Worship of
In Greek mythology, Oizys (/ˈoʊɪzɪs/; Ancient Greek: Ὀϊζύς, romanized: Oïzýs) is the goddess of misery, anxiety, grief, depression, and misfortune.
According to Greek mythology, the god Eros is the offspring of Aphrodite and Ares. Eros represented passion and love, emotions that created life. He appeared and threw his arrows, causing insane love and at the same time, suffering to people.
ELEOS was the goddess or personified spirit (daimona) of mercy, pity and compassion.
Aphrodite is the Greek Goddess of love, beauty and sensuality. Unconditional love is one of the highest possible frequencies. Its power is limitless and heals every wound.
Bastet, Egyptian Goddess of Joy and Love Statue.
APHRODITE: Goddess of Love
Her role was to rule over the love between the Gods, between humans and between Gods and humans. There are two stories about how she was born. The first, according to Hesiod's poem Theogony, was that she was born from the foam in the waters of Paphos, on the island of Cyprus.
PAREGOROS was the personified spirit (daimona) of consolation, comforting and soothing words. She was a companion of Aphrodite, goddess of love, and Peitho, the goddess of persuasion.
In Chinese Buddhism, Guan Yin is synonymous with the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, the pinnacle of mercy, compassion, kindness and love.
Hestia in Greek Mythology
Hestia was regarded as one of the kindest and most compassionate amongst all the Gods. Perhaps the first example of a benign God or Goddess. Generally speaking, Hestia has a low key role in Greek Mythology.
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Euphrosyne is a goddess of good cheer, joy and mirth. Her name is the female version of the word euphrosynos, "merriment".
Aphrodite and the Gods of Love: Goddess of Love and Beauty (Getty Villa Exhibitions) The essence of Aphrodite's power was her ability to provoke desire.
Bell adds that Hygieia is mainly the goddess of physical health, but that her function also includes mental health and that she also can be associated with Athena Hygieia.
Aphrodite was the goddess of love, pleasure, and beauty. This meant that she enjoyed flirtatious occasions with a number of others. However, her father Zeus decided that she should marry and end her dallying with men. Zeus forced Aphrodite to marry Hephaestus.
Athena Nike
According to Sikes, Nike was worshipped as a facet of Athena because Athena was Athens's patron goddess and thus held greater power in her own city and acropolis. Since Athena held greater power in Athens, she acquired some of the functions traditionally only Nike possessed as well as her title of Victory.
Hygieia was said to be a companion to the goddess Aphrodite. She was strongly associated with Athena, particularly when she was worshipped as a goddess of mental health.
In Greek mythology, Pasithea was the goddess of relaxation and meditation, as well as all other altered states of consciousness.
The name Psyche means "soul" and "butterfly" in Greek and was commonly referred to as such in Roman mythology as well, though direct translation is Anima (Latin word for "soul"). She was born a mortal woman eventually granted immortality, with beauty that rivaled even Aphrodite, goddess of love.
Ishtar: The First Goddess of Love
Rather, she was worshipped by the Sumerians as “Inanna”, and would later be called Ishtar by the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Interestingly, some scholars believe that Inanna and Ishtar were originally two separate deities that were merged into one being over time.
At a party, during which Hades sees Persephone for the first time, he remarks that she is even more beautiful than Aphrodite.
Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and peace. To the Greeks this was Aphrodite, to the Egyptians the goddess Isis and to the Phoenicians the goddess Astrate.
Oshun is principally the goddess of love but is also sometimes known as the goddess of sweet waters and protector of the River Oshun in Nigeria. Near to the edge of the River Oshun is a sacred grove dedicated to Oshun goddess of love and sweet waters.
Erato is a hopeless romantic, but also very wise in the ways of love poetry.
PEITHO was the goddess or personified spirit (daimona) of persuasion, seduction and charming speech.