- Fertility goddess
The fertility goddesses are the
female deities to watch over and promotefertility ,pregnancy , andbirth in many polytheistic cultures. In some cases these deities were directly associated with sex, and in others they simply embodied related attributes. Some examples includeAphrodite inancient Greece ,Hathor inancient Egypt , theTeutonic goddessFreyja , andBrigit inIreland . Fertility gods are also present in many other cultures.Some archeological finds that have been proposed to be images of or associated with ancient fertility goddesses are
Venus figurine s such as theVenus of Willendorf .Fact|date=September 2007List of fertility goddesses and related deities and individuals
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Ajysyt
*Ala
*Ama-arhus
*Aphrodite
*Arianrhod
*Artemis
*Asase Ya
*Astarte
*Bast
*Bendis
*Brigid
*Cybele
*Epona
*Freyja
*Frigg
*Gefjun
*Hathor
*Haumea
*Heget
*Hera
*Ilithyia
*Inanna
*Ishtar
*Isis
*Ixchel
*Juno
*Macha
*Mami
*Mesenet
*Mylitta
*Nanshe
*Nekhebet
*Ninhursag
*Pi-Hsia-Yuan-Chun
*Pukkeenegak
*Renenutet
*St. Anne
*St. Catherine of Sweden
*St. Margaret the Virgin
*St. Monica
*Serket
*Sophia
*Tawaret
*Tellus
*Tlazolteotl
*Uma
*VenusSee also
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Fertility god
*Fertility rite
*Earth Mother
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