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Nerio
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Nerio (or Neriene) was an ancient war goddess and the personification of valor. She was the partner of Mars in ancient cult practices, and was sometimes identified with the goddess Bellona, and occasionally with the goddess Minerva. Spoils taken from enemies were sometimes dedicated to Nerio by the Romans. Nerio was later supplanted by mythologized deities appropriated and adapted from other religions.
Catubodua
Cathubodua (, "battle crow") is the name of a Gaulish battle goddess.
Nana
goddess in the ancient area corresponding to Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan and Northwest India
Alaisiagae
thumb|upright=1.3|Arch sculptured in relief with figures of the war-god Týr|Mars Thincsus with a goose at his feet and two naked goddesses or cupids (maybe the ALaisiagae named Beda and Fimmelena), found near Hadrian's Wall in 1883, now in Chesters Museum. In Romano-British culture and Germanic polytheism, the Alaisiagae deae were Germanic goddesses who deified victory, or, in an alternative interpretation, embodied justice. Their names — possibly meaning the "all‑respected" or "all‑feared" (from Proto West-Germanic *all- + *aizō- "honour, fear") — were mentioned in connection with the syncret
Mookambika
Mookambika (, Tamil: மூகாம்பிகை, Kannada: ಮೂಕಾಂಬಿಕೆ,Tulu ಅಪ್ಪೆ ಮೂಕಂಬಿಕೆ, Telugu మూకాంబికా,Malayalam: മൂകാംബിക ) is a Hindu goddess, an aspect of Adi Parashakti, the supreme goddess of Hinduism. She is regarded to be the form of shakti, the divine feminine energy, that represents creativity and ingenuity. She is widely worshipped in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Her most important abode is the Mookambika Temple located in Kollur village in Udupi district of Kundapura that is coastal Karnataka.
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Mayari
Mayari is one of the many moon deities in Philippine mythology. The Philippines has multiple moon deities because of its diverse ethnolinguistic groups and rich pre-colonial unified belief systems. In Kapampangan mythology, Mayari is the goddess of the moon and ruler of the world during nighttime. Mayari is also a goddess of beauty, war, revolution, strength, weaponry and the hunt.
Agasaya
Agasaya is a Semitic war goddess. Her name is thought to translate to "the shrieker", though there is no solid proof of this. Agasaya later got merged into Ishtar, a Babylonian goddess, along with many other goddesses; this is likely due to conquering. Agasaya became the warrior aspect of Ishtar and lived on in history this way. There is also some speculation that Ishtar, and therefore Agasaya, influenced/merged into the Egyptian Goddess Anut. Not much is known about Agasaya but her weapons may have been a bow and arrows and a scimitar.
Discordia
thumb|right|200px|Print of Discordia made by Philip Galle
Proioxis
In Greek mythology, Proioxis (Ancient Greek: Προΐωξις) was the personification of onrush or pursuit in battle (as opposed to Palioxis). She and her sister Palioxis (Backrush) presided over the surge of battle. They were probably numbered amongst the Makhai, daimones of the battlefield. Proioxis was probably the same as Ioke.
Palioxis
In Greek mythology, Palioxis (Ancient Greek: Παλίωξις) was the personification of backrush, flight and retreat in battle (as opposed to Proioxis). She and her sister Proioxis (Onrush) presided over the surge of battle. Palioxis was probably numbered amongst the Makhai, daimones of the battlefield.
Baduhenna
In Germanic paganism, Baduhenna is a goddess. Baduhenna is solely attested in Tacitus's Annals where Tacitus records that a sacred grove in ancient Frisia was dedicated to her, and that near this grove 900 Roman soldiers were killed in 28 AD by the Frisii. Scholars have analyzed the name of the goddess and linked the figure to the Germanic Matres and Matronae.
Nafanua
thumbnail|Example of tiputa (shirt), similar to the one worn by Nafanua during the wars Nafanua was a historical aliʻi (Paramount Chief/Queen) and toa (warrior) of Samoa from the Sā Tonumaipeʻa clan, who took the four pāpā (district) titles, the leading aliʻi titles of Samoa. After her death she became a goddess in Polynesian religion.
Korravai
thumb|upright=0.9|Goddess Korravai, a form of the Hindu goddess Parvati and a revered deity in Tamil Hindu culture, is depicted atop the beheaded head and body of the slain buffalo-demon Mahishasura. This relief carving, originally from the remnants of a magnificent 10th-century CE Tamil Hindu temple, is now located within the Nayakar Palace Art Museum, Madurai. thumb|alt=Korravai at Brihadishvara Temple, Thanjavur|Korravai at Brihadishvara Temple, Thanjavur Kotravai (), is the goddess of war and victory in the Tamil tradition. She is also the mother goddess and the goddess of fertility, agric
Ioke
Greek deity
Shivadooti
Shivaduti () is a manifestation of the Hindu mother goddess Adi Parashakti.
Artimpasa
Artimpasa (; ) was a complex androgynous Scythian goddess of fertility who possessed power over sovereignty and the priestly force. Artimpasa was the Scythian variant of the Iranian goddess Arti/Aṣ̌i.