Who are the God and Goddess?

The god and goddess are two parts of one energy. The universal power has a masculine energy, as well as a feminine energy.

The goddess is the universal mother, source of all creation. She has three aspects: the maiden, the mother, and the crone. The maiden represents youth, vitality, and learning. The mother represents fertility and nurturing. The crone represents maturity, wisdom, and death. The triple moon symbol you see often on pagan websites is a symbol of the goddess. The moon is associated with the goddess because it, like the goddess, has many faces, is ever changing, but never dies. Some of the kinds of Goddesses are stated as below.

Aphrodite: Greek Goddess of Love. Roman name Venus, often accompanied by her infant son Eros, God of Love, also called Cupid.

Aradia: Italian Goddess of the Witches

Arianhod: Celtic Star Goddess

Athena: Greek Goddess of Wisdom and Warfare, and the crafts. depicted in full armor, with shield and spear. Her sacred breasts are owls and spiders. Roman name: Minerva.

Bast: Egyptian Cat Goddess; depicted as a cat or a woman with a cat's head.

Bride: Celtic Triple Goddess, also known as Brigit, Brighid and Bridget. Goddess of Poetry, healing and Smithcraft.

Cerridwen: Celtic Goddess of Wisdom and Death, associated with sows. her cauldron contained the brew of bardic inspiration.

Demeter: Greek Earth Mother. Roman name: Ceres. She went into mourning when her daughter Kore was carried off by Hades.

Diana: Roman Goddess of Hunting and the Moon, Greek name: Artemis.

Eostre: Germanic Spring Goddess, also called Ostara; Sacred beast: the Hare.

Epona: Celtic Horse Goddess.

Freya: Nordic Goddess of Love. Friday is her sacred day, her number is 13.

Hecate: Greek Triple Goddess. Goddess of the underworld and of witches ~ associated with cross~roads.

Hel: Nordic Queen of the Underworld.

Hertha: Germanic Earth Goddess.

Isis: Egyptian Great Mother. Later worshipped throughout the Roman world. Wife of Osiris , mother of Horus.

Juno: Great Mother Roman ~ Married to Jupiter, Greek Name: Hera ~ sacred beast ~ the Peacock.

Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Battlefields and Death.

Nut: Egyptian Sky Goddess.

Persephone/Kore: Kore, Greek Goddess of Spring, was abducted by Hades and became Persephone, Queen of the Underworld.

Sekhmet: Egyptian Goddess of Destruction and Healing; depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness, wife of Ptah and mother of Nefertem.

Sif: Nordic Goddess of the grasslands, wife of Thor.

The god is the universal protector, the hunter. He has two aspects: represents strengthprotector, the consort of the mother , the hunt, vitality, and sexuality. The father is the aspect of the goddess. Some of the kinds of Gods are stated as below.

Anubis: Egyptian God of the Underworld; depicted with a Jaackal's head.

Apollo: Greek Sun God, portrayed as a radiant youth; also the god of poetry and the arts often shown carrying a lyre.

Cernunnos: Celtic horned god. God of the witches.

Dhagda: Celtic Father God, depicted with a club and a cooking pot.

Dionysus: Greek god of wine and ecstacy. Roman name - Bacchus.

Hades: Greek God of the underworld. Roman name: Pluto.

Hermes: Greek God of communication, Magic, Medicine, Merchants, Thieves and Liars. Roman name: Mercury.

Herne: British Stag God, leader of the wild hunt associated with Windsor Great Park.

Horus: Egyptian Sun God, shown with a falcons head. Son of Isis and Osiris.

Janus: Roman God of Doorways shown with two faces looking in opposite directions.

Lugh: Celtic Sun God.

Mannanan Mac lir: Celtic Sea God.

Mars: Roman War God, Greek Name : ARES, lover of Venus.

Odin: Nordic All-father. Master of the Runes.

Pan: Greek God of the Wild Wood; usually portrayed with Cloven Hooves, shaggy thighs, horns and panpipes.

Poseidon: Greek Sun God, depicted with trident ~ Roman name: Neptune, Ra; Egyptian Sun God

Thor: Nordic God of Thunder and Industry, depicted with a hammer. Husband of SIF.

Zeus: Greek King of the Gods, Roman name: Jupiter

Many Wiccans choose a particular pantheon to work with in their spiritual journey. Some work with the Greek pantheon, some with the Celtic pantheons, some with Roman, etc. Some work with a mixture of different gods and goddesses from different pantheons. Each god and goddess is an aspect of the one god and one goddess. Working with different gods and goddesses doesn't mean that a Wiccan believes in many different deities. The different gods and goddesses are like different aspects of the personality of the universal power.