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Brigid, (Item: # D/141BGW) the most popular Celtic Goddess, is a vast deity and can assist her devotees with nearly any endeavor. She is depicted here as the three sisters or three of the many aspects of this Goddess: Midwife - healer, nurturer, herbalist; Blacksmith - keeper of fire, craftswoman, transformer; and Poetess - bringer of wisdom, guidance and prophecy. The three who-are-one stand on a crescent-shaped base. Symbols of her worship are hidden throughout the piece: Brigid's cross, the flaming arrow,; Brigid's bed,; the bush near her sacred wells, which are tied with prayers and wishes on scraps of cloth, to mention a few. Many of the names she is known by encompass the base, even one written in ogham, the ancient celtic tree language. Price: $103 US |
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Brigit
Size: 10 3/8"h x 8 1/2"w x 5 1/2"d |
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Cerridwen
Size: 6 1/2"h x 6 1/2"w x 2"d |
Cerridwen, (Item # D/106CRC), a Celtic Goddess, was known for creating a magical brew that was stirred for a year and a day to produce the Three Drops of Inspiration. These were stolen by a young boy who grew up to be known as Taliesin, a great bard and wizard. The myth of the Goddess' pursuit of this thief involves a dramatic series of shape changing. Cerridwen was the muse who brought inspiration to poets, musicians, writers and those of the creative arts. Historically, Celtic bards were known as "Credo," children of Cerridwen. Price: $38.00 US
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Venus, (Item #D/102V) was inspired by Neolithic stone carvings of Goddess images that have been found all over Europe. She represents the voluptuous beauty and fertility of both the land and her people. The snake coiling at her base is called "Uroboros", and symbolizes the never-ending cycle of life, death, and regeneration. Price: $18.00 US
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Size: 5 1/4"h x 2 1/2"w x 2"d |
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Wheel of the Year
Size: 11 3/4"h x 11 3/4"w x 7/8"d |
Wheel of the Year, (Item# D/131WOY) Depicting the eight Pagan holidays or Sabbaths, the Wheel of the Year is laid out as a traditional wooden wheel. Each pie-shaped section is a carved representation of a particular holiday. The Quarters: Yule, Ostara, Midsummer, and Mabon focus mainly on the movement of the sun and contain alchemical symbols for the seasons. Each of the Cross Quarters: Samhain, Imbolg, Beltane, Lughnasadh feature one of the four tools and portrays the transition of our relationship to the Earth as the year progresses. Zodiac signs depict the movements of the stars throughout the year and illustrate how they relate to the holidays. Price: $75 US |
Lillith, (Item #D/147LL) This image of Lilith is based largely on a Sumerian clay tablet relief from 2000 BC. She wears the horned crown that marks her as a Goddess not a demon in Sumerian mythology. Lilith appears in Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Canaanite, Persian, Hebrew, Arabic and Teutonic mythology. She is also known as Adam's "first wife" who refused to "lie beneath." In the oldest mythologies she is a Goddess and in later stories she is demonized. Lilith is a motherless form of the divine feminine even known to some as the wife of Yahweh. As the embodiment of the neglected, outcast and rejected aspects of the Great Goddess she calls women to rise up in strength to reclaim their own divinity. Price: $75 US |
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Lilith
Size: 13 5/8"h x 11 1/4"w x 2 1/4"d |
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Queen of Heaven
Size: 13 5/8"h x 11 1/4"w x 2 1/4"d |
Queen of Heaven, (Item #D/155QH) With her arms raised in blessing and surrounded by a nimbus of stars this goddess was seen as the embodiment of the Eastern Star - Venus. She is based heavily on the mythology of Ishtar, worshipped as early as 4000 BCE in the area of present day Iraq. The filigree is a working star chart as on an astrolabe- an ancient devise used to navigate and tell time. The points are referred to as flames and each indicates the position and name of a star. The zodiac ring, also positioned correctly, is known as the ecliptic. The text on this piece was inspired by the Hymns of Inanna and intended to invoke the divine feminine healing power of the Universe. Price: $135 US |
