In most cultures we find a historical or mythological representation of the Fertility Goddess or Goddess of Fertility.
The Fertility Goddess is a representation of the female aspect of the Divine Creator responsible for the reproductive process and the creation of new life.
Ancient cultures were well aware of the spiritual aspect of child birth and pro-creation.
Ajysyt – Turkish mother goddess associated with childbirth. Her name means “birth giver”. She visited every mother and provided a soul for the newborns.
Aka – (Turkish) Ancient Mother Goddess.
Akna – Inuit Fertility Goddess
Akna – Maya goddess of motherhood and childbirth
Ala – Igbo Fertility Goddess
Alemonia – (Roman) Goddess responsible for feeding of the feotus in the womb. Also known as Alemona.
Ama-arhus – Mesopotamian goddess of fertility
Amasagnul – Mesopotamian goddess of fertility
Anahit – Armenian goddess of fertility, birth, beauty and water
Anahita – Persian Fertility Goddess
Anjea – Indigenous Australian goddess or spirit of fertility
Anyak-Schlikh – Germanic Fertility Goddess
Aphrodite – Greek Goddess of love, beauty and sexuality
Artemis – Greek Goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity, fertility, young girls and health and disease in women
Asase Ya – Ashanti earth goddess of fertility
Atahensic – Iroquois goddess associated with marriage, childbirth, and feminine endeavors
Aveta – (Gaulish) Goddess of fertility, childbirth and midwives, also linked to fresh water.
Bast – (Egyptian) Bast the cat headed Goddess was associated with both fertility and childbirth.
Beiwe – Sami fertility goddess
Bendis – (Greek) One of several Greek fertility Goddesses.
Birrahgnooloo – Indigenous Australian Kamilaroi goddess of fertility
Bona Dea – Roman goddess of fertility, healing, virginity, and women
Brigid – Irish goddess associated with fertility
Candelifera – Roman goddess of childbirth
Carmenta – Roman goddess of childbirth and prophecy
Chiconahui – Aztec domestic fertility goddess
Cihuacoatl – Aztec goddess of motherhood, fertility and midwives
Coatlicue – Aztec goddess of fertility, life, death and rebirth
Corn Mother – (Native American) Responsible for the fertility of the land and people.
Cybele – (Roman) Cybele was the goddess of fertility.
Damara – fertility goddess worshipped in Britain
Damona – Gaulish fertility goddess
Demeter – Greek goddess of agriculture and the fertility of the earth
Dilga – Indigenous Australian Karadjeri goddess of fertility and growth
Dzydzilelya – Polish goddess of love, marriage, sexuality and fertility
Fecunditas – Roman goddess of fertility
Freyja (Nordic) Often confused with Frigg, Freyja was the Norse goddess of sexual activity.
Frigg – Norse goddess associated with prophecy, marriage and childbirth
Gaia – Earth Mother and goddess of the fertile earth
Gatumdag – Sumerian goddess of fertility
Hathor – Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of love, motherhood and joy
Haumea – Hawaiian goddess of fertility and childbirth
Heget – Egyptian frog-goddess of fertility
Hera – Greek goddess of the air, marriage, women, women’s fertility, childbirth, heirs, kings and empires
Huixtocihuatl – Aztec fertility goddess who presided over salt and salt water
Ilithyia – Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery
Inanna – Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility and warfare
Isis – Egyptian goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility
Julunggul – Indigenous Australian Yolgnu rainbow snake goddess associated with fertility, initiation, rebirth and the weather
Juno – Roman goddess of marriage and childbirth, equivalent to the Greek goddess Hera
Kichij_ten – Japanese goddess of happiness, fertility, and beauty
Kostroma – Slavic fertility goddess
Laima – Baltic goddess of luck and fate, associated with childbirth, pregnancy marriage, and death
Libera – Roman goddess of female fertility and the earth
Lucina – Roman goddess of childbirth
Macha – (Irish) Fertility goddess who primarily concerned with male virility.
Mama Ocllo – mother goddess, associated with fertility
Mama Quilla – Inca goddess of the moon, the menstrual cycle, and a protector of women
Mastor-Ava – (Russian) Earth Goddess.
Mbaba Mwana Waresa – Zulu goddess of fertility, rainbows, agriculture, rain and beer
Mesenet – Egyptian goddess of childbirth
Nile Goddess – One of the prehistoric fertility Goddesses worshipped in the Nile Delta. She had the head of a bird.
Nin-imma – Mesopotamian goddess of fertility and deification of the female sex organs
Onuava – Celtic goddess of fertility
Partula – Roman goddess of childbirth, who determined the duration of each pregnancy
Parvati – Hindu goddess associated with fertility, marital felicity, devotion to the spouse, asceticism, and power
Phallic saints – a group of saints invoked for fertility
Rainbow Snake – (Australian Aborigine) She represented the fertile rains, and sea she flows through her people’s lives bringing children.
Rauni – Finnish Fertility Goddess
Rhea – (Greek) Replaced her mother Gaia as the earth and fertility goddess. She gave birth to the first Olympians.
Rosmerta – Gallo-Roman goddess of fertility and abundance
Sharra Itu – Mesopotamian fertility goddess
Shaushka – Hittite goddess of fertility, war and healing
Shu-pa-e – Sumerian astral and fertility god, personifying the planet Jupiter
St. Anne – patron saint of pregnancy and mothers
St. Catherine of Sweden – patron saint of protection against abortion and miscarriage
St. Margaret the Virgin – patron saint of childbirth and pregnant women
Tawaret – Egyptian goddess of fertility and childbirth
Thesan – Etruscan goddess of the dawn, associated with the generation of life
Tialteutil – (Aztec) Goddess of Creation. The Universe was made of Her body.
Umay – Turkish goddess of fertility and virginity
Urd – (Teutonic) Norse Earth Goddess
Venus – Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility
Xochiquetzal – Aztec goddess of fertility, beauty, female sexual power, protection of young mothers, pregnancy, childbirth, and women’s crafts
Ziva – Slavic goddess of love and fertility
