The rituals that took place in the temples were considered to be a form of magic, but ordinary individuals could also manipulate heka through rituals of their own, as well as the use of sympathetic magic, spells and incantations, and magical objects, such as protective amulets made from precious stones and inscribed with magical symbols. Written

The Dagda is the father of many important deities in the Irish pantheon, including Diancecht, the god of healing, Aengus, the god of love, and Brighid, the goddess of healing, poetry, and smithcraft.

The Crone is the wise elder form of the Goddess, who rules over transformations, visions, prophecy, guidance, aging, and endings. She is associated with dusk and the dark of night, death and rebirth, past lives, wisdom, and the furthest reaches of outer space.

Once the cultures of Lower and Upper Egypt united, Bast was one of many deities whose position shifted, and she ultimately became a goddess of protection, represented in the form of a cat.

Her name has been given several possible meanings. “Hecate” is said to be a feminine form of “Hekatos,” which was a rarely used name for Apollo. It is also said to mean “most shining one,” which would correlate with portrayals of her wearing a starry headdress and holding a torch.

At the Winter Solstice, the God is born to the Goddess,

As Geb’s eldest son, Osiris inherits his father’s kingdom, and becomes the first Pharaoh. But another sibling in this family, Set, is jealous and murders Osiris in order to gain the throne. The body of Osiris is—depending on the version of the story—hidden and/or dismembered and scattered throughout the country. Isis, however, manages to find the

Robert Cochrane, who formed his own coven a few years after Gardner, emphasized the three-fold element of the Goddess—the Maiden, Mother, and Crone—rather than focusing mainly on the Mother aspect.

Isis is also strongly associated with motherhood, since she became the mother of the Pharaoh once Horus took the throne,