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interest in Goddess art and religion emerged in the late 1970s
when she began crafting small goddess jewelry in her basement.
Her work soon developed into SSymbols
by Susanna Libana. Her jewelry has gained international
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ISIS
the
sorceress, protectress, lover, mother, teacher and weaver
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CHANGING
WOMAN
Navajo
Apache earth goddess who renews herself periodically when
she begins to age. she stands for transformation on physical
plane. Corn, rainbox, lightning, Virgo.
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KUAN
YIN
Chinese.
She is compassionate love, the bringer and protector of children,
calming, pure.
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BULGARIAN
GODDESS
Inspired
by a 6,000 year old artifact from Bulgaria she symbolizes
openness to change and life's processes, transcendence.
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AMATERASU
Japan's
preeminent deity, the sun goddess presides over rice, weaving,
and is power, ability, creativity. Leo
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BUTTERFLY
GODDESS
Mediterranean,
dating back 7,000 years, she stands for the power of transormation,
on mental and spiritual planes, as well as in nature. Gemini
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FREYA
Scandinavian.
Lusty, free, beautiful, she is the "spirit of earth's
fertility" and the goddess of magic, the rainbow and
the morning star.
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WENUMAPU
NUKE
The
Heavenly Mother of the Araucanian Indian tribe of Chile, Argentina
and Bolivia. She stands for sturdy, independent power and
strong connections to community through her work and spirit.
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DANU/BRIDGET
Celtic
goddess; may be of same origin. Danu is all that flows, spiritual;
Bridget brought poetry, healing, inspiration.
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DIANA
or ARTEMIS
Lady
of free and untamed nature, moon goddess, ruler of sex, conception,
spinner of fate.
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IRANIAN
GODDESS
described
as "the essence" of all the other pieces, she is
based on a 3500 year old artifact from the Persian area. She
projects balance, rootedness, the wholeness of nature.
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RHIANNON.
Welsh.
Goddess of joy and oblilvion; she rides through the earth
on her magic horse.
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ATHENA
Goddess
of crafts and of the Minoan home, she has bird attributes,
especially the owl. Warrior, thinker, artist.
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YEMAYA
African-Brazilian-Cuban
goddess of rivers, spirits, woman and children. She is emotional,
flowing, generous.love. Cancer
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CHICOMECOATL
Mexican
pre-Colombian goddess of the dance of life and death, letting
go, sexuality, birth, wisdom of change and regeneration. Scorpio
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SEKHMET |
TROGLODYTE
Rub
her to rid the world of all regressive ideas and actions:
racism, sexism.
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NU'AH
Babylonian.
Pisces. Righteous anger, compassion, strength and benevolence.
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INANNA
Sumerian.
Linked to the morning and the evening star, goddess of love,
sexuallity, nature's bounty. Fierce and powerful from her
descent into darkness and loss
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THEMIS
Greek
goddess of wisdom, justice, balance and harmony. Libra.
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LILITH
Sumerian.Originally
a love goddess, she was rebellious to the patriarchy and got
a bad rap.
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VIRGIN
OF GUADALUPE
Illustrates
the fact that you can't keep a good goddess down. Use her
for miracles, protection, healing, grace.
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NISABA
Goddess
of writing, the Learned One and scribe of the Sumerian heaven.
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LAKSHMI
Indian
goddess of beauty and youth, she brings wealth in the materail
and the spiritual sense. Emerging from the waters, she charms
the world.
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TAURET
The
Egyptian household protectress, part lion, part crocodile,
mainly hippopotamus. Use for personal power and protection.
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BAST
Egyptian
cat goddess. Joy, ecstasy, truth, creativity.
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LABRYS--with
garnets
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LABRYS--with
lapis |
LABRYS--with
amethyst
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of the power available through creative handling of change.
Moon, snake, bull horn, double-ax. |
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TRIPLE
GODDESS RINGS
Persephone,
Demeter, Hecate. Cycles of feminine spirit: innocent idealism,
nuturing, powerful mother, wise and magical elder.
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SARASVATI
Indian
water goddess, she represents eloquence, inventor of all arts
and sciences and intellectual endeavors. Sagittarius.
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GAIA
Pre-Greek
creation goddess; she creates the world through song and dance,
is an initiator, a leader. Capricorn.
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SOW
PEACE |
VENUS-APHRODITE
Sculpture
needs no explanation. She brings love, beauty, grace, harmony,
delight.
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