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Goddesses associated with war . Wikimedia Commons has media related to War goddesses. Subcategories. This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total. Al-Lat (7 P) Anat (22 P) Astarte (2 C, 51 P) Athena (8 C, 30 P) Bastet (26 P) Bellona (goddess) (15 P) Durga (3 C, 3 P) Eris (mythology) (4 C, 15 P) Freyja (19 P)
- Ares (Greek): The powerful Greek god of war. Known for his physical valor, Ares is represented in the violent aspects of war. His expertise was in weapons of war, rebellion, bloodlust, and defense.
- Tyr (Norse): God of law, justice, honor, victory, and war heroics.
- Woden (Continental Germanic Polytheism): God associated with war, death, battle, wisdom, poetry, the hunt, prophecy, and victory.
- Athena (Greek): Goddess of skill, strategy, crafts, mathematics, inspiration, wisdom, just warfare, the arts, civilization, heroic endeavors, courage, law, and justice.
A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread religion.
- Agasaya. Semitic. Semitic war goddess who was combined with Ishtar. She is called "The Shrieker." Source: Encyclopedia Mythica.
- Anahita. Persian, Chaldean, Iranian, and possibly Semitic. As well as being a war goddess, Anahita is the Persian water goddess, fertility goddess, and patroness of women.
- Anath. Semitic. West Semitic love and war goddess, associated with Baal. Source: Encyclopedia Mythica.
- Andraste. Celtic. Celtic Britain war god honored by Boudicca. Source: "Omens and Celtic Warfare", by Ellen Ettlinger. Man, Vol. 43, (Jan. - Feb., 1943), pp. 11-17.
May 7, 2024 · Athena, in Greek religion, the city protectress, goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason, identified by the Romans with Minerva. She was essentially urban and civilized, the antithesis in many respects of Artemis, goddess of the outdoors. Athena was probably a pre-Hellenic goddess and was later taken over by the Greeks.
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- In ancient Greek religion, Athena was a goddess of war, handicraft, and practical reason. Essentially urban and civilized, Athena was probably a pr...
- Athena, the daughter of Zeus, was produced without a mother and emerged full-grown from his forehead. An alternative story was that Zeus swallowed...
- Athena is customarily portrayed wearing an aegis, body armor, and a helmet and carrying a shield and a lance.
- Athena is associated with birds, particularly the owl, which became famous as the symbol of the city of Athens.
- In Homer’s Iliad, Athena, as a war goddess, inspires and fights alongside the Greek heroes; her aid is synonymous with military prowess. Representi...
In Greek mythology, Enyo (/ ɪ ˈ n aɪ oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Ἐνυώ, romanized: Enȳṓ) is a war-goddess, frequently associated with the war-god Ares. The Romans identified her with Bellona.
Jan 6, 2018 · Explore the warrior deities of different Pagan traditions, such as Ares, Athena, Bast, Huitzilopochtli, Mars, Morrighan, Thor and Tyr. Find out their roles, attributes, symbols and stories in mythology and religion.
