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Amazon
(Legendary)According to Greek mythology, the Amazons were warrior women living northeast of Ancient Greece during the later Bronze Age, between approximately 1900 and 1200 B.C. The source of the Amazonian... Read more
Fertile Goddess
(Mythic)Many societies have worshipped the Fertile Goddess as the supreme site of fertility, motherhood, and the creation of life. The earliest proof comes from archaeological finds—paintings and figurines of women... Read more
Ishtar
(Mythic)Ishtar, called the Queen of Heaven by the people of ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), was the most important female deity in their pantheon. She shared many aspects with an earlier... Read more
Kali
(Mythic)Worship of Kali has roots in ancient East Indian belief systems from the first millennium B.C. Her name first appears in the holy Hindu text Rg Veda, 1700–1100 B.C. (exact... Read more
Marcella
(b. circa 325, Rome, Italy; d. 410, Rome, Italy)Marcella was a Roman noble woman who was canonized, or declared a saint, by the Vatican for her role in founding the Christian monastic system. Monasticism dates back to Marcella's... Read more
Primordial Goddess
(Mythic)What we know about prehistoric goddess traditions comes to us from archaeological record and remnants of oral traditions, such as the "Old Woman" of the Aboriginals in Australia. The original... Read more
Snake Goddess
(Mythic)In 1903, Sir Arthur Evans, excavating at the palace of Knossos on the island of Crete, discovered fragments of faience statuettes depicting female figures holding snakes. Two of these statuettes... Read more
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum