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Goddess of fertility?
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What are all of the gods of the fertility deity?

African
mythology
Ala, Igbo goddess of fertility
Asase Ya, Ashanti earth goddess of fertility
Denka, Dinka god of the sky, rain and fertility
Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Zulu goddess of fertility, rainbows,
agriculture, rain and beer
Armenian
mythology
Anahit, goddess of fertility, birth, beauty and water
Aramazd, creator-god and source of the earth's fertility
Aztec mythology
Chiconahui, domestic fertility goddess
Cihuacoatl, goddess of motherhood, fertility and midwives
Coatlicue, goddess of fertility, life, death and rebirth
Huixtocihuatl, fertility goddess who presided over salt and
salt water
Mayahuel, goddess of maguey plants, associated with
fertility
Patecatl, god of healing and fertility
Tepoztecatl, god of pulque, of drunkenness and fertility
Tlaloc, god of rain, fertility and water
Tlazolteotl, goddess of purification, steam bath, midwives,
filth, and a patroness of adulterers
Toci, is the "Mother of the Gods", often associated with
Tlazolteotl
Tonacatecuhtli, god of fertility
Tzitzimimeh, a group of star deities associated with
fertility
Xipe Totec, god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, disease,
spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths and the seasons
Xochipilli, god of art, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize,
fertility, and song
Xochiquetzal, goddess of fertility, beauty, female sexual
power, protection of young mothers, pregnancy, childbirth, and
women's crafts
Baltic
mythology
Laima, goddess of luck and fate, associated with childbirth,
pregnancy marriage, and death
Saulė, solar goddess of life and fertility, warmth and
health
Canaanite
mythology
Baal, name of a number of gods with possible associations with
fertility
Celtic
mythology
Brigid, Irish goddess associated with fertility
Cernunnos, horned god associated with fertility
Damara, fertility goddess worshipped in Britain
Damona, Gaulish fertility goddess
Epona, goddess of horses and fertility
Hooded Spirits, a group of deities theorised to be fertility
spirits
Nantosuelta, goddess of nature, the earth, fire, and
fertility
Onuava, goddess of fertility
Rosmerta, Gallo-Roman goddess of fertility and abundance
Christian
mythology
St. Anne, patron saint of pregnancy and mothers
St. Catherine of Sweden, patron saint of protection against
abortion and miscarriage
St. Gerard Majella, patron saint of childbirth, motherhood,
children and mothers (unborn children and expecting mothers in
particular)
St. Margaret the Virgin, patron saint of childbirth and
pregnant women
Phallic saints, a group of saints invoked for fertility
St. Raymond Nonnatus, patron saint of childbirth, midwives,
children, and pregnant women
Min, ancient Egyptian god of fertility and lettuce
Inca mythology
Pachamama, goddess of planting, harvesting and causes
earthquakes
Sara Mama, goddess of grain
Pacha Kamaq, Creator of the World
Mama Quilla, the goddess of the moon, the menstrual cycle, and
a protector of women
Egyptian
mythology
Amun, creator-god, associated with fertility
Bast, cat goddess sometimes associated with fertility
Bes, household protector god associated with music, dance, and
sexual pleasure
Hathor, goddess who personified the principles of love,
motherhood and joy
Heget, frog-goddess of fertility
Heryshaf, god of creation and fertility
Isis, goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility
Mesenet, goddess of childbirth
Min, god of fertility, reproduction, and lettuce
Osiris, god of the afterlife, the dead, and the underworld
agency that granted all life, including sprouting vegetation and
the fertile flooding of the Nile River
Renenutet, goddess of the true name, the harvest and fertile
fields
Sobek, god of the river, warfare and fertility
Sopdet, goddess of the fertility of the soil
Tawaret, goddess of fertility and childbirth
Tefnut, goddess of water and fertility
Etruscan
mythology
Fufluns, god of plant life, happiness and health and growth in
all things
Thesan, goddess of the dawn, associated with the generation of
life
Finnish
mythology
Äkräs, god of fertility
Rauni, goddess of fertility
Germanic
mythology
Nerthus, goddess associated with fertility
Anyak-Schlikh, goddess of fertility and passionate love
Greek mythology
Adonis, a figure associated with death, rebirth and
vegetation
Aphaea, local goddess associated with fertility and the
agricultural cycle
Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty and sexuality
Artemis, goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness,
childbirth, virginity, fertility, young girls and health and
disease in women
Cybele, Phrygian Earth Mother goddess who embodies the fertile
earth
Demeter, goddess of agriculture and the fertility of the
earth
Dionysus, god of wine and festivity, associated with
fertility
Eros, god of sexual love, fertility and beauty Priapus, Greek
god of fertility, gardens and male genitalia
Gaia, Earth Mother and goddess of the fertile earth
Hera, goddess of the air, marriage, women, women's fertility,
childbirth, heirs, kings and empires
Ilithyia, goddess of childbirth and midwifery
Pan, god of shepherds, flocks, mountain wilds, hunting and
rustic music; associated with fertility
Phanes, primeval deity of procreation and the generation of new
life
Priapus, rustic god of fertility, protection of livestock,
fruit plants, gardens and male genitalia
Hawaiian
mythology
