"LAIEKAWAI" IS THE HAWAIIAN GODDESS OF THE RAINBOW. SHE AND HER TWIN SISTER "LA'IELOHELOHE" WERE BORN IN O'AHU. AS LEGEND HAS IT, HER FATHER WAS SO ENRAGED THAT HIS WIFE PRESENTED HIM WITH FEMALE CHILDREN THAT HE SWORE WOULD KILL ALL OF HIS DAUGHTERS UNTIL A MALE CHILD SHOULD APPEAR; HENCE, LAIEIKAWAI'S MOTHER HID HER AND HER SISTER UNTIL THEY HAD GROWN INTO WOMANHOOD.
LAIEKAWAI'S BEAUTY ATTRACTED EVEN THE GODS, AND IT IS SAID THAT THE CHIEFS FROM MANY ISLANDS TRAVELED FAR AND WIDE JUST TO GAZE UPON HER FACE ONCE SHE WAS REMOVED FROM HER HIDING PLACE BY HER GRANDMOTHER. SHE WORE A ROBE TINTED LIKE A RAINBOW, AND WHEREVER SHE WENT, A FRAGMENT OF RAINBOW HUNG OVER HER. EVENTUALLY, LAIEIKAWAI MARRIED THE SUN PRINCE, AND THAT VERY SAME RAINBOW SERVED AS A LADDER FOR HER TO TRAVEL TO HIS NEW HOME IN THE MOON; IT SEEMS THAT HIS PLACE IN THE SUN WAS FAR TOO HOT AND GLARING FOR THE YOUNG GODDESS. ALL GOES WELL UNTIL, ON ONE OF HIS VISITS TO EARTH, HIS ROVING EYE FALLS UPON THE BUDDING BEAUTY OF HIS SISTER-IN-LAW AND TURNS ALL OF HIS ATTENTIONS ON HER, WOOING HER; EVENTUALLY HE WINS HER AFFECTIONS.
MUCH TIME PASSES, AND LAIEKAWAI BEGINS TO WONDER WHAT IMPORTANT AFFAIRS ARE KEEPING HIM SO LONG ON EARTH. SHE GOES TO THE TEMPLE AT KAHAKAEKAEA TO SEEK THE ANSWERS FROM THE "BOWL OF KNOWLEDGE" WHICH REVEALS TO ONE WHO LOOKS WITHIN WHAT IS GOING ON BELOW...A FORM OF SCRYING. LAIEIKAWAI, SHOCKED, DISCOVERS HER HUSBAND'S INFIDELITY AND REPORTS HIM TO HIS PARENTS WHO LIVE WITH HER IN THE HEAVENS. FOR PUNISHMENT, THEY BANISH HIM TO BECOME A WANDERING SPIRIT. HE THE FIRST "LAPU" (GHOST) IN HAWAII. LAIEIKAWAI THEN RETURNS TO EARTH AND LIVES LIKE A GOD WITH HER SISTER.
TODAY SHE IS WORSHIPED AS KA-WAHINE-O-KA-LIULA, "THE LADY OF THE TWILIGHT, MIST," AND "MIRAGE, "AND IT IS SAID THAT ON OAHU THERE IS A NATURAL WELL, SOME THIRTY YARDS IN DIAMETER AND OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. THIS WELL IS BELIEVED TO BE CONNECTED WITH THE OCEAN. THE HAWAIIANS SAY THAT THIS WELL, KNOWN AS WAIAPUKA, HIDES THE ENTRANCE TO A CAVE THAT CAN BE REACHED ONLY BY DIVING, AND IT IS IN THAT CAVE THAT LAIEKAWAI WAS CONCEALED DURING HER INFANCY.
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The Greek Goddess, Hestia, represents purity, sincerity, sanctity and safety. She is the daughter of Zeus and Rhea and a sister of Zeus. She is the Goddess who ruled over the hearth, which was considered to be a sacred place, and the central fire of every Greek household and governed harmony and well being of the Greek homes. Women who are inspired by Her prefer the uncomplicated and contented life that she brings. It is a life that simply beckons you "to be". Hestia was a virginal goddess who devoted all of her time and efforts to looking after the homes and the families of Greek society.
