Maiden

deity Wicca single tradition · 3

The Maiden is the Day Goddess. Together with the Crone and the Mother, she represents part of the circle of life.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
1944 CE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Aspect of the Triple Goddess as described by Robert Graves.

Relationships

allied with
Crone, Mother
manifests as
Persephone
aspect of
Triple Goddess
has aspect
Nimue
manifested by
Adi-mailagu

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Sources

Source passages

“together with the Mother (Light Goddess) and the Maiden (Day Goddess), she represents part of the circle of life.”

#6035 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Ronald Hutton argues that the concept of the triple moon goddess as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, each facet corresponding to a phase of the moon, is a modern creation of Graves'”

#19097 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Latro wakes to find the Maiden (Persephone) seated by him. She scolds him for running, but says she will keep her promise to reunite him with his friends, in return for the sacrifice of a wolf.”

#43209 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001