Which Pagan Goddess Are You?

By: Zoe Samuel
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
Which Pagan Goddess Are You?
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About This Quiz

These days, most people - even the ones who believe that no higher power actually exists, or that if it does, it's not sentient - subscribe to a vision of God that is highly masculine. It's a jealous, authoritative, wrathful God who enjoys a male stereotype, and who is is simultaneously very loving and all-powerful but lets terrible things happen for reasons known only to Himself.

However, our perception of this sort of deity isn't the only one to appear in the many cultures and nations of the world. Pagan faiths from ancient Egypt or Greece to the Celts to the Nordic deities were all full of powerful goddesses who were the equal of any male deity. 

They were often loving, to be sure, but for some of them, that love was highly conditional on your behavior - and just because they might help you out, doesn't mean they would let anyone take advantage of them. They blessed and supported fields of human endeavor from war to childbirth, from literature to architecture to hunting and beyond. You messed with them at your peril.

Does this sound like you? Which part? Tell us, and we'll point you to the goddess you most embody!

What sort of jewelry do you like to wear?
Subtle
Gold
Natural
Black

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How do you feel about parenthood?
It's a true calling for me.
It's OK I guess.
It's so beautiful.
It's the circle of life.

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Do you have a goofy side?
Yes, I like to play often.
Sometimes
Yes, I can be surprisingly silly when I get going.
Absolutely not

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If you won 10 million dollars, what would you buy first?
Weapons
Jewelry
A house
A tomb for when the time comes

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Are you a "live and let live" sort of person?
No
I guess.
I'm tolerant to a fault.
Only when I have to be.

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How do you feel about non-pagan religions?
They are dangerous and bad.
I don't care about them.
They're trying to kill me and I wish they would stop.
I do not fear them.

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What thing from the past are you glad to be rid of?
The idea that a man should be allowed to tell a woman what to do just because he's a man
Bad hygiene
Inability to communicate with people far away
Bad medical care

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What's one of the biggest challenges in modern life?
People's skills aren't useful in their real lives.
Staying ahead of the bills
People don't understand nature.
People can't face the facts.

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How far back into the past do you like to look?
2,500 years
3,000 years
To the dawn of time
1,000 years

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What climate do you like?
Mild and sunny
Hot and sunny
Stable - that is, not being wrecked by fossil fuels
Cold and snowy

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What's your signature look?
Grecian wrap dress
Gold toga
Peasant smock
Goth

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What would you include in your worshipers' obligations?
Sacrificing an animal
Owning a cat
Dancing barefoot in the woods
Something with blood

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Who is a living role model?
Indra Nooyi
Oprah
Jane Goodall
P!nk

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What industry do you currently work in?
Manufacturing
Military
Farming
Fashion

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What industry would you absolutely never work in?
Retail
Tobacco
Oil
Big pharma

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What sort of house do you live in?
Country ranch house
Fabulous loft
Cottage
Spooky underground cellar

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Do you love to laugh?
Yes indeed!
Yes, and I like when everyone else laughs along.
In my gentle way
No, that's for silly people.

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Do you know how to assert your boundaries?
Of course, though I do not like it.
Yes, and I love it.
No
I'm not good at it but I do it anyway.

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Do you love to look after people?
In a provider sort of way
As a boss, yes
Yes, as a friend, mother, or other carer
No

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Do you panic easily?
Not ever
Once in a while I flip out
Not easily but when I go, I go
Very, very rarely

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Do you shy away from the darker things?
Not to an unhealthy degree
When I can, yes
Of course
No, I love them.

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Do you ever pick a fight?
No, but they find me.
All the time
No, and I never engage that way.
No, but I never back down either.

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What's your attitude to relaxing?
I like to work hard and play hard.
I can be very lazy.
I find it hard.
I rarely do it.

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How independent are you?
Very
Extremely
Not at all
In my way, fairly

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How much do you apologize?
When I did wrong
When it is strategic
Constantly
Never

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Do you eat meat?
Of course, I hunt it myself.
Of course, it's delicious.
No
Only if it was humanely killed

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Do you like to grow your own vegetables?
I have a little garden, yes.
I have people to do that for me.
Of course
No

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How in touch with nature are you?
Very
A little
Extremely
People say not, but I disagree.

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Do you like being center of attention?
Sometimes
I love and crave it.
No
Rarely

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How resilient are you?
Fairly
I'm brittle; I take a long time to snap but then I fall apart.
More than people think
Very

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