24 DEITIES WHO love WOMEN

From Lithuanian-American archaeologist Marija Gimbutas comes this short list of pre-patriarchal deities -- woman-loving, European goddesses and gods who reigned before the Big Bad Patriarchy rumbled into town, dropped down our chimneys, and ate us all up.

Ana/Anu/Danu (Celtic)

Artemis (Greek)

Artio The Morrigan (Celtic)

Athena (Greek)

Brigid (Irish)

Freyja (Scandinavia)

Gefion (Danish)

Hekate (Greek)

Holla/Perchta (German)

Macha/Medb (Celtic)

Mari (Basque)

Neman The Morrigan (Celtic)

Nerthus (Scandinavia)

Njordr (Scandinavia)

Ragana (Baltic)

Skuld (Scandinavia)

The Morrigan (Celtic)

Urd (Scandinavia)

Verdani (Scandinavia)

  

Baldr – (maybe)(Scandinavia)

Freyr (Scandinavia)

Hermes (Greek)

Odr (Scandinavia)

Pan (Greek)

Check out Gimbutas’s The Living Goddesses for more. 

Do you know other pre-pat deities?  If so, let us know (include – if you please -- the name of your source). 

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Thnx to Bromart.com for the picture of Holda/Perchta (which I found on Google); this is one of the best depictions I've seen of a Crone Goddess.