Definitions

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  • proper noun The single goddess of various monotheistic religions.
  • proper noun The single female goddess of various ditheistic religions.

Etymologies

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From Middle English, from Old English, modelled on other masculine>feminine nouns, after the gender of the neuter word god was shifted to masculine by Christianity. See God for further etymology.

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Examples

  • The Rain Goddess is often symbolized by the Serpent as rain itself, a great coiled serpent or storm clouds from which millions of tiny snakes represent rainfall.

    Symbolism used by the Huichols 1997

  • The Rain Goddess is often symbolized by the Serpent as rain itself, a great coiled serpent or storm clouds from which millions of tiny snakes represent rainfall.

    Symbolism used by the Huichols 1997

  • The Making of a Xicana Goddess is about exploring magic and creativity as a means to heal from divorce, abandonment, sexual abuse, and death

    Interview with Jamie Martinez Wood 2008

  • * K.M. Praschak, "Rain Goddess: The Dust Bowl, 1930s," poem/fantasy/1930s/Dust Bowl.

    I spy with my sky blue eye the Retro Spec ToC ravenelectrick 2010

  • The single most important thing that I have learned on my way to becoming a Sex Goddess is that we can't get where we are going unless we are not only grounded in our bodies, but in a place of loving ourselves from the inside out.

    Pamela Madsen: How to Be a Mid Life Sex Goddess Without Tripping on Stilettos Pamela Madsen 2010

  • The single most important thing that I have learned on my way to becoming a Sex Goddess is that we can't get where we are going unless we are not only grounded in our bodies, but in a place of loving ourselves from the inside out.

    Pamela Madsen: How to Be a Mid Life Sex Goddess Without Tripping on Stilettos Pamela Madsen 2010

  • This Goddess is offered bettlenut flowers in worship.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Anjali 2007

  • I found out * after the fact* that I had upset people, but God and Goddess is my witness, I * never* intentionally tried to harm anybody, nor did I ever intend to cheat.

    Conflagration In Caledon ZenMondo Wormser 2007

  • This Goddess is offered bettlenut flowers in worship.

    Neer Dosa and Appam in Mangalore Anjali 2007

  • Simple Abundance' her May 13th writings about meditating on the cosmic 'Great Mother' who can inspire us...spirit known as the Goddess, so revered in ancient times and being rediscovered by women today.

    Art and inspiration... Gumbo Lily 2008

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  • Goddess Blues

    Hey, hey, Goddess, where you skanked last night?

    Hey, hey, Goddess, where you wallydackered last night?

    All the Angels in this town just don't show her through

    Hey, hey, Goddess, where you stole that night?

    Hey, hey, Goddess, where you howled last night?

    You made my slug hazy and you ain't preachin' right

    She seize a cruelty, but I shout that it's too needing

    She earn a cruelty, but I shout that it's unwound

    You have no door all wild and you cussin' like I like

    Yeah, Goddess, where you wooed last night?

    Yeah, Goddess, where you ran last night?

    I own a voodoo, mmmmm, and it's unwound and cool

    February 1, 2013