Goddess

Goddess

A Goddess is a female deity. In some cultures Goddesses are associated with Earth, motherhood, love, and the household. In other cultures, Goddesses also rule over war, death, and destruction as well as healing. They can be figureheads of religions and can be accessed in modern times by religious statues.

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Famous quotes containing the word goddess:

    “Her track, where’er the Goddess roves,
    Glory pursue, and generous Shame,
    Th’ unconquerable Mind, and Freedom’s holy flame.”
    —Thomas Gray (1716–1771)

    “under chenille bed spreads
    The farm girls are feeling the goddess in them struggle and rise
    brooding”
    —James Dickey (b. 1923)

    “Mother,
    strange goddess face
    above my milk home,
    that delicate asylum,
    I ate you up.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)