10 gods & spirits
Love, Beauty and Desire
These stories bring together courtship, music, affection and longing. Love can lead to a joyful meeting or a painful separation; beauty and desire can set events in motion that no one expected. Meet the figures at the heart of those encounters.
10 gods & spirits
Hathor
goddess of music and welcome
Freyja
goddess of love and powerful magic
Oshun
orisha of the river and sustaining life
Xochiquetzal
quetzal flower, patron of beauty and craft
Lakshmi
goddess of prosperity and good fortune
Inanna
goddess of love and battle
Lada
a disputed figure of Slavic tradition
Rhiannon
the rider who chooses her own path
Benzaiten
patron of music and eloquence
Baldr
the beloved god whose death is foretold
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