Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...

Greek goddess Aphrodite is the first mother to strike her child, Eros, with a sandal. Credit: National Archaeological Museum of Taranto (MArTA) The Greek goddess Aphrodite threatening her unruly child ...

In ancient Greece, nine goddesses were believed to rule over all the major literary and artistic spheres. They were called the Muses. The Muse ruling dance and choral music was Terpsichore. In ...