Haumea, goddess of fertility and childbirth
Kamapua'a, demi-god of fertility
Laka, patron of the hula dance and god of fertility
Lono, god associated with fertility, agriculture, rainfall, and
music
Hindu mythology
Aditi, goddess of space, consciousness, the past, the future,
and fertility
Banka-Mundi, goddess of the hunt and fertility
Bhūmi, goddess of the earth and the fertility form of
Lakshmi
Chandra, lunar god associated with fertility
Lajja Gauri, goddess associated with abundance and
fertility
Manasa, snake goddess associated with fertility and
prosperity
Parvati, goddess associated with fertility, marital felicity,
devotion to the spouse, asceticism, and power
Sinivali, goddess associated with fecundity and easy birth
Hittite
mythology
Shaushka, goddess of fertility, war and healing
Inca mythology
Mama Ocllo, mother goddess, associated with fertility
Pachamama, fertility goddess who presides over planting and
harvesting
Indigenous Australian
mythology
Anjea, goddess or spirit of fertility
Birrahgnooloo, Kamilaroi goddess of fertility
Dilga, Karadjeri goddess of fertility and growth
Julunggul, Yolgnu rainbow snake goddess associated with
fertility, initiation, rebirth and the weather
Kunapipi, mother goddess and the patron deity of many
heroes
Ungud, snake god or goddess associated with rainbows and the
fertility and erections of the tribe's shaman
Wollunqua, snake god of rain and fertility
Inuit mythology
Akna, goddess of fertility and childbirth
Pukkeenegak, goddess of children, pregnancy, childbirth and the
making of clothes
Japanese
mythology
Kichijōten, goddess of happiness, fertility, and beauty
Maya mythology
Akna, goddess of motherhood and childbirth
Ixchel, jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine
Inanna, Sumerian goddess of sexual love, fertility and warfare
Mesopotamian
mythology
Ama-arhus, goddess of fertility
Amasagnul, goddess of fertility
Emesh, Sumerian god of vegetation, associated with the
abundance of the earth
Enten, Sumerian fertility god
Gatumdag, goddess of fertility
Inanna (Ishtar), goddess of sexual love, fertility and
warfare
Nanshe, goddess of social justice, prophecy, fertility and
fishing
Nidaba, goddess of writing, learning, and the harvest
Ninhursag, mother goddess associated with fertility
Nin-imma, goddess of fertility and deification of the female
sex organs
Sharra Itu, goddess of fertility
Shu-pa-e, Sumerian astral and fertility god, personifying the
planet Jupiter
Shulmanu, god of the underworld, fertility and war
Tammuz, god of food, vegetation and fertility
Native
American mythology
Atahensic, Iroquois goddess associated with marriage,
childbirth, and feminine endeavors
Kokopelli, Hopi trickster god associated with fertility,
childbirth and agriculture
Norse mythology
Freyja, goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, gold,
seiðr, war, and death
Freyr, god associated with farming, weather and fertility
Frigg, goddess associated with prophecy, marriage and
childbirth
Gefjun, goddess of ploughing and possibly fertility
Oceania
mythology
Gedi (mythology), Fijian god of fertility, who taught mankind
the use of fire
Makemake, Rapa Nui creator-god, associated with fertility
Tagroa Siria, Fijian god associated with fertility
Roman mythology
Bona Dea, goddess of fertility, healing, virginity, and
women
Candelifera, goddess of childbirth
Carmenta, goddess of childbirth and prophecy
Ceres, goddess of cereal and of motherly relationships equated
with the Greek goddess Demeter
Diana, goddess of the hunt, wilderness, the moon and
childbirth, equivalent to the Greek Artemis
Fascinus, embodiment of the divine phallus
Fecunditas, goddess of fertility
Feronia, goddess associated with fertility and abundance
Flora, goddess of flowers and spring
Inuus, god of sexual intercourse
Juno, goddess of marriage and childbirth, equivalent to the
Greek goddess Hera
Liber, god of viniculture, wine and male fertility, equivalent
to Greek Dionysus; in archaic Lavinium, a phallic deity
Libera, goddess of female fertility and the earth
Lucina, goddess of childbirth
Mars, god initially associated with fertility and vegetation,
but later associated with warfare and the Greek god Ares
Mutunus Tutunus, phallic marriage deity associated with the
Greek god Priapus
Ops, fertility and earth-goddess Venus, Roman goddess of love,
beauty and fertility
Partula, goddess of childbirth, who determined the duration of
each pregnancy
Picumnus, god of fertility, agriculture, matrimony, infants and
children
Robigus, fertility god who protects crops against disease
Terra, earth goddess associated with marriage, motherhood,
pregnant women, and pregnant animals; equivalent to the Greek
Gaia
Venus, goddess of love, beauty and fertility, equivalent to the
Greek goddess Aphrodite
Sami mythology
Beiwe, goddess of fertility and sanity
Rana Niejta, goddess of spring and fertility
Slavic
mythology
Dzydzilelya, Polish goddess of love, marriage, sexuality and
fertility
Jarilo, god of fertility, spring, the harvest and war
Kostroma, goddess of fertility
Radegast, West Slavic god of hospitality, fertility, and crops,
associated with war and the sun
Siebog, god of love and marriage
Svetovid, god of war, fertility and abundance
Zeme, goddess of the earth, associated with fertility
Živa, goddess of love and fertility
Turkic
mythology
Ajysyt, mother goddess associated with childbirth
Umay, goddess of fertility and virginity
Vodou
Ayida-Weddo, loa of fertility, rainbows and snakes
Guédé, family of spirits that embody the powers of death and
fertility