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| - | {{Template}}In a religious context, a '''goddess''' is a female [[god]]. In a secular context it means a particularly attractive [[human]] [[female]]. In an art context, for example, [[Venus]] is the Roman [[goddess]] of [[love]] and in [[visual art]] terminology a synonym for any [[female nude]]. | + | [[Image:Birth Venus Botticelli.jpg|right|thumb|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the ''[[woman]]'' series |
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| + | Illustration: ''[[The Birth of Venus|The Birth of Venus]]'' (detail), a 1486 painting by Sandro Botticelli]] | ||
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| + | In a religious context, a '''goddess''' is a female [[god]]. In a secular context it means a particularly attractive [[human female]]. In an art context, for example, [[Venus]] is the Roman [[goddess]] of [[love]] and in [[visual art]] terminology a synonym for any [[female nude]]. | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *''[[The White Goddess]]'' | *''[[The White Goddess]]'' | ||
| *[[Three Graces]] | *[[Three Graces]] | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | :''[[mother goddess]], [[diva]], [[love goddess]], [[Greco-Roman goddess]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Anima (Jung)]] | ||
| + | * [[Gavari]] | ||
| + | * [[Gender of God]] | ||
| + | * [[Gingira]] | ||
| + | * [[Goddess movement]] | ||
| + | * [[Heavenly Mother]] | ||
| + | * [[List of goddesses]] | ||
| + | * [[Matriarchy]] | ||
| + | * [[Mother goddess]] | ||
| + | * [[Ochre]] | ||
| + | * [[Oshun]] | ||
| + | * [[Sophia (wisdom)|Sophia]] | ||
| + | * ''[[The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[The White Goddess]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Tree deity]] | ||
| + | * [[Venus figurines]] | ||
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Illustration: The Birth of Venus (detail), a 1486 painting by Sandro Botticelli
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In a religious context, a goddess is a female god. In a secular context it means a particularly attractive human female. In an art context, for example, Venus is the Roman goddess of love and in visual art terminology a synonym for any female nude.
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See also
- Anima (Jung)
- Gavari
- Gender of God
- Gingira
- Goddess movement
- Heavenly Mother
- List of goddesses
- Matriarchy
- Mother goddess
- Ochre
- Oshun
- Sophia
- The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory
- The White Goddess
- Tree deity
- Venus figurines
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