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Morrigan, (item #D/311SMR) "The Morrigan" is depicted as a Bronze Age Celt. A triple Goddess, her three aspects are known as: Neaim, Macha, and Badb. She holds two spears and is known for being indomitable in battle. A shape shifter, she would often appear as a raven or hooded crow. As a protector she empowers an individual to confront challenges with great personal strength, even against seemingly overwhelming odds. Roman chroniclers reported that Celts went into battle naked, exposing tattoos to summon their magical forces. Price: $48 US |
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Morrigan
Size: 7"h x 4"w x 3"d |
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Diana of Ephesus
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Diana of Ephesus (item AT/D-90). Know in Rome as Diana and in Greece as Artemis, she is the twin sister of Apollo and daughter of Zeus and Leto. Artemis was always a virgin, an eternally young, untamed girl, nourishing all life. Thus Diana has many breasts because she has many children to feed. Her hands form the gesture of bestowing worldly and spiritual blessings. She is crowned with the Goddess’s sacred vessel, and the lunar disk makes a halo around her head. Diana is the Earth herself, whose mountains are breast and whose body is a dwelling place for all living creatures. Even in the patriarchal era, her worship was so strong that her temple at Ephesus was considered one on the seven wonders of the ancient world. Ephesus Museum, Turkey. 150 A.D. Greek. Antique stone finish. 11 1/2 " tall. Price: $54 US
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The Venus of Lespugue (Item AT/D-81) was found in 1922 by Saint Perrier in the cave of Les Rideaux. The sculpture is made out of mammoth ivory and measures 5.75"high. The breasts are deteriorated but they have been restored in this reproduction so that we can appreciate the original look of the statue. She represents the Earth and it's fertility and the continuation of life, The Mother Goddess, the universal female principle even if it is in its most primitive conception. Upper Paleolithic female figures such as this one are found from the Pyrenees mountains to Siberia, indicating that East and West were once united in honoring the Goddess. The vast majority (over 90%) of human images from 30,000 to 5,000 b.c. are female. Women were recognized as the life-givers and sustainers and they were revered as priestesses. Antique stone finish. 8" tall. Price: $54.00 US
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Lakshmi |
Lakshmi, (Item AT/016) the goddess of wealth, happiness and beauty emerged from the ocean of milk when the Gods churned it to produce Amrita (divine nectar) and she at once became Vishnu’s consort. She is pictured as an ideal of slim-waisted, full breasted feminine beauty. When she is depicted separately from Vishnu as in this case, she has four hands: in two of them she is holding lotus flowers, while the other two bestow the gifts of well-being and prosperity. When she is depicted with Vishnu, Lakshmi has only two hands. She sits or stands on the lotus flower, and sometimes has elephants on either side. The new moon night of November is dedicated to her annual ceremony. Lakshmi is said to reside in sweet-smelling floral garlands which bring fortune and wealth to the wearer. She also has a role as a fertility goddess and is particularly linked to the richness of the soil. 10.5 " tall. Price: $65 US
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Athena (AT/G41) was the Greek Goddess of wisdom and women's crafts. She was also a defender against evil and a warrior Goddess par excellence. She was the daughter of Zeus and Metis. When Metis became pregnant, Gaia and Uranus told Zeus that after giving birth to a daughter, she would then have a son by Zeus who would later dethrone him. On Gaia's advice, Zeus swallowed Metis. When the time came for the child to be born, Zeus was afflicted with a dreadful headache and sought the help of Hephaestus who split his skull with a bronze axe to relieve the pain. A girl in full armour sprang forth from his head: It was Athena. Athena's attributes were the spear, the helmet and the Aegis (a goat-skin shield). She attached the Gorgon's head which Perseus had given her to her shield, and this turned to stone every living thing that looked at it. 10.5" tall. Price: $65.00 US
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Kuan Yin
