God is to Lord as Goddess is to...?

[enchanted_one1975]

I am sure you have heard of a God referred to as Lord. Is there a synonym for a Goddess along these lines? I just love my Gods and Goddesses so much that I want there to be so many ways I can show dedication and respect to Them. :help:

 

[tumbleweed41]

I am sure you have heard of a God referred to as Lord. Is there a synonym for a Goddess along these lines? I just love my Gods and Goddesses so much that I want there to be so many ways I can show dedication and respect to Them. :help:

Goddess is actually a Middle English term used after the patriarchal religions usurped the gender neutral Germanic term 'god' to make it male gender only.

But if you like, how about Lady? As in 'Lords and Ladies'.
The Lady Fria
The Lady Venus
etc....

 

[Storm]

I've always heard "Lady."

ETA: As in this hymn:
CIRCLES TUNE: WINDMILLS

(1) In days gone by, when the world was much younger,
Men wondered at Spring, born of Winter's cold knife,
Wondering at the games of the moon and the sunlight,
They saw there the Lady and Lord of all life.

CHORUS: Around and around, and around turns the good Earth,
All things must change as the seasons go by,
we are the children of the Lord and the Lady,
Whose mysteries we know, but will never know why.

(2) In all lands the people were tied to the good Earth,
Plowing and sowing, as the seasons declared,
Waiting to reap of the rich golden harvest,
Knowing her laughter in the joys that we shared.

Chorus.

(3) Through Flanders and Wales and the green lands of Ireland,
in the kingdoms of England and Csotland and Spain,
Circles grew up all along the wild coastlines,
And worked for the land, with the Sun and the rain.

Chorus

(4) Circles for healing, and working the weather,
Circles for knowing the Moon and the Sun,
Circles for thanking the Lord and the Lady,
Circles for dancing the dance never done.

Chorus

(5) And we who reach for the stars in the heavens,
Turning our eyes from the meadows and groves,
Still live in the love of the Lord and the Lady,
The greater the circle, the more the love grows.

Chorus twice.

 

[enchanted_one1975]

Well there is One, in particular, that I think of as a mother to me. Is it bad that I sometimes refer to Her as "Mother Isis?"

 

[tumbleweed41]

Well there is One, in particular, that I think of as a mother to me. Is it bad that I sometimes refer to Her as "Mother Isis?"

No more than the Christian reference to 'God the Father', or 'our Father'.

 

[Gentoo]

Well there is One, in particular, that I think of as a mother to me. Is it bad that I sometimes refer to Her as "Mother Isis?"

She's the main Mother archetype in Egyptian mythology, isn't she? Why would that be bad?

 

[enchanted_one1975]

She's the main Mother archetype in Egyptian mythology, isn't she? Why would that be bad?

Well sometimes I am accused of worrying too much...

 

[Gentoo]

Hehe... just relax... if you do something against their wishes a house will fall on you as warning

 

[enchanted_one1975]

The question is which Witch will steal my ruby red slippers?

 

[te_lanus]

I use father and mother, it just depend on who I a addressing. It could be daemon and daemoness

 

[Mira_Omina]

Lady is usually it. If you speak of the Great Three-fold Goddess, then it would be Maiden, Mother, or Wise Woman depending on who you spoke of/to. Different groups use different names: Dark Lady, Lady of Horses and Hounds (a personal favorite), Earth Mother/ Mother Earth. I've found with Gods and Goddesses it gets you blasted for blasphemy less if you include part of who they are in the title. Dark Lady for example. The Wise Woman is the Lady fo the Dark Moon.

 

[kundalini_snake]

Lordette?

 

[Drolefille]

Kyria - Greek - Means "Lord" but with the "A" at the end translates to me as Lady.

 

[StarryNightshade]

I've always heard "Lady" or "Mother".

In Hinduism, it's especially common to place "mother" before the name of a Devi. At least in my experience.

Mother Durga,
Mother Kali,
Mother Saraswati,
etc.

 

[The Sum of Awe]

I've always heard "Lady" or "Mother".

In Hinduism, it's especially common to place "mother" before the name of a Devi. At least in my experience.

Mother Durga,
Mother Kali,
Mother Saraswati,
etc.

Mother Nature and the Green Man

 

[CynthiaCypher]

I sometimes us Queen of Heaven when I pray to Sophia.

 

[Araceli Cianna]

Lord and Lady