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Who is your favorite Goddess?
- Thread starter Sirona
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The Emperor of Mankind
Currently the galaxy's spookiest paraplegic
Aphrodite because through observing her cult I can improve my self-esteem, my self-efficacy and cultivate self-love.
Gaia because she is our Great Earth Mother. She provides for all living things and we are all her children. And we as a species would do well to remember that we ought not to take without considering the harm we do to her.
Gaia because she is our Great Earth Mother. She provides for all living things and we are all her children. And we as a species would do well to remember that we ought not to take without considering the harm we do to her.
Eris.
She's a bit like me.
She's a bit like me.
Aphrodite/Venus because!!!
Anoia. The goddess of things that get stuck in drawers, not that she is a favourite but she is the only goddess i regularly chant her mantra "How can it close on the damned thing but not open with it? Who bought this anyway? Do we ever use it?",
Anoia. The goddess of things that get stuck in drawers, not that she is a favourite but she is the only goddess i regularly chant her mantra "How can it close on the damned thing but not open with it? Who bought this anyway? Do we ever use it?",
WalterTrull
Godfella
My wife. Over the last 50 years, she has totally saved me.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
Mother earth.
MonkeyFire
Well-Known Member
My other is the angel of wishes.
exchemist
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The Moon Goddess, Gabrielle Drake:-
I'm sorry, I'm messing about.
In fact my favourite goddess from mythology would have to be Artemis, I think.
GoodbyeDave
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I don't think in terms of favourites, but the godesses who have images on my altar are Hestia and Tyche.
Who is just a mere human, but y'know.
For my part, I gotta pick Palutena. Her up-smash hits like a truck, her back-air is awesome, and in Smash Ultimate she's getting some serious buffs, which is good to see. It's also super satisfying to completely wreck someone using a bottom-tier character.
But for actual goddesses who were worshipped, I don't think Sophia counts as a goddess in Gnosticism, so I guess Brigid or Freya?
Spiderman
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She's more loved and venerated than any goddess I know of
GoodbyeDave
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What about the doctrine of the Assumption? See Wikipedia (for once accurate!) with a quotation from Bishop Kallistos Ware. Your own Church describes her as "more honourable than the cherubim, more glorious than the seraphim".
Consider that in Hinduism all gods and goddesses are but facets (I don't really like the word manifestation, but I use it) of One. To that end, I think the goddess I have felt closest to is Saraswati. She's quite beautiful, gentle and graceful, as are all the goddesses (even when they're kicking demon butt).
I love music (I noodle around with guitar), languages and linguistics, books, learning, arts. Unfortunately I feel that she's been a bit distant. Or maybe it's me who's distant. I haven't touched my guitars in eons.
Yes, that's a hymn of praise we sing to Mary at the end of every prayer service. But that says nothing about her being anything other than human. She is simply a human who, by her great faith and obedience to God, undid Eve's disobedience and thus ushered in Life (Christ) to the world. Because of her faith, she is greatly honored above even the highest of angels. But she's not alone in being exalted above the angels. Every single Christian is privileged above the angels, because only we are able to receive the Body and Blood of Christ Himself in the Eucharist. That's an honor no angel can receive. Mary is simply more honored than the rest of us, because it was the faithful and immediate humility, trust and obedience of only her that brought Christ into the world.