AKA: Arya Tara, Jetsun Dolma, Divine Mother, Great Protector, Mother of All Buddhas, Mother of Liberation, Universal Mother of Compassion, Tara of the Turned Face, Tara of Seven Eyes, the Great Goddess, She Who Brings Forth Life, Star of Heaven, She Who is the Embodiment of Wisdom, The Great Compassionate Mother, The Faithful One, The Fierce Protectoress, One Who Saves

Different Aspects: White Tara is one aspect belonging to a set of Bodhisattvas (a being that compassionately refrains from... read more

Mythology: Greek

AKA: Goddess of the Hearth, Goddess of Architecture

Translation: Essence, Hearth, Reality (what 'is')

Symbolism: Fire, Circle

AKA in other mythologies: (hearth & volcano): Aetna, Caca, Ocrisia, Vesta (Roman), Aibheaeg, Brigit, Lasair, Latiaran (Irish), Camilla (Italian), Chantico, Cuaxolotl (Aztec), Chuginadak (Aleut), Feronia (Etruscan), Fuji Ainu, Izanami (Japanese), Mahui-Iki (Polynesia), Pele (Hawaiian)

Mythology: Hestia was the first-born of the Olympia... read more

Translation: Old Norse; meaning harm or injury, sometimes shade or shadow

AKA: Sister of Wolves, Goddess of the Hunt, Ondergud (snowshoe goddess), Skathi, Skadhi, Shining Bride of the Gods

Mythology: Norse

Symbolism: Wolves, bow and arrow, spear, skis, venomous snakes, snowshoes, winter, frost, ice, snow. Dressed in white fur and metal armor, she rules over mountains, wilderness, hunters, and winter, imparting justice, vengeance, independence and knowledge.

Story: Skadi's story b... read more

Religion: Incan

AKA: Mama Pacha

Translation: Mother Earth or more precisely (from Aymara), Mama = Mother, Pacha = Time or Universe

AKA in other mythologies: Acthonian (Greek), Ajysyt (Turkic Yakut), Arinna (Hittite), Asase Ya (Ashanti), Beira (Scottish), Celu (Etruscan), Coatlicue (Aztec), Cybele (Phrygian), Erecura (Celtic), Etugen (Mongolian), Gaia (Greek), Ida (Hindu), Joro (Norse), Khaltesh-Anki (Ob Ugrian), Ki (Sumerian), Libera (Roman), Lurbira (Basque), Mat Zemlya (Slavic), ... read more