In ancient pagan religions, the goddess of beauty and love was revered no less than the supreme deities. They worshiped her, built temples, made sacrifices, tried to appease her for the sake of family well-being and a happy life.
Slavic goddess of beauty - Lada
Each nation has its own history and religious beliefs. Most of all, of course, we have heard about Aphrodite - the Greek goddess of love and beauty. But this does not mean at all that we, the Slavs, did not have our patroness of the family hearth. And there she was, her name was Lada. The Slavs believed that she patronizes marriages, strengthens them, brings happiness and peace to the family. Therefore, the beauty goddess Lada was especially popular with young couples who brought her a gift of berries, flowers, honey and live birds. Lada also patronized young mothers and their children. She was very loved by the Slavic people. Often organized holidays in her honor. The Slavs believed that the goddess listens to all requests and tries to fulfill them, so they called her affectionately Shchedrynya.
The Scandinavian goddess of beauty Freya was so fond of the people that they dedicated one week to her - Friday. Not for nothing translated from German this day is called Freitag. According to legends, this day is favorable for marriages, love affairs and peace negotiations. Freya was also revered as the patroness of truce and family warmth.
But in Ireland, the goddess of beauty and love was portrayed as a tender, fragile, slender, incredibly beautiful woman, dressed in a
silver dress with flowers in her hair. Her name was Ein, the goddess lived in the kingdom of fairies and appeared only on moonlit nights. Ein especially patronized those women who respected and loved the fertile Earth. First of all, the "moon goddess" tried to teach female representatives playfulness, seduction and wisdom in love joys, so that you could surely seduce and fall in love with a man.
Hathor is the Egyptian goddess of beauty and love who adored fun, music and holidays. Therefore, she was portrayed with a musical instrument - syster. The Egyptians believed that the amulet in the form of a sistra on the neck protects from troubles and troubles. Hathor was especially kind to young couples, guarded their family hearth.
There is probably no person who does not know who the Greek goddess of beauty is. Her name has already become an association with unearthly beauty and unrivaled love. The daughter of Uranus, father of Zeus, she was born from sea foam on the island of Crete.
Aphrodite! So she is dignified, and still revered.
She patronized musicians and writers glorifying love, she herself was the greatest fan of real feelings. Although she did not represent an example of marital fidelity, since she was the wife of the god of blacksmithing and the fire of Hephaestus, who was far from handsome. Because of this, the inhabitants of Olympus often witnessed her conflicts with Hero - the patroness of the family and the hearth. The Greeks even saw the cause of the Trojan War in Aphrodite, which cast a spell on Paris, after which he fell in love with Elena.
The Greeks had a rather peculiar concept of beauty: a strong elastic body, large facial features, huge sizes of body parts - this was considered beautiful. Aphrodite was portrayed like this.
The goddesses of beauty of every nation are delightful in their own way. All nations cherished the feeling of love, family relationships and raising children, therefore they valued their goddesses very highly.