Lakshmi’s association with beauty goes beyond the material realm. She symbolizes not only the wealth of material possessions but also the wealth of spiritual qualities such as wisdom, compassion, and devotion. Her presence in Hindu homes and temples is a reminder of the importance of cultivating both material and spiritual abundance. Durga Puja – Hindu festival". Encyclopedia Britannica. 2015. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020 . Retrieved 18 February 2017. She also shares some things in common with Minerva from Roman mythology. Many refer to her as a protector or a patron of major cities such as Athens. The Dii Consentes are sometimes seen as the Roman equivalent of the Greek Olympians. The meaning of Consentes is subject to interpretation, but is usually taken to mean that they form a council or consensus of deities.

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9. Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty and Love 

Aion (Latin spelling Aeon), Hellenistic god of cyclical or unbounded time, related to the concepts of aevum or saeculum

Carmenta, goddess of childbirth and prophecy, and assigned a flamen minor. The leader of the Camenae. Lakshmi’s role extends beyond material wealth to encompass love, harmony, and unity. She is often depicted with four hands, each representing different aspects of her essence. In one hand, she holds a lotus, symbolizing purity and beauty. In another, she holds gold coins, representing wealth. The remaining hands are raised in a gesture of blessings and protection. This multifaceted depiction emphasizes her capacity to bring beauty and harmony into all aspects of life. Mater ("Mother") was an honorific that respected a goddess's maternal authority and functions, and not necessarily "motherhood" per se. Early examples included Terra Mater (Mother Earth) and the Mater Larum (Mother of the Lares). Vesta, a goddess of chastity usually conceived of as a virgin, was honored as Mater. A goddess known as Stata Mater was a compital deity credited with preventing fires in the city. [7] di inferi, the gods below, that is, the gods of the underworld, infernal or chthonic gods, whose altars were foci, fire pits or specially constructed hearths.Though usually associated with Athens, Athena had followers in other cities. Known as panhellenic cults, these groups consisted of women who followed traditional rites. Most of her followers were young women who believed in socializing with others both in their hometowns and other cities. Neptune, god of the sea, earthquakes, and horses, and one of the Dii Consentes. Greek equivalent is Poseidon.

The two women held a sparring match as a fun way to see who was stronger, but an accident led to Pallas’s death. Athena was so upset that she began using the young woman’s name in her honor. The sacred image of Athena, a wood statue called the Palladium, protected the Trojans as long as they had it. Archeological discoveries suggest that these iconographic features of Durga became common throughout India by about the 4th century CE, states David Kinsley – a professor of religious studies specialising on Hindu goddesses. [71] In the north wall of a granite cave in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu there is a large relief of Durga slaying Mahisasura, carved around 630–674 CE. [72] The word is also found in ancient post-Vedic Sanskrit texts such as in section 2.451 of the Mahabharata and section 4.27.16 of the Ramayana. [21] These usages are in different contexts. For example, Durg is the name of an Asura who had become invincible to gods, and Durga is the goddess who intervenes and slays him. Durga and its derivatives are found in sections 4.1.99 and 6.3.63 of the Ashtadhyayi by Pāṇini, the ancient Sanskrit grammarian, and in the commentary of Nirukta by Yaska. [21] Epithets

Thomas B. Coburn (2002). Devī Māhātmya, The Crystallization of the Goddess Tradition. South Asia Books. ISBN 81-208-0557-7. Archived from the original on 9 December 2021 . Retrieved 15 February 2017. Diana, goddess of the hunt, the moon, virginity, and childbirth, twin sister of Apollo and one of the Dii Consentes.

Bernard Faure (2009). The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender. Princeton University Press. p.127. ISBN 978-1400825615. Archived from the original on 7 December 2016 . Retrieved 15 February 2017. Thence I pervade all existing creatures, as their Inner Supreme Self, and manifest them with my body. Durga puja:আগমনীর ডাকে সেজে উঠেছে তিলোত্তমা শহরে এবার 'রক্তমাংসের দুর্গা' ভাইরাল ভিডিয়ো". The Bengali Chronicle (in Bengali). 6 August 2022. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022 . Retrieved 9 August 2022.Steven Ernst Hijmans, Sol: The Sun in the Art and Religions of Rome (diss., University of Groningen 2009), p. 18, with citations from the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum. Grammatically, the form Caelestis can also be a masculine word, but the equivalent function for a male deity is usually expressed through syncretization with Caelus, as in Caelus Aeternus Iuppiter, "Jupiter the Eternal Sky."