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Liber ab Clementia (Book of Humanity)^297

Badb—Female—Central Europe

(Also known as Badhbh, Badb Catha)

Father: Delbaeth

Mother: Ernmas

Husband: Net

Animal associations: Cow, Raven

‘Battle’—Irish goddess of war and one of

the Irish Triple Goddesses of Fate. She is a

shape-shifter, her favorite form being the

Raven. In that form, she is called Badb Catha,

which means ‘Battle Raven.’ The other two

goddesses of fate are Anu and Macha. See also

Morrigan.

Bahloo—Male—Australia

Mother: Yhi

Lover: Yhi

Overlaps with Baiame as Australian All Fa-

ther. Australian Aborigine All Father who,

with his creator (mother) Yhi, created all the

animals of the Earth, including humanity. This

was most likely not an incestuous relationship.

See Yhi for details.

Balor—Male—Central Europe

Wife: Dana or Ceithlenn

Daughter: Eithne

Irish leader of the Fomorians, a tribe of Gi-

ants. Balor became god of the Irish Underworld.

Balarama—Male—Near East

Lover: Revati

Hindu god and dark skinned twin brother

of Krishna. He is sometimes cited with his twin

brother as the eighth avatar of Vishnu.

Baldur—Male—Northern Europe

(Also known as Balder)

Father: Odin

Mother: Frigga

Wife: Nanna

Plant associations: Daisy, St. John’s Wort

Scandinavian god who was so loved by both

gods and men that the jealous trickster Loki

arranged a joke that caused his death. After

all attempts to save his life, his wife Nanna died

of a broken heart. Sometimes cited as the son

of Freya, he is more properly listed as the son

of Frigga.

Banbha—Female—Central Europe

Plant association: Yew

Irish warrior goddess and protector of Ire-

land. With Fodhla and Eire, she is an Irish

Triple Goddess.

Banebdjedet—Male—Africa

(Also known as Ba-Neb-Tetet, Banebdjetet,

Banaded, Binded, Baneb Djedet)

Lover: Hatmehyt

Animal association: Ram

Egyptian god who helped secure the throne

of Horus.

Baron Cimetiere—See Ghede

Baron La Croix—See Ghede

Baron Piquante—See Ghede

Baron Samedi—See Ghede

Bast—Female—Africa

(Also known as Bastet)

Father: Ra

Animal associations: Cat, Lion, Lynx

Plant associations: Catnip, Vervain, Valerian

Egyptian sun goddess who is a prime ex-

ample of how the genders assigned to the sun

and moon changed quite a bit with time. Ini-

tially she was a solar deity, but with the intro-

duction of the Greek association to Artemis,

she became a lunar deity. She is often depicted

with the head of a lion or desert cat and the

body of a human. Other times, she is seen as

having both head and body of a cat.

Bau—Female—Mediterranean

Also called Baba and Mother Baba

Animal association: Goose

Sumerian Mother goddess of healing.

Sometimes associated with Gaia, thus becom-

ing an Earth Mother goddess.

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