Throughout human history, goddesses have played a vital role in shaping spiritual, cultural, and social beliefs. Across every corner of the globe, these divine figures have been revered for their power, wisdom, and connection to the natural world. From the nurturing earth mothers to the fierce protectors of life and death, goddesses embody the profound mysteries of the universe, offering guidance, protection, and inspiration.
This list celebrates over 200 goddesses from a vast array of mythologies and cultures, each representing unique aspects of existence—be it love, fertility, war, wisdom, or nature. These deities often reflect the values and struggles of the people who worshipped them, and their stories transcend time, continuing to inspire reverence and reflection today. The attributes of these goddesses may shift and transform across regions, yet their essence remains powerful, symbolizing the multifaceted nature of the feminine divine.
As you explore this list, keep in mind that these goddesses have rich, layered stories that reveal much about the cultures they come from. Each name holds its own legend, and while many are known far and wide, others remain sacred treasures of more localized traditions. Dive in, and perhaps you’ll find a goddess who resonates with your own personal journey.

Greek Mythology

1. Aphrodite: Love, beauty, and sexuality
2. Artemis: Hunt, wilderness, and childbirth
3. Athena: Wisdom, war strategy, and crafts
4. Demeter: Agriculture and fertility
5. Gaia: Earth and nature
6. Hecate: Magic, crossroads, and witchcraft
7. Hera: Marriage and family
8. Persephone: Spring and the underworld
9. Selene: Moon
10. Mnemosyne: Memory and mother of the Muses
11. Eileithyia: Childbirth
12. Tyche: Fortune and prosperity
13. Nemesis: Retribution and balance
14. Iris: Rainbow and divine messenger
15. Nike: Victory
16. Rhea: Mother of the gods
17. Ariadne: Labyrinths, lover of Dionysus
18. Eris: Strife and discord
19. Themis: Law, justice, and divine order
20. Nyx: Primordial goddess of the night
21. Eos: Dawn
22. Hestia: Hearth and home

Roman Mythology

23. Venus: Love and beauty
24. Diana: Hunt and moon
25. Minerva: Wisdom and strategic warfare
26. Ceres: Agriculture and motherly love
27. Juno: Marriage and childbirth
28. Luna: Moon
29. Vesta: Hearth and home
30. Fortuna: Luck and fate
31. Ops: Abundance and fertility
32. Pomona: Fruit trees and gardens
33. Bellona: War

Norse Mythology

34. Freya: Love, beauty, and fertility
35. Frigg: Marriage, motherhood, and prophecy
36. Hel: Underworld and death
37. Idun: Youth and apples
38. Skadi: Winter and hunting
39. Eir: Healing
40. Fulla: Abundance
41. Bil: Moon phases
42. Gefion: Ploughing and fertility
43. Sol: Sun
44. Sif: Harvest and fertility
45. Nanna: Loyalty and love
46. Sigyn: Loyalty, wife of Loki
47. Gullveig: Magic and power
48. Ran: Sea and drowned souls
49. Hlin: Protection and consolation
50. Gefjun: Plowing and fertility

Celtic Mythology

51. Brigid: Poetry, healing, and smithcraft
52. Ceridwen: Wisdom, transformation, and rebirth
53. Danu: Earth and fertility
54. Rhiannon: Horses and sovereignty
55. The Morrigan: War, fate, and death
56. Epona: Horses and fertility
57. Arianrhod: Fertility and the moon
58. Flidais: Forest and wild animals
59. Macha: War, sovereignty, and horses
60. Brigantia: Rivers and water
61. Sulis: Healing waters
62. Andraste: Victory
63. Coventina: Wells and springs

Egyptian Mythology

64. Isis: Magic and motherhood
65. Hathor: Love, beauty, and music
66. Bastet: Cats, protection, and pleasure
67. Sekhmet: War and healing
68. Nut: Sky and heavens
69. Maat: Truth, justice, and cosmic order
70. Nephthys: Death and protection
71. Wadjet: Protection and royal power
72. Neith: Hunting and warfare
73. Taweret: Childbirth and fertility
74. Renenutet: Nourishment and harvest
75. Anuket: Nile and fertility
76. Seshat: Writing and measurement
77. Pakhet: Hunting
78. Hesat: Motherhood and nourishment
79. Satet: Nile floods
80. Menhit: War
81. Nekhbet: Upper Egypt and royalty
82. Heqet: Fertility and childbirth
83. Mut: Motherhood and queenship
84. Amunet: Air and invisibility
85. Tefnut: Moisture
86. Serket: Scorpions and healing

Hindu Mythology

87. Kali: Destruction and transformation
88. Durga: Protection and motherhood
89. Saraswati: Knowledge, music, and arts
90. Lakshmi: Wealth and prosperity
91. Parvati: Love and devotion
92. Radha: Love and devotion
93. Sita: Purity and devotion
94. Ganga: Purification and life
95. Aditi: Cosmic order and motherhood
96. Shakti: Divine feminine energy
97. Tara: Compassion and healing

Chinese Mythology

98. Guanyin: Mercy and compassion
99. Chang’e: Moon
100. Mazu: Sea and sailors
101. Xiwangmu: Immortality and paradise
102. Nüwa: Creation and mankind

Japanese Mythology

103. Amaterasu: Sun and universe
104. Izanami: Creation and death
105. Benzaiten: Everything that flows (knowledge, speech, music)
106. Uzume: Dawn and revelry
107. Inari: Rice and fertility

Mesopotamian Mythology

108. Inanna/Ishtar: Love, war, fertility, and power (Sumerian/Akkadian)
109. Ereshkigal: Underworld and death
110. Tiamat: Primordial chaos and creation
111. Ninhursag: Earth and motherhood
112. Nammu: Primordial waters

