| ~According to Wikipedia "The ancient fertility goddesses are the female deities to watch over and promote fertility, pregnancy, and birth in many polytheistic cultures.
~In some cases these deities were directly associated with sex, and in others they simply embodied related attributes. Some examples include Aphrodite in ancient Greece, Hathor in ancient Egypt, the Teutonic goddess Freyja, and Brigit in Ireland. 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 figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf"
~ Ancient Fertility Rites have included the honoring of fertility gods and goddesses in many ways and ceremonies.
~Fertility Goddess statues and carvings were often placed near the couples bed or on the family altar with suitable offerings that would ask the fertility goddess to work in their favour
~ It is amazing to see how many common archetypal forces are present in the fertility images of many different cultures all over the world and indeed the ancient religions and spiritualities
~ It is interesting to look at the many ways on how to invoke a fertility goddess, how to create a ceremony that is right for your particular situations
~ There are many fertility symbols that can be added to your ritual as well as accompanying fertility herbs for smudgning and burning incense to enhance the athmosphere of conception
~ Here I will look at the different ancient fertility goddess that have been known throughout the cultures and then investigates practical ways on how to incorparate their specific task for a modern approach to goddess appreciation
Greek Goddesses of Love and Fertility
ancient fertility goddess list
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Greek Fertility Goddess
Aphrodite
~ Aphrodite ancient goddess of fertility
~ she is associatedwith Fertility, the beauty of Sexual love
Artemis
~ Artemis ancient goddess of fertility
~ associated with Virginity, chastity and Fertility
~ these are 3 possible stages of womanhood women
who uphold the nature of those stages would be able to call upon her for guidance with fertility issues
Demeter
~ this ancient fertility goddess is also known as Ceres
~she is the goddess of fertility, the mother of the corn.
~Demeter is intimately associated with the seasons.
~Her daughter persephone was abducted by hades into the underworld, in her grief demeter laid a curse that caused all plants to be infertile and wither
~Hades had a claim on persephone and it was agreed that half time of season persephone spent in the underworld ( winter) and half time walking the earth ( the beginning if spring)
~ in conncecting with the primal forces of Gaia,or Mother Earth this ancient fertility goddess can be called upon to align a womans body and womb with the natural forces and ask for the spring of conception
Hecate
~greek goddess of fertility
Hera-
~This ancient greek goddess is the Zeus wife and sister.
~She is the protector of marriage
~she especially lookes after married women.
~Her sacred animals are the cow and the peacock
Hestia
~ Hestia is greek goddess of fertility
~ she is aslo known as a Goddess of the Hearth and Home
Priapus
~Priapus Greek God of Fertility
Rhea
~Rhea Greek Fertility Goddess
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