Abrahamic religions Goddess

according zohar, lilith name of adam s first wife, created @ same time adam. left adam , refused return garden of eden after mated archangel samael. story developed, during middle ages, in tradition of aggadic midrashim, zohar , jewish mysticism.

the zohar tradition has influenced jewish folkore, postulates god created adam marry woman named lilith. outside of jewish tradition, lilith associated mother goddess, inanna – later known both ishtar , asherah. in epic of gilgamesh, gilgamesh said have destroyed tree in sacred grove dedicated goddess ishtar/inanna/asherah. lilith ran wilderness in despair. depicted in talmud , kabbalah first wife god s first creation of man, adam. in time, stated in old testament, hebrew followers continued worship false idols , asherah, being powerful god. jeremiah speaks of (and god s) displeasure @ behavior hebrew people worship of goddess in old testament. lilith banished adam , god s presence when discovered demon , eve becomes adam s wife. lilith takes form of serpent in jealous rage @ being displaced adam s wife. lilith serpent proceeds trick eve eating fruit tree of knowledge , in way responsible downfall of of mankind. worthwhile note here in religions pre-dating judaism, serpent associated wisdom , rebirth (with shedding of skin).

the following female deities mentioned in prominent hebrew texts:

agrat bat mahlat
anath
asherah
ashima
astarte
eisheth

christianity


virgin sophia design on harmony society doorway in harmony, pennsylvania, carved frederick reichert rapp (1775–1834).

in christianity, worship of other deity besides trinity deemed heretical. veneration of mary, mother of jesus christ, privileged saint has continued since beginning of catholic faith. mary venerated mother of god, queen of heaven, mother of church, our lady, star of sea, , other lofty titles. marian devotion similar kind found in eastern orthodoxy , in anglicanism, though not in majority of denominations of protestantism. being said, virgin mary not goddess.

in christian traditions (like orthodox tradition), sophia personification of either divine wisdom (or of archangel) takes female form. mentioned in first chapter of book of proverbs. sophia identified wisdom imparting holy spirit of christian trinity, names in hebrew—ruach , shekhinah—are both feminine, , symbol of dove commonly associated in ancient near east figure of mother goddess.

in mysticism, gnosticism, hellenistic religions, there female spirit or goddess named sophia said embody wisdom , described virgin. in roman catholic mysticism, saint hildegard celebrated sophia cosmic figure both in writing , art. within protestant tradition in england, 17th century mystic universalist , founder of philadelphian society jane leade wrote copious descriptions of visions , dialogues virgin sophia who, said, revealed spiritual workings of universe. leade hugely influenced theosophical writings of 16th century german christian mystic jakob böhme, speaks of sophia in works such way christ. jakob böhme influential number of christian mystics , religious leaders, including george rapp , harmony society.