goddess of Fertility
~ Amaunet Means "Hidden One."
~ she is als known as Amentet, Amentit, Imentet, Imentit, and Ament
~She was an Egyptian mother and/or fertility goddess.
At the beginning of time aspects of Amaunet merged with those of the goddess
Neith. Among the Ogdoad, Amun was her consort.
~ She was regarded as a tutelary deity of the Egyptian Pharaohs, and had
a prominent part in the Pharaoh's accession ceremonies.
~Amaunet was regarded as the protectress of the nation
read about Amaunets Fertility Symbols
Bast
Egyptian
Goddess of Fertility
~Bast
the cat headed Goddess was associated with both fertility and childbirth
~ Goddess bast worship was centered in Bubastis
~ when the Goddess bast temple was excavated they found the mummified
remains of over 300 000 cats.
~ Cat Godess Bast was worshipped throughout the lower Nile. .
Bat (Bata)
Egyptian
Goddess of Fertility
~ Bata Goddess of fertility and primarily a deity of Upper Egypt.
~ She was depicted as a cow or in human form with cow's ears and horns.
Hathor
~ Hathor goddess of love and motherhood
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Hathor was also known as Hethert, Athyr
~ Her name Hathor
means "House (or Mansion) of Horus," referring to her role as
a sky goddess.
~ Hathor was the daughter of Nut and Ra.
read
about Hathors Fertility Symbols
Heket
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goddess heket is also known as Heqet
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A goddess of childbirth and protector of the dead.
~Heket is known as the daughter of Ra and is sometimes called the 'Eye
of Ra' and 'Mother of the gods'.
~ Fertility Symbol
Goddess Heket is often shown as a frog a symbol of life and fertility
(millions of them are born after the annual inundation of the Nile), or
as a woman with a frog's head.
~As a fertility amulet Women often wore amulets of heket during childbirth.
Renenutet
~ goddess
Renenutet is also known as Ernutet orRenenet
~ Her
name indicates the meaning of nurturing or raising a child
~ Egyptian goddess renenutet was depicted as a cobra goddess. featuring
a hooded cobra or in human form with the head of a cobra.
~ and she was both a goddess associated with motherhood and the teaching
read
about Renenutet
Fertility Symbols
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