#goddess

• Acca Larentia — An archaic deity and mythological figure in ancient Roman religion, revered as a goddess of fertility, the earth, and death, celebrated on December 23 during the Larentalia festival. In founding legends, she is described as the wife of the shepherd Faustulus and the adoptive mother of Romulus and Remus; her nickname 'lupa' (Latin for both she-wolf and prostitute) inspired the myth of the Capitoline Wolf. Modernly, it defines a Roman street known for a political attack during the 'Years of Lead'.
• Adeona — A goddess in archaic Roman mythology protecting children and travelers, structurally invoked to ensure the safe return home of those who departed. In modern astronomy, the term designates 145 Adeona, a large and dark asteroid from the main asteroid belt, discovered in the 19th century by Christian Peters and considered the parent body of a distinct collisional family of asteroids.
• Amaterasu — The supreme sun goddess in the Shinto religion and Japanese mythology, considered the mythical ancestor of the Japanese imperial family and ruler of the heavenly realm. Her name means 'The Great Goddess who shines in heaven', associated with light, cosmic order, and agricultural fertility.
• Amphitrite — A goddess of the sea in Greek mythology, one of the nereids (or oceanids), the wife of Poseidon and mother of Triton. In classical art, she is often depicted driving a chariot drawn by tritons or hippocamps, serving as the symbolic personification of the ocean's calm and majesty; her name is sometimes used figuratively in literature to designate the sea itself.
• Amphitrite — An ancient proper noun designating the goddess of the sea in Greek mythology, a prominent Nereid who became the wife of Poseidon and queen of the oceans; in astronomy, the term represents the S-type asteroid number 29 (29 Amphitrite), one of the largest celestial bodies in the main belt; in biology, it designates a genus of marine polychaete worms that live in sedimentary tubes.
• Anahita — An ancient Persian divinity of cosmic waters, fertility, healing, and wisdom, structurally venerated in Zoroastrianism and throughout the Achaemenid Empire. Fully known as Ardvi Sura Anahita (meaning 'Moist, Mighty, and Immaculate'), she is portrayed in the sacred Avesta texts as a noble maiden clad in a golden cloak, representing a universal symbol of purity, life-giving force, and divine protection.
• Angitia — A proper onomastic name representing an ancient Osco-Samnite and Marsic goddess, venerated in the mountainous regions of central Italy for her miraculous healing powers, profound knowledge of medicinal herbs, and structural capacity to dominate venomous snakes. In a mythological and lexicographical context, this well-defined divine figure, often associated with beneficent witchcraft and protection against poisons, constitutes a fundamental research element for the study of pre-Roman cults and ancient magical ethnobotany.
• Anna Perenna — An ancient Roman divinity of the circle of the year, time renewal, and spring, festively celebrated on March 15 (the Ides of March), which coincided with the first full moon of the old Roman calendar. Her name structurally combines two Latin forms expressing the idea of continuity, perpetual flow, and cyclical regeneration of life, her popular festival being characterized by open-air picnics, songs, and wishes for long life held on the banks of the Tiber River.
• Annapurna — A major mountain massif situated in the Himalayas of Nepal, culminating in the peak Annapurna I, the first eight-thousander on Earth ever climbed by humans (in 1950, by a French expedition). In a Hindu cultural context, the name denotes the Goddess of Food and Abundance, a protective manifestation of the deity Parvati, the massif being globally recognized for both its overwhelming alpine landscapes and its extreme level of danger and mortality among mountaineers.
• Aphrodite — The international and English spelling for Aphrodite; the goddess of love, beauty, and fertility in mythology. In astronomy, it describes a vast highland region (Aphrodite Terra) on the planet Venus, while in biology it represents a specific epithet used for various brightly colored butterfly or insect species.
• Arduina — A graphic variant or proper mythological name designating Arduinna, the Celtic deity protecting the forests, hunting, and wildlife of the Ardennes mountainous region. Structurally and iconographically, she was depicted in antiquity as a young warrior armed with a bow, often riding a sacred wild boar, later assimilated into the Gallo-Roman pantheon with the goddess Diana.
• Artemis — An adapted form or literary variant for Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, forests, wild animals, and the Moon in Greek mythology, twin sister of Apollo; (in astronomy) a designation attributed to certain celestial bodies, asteroids, or large planetary geological structures; (in biology) a name used regionally or scientifically in the classification of certain medicinal or aromatic plant species from the Artemisia family or aquatic organisms from the Artemia genus.
• Artemis — A major goddess in Greek mythology (equated with Diana by the Romans), daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of Apollo. Venerated as the deity of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, and the moon, she is structurally represented as an independent and untamed maiden, armed with a golden bow and arrows.
• Artemis of Ephesus — A compact phrase adopted as a unique lemma in old Romanian dictionaries for 'Artemis of Ephesus'; a deity of Anatolian-Asian origin pre-dating the Ionic migration, which the Greeks absorbed into their pantheon under the name Artemis. Venerated at the legendary Artemision (one of the Seven Wonders of the World), this deity represented universal fertility, earth abundance, and a nurturing mother, featuring a unique iconography packed with spherical torso nodes and wild beast motifs, differing radically from the mainland Greek huntress.
• Artimi — A rare graphic or regional variant historically used to designate the goddess Artemis from ancient mythology, or a proper noun utilized in various old toponymic maps. In isolated literary senses, it can appear as an adapted poetic form to describe a mystical manifestation or a female figure with sacred traits.
• Artio — A goddess in Celtic mythology, protector of bears, wildlife, and fertility, worshipped in antiquity particularly in the region of modern-day Switzerland. In iconographic and historical structures, her artistic representations often depict her alongside a large bear, symbolizing the regenerative force of the forest and nature's abundance.
• Astarte — A major deity of Phoenician and Canaanite mythology, goddess of fertility, carnal love, motherhood, and war, structurally equated with Ishtar in Mesopotamia and Aphrodite in Ancient Greece; her cult, marked by rural rituals and associations with the planet Venus, exerted a profound influence across the Mediterranean basin and is frequently mentioned (often critically) in biblical texts as Ashtoreth.
• Astraea — The virgin goddess of innocence, purity, and justice in Greek mythology, daughter of Astraeus and Eos, considered the last immortal to leave Earth at the end of the Iron Age to seek refuge in the sky, where she became the constellation Virgo. In astronomy, it denotes 5 Astraea, a large main-belt asteroid discovered in 1845 by Karl Ludwig Hencke, and in zoology, it represents a genus of medium to large sea snails in the family Turbinidae.
• Astrea — An accepted spelling and literary variant of 'Astraea' or a rare common noun used in old poetry to mean a star or luminous celestial body; in Greek mythology, it represents the name of the virgin goddess of justice and innocence who retreated to the heavens, forming the constellation Virgo. In astronomy, it points to the large main-belt asteroid discovered in the mid-19th century.
• Atargatis — The great goddess of Northern Arabia and Syria in antiquity, a divinity of fertility, the earth, and water, primarily worshipped at Hierapolis. Often represented with the body of a woman and the tail of a fish (associated with the earliest mermaid legends) or surrounded by lions, Atargatis embodied the generative power of nature and protection of human communities in the Near East, later assimilated by the Greeks as Dea Syria.