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Kuan Yin, (AT/053) originally known as Avalokiteswara ("the Lord who regards"), is a highly revered manifestation of the Buddha who appears in Chinese scriptures around 400 a.d. Kuan Yin means "one who hears the cries of the world" and personifies the compassion of the Buddha for the needy. She is the embodiment of the yin principle. She is usually represented as a young female deity but she has the power to assume whatever form necessary in order to carry out her vow which is to appear in any way necessary to lead beings out of suffering. She is often shown holding a vase containing the waters of compassion,the lotus flower of enlightment or the jewel of three treasures. She is here shown with hands together praying to end the suffering of the needy in the world.12.5" tall. Price: $44 US
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Spiral Goddess (item #SS/ASG): This delicate Spiral Goddess was designed by sculptor Abby Willowroot. Spiral-force is Goddess energy. From deepest Prehistory onwards, the spiral was associated with horns and snakes, and symbolized dynamism, fertility and the vital magic of life. Profusions of spirals decorate ancient temples in Ireland, Malta and Mycenea, as well as countless pictographic monuments throughout the world. Here the Goddess raises her arms, invoking the spiral-power within Her. On the reverse, her arms are joined in the "drawing down the moon" gesture. A leafless tree represents the Goddess rooted in the Earth, swelling toward regeneration while bathed in the glow of waxing, full, and waning moons. White antique stone colored Gypsumstone, 8" tall. Price: $32 US |
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Moon Goddess  |
Moon Goddess (item #TG/MG): "I am the beauty of the green Earth, 6" diameter bas-relief plaque, cast in Polystone. Handpainted in Silver and black colors. Price: $33 US
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Sheela Na Gig
| Sheela Na Gig (item #SS/SHE): This Celtic archetype appeared in folk and church art by at least 1080 CE, but is undoubtedly of much earlier origin. Displaying her yoni, it was believed that she warded off evil. Kilpeck Church, Herfordshire England 1140 CE. 5" red bronze color gypsumstone. Price: $26 US |
Millennial Goddess (item #TG/MLG): Oberon Zell's greatest masterwork, the Millennial Gaia is the Goddess image for the new Millennium! This "Sermon in Stone" is Oberon's expression of a growing global Earth-based consciousness. 7" tall polyresin cast. Price: $80 US |
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Dreaming Priestess of Malta  Dreaming Priestess of Malta (item #AT/DPM): The most spectacular monument in Malta is the enormous, labyrinthine underground sanctuary known as the Hypogeum which may have been the ceremonial center of the island encompassing more than 6,000 square meters in three levels. This catacomb-like structure seems to have been at once temple, tomb and healing center. The main hall leads into the oracle room where two identical small sculptures of a woman were found lying on the floor where they were probably left when the shrine was abandoned. The dreamer is lying on her side on a low couch, one enormous right forearm underneath her head, the other draped across her heavy breast. She is ample-hipped and topless. Dressed in a full length, bell-shaped skirt she clearly appears to be asleep, almost visibly dreaming. The figures were probably part of a ceremony of dream incubation. National Archaeological Museum, Valetta, Malta. 3000 BC Price: $64 US |
Venus of Laussal (item #AT/D84): The original is 17 inches tall and was found in the entrance to a cave that was both a dwelling place and a ceremonial site. She was painted red, the color of life, blood and rebirth. Paleolithic sculptors chiselled her out of limestone with tools of flint, and gave her to hold in her right hand a bison's horn, crescent-shaped like the moon,which is notched with thirteen marks representing the thirteen days of the waxing moon and the thirteen months of the lunar year. With her left hand she points to her swelling womb. Her head is tilted towards the crescent moon, drawing a curve of relationship from her fingers on the womb up through the incline of her head to the crescent horn in her hand, so creating a connection between the waxing phase of the moon and the fecundity of the human womb. Dordogne, France. 20,000 BC Price: $44 US |
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Modern Madonna
