African Goddess Of Love

Her name oduda means the black one and her appearance is that of a serpent. Oduda is among the african goddess names and meanings venerated by the north west african community in benin yoruba and dahomey. She is the orishá of the fresh water of rivers and waterfalls.

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She is associated with the moon night fertility motherhood gentleness forgiveness rest and joy.

African goddess of love. What is the yoruba faith. Oduda is the deity behind sacred prostitution that is practiced in the caribbean islands. Apparently borrowed by the egyptians from the canaanites.

Oshun is the mother of the african sweet or fresh waters. Zamani god of sex and beauty. Inanna ishtar goddess of sex and war.

Renowned for her beauty she is usually depicted as a woman adorned with jewelry although she is sometimes shown as a mermaid. The orisha is also responsible for marriage and other relationships. In the yoruba religion she s also called the river goddess and is commonly associated with fresh and sweet waters love purity prosperity fertility and beauty.

Like egyptian isis and later greek diana osun is the goddess of love and is widely beloved. One of the most important roles that oshun plays is that of the goddess of the sweet waters and the protective deity of the river oshun in nigeria. Ochun in the yoruba religion is an orisha who reigns over love intimacy beauty wealth and diplomacy.

In her form as the mother of salt waters she is known as yemaya. Nanaya goddess personifying voluptuousness and sensuality. She s the most prominent and venerated of all the orishas but is considered to possess some human traits as well such as perseverance but also vanity.

She is known for healing the sick cheering the sad bringing music song and dance as well as bringing fertility and prosperity. Mawu is the creator moon goddess known among the people from the dahomey region of west africa the female aspect of the divinity mawu lisa. The goddess of beauty and love especially of the erotic kind oshun is extremely popular among the west african followers of the yoruba religion.

Prende goddess of love beauty and fertility. Followers seek help for romantic problems from osun. Milda goddess of love and freedom.

Of wealth and prosperity. Although oshun also spelt osun is regarded principally as a goddess of love there are other aspects to this orisha as well. Qetesh goddess of love beauty and sex.

Ishtar the babylonian goddess of love procreation and war was the daughter and consort of the air god anu. She was known for destroying her lovers including a lion stallion and shepherd.

When the love of her life the farm god tammuz died she followed him to the underworld but she was unable to retrieve him.