Dark Goddesses

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Nuit
Mother Sky-Goddess and Goddess of the Starry Sky
Nyx
Goddess of the Night
Nemesis
Goddess of Retribution and Daughter of the Night
The Erinyes
Children of the Night and Daughters of the Earth and Darkness
The Hesperides
Daughters of the Evening
The Moirae
also known as the Fates
Kali
The Black One
Ereshkigal
Sumerian Death Goddess
Hel
Ruler of Helheim
Naunet
Goddess of the Primordial Abyss of the Underworld
Sekhmet
Lady of the Place of the Beginning of Time
Hekate
Queen of the Night
Rhiannon
Horse Goddess
Morrighan
Queen of the Ghosts
Cerridwen
Keeper of the Cauldron
Mother Holle
Queen of the Nether Regions
Nepthys
Goddess of Dusk
Baba Yaga
Black Crone Goddess
Freyja
the Shining Lady of the Vanir
Skadi
Snow-Shoe Goddess
Berchta
Mistress of Destiny
Cailleach
Celtic Crone Goddess

SOURCES:

The New Book of Goddesses and Heroines Patricia Monaghan
Moon Magick DJ Conway
Dark Moon Mysteries Timothy Roderick
The Mysteries of the Dark Moon,The Healing Power of the Dark Goddess Demetra George
Encyclopedia MythicaUknown
Enccyclopedia of Things that Never Were Michael Page & Robert Ingpen
Mythology Edith Hamilton
Glamoury Steve Blamires
Celtic Myth and Magick Edain McCoy
Gods and Goddesses The Editors of Time-Life Books
Fairies and Elves The Editors of Time-Life Books
Fairies Brain Froud and Alan Lee
Bulfinch's MythologyUnknown
When Santa was a Shaman Tony Van Renterghem
The Book of Christmas Brendan Lehane
Norse mythologywebpage
Myths of the NorsemenH.A.Guerber
Giants The Editors of Time-Life Books
Babushka Baba YagaPatricia Polacco
Slavic Sorcery Kenneth Johnson
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave Marianna Mayer
The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm; Translated Jack Zipes
The Mysteries of IsisTraci DeRegula
Egyptian Mytholgy FAQ Shawn C. Knight
The Story of Mother Holle The Pythonessg; The Greymalkin Gazette; Vol. 3 No. 2
Genealogical Guide to Greek MythologyCarlos Parada
The Sumerian Mythology FAQ and the Assyrian Mythology FAQalt.mythology or here
"Ereshkigal: Goddess of Thankless Tasks"Elizabeth Barrette. SageWoman #31, Autumn 1995.

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