A Greek goddess who was turned into a kingfisher by the gods after she threw herself into the sea when she found the body of her husband, Ceyx washed up on shore.  The 7 days preceding and after Winter Solstice are called Halcyon Days, named for her.  During this time Alcyone kept the waters calm so she could build her nest on the surface of the sea and sit on it until her eggs hatched.

A Celtic equestrian goddess associated with healing and fertility of domestic animals.  In fact, she was the only Celtic goddess to be worshipped in Rome, winning favor with the Roman cavalry army that was  stationed in Gaul.   Her name means "The Divine Horse".

A Greek goddess of love and beauty, her name means 'risen from the sea'.   She was the daughter of Uranos, coming forth from the foam of the sea and arriving in her scalloped shell at the myrtle grove in cypress.  The Three Graces were the three Triple Goddess aspects of Aphrodite in triad. Among her many children is Hermaphroditus, who was half man and half woman.

A Greek Earth mother and goddess of fertility.  The center of her cult was an oracle at Delphi that pre-dated the one of Apollo.   She was the consort of Uranus and the mother of the Titans, the Furies and the Cyclops  She is invoked when planting herbs and casting spells of the Earth elements.

A Roman goddess of weaving, her name is the Greek word for spider.  Arachne challenged the goddess Minerva to a trial of skills, and when she was defeated she hanged herself in great despair.  After that Minerva changed Arachne into a spider so that she could forever weave her webs of silk.

An Egyptian mother goddess of love, beauty and the heavens, patroness of infants, music and fecundity.  She possessed seven aspects known as the 'seven Hathors', which were invoked by magickal incantations to predict the fate of newborn children.

An Italian goddess, considered the 'Messiah of Witches'.  Daughter of moon goddess Diana and Lucifer, whose name means 'light bearer', she was sent down to earth by her mother to teach the arts of magick to all human Witches.  She has the power to grant the desires of worthy Witches who invoke her.  To call upon Aradia, a Witch must enter a field at the hour of  midnight, with water, wine any talisman and a small red bag filled with salt and held in her hand at all times.  Before asking a boon from the goddess, the Witch must bless herself with the water and wine, then recite her devotion to the goddess.  

Greek moon goddess, queen of the Underworld and the protectress of all Witches.  Hecate is the Crone aspect of the triune, symbolized by the waning and dark moon.  She represents the darker side of the Triple Goddess.  She presides over all magickal arts.  Ancient Greek tradition has it that to summon Hecate an offering must be left at a crossroads at the Witching hour of midnight, because she was worshipped at crossroads in Thessaly by occult bands of moon worshippers in ancient Greece.

An ancient Egyptian fertility goddess, and the daughter of Isis.  She was known as 'Lady of the Light', and she was associated with the vengeance of the Sun.  Worshipped in the form of a cat, she is sometimes seen as a feline-headed woman.  She's a sex-magick goddess and the cat is her sacred symbol.  Bast, or Bastet, is one of the most popular of ancient Egyptian goddesses in modern day sex-magick cults and in Witchcraft.

Celtic war goddess of death,  and slaughter, her name means 'Great Queen'.  She appears in the form of a raven before and during battles.  She helped the De Danaan at the battles of Magh Tuireadh.  She tried to seduce Cuchulainn, a  warrior, and when he wouldn't make love to her she fought him and was wounded.  When Cuchulainn was eventually killed, she perched on his shoulder in the form of a crow and watched while a beaver drank his blood. 

A Celtic goddess of the Winter season, she's depicted as a crone-like woman with a blue face.  Each year on Samhain, which is pronounced Sowen, she is reborn as the bringer of the snows.  She rules up until the eve of Beltane, when she turns into stone and the goddess Brigit deposes her.  She is often referred to as the Old Woman, or Hag of Beara.  She married seven husbands, had fifty foster children who founded the many tribes and nations.

An ancient Germanic Sun goddess associated with the birth of Spring and the Pagan fertility rites of Easter before it became a christian holiday.  The traditional time for Ostara's prayers, invocations and  offerings to her is at dawn.  The Sabbat of Spring Equinox is named for Ostara.  She's identified with the Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre.

An Anglo-Saxon goddess of fertility and Springtime, the bringer of light of day and for whom the christian holiday Easter was named.  Easter was originally a pagan fertility festival, ya know.  She is associated with the Germanic Sun goddess Ostara, which the Sabbat of Spring Equinox is named for.  Ostara celebrates the coming of Spring and pays homage to her.  On Ostara the hours of the daylight and  of the darkness are equal in length.  This is the time for seeds to be blessed and brooms and staffs to be crafted, consecrated and given their magickal names.

An Earth mother and fertility goddess, worshipped by the Irish Celts.  She is portrayed as a nude female figure with abundant breasts, squatting and holding her private parts wide open.  You can find her likeness on ancient amulets, stone statues and carvings found on the doorways of many very old Irish churches.  (I know, hysterical, isn't it? They must be absolutely appalled!)  Her image was supposed to promote fertility and guard against bad luck and hexes