| Yes, she has a black cat, a wand, a sword, altars with candies, and statues of gods, goddesses, and saints. |
| It seems to me like women have to grin and bear a lot, and still feel pressure to act like saintly selfless birth goddesses. |
| I am sharing food and drink with gods, goddesses, and wights of the land, other spirits, and my spiritual and religious community. |
| There is more than a little feeling of two elemental goddesses competing to work their will on nature. |
| The neoterics had written poems to their mistresses as if they were goddesses. |
| Secondly, unlike some cultures with powerful goddesses in their pantheons, Wiccans espouse norms of gender equality. |
