Aphrodite( also known as Venus) is the Lady of Cythera and the Lady of Cyprus. She is the goddess of love, beauty and sexual rapture, and the protectress of sailors.
There are two ways Aphrodite was associated with the sea: 1). When Kronos cut off Ouranos's genitalia and flung them away, the fell into the sea. After floating in the sea for quite some time, they acquired a foam, whence Aphrodite was born. This is her first association with the sea, as told by Hesiod. 2). Aphrodite, as Aeneas's mother, was also seen as a protectress of seafarers. Multiple shrines throughout the Aegean are testament to this. This aspect of Aphrodite has eastern origin.
she used to nurse people and you can say she was the protectress.
Yes. She was the protectress of heroes, like Heracles.
The name 'Hera' means protectress.
Hera was the queen of the heavens, marriage, and the protectress of women.
ceres
Protectress of marriage and wife of Zeus; mother of his children.
She was the protectress of marriage and childbirth, and the wife of Zeus.
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Her name is supposed to mean 'protectress, an apt name for a goddess.
Mama Quilla, who was also the goddess of marriage in the Incan mythology.
honest, untrusting, determined, forgiving, protectress, innocuous, nice, shy