Divine archetype

fertility

11 deities across 5 cultures bear the domain of fertility. This is the same data the comparator uses.

Gaia (Roman), Walters Art Museum — Gaia (Roman)

deityearthfertility

Aphrodite with Eros, the goddess of love with the winged god of love — Limestone Statue of Aphrodite Holding Winged Eros

Ἀφροδίτη

deitylovebeauty

Dionysus torso, The Met (Roman copy) — Dionysus torso

Διόνυσος

deitywineecstasy

Demeter, Persephone, and Ploutos (the Eleusinian theogony) — Relief Fragments from the Great Eleusinian Relief

deityharvestthe grain

Viking-age ship burial (archaeological) — The Gokstad Ship

deityfertilitythe sun (in some accounts)

Freyja with the necklace Brísingamen — Freyja and the Necklace (Brísingamen)

deitylovebeauty

Geb, god of the earth (duck above his head) — Geb

deitythe earthfertility

Mokosh, illustration from Schleusing (1685) — Mokosh

deityfertilitythe earth

Lada, by Sergei Konenkov, 1909 (Tretyakov Gallery collection photo) — Lada

deityspringfertility

Jarilo (folk-art depiction of the spring/sun god) — Jarilo (folk-art depiction of the spring/sun god)

Jarilo (Kupala)

deityspringyouth

Inanna-Ishtar, the sky and love goddess — Inanna/Ishtar, Goddess of the Sky

Inanna (Ishtar)

deitylovesexuality

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