African Mythologies

113. Oshun: Love, fertility, and fresh water (Yoruba)
114. Yemoja: Ocean, motherhood, and female mysteries (Yoruba)
115. Oya: Winds, lightning, and change (Yoruba)
116. Mami Wata: Water, healing, and beauty (West African)
117. Ala: Earth, morality, and fertility (Igbo)
118. Asase Yaa: Earth and fertility (Akan)
119. Akonadi: Justice and mediation (Ga-Adangbe)
120. Mawu: Creation and wisdom (Fon)
121. Aja: Forest and animals (Yoruba)
122. Olokun: Wealth and deep waters (Yoruba)
123. Mbaba Mwana Waresa: Rainbow and agriculture (Zulu)
124. Ngame: Moon (Bambara)
125. Nana Buluku: Supreme creator (West African)
126. Iemanja: Ocean goddess (Yoruba)
127. Mujaji: Rain goddess (Lovedu)

Native American Mythologies

128. Spider Woman: Creation and weaving (Navajo)
129. Changing Woman: Seasons and life cycles (Navajo)
130. White Buffalo Calf Woman: Sacred rituals and peace (Lakota)
131. Corn Mother: Agriculture and sustenance (various tribes)
132. Sedna: Sea and marine animals (Inuit)
133. Atabey: Motherhood and fertility (Taíno)
134. Corn Woman: Fertility and agriculture (various tribes)
135. Iyatiku: Corn Mother (Keresan)
136. Lozen: Warrior woman and prophet (Apache)
137. Angwusnasomtaka: Crow Mother (Hopi)
138. Estsanatlehi: Changing Woman (Navajo)
139. Nokomis: Grandmother Earth (Anishinaabe)

Aztec Mythology

140. Coatlicue: Earth and life-death cycles
141. Xochiquetzal: Love, beauty, and arts
142. Chalchiuhtlicue: Water, births, and baptisms
143. Tlazolteotl: Purification and childbirth
144. Coyolxauhqui: Moon
145. Mictecacihuatl: Lady of the Dead
146. Tonantzin: Earth and fertility
147. Mayahuel: Agave and fertility
148. Itzpapalotl: Sacrifice and rebirth
149. Chantico: Hearth and volcanoes
150. Cihuacoatl: Motherhood and fertility
151. Xochitl: Goddess of flowers and love

Maya Mythology

152. Ix Chel: Moon, fertility, and medicine
153. Ixtab: Goddess of suicide
154. Ixchel: Rainbow and medicine
155. Ix Kanan: Goddess of maize and abundance
156. Goddess I: The moon goddess of weaving and childbirth

Polynesian Mythologies

157. Pele: Volcanoes and fire (Hawaiian)
158. Hina: Moon and fertility (various Polynesian cultures)
159. Papatuanuku: Earth mother (Maori)
160. Laka: Hula and forests (Hawaiian)
161. Poliahu: Snow goddess (Hawaiian)
162. Namaka: Sea goddess (Hawaiian)
163. Pele’s sisters: Various goddesses of clouds, rain, etc. (Hawaiian)
164. Haumea: Goddess of fertility and childbirth (Hawaiian)
165. Tāne: God/Goddess of forests and birds (Māori)

Slavic Mythologies

166. Mokosh: Earth, fertility, and weaving
167. Zorya: Guardian of the doomsday hound
168. Baba Yaga: Nature, death, and regeneration
169. Morana: Winter and death
170. Lada: Love and beauty
171. Vesna: Goddess of spring and youth
172. Devana: Goddess of the hunt
173. Živa: Goddess of life and fertility
174. Dodola: Goddess of rain and storms

Baltic Mythologies

175. Laima: Fate and fortune
176. Saule: Sun and fertility
177. Austrine: Goddess of the east wind
178. Vaivora: Goddess of weaving
179. Žemyna: Earth goddess
180. Gabija: Goddess of fire and the hearth

Inuit Mythology

181. Sedna: Goddess of the sea and marine animals
182. Pinga: Goddess of the hunt, fertility, and medicine
183. Kadlu: Weather goddess
184. Nerrivik: Sea mother and provider of food
185. Asiaq: Weather goddess, especially of blizzards
186. Ajgina: Goddess of sexuality and fertility
187. Qailertetang: Weather spirit and guardian of animals
188. Akycha: Goddess of creation
189. Arnapkapfaaluk: Big Bad Woman, associated with the sea
190. Igaluk: Moon god/goddess (gender varies in different traditions)

Other Mythologies and Cultures

191. Aradia: Witchcraft (Italian folklore)
192. Holda: Winter and domestic arts (Germanic)
193. Nerthus: Fertility and peace (Germanic)
194. Nicnevin: Witchcraft and the hunt (Scottish)
195. Anahita: Waters and fertility (Persian)
196. Astarte: Love and war (Phoenician)
197. Cybele: Nature and wild animals (Phrygian/Roman)
198. Potnia Theron: Mistress of animals (Minoan)
199. Yhi: Light and creation (Australian Aboriginal)
200. Abnoba: Forest and rivers (Gallo-Roman)
201. Nehalennia: Safe sea travel (Germanic)
202. Anat: War and fertility (Canaanite)
203. Tanit: Chief goddess of Carthage (Phoenician)
204. Asherah: Mother goddess (Semitic)
205. Hannahanna: Mother goddess (Hittite)
206. Hebat: Mother goddess (Hurrian)
207. Ayyuritu: Goddess of night (Hurrian)
208. Kubaba: Mother goddess (Anatolian)

This list includes over 200 goddesses from various mythologies and cultures around the world. Each goddess is associated with specific powers, domains, or aspects of life. It’s important to note that the roles and attributes of goddesses can vary depending on the specific cultural context and regional variations of myths.