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Modern Madonna (item #SSMIA): This graceful mother Goddess figure gently cradles the Earth. Every curve of her pose reveals her loving concern for all life. She is the perfect addition to any altar for peace, healing, or motherly love. [Copyright Kennon Williams, 1996] 5 1/2" resin statue. Blue green finish. Price: $40 US |
Peace Goddess (item #SS/WG): A classical form goddess cradles the green man / earth in her arms. She is weeping in sorrow for war, suffering, famine, disease, religious intolerance, and harm to the environment. She tenderly embraces the earth with love for all of creation. The sorrow is great, but where there is love there is hope. May the Goddess guide us toward peace. 9" resin statue, rose wash finish. Price: $38 US |
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Black Madonna of Anjo  | Black Madonna of Anjo (item #SS/BMA): The resplendent Madonna from Anjony, France, is richly formal. Many Black Madonnas were not Christian images at all, but were venerated thousands of years prior to contact with the Christian faith. Unable to stamp out popular devotion to the mysterious Ladies, the Church renamed them "Madonna" simply to save face. [before 930 CE] Price: $42 US |
Native American Triple Goddess (item #SS/NAT): Maiden, Mother, Wise Elder. We have referred to tribal oral tradition in naming these powerful goddesses, which are adapted from an image by artist Chris Palamino. At the top is the self-sacrificing maiden Aliquipiso of the Oneida tribe; then Irriaku, the Corn Mother who connects the Pueblo people with the Earth; at the base, in her tobacco-leaf crown, is Grandmother Spider, Wisdom Goddess of the Cherokee. Smudge stick rituals can be used to to invoke their wisdom and balance. Red/bronze colored resin. Price: $52 US |
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Oya  | Oya (item #SS/OY): Oya is the Warrior Goddess of the Wind who also mothered nine children! She creates change of fortune and power in action. Her power is associated with lightening, tornadoes, cemeteries and death. Her motherly strength inspires us to embrace change and learn from it. [contemporary image, Ghana] Black/gold resin statue. Price: $37 US |
Stonehenge  Stonehenge (item #AT-S): Reconstruction of ancient stone circle in England. 9" diameter. Price: $54 US |
Minoan Snake Priestess (item #AT/D82): This figure dates from 1500 BCE at the Palace of Knossos on Crete. She carries snakes, symbols of death and rebirth. Crouching on her crown is a cat. In her crown are poppy pods. 12"H (30cm) Antique stone finish with color detail. Price: $70 US |
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Nile River Goddess  | Nile River Goddess (item #AT/D85): The image of the bird Goddess appeared in Egypt in early predynastic times (4000 BCE) as funerary figures with strongly beaked faces and wing-like arms and hands. These painted terracotta figures, less than a foot high and much alike, were found in graves in Mohamerian, near Edfu. They serve as a superb blend of bird, woman and deity. Their greatly enlarged posteriors are a representation of the cosmic or primal egg. In Egyptian myth, the generation of the primal egg takes place in what is known as the "time of non-being" where the sublime goose appears among the imperishable stars. While the world is still flooded by silence, the voice of the great cackler breaks the stillness, and she lays the egg containing the germ of life. From her egg burst forth a bird of celestial light. The cosmic matter from which the universe is formed comes from the primal egg. Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York. 4000 BC 11" H (28cm). Casting stone, antique finish on marble base. Price: $75 US |
Venus of Willendorf (item #AT/D80): The Venus of Willendorf represents the Earth and its fertility and continuation of life, the Mother Goddess, the universal female principle. Casting antique finish stone on marble base 8"H (20cm). Natural History Museum, Vienna. 30,000 BC Price: $54 US |
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Ishtar/Inanna  | Ishtar/Inanna (item #AT/D86): She was addressed as Mother of the Fruitful Breast, Queen of Heaven, Light of the World, Creator of People, Mother of Deities and River of Life. The breast-offering pose suggested her function as the Goddess of all nourishment and fertility. Ishtar, also known as Inanna in Sumeria, is, above all, a lunar Goddess who gives life as the waxing moon and then withdraws it as the waning moon. The light and dark dimensions to her power, her dying and resurrected son-lover Tammuz, who annually descends to the underworld and rises again from it all suggest a lunar mythology which revolves around the connection made between the light and dark lunar phases and rhythmic alteration of the Earth's fertility. 11.5"H (29cm). Casting antique finish stone on marble base. Louvre Museum, Paris. 2000 BC Price: $75 US |
