Greek Mythology
- Adonis, a figure associated with death, rebirth and vegetation
- Aphaea, local goddess associated with fertility and the agricultural cycle
- Aphrodite, goddess of love, beauty and sexuality
- Aphroditus, god of male and female unity, the moon and fertility
- Artemis, goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity, fertility, young girls and health and disease in women
- Cybele, Phrygian Earth Mother goddess who embodies the fertile earth
- Demeter, goddess of agriculture and the fertility of the earth
- Dionysus, god of wine and festivity, associated with fertility
- Eros, god of sexual love, fertility and beauty
- Gaia, Earth Mother and goddess of the fertile earth
- Hera, goddess of the air, marriage, women, women's fertility, childbirth, heirs, kings and empires
- Hermes, god of roads, commerce, invention, and theft; herald and messenger of the gods
- Ilithyia, goddess of childbirth and midwifery
- Pan, god of shepherds, flocks, mountain wilds, hunting and rustic music; associated with fertility
- Persephone, daughter of Zeus and Demeter; abducted by Pluto to be queen of Hades, but allowed to return to the surface of earth for part of the year.
- Phanes, primeval deity of procreation and the generation of new life
- Priapus, rustic god of fertility, protection of livestock, fruit plants, gardens and male genitalia
- Poseidon, God of the sea, Storms, earthquakes, and is often associated with Fertilty within the Sea.
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