Ancient Religions
- Mistress of the house of life, a title of the Egyptian goddess Isis
- Mistress of the west. The Egyptian goddess Hathor
- Mistress of the temple,the Egyptian Goddess of the underworld Nepthys.
- Mistress of the labyrinth, the lady of the labyrinth, in the palace of Knossos (Creta)
- Mistress of the house ( Greek, "Despoina"),a title applied to the Greek goddess Persephone,but also to the goddesses Demeter and Hecate.
- Mistress of the animals (Greek "potnia theron"), a title applied to the Greek goddess Artemis.
- Mistress (Greek ("potnia"),a title applied to the Greek goddesses Demeter, Persephone and Athena.
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