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Name
Place and Religion of Origin
Notes

Aizen Myō-ō
Japanese Buddhism
Portrayed as a red-skinned, frowning man; his appearance represents suppressed lust and passion.

Albina
Etruscan mythology
Protector of ill-fated lovers.

Anteros
Greek mythology
Personification of unrequited love, punisher of those who scorn love. Brother of Eros.

Aphrodite
Greek mythology
Born from the sea foam near Paphos; mother of both Eros and Anteros.

Astarte
Phoenician mythology
Goddess of fertility, love, sacred sexuality and sex.

Astrild
Norse mythology
The name Astrild is Old Norse for love-fire.

Cliodhna
Irish mythology
Also known as the Queen of the Munster fairies.

Eros
Greek mythology
God responsible for lust, love, and sex; he was also worshipped as a fertility deity. His name is the root of words such as erotic.

Freyja
Norse mythology
Goddess of love, war, fertility, beauty, magic, prophecies and attraction.

Freyr
Norse mythology
Worshipped as a phallic fertility god, Freyr “bestows peace and pleasure on mortals”.

Himerus
Greek mythology
Personification of lust and sexual desire.

Huehuecoyotl
Aztec mythology
Huehuecoyotl literally means old, old coyote.

Ishtar
Mesopotamian mythology
Goddess of fertility, love and war.

Hymenaios
Greek mythology
God of marriage.

Mami Wata
African mythology
Often pictured as a mermaid, half-human and either half-fish or half-reptile.

Kamadeva
Hindu mythology
Represented as a young and handsome winged man who wields a bow and arrows.

Milda
Lithuanian mythology
Goddess of love.

Peitho
Greek mythology
Personification of persuasion and seduction.

Prende
Albanian mythology
When Albania became Christianized in the early Middle Ages, Prende was venerated as a minor saint.

Qandisa
Moroccan mythology
A lust goddess in Northern Morocco.

Qetesh
Egyptian mythology
Known as the goddess of sex, though almost never associated with fertility.

Turan
Etruscan mythology
Goddess of love and vitality. Pigeons and black swans were sacred to her.

Venus
Roman mythology
The Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

Xochipilli
Aztec mythology
The name Xochipilli means flower prince.

References

  1. ^ Goddesses and Gods Love and Sexuality
  2. ^ Evans-Wentz, W. Y. (1998). The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. Citadel, 572. ISBN 0806511605. 
  3. ^ Leick, Gwendolyn (1994). Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature. Routledge, 320. ISBN 0415065348. 
  4. ^ Lurker, Manfred (1987). Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons. Routledge, 293. ISBN 0710208774. 

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