Hi, please forgive my newbie ignorance but can anyone point me towards UK/ local (West/ North Yorkshire if thats relevant) goddesses associated with the moon. I only kow Diana

there is a great book all about the celtic moon godess(es) - Queen of the Night: The Celtic Moon Goddesses in Our Lives by Sharynne MacLeod NicMhacha, which i highly recommend.

There's Artemis, the greek eqivalent of Diana.
I don't know that there is a Moon Goddess in ancient british or irish mythology. I do know that in Irish folklore the moon is called Lair báln, the white mare. Not really a Goddess as such, though.
On a tangent, there's a lovely song by the Band All About Eve, called Lady Moonlight, which celebrates the Moon as a Goddess in a more general way.
In Norse mythology the moon is thought of as masculine.

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It tends (sweeping generalisaiton coming up here, folks!) to be the southern European and Middle Eastern religions who view the moon as feminine. In the Nortthern European religions the moon tends to be masculine (Mani), because the moon and the sun as female (Sunna) because the sun is warm and passionate and also nurtering, therefore female. Which of course is as much as a stereotype as the other way round.

As far as I can tell, they are not specifically related to the moon, nor is it one of their symbols, but Victoria Brigantia and Verbeia (romano-celtic) are both linked to west yorkshire.

Did you know that the name of the Greek goddess "Europa" means "full moon"?- whereas Albion means "white moon". A primal lunar deity of Persia was Al-Mah, who later became adapted into the Hebraic "almah", or "nubile woman", a word the Christians mistranslated into "virgin" with regard to the mother of Jesus. The Latin "Alma mater" actually means the living spirit of the Earth Mother.

The Romans revered the primal Moon Mother as either Luna or Mana (Mania), which the Christians condemned as "lunacy" (madness). She was the mother of ancestral spirits called "manes", that Romans tried to win the favour of in the Manalia festival.

On the Arabian side she was known as Manat, the old Moon Mother of Mecca, and Goddess of Fate known as Al-Lat. Islam masculinized her into Allah, who forbids women to enter those shrines, that were actually founded by the priestesses of the Moon. Curiously though, Islamic rituals still operate on a lunar calendar.

Totally true Frey... its funny tho... I've always viewd the moon as having female energies and the sun male ones. Dunno why, dunno where it comes from. Probably family, my great grandmum used to refer to "mother moon" and I guess thats always stuck with me, but when I do workings and need a female energy, the moon is always the one that comes to me with most strength. I think it has something to do with tidal forces and moon cycles, for me personally it ties in more to female forces.

hmmmm *wanders off wondering*

And she regulates women's periods too - if you sleep with the curtains open so she shines in!

A couple of nights ago I was walking up to the garage, it was cloudy but there were gaps in the clouds - looked up at the sky and stood looking at the moon, with the clouds going by it was beautiful

This is also reflected linguistically in the gender of the words Sun and Moon in various languages.

I personally subscribe to the Moon=masc. camp. Man in the moon anyone? Maybe it's a folk rememberance of the old beliefs? I like the balance in having a masculine moon in a feminine night and a feminine sun in a masculine day.

I personally subscribe to the Moon=masc. camp. Man in the moon anyone? Maybe it's a folk rememberance of the old beliefs? I like the balance in having a masculine moon in a feminine night and a feminine sun in a masculine day.

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yep but theres the song about the sun putting its hat on or even mr mr Moon your out too so go back to bed and let the sun go by.

am off to bed now folks been up since 3AM so am very tierd.

Not England I know but in the Welsh lands Lady Arianrhod is revered as the Lady of the Silver Wheel (Moon)

There is a Norse moon goddess called Bil.

She has become 'Jill' in the the English nursery rhyme.

Skegga

Anyone for my patron Deity - Selene? (greek)

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I keep thinking of Selene

To me the moon is associated with Djehuty, who is, of course, male.

I've always had a thing for the moon, even before my 'calling' to Djehuty.