Bastet (item #AT/E333): Bastet was the goddess of plenty and the mistress of pleasure. The celebrating of her festivals were renowned for being the most lavish of all the gods of Egypt. Bastet was also associated with the moon and in myth became the eye of the moon. The Greeks associated her with the Greek goddess Artemis. She is usually depicted as a cat-headed woman. In one hand she holds a sistrum, a kind of musical rattle, and in her other hand she holds an aegis which is a symbolic shield of protection in the form of a golden collar decorated with a cat head. 8.5"H (22 cm). Bonded marble with gold finish and painted detail. British Museum, London Late Period, 664-332 BC Price: $33 US |
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Isis  | Isis (item #AT/E317): The name Isis means "seat" or "throne." According to Egyptian scripture, "In the beginning there was Isis, Oldest of the Old. She was the Goddess from whom all becoming arose." Her worship spread to the Greco-Roman world and many aspects of her life were incorporated later into the story of Mary, mother of Jesus. Isis was regarded as the symbolical mother of the King. Here she carries the ankh and the papyrus scepter of Goddesses; the horns and sun disk of Hathor. She wears a feather dress and a headdress composed of a vulture, symbolizing her powers of regeneration. 9.25"H (24 cm). Bonded marble with gold finish and painted detail. Price: $29 US |
Hecate - Greek Triple Goddess (item #AT/G89): In Greece, Hecate was one of the many names for the original feminine trinity ruling Heaven, Earth and the Underworld. Greeks tended to emphasize her crone or underworld aspect. Hecate was called "Most lovely one", a title of the moon. She was associated with the moon in all three of her aspects. Some said she was Hecate Selene, the Moon in Heaven; Artemis the Huntress on Earth and Persephone the Destroyer in the Underworld. Sometimes she was part of the Queen of Heaven Trinity: Hebe the Virgin, Hera the Mother and Hecate the Crone. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 10.5"H (27cm). Casting stone, antique finish. Price: $64 US |
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Ariadne  | Ariadne (item #SS/ADE): "The High Fruitful One," brings Rebirth. This lunar fertility goddess was known for her athletic prowess. Serpents, symbols of rebirth, were ritually handled by her priestesses, whose bare-breasted costumes suggest the sacred role of sexuality in the Minoan culture. [Candia Museum, Crete, 1600-1500 BCE] Antique stone colored Gypsumstone. Price: $38 US |
Ceres
| Ceres (item #SS/CER): Ceres, with Grain and Serpents, asks, "How does your garden grow?" Both your backyard and spiritual gardens will bloom, encouraged by her fertile gaze. When veneration of the ancient Grain Goddess Demeter was imported to Italy by the Romans, they renamed her Ceres. In this statue, Ceres holds the cereal stalks that took her name, as well as writhing serpents who guarantee your prosperity and success. [National Museum, Terme, Italy] Terra Cotta, Resin. Price: $39 US |
Aphrodite (item #TG/APHRO): This Greek Goddess of love and beauty casts Her flirtatious glance in our direction, bringing Her blessings into our lives. A modern interpretation inspired by living women as models, sculpted by Oberon Zell. 9" tall ivory finish on polyresin cast. Price: $65 US |
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Diana
| Diana (item #TG/DIANA): "Lovely Goddess of the Bow, of all tender wild creatures." Diana was the Roman name for the Greek Goddess Artemis, Moon Maiden, divine huntress and protector of the wilderness. This modern image by Oberon Zell was inspired by the "Pastorale" scene from Fantasia. 8-1/4" tall polyresin finished in blue and silver. Price: $55 US |
Yemaya (Item # SS/Yem) Here Yemanja, Goddess of the Ocean and Mother of Pearls, is shown standing on the waves offering her blessings for the families praying on the shore. She is the Orisha of procreation, gestation, and the family, and holds absolute reign over the hearth fire. Many in Brazil consider her to be the Mother of all Orishas. She is sometimes represented as a mermaid, a white seashell and the Virgin Mary. 8" tall, handpainted resin statue Price: $38 US
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Yemaya Item #SS/Yemb Price: $38 US |
