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| Name | Place and Religion of Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Aizen Myō-ō | Japanese Buddhism | Portrayed as a red-skinned, frowning man; his appearance represents suppressed lust and passion. |
| Albina | Etruscan mythology | Protector of ill-fated lovers. |
| Anteros | Greek mythology | Personification of unrequited love, punisher of those who scorn love. Brother of Eros. |
| Aphrodite | Greek mythology | Born from the sea foam near Paphos; mother of both Eros and Anteros. |
| Astarte | Phoenician mythology | Goddess of fertility, love, sacred sexuality and sex.[1] |
| Astrild | Norse mythology | The name Astrild is Old Norse for love-fire. |
| Cliodhna | Irish mythology | Also known as the Queen of the Munster fairies.[2] |
| Eros | Greek mythology | God responsible for lust, love, and sex; he was also worshipped as a fertility deity. His name is the root of words such as erotic. |
| Freyja | Norse mythology | Goddess of love, war, fertility, beauty, magic, prophecies and attraction. |
| Freyr | Norse mythology | Worshipped as a phallic fertility god, Freyr "bestows peace and pleasure on mortals". |
| Himerus | Greek mythology | Personification of lust and sexual desire. |
| Huehuecoyotl | Aztec mythology | Huehuecoyotl literally means old, old coyote. |
| Ishtar | Mesopotamian mythology | Goddess of fertility, love and war.[3] |
| Hymenaios | Greek mythology | God of marriage. |
| Mami Wata | African mythology | Often pictured as a mermaid, half-human and either half-fish or half-reptile. |
| Kamadeva | Hindu mythology | Represented as a young and handsome winged man who wields a bow and arrows. |
| Milda | Lithuanian mythology | Goddess of love. |
| Peitho | Greek mythology | Personification of persuasion and seduction. |
| Prende | Albanian mythology | When Albania became Christianized in the early Middle Ages, Prende was venerated as a minor saint. |
| Qandisa | Moroccan mythology | A lust goddess in Northern Morocco.[4] |
| Qetesh | Egyptian mythology | Known as the goddess of sex, though almost never associated with fertility. |
| Rati | Hindu mythology | The goddess of passion and lust and wife of Kamadeva |
| Turan | Etruscan mythology | Goddess of love and vitality. Pigeons and black swans were sacred to her. |
| Venus | Roman mythology | The Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. |
| Xochipilli | Aztec mythology | The name Xochipilli means flower prince. |
References
- ^ Goddesses and Gods Love and Sexuality
- ^ Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (1998). The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. Citadel. p. 572. ISBN 0806511605. http://books.google.com/books?id=mNmAftbV_8AC.
- ^ Leick, Gwendolyn (1994). Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature. Routledge. p. 320. ISBN 0415065348. http://books.google.com/books?id=Os4YT9UU_GoC.
- ^ Lurker, Manfred (1987). Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons. Routledge. p. 293. ISBN 0710208774. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hZg9AAAAIAAJ.
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