Ancient Goddesses - Liisa Kaski

The goddess of love Aphrodite, the great huntress Artemis, the goddess of the dark moon Hecate and the mother earth Gaia...do you know all the great goddesses of the ancient world?

In the ancient world, goddesses were omnipresent and their power was limitless from the human perspective. The Queen of Heaven, the Goddess of Crossroads, the Protector of Girls, and other great goddesses earned the respect and worship of all mortals. But what were these goddesses like and why, thousands of years later, do they still live among us? What is it about ancient Greek mythology that fascinates people from era to era?

Written by antiquarian Liisa Kaske and illustrated by comic artist Apila Pepita, the book draws portraits of thirty goddesses based on ancient Greek original sources. The book's fascinating stories bring the goddesses' characters to life and make the reader reflect on their significance both in their own time and today.

Liisa Kaski is an antiquarian, folklorist, and non-fiction writer specializing in mythical knowledge. In her previous works, she has examined Baltic Finnish animal myths and the deep layers of our culinary tradition.