Sublime

she was also a goddess of sensual love,

Venus: the principle of desire, love, beauty, value; the impulse and capacity to attract and be attracted, to love and be loved, to seek and create beauty and harmony,

Deities from ancient pantheons who often represent the Maiden include the Greek goddesses Artemis and Persephone, the Nordic goddess Freya, and the Celtic goddess Rhiannon.

The Celtic Sun god Belenus, for instance, is one of the oldest and most widely known deities in Europe. An even older goddess, Innana spread through space and time across Mesopotamia and into Greek civilization, where she became Aphrodite.

The very word erotic comes from the Greek word eros, the personification of love in all its aspects—born of Chaos, and personifying creative power and harmony.

Unlike many Roman deities who were Greek in origin and simply adopted by the Romans, Venus was native to Rome, and was actually considered to be the divine mother goddess in the mythology of the foundation of the Roman people.