All of these eastern goddesses were thought to inhabit the sky in the form of the “star” we still call Venus, now correctly classified as a planet. Cyprus too boasts fascinating fertility ...

In Egypt, Isis was a goddess of fertility; she was also a mother and a symbol of death and rebirth. She therefore combined the duties of several Roman goddesses, including Cybele, Aphrodite and ...

Isis was a central goddess in ancient Egyptian ... Bastet, often depicted as a lioness or a domestic cat, was the goddess of home, fertility and, curiously, protective warfare.