In Greek art, Hestia was usually depicted in a pose of immobility. This can be very relevant to us in the modern world when we become 'stuck in a rut' while striving to reach our goals. We can tend to allow ourselves to become far too focused on a situation, thus, allowing it to devour our every waking moment...and we are then in danger of becoming paralysed by our obsession and fear to move on. Or, we may become so absorbed in our work, that we cannot imagine living any other way.
But, there will come a time when we finally reach the point where we can voice our need to break away from the situation. And it is at this time that we can ask for Hestia's assistance to act on our wish. So if the thought of a quiet and uncomplicated life seems very attractive to you, it is indeed the time to break from your obsessive patterns and establish new, healthy ones that nurture your body, mind, and spirit. You'll be surprised how quickly you can adapt to a more inspirational life.
Hestia, thou who tends the holy house
Of Lord Apollo, Pythian, Shooting far,
Thou having hair that drips with silky oil.
Approaching this house and enter, of one mind,
With all-wise Zeus; and for my song grant grace.
(Homeric Hymn)
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I AM THE MOTHER OF ALL THINGS,
Mistresse of all the Elements,
Queene of heaven,,
Principall of the Gods celestiall,
The light of the goddesses.
My divinity is adored throughout the world;
By proper ceremonies call mee 'Queene Isis'.
"--WRITTEN C.AD155 --"
ISIS IS THE MOTHER OF HORUS AND THE LOYAL WIFE OF OSIRIS. SHE WAS A PART OF THE FOURTH GENERATION AT HELIOPOLIS, THE CHILDREN OF GEB AND NUT. SHE WAS COMMONLY SHOWN AS A WOMAN WEARING THE THRONE SYMBOL THAT HELPS TO WRITER HER NAME. AS THE "'THRONE GODDESS'", SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF EACH EGYPTIAN KING. HER MATERNAL TENDERNESS EVENTUALLY INCLUDED ALL HUMANITY, AND ISIS BECAME MORE WIDELY WORSHIPPED THAN ANY OTER EGYPTIAN DEITY.
"SHE" WAS CONSIDERED TO THE PATRON SAINT OF WOMEN, MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, AND, ADDITIONALLY, WAS REFERRED TO AS THE GODDESS OF MAGIC, AND AS A MAGICIAN, SHE POSSIBLY THE ARCHETYPE FOR THE "HIGH PRIESTESS "OF THE TAROT. SHE LEARNED HER MAGIC FROM THOTH, ALTHOUGH ACCORDING TO SOME LEGENDS SHE OBTAINED HER POWERS FROM RA HIMSELF BY TRICKING HIM INTO REVEALING HIS NAME TO HER, THUS ACQUIRING HIS FULL MAGICAL KNOWLEDGE. IN THE "BOOK OF THE DEAD", ISIS WAS DESCRIBED AS "SHE WHO GIVES BIRTH TO THE HEAVEN AND EARTH, KNOWS THE ORPHAN, KNOWS THE WIDOW, SEEKS JUSTICE FOR THE POOR AND SHELTER FOR THE WEAK.
UNLIKE MOST OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS AND GODDESSES, ISIS REMAINED IN THE SAME FORM FROM THE BEGINNING OF HER HISTORY TO CURRENT DATES AND HAS ACHIEVED MUCH FAME THROUGHOUT HISTORY. MANY TEMPLES HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO HER HONOR AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIPPING HER.
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Here is a list of some of the most common pagan Goddess names. I've been in Circles that have invoked each of this Wiccan Goddesses at one time or another, so I know they are actively used in Wiccan Goddess worship.
- Amaterasu - Japanese Sun Goddess
- Annapurna - Hindu Goddess of Food and Nourishment
- Aphrodite /Venus- Greek Goddess of love and beauty
- Artemis/Diana - Greek/Roman Goddess of the hunt, virginity, and childbirth, twin sister of Apollo, and an Olympian, often associated with the moon
- Astarte - Greek Goddess of fertility, sexuality, and war
- Athena - Greek Goddess of wisdom, defensive and strategic wars
- Bast - Egyptian solar and war Goddess (in the form of a cat)
- Baubo - Greek Goddess of mirth, jests, and bawdy humour
- Brighid - Celtic Goddess of poetry, healing, and crafts (especially smith-work), holy wells and eternal flames
- Cerridwen - Celtic Goddess of transformation, of the cauldron of inspiration, of prophecy
- Cybele - Greek Earth Mother
- Danu - Irish Mother Goddess
- Demeter - Greek Goddess of the harvest and of grain, mother of Persephone
- Durga - Hindu Great Goddess, Divine Mother
- Eos - Greek Goddess of the dawn
- Ereshkigal - Mesopotamian Goddess of Darkness, Death, and Gloom
- Flora - Roman Goddess of flowers
- Fortuna -Roman Goddess of fortune
- Freya or Freyja - Norse Goddess of fertility, sexual liberty, abundance, and war
- Frigg - Norse Goddess of marriage, household management, and love, Queen of Heaven, and wife of Odin
- Gaia/Earth Mother - The Greek Goddess Gaia is the primordial Goddess of earth, mother and grandmother of the first generation of Titans
- Hathor - Egyptian Goddess of the Milky Way, Mother Goddess, Goddess of childbirth and death.
