Mami Wata is an aquatic goddess who reigns over the Atlantic Ocean. Because of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, she’s celebrated...

Freyja is a Norse goddess of love, beauty, gold and fertility. She is the highest regarded goddess in the male-dominated Norse...

Harriet Jane Lawrence was one of the first female pathologists in the U.S. In the early 1900s she worked in Portland, Oregon,...

Chalchiuhtlicue is the Nahua or Aztec goddess of fresh water. She is known as a kind goddess for her element’s life-giving...

Benzaiten is a Japanese goddess who brings good things to those who pray to her — love, good fortune, and healthy, beautiful...

Artemis (known as Diana in Roman mythology) was the goddess of the hunt, nature and childbirth. The daughter of Zeus, she’s one...

Kali is the Hindu goddess of death, time, and doomsday. Although she is a symbol of extreme violence, she is also considered a...

Baba Yaga is a witch and one of the most famous figures from Slavic folklore. She is known for living in a magical hut with...

Known as “America’s first female cryptanalyst,” Elizebeth Smith Friedman was a master codebreaker who played a pivotal role in...