- Hecate - Greek Goddess of witchcraft and magick, crossroads, and the harvest moon
- Hestia - Greek Goddess of the hearth and domestic life
- Hel - Norse Goddess daughter of Loki and the giantess Angrboda, Queen of the Dead
- Hera - Roman Goddess of the Hearth, of women, and of marriage
- Inanna - Sumerian Goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare
- Isis - Egyptian Mother Goddess, matron of nature and magick, Goddess of creativity and the underdog
- Ishtar - Mesopotamian Goddess of sexual love, fertility, and war
- Juno - Roman Queen of the Gods and Goddess of matrimony
- Kali - Hindu Goddess of Time and Death, also Divine Mother Goddess
- Kore - Greek Maiden Goddess of bountiful Earth
- Kuan Yin , Kwan Yin Ma , Quan Yin - Chinese Goddess of Mercy and Compassion
- Lakshmi - Hindu Goddess of Wealth and Fertility (Goddess as Mother/Sustainer)
- Lalita - Hindu Goddess of Beauty
- Luna Goddess - Roman Goddess of the Moon
- Ma'at - Egyptian Goddess, personified concept of truth, balance, justice, and order
- Mary - Mother Goddess, Queen of Heaven, Goddess of Femininity
- Maya - Hindu The Goddess of Illusion and Mystery
- Minerva - Roman Goddess of wisdom and war
- Morrigan - Celtic war Goddess
- Nut - Egyptian Goddess of heaven and the sky and all celestial bodies
- Parvati - Hindu Divine Mother, the embodiment of the total energy in the universe, Goddess of Power and Might
- Pele - Hawai'ian volcano Goddess, Destroyer and Creatrix
- Persephone - Greek Goddess daughter of Demeter, queen of the dead, also a grain-Goddess
- Radha - Hindu Divine Mother
- Rhiannon - Celtic Goddess of the moon
- Rosmurta - Celtic/Roman Goddess of abundance. She is also the Goddess of Business Success.
- Saraswati - Hindu Goddess of Knowledge, the Arts, Mathematics, Education, and cosmic Wisdom (Creatrix)
- Sedna: Inuit Goddess of the Sea and Queen of the Underworld
- Selene - Greek Goddess of Moon
- Shakti- Hindu primordial cosmic energy, Great Divine Mother
- Shekina - Hebrew, feminine aspect of God, Shekhina represented compassion in its purest form
- Sita - Hindu Goddess representing perfect womanhood
- Sol - Norse Sun Goddess
- Sophia - Greek Goddess of wisdom
- Spider Woman - Teotihuacan Great Goddess (Creatrix)
- Tara - Hindu, Mother Goddess, the absolute, unquenchable hunger that propels all life.
- Tara, Green - Buddhist female Buddha, Tibetan Buddhism - compassion, liberation, success. Compassionate Buddha of enlightened activity
- Tara, White - Buddhist Goddess known for compassion, long life, healing and serenity; also known as The Wish-fulfilling Wheel, or Cintachakra
- Tara, Red - fierceness, magnetizing all good things
- Tara, Black - power
- Tara, Yellow - wealth and prosperity
- Tara, Blue - transmutation of anger
- Tiamat - Mesopotamian dragon Goddess, embodiment of primordial chaos (the Velvet Dark)
- Uma - Hindu Goddess of power, the personification of light and beauty, embodying great beauty and divine wisdom
- Vesta - Roman Goddess of the hearth
- Voluptas - Roman Goddess of pleasure
- Yemaya - Yoruban Mother Goddess, Goddess of the Ocean
- White Buffalo Calf Woman - Lakota Goddess
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