Godessess

I have recently read a book about godesses. It shows the godesses that the people in each country beileve in and that there weren't just men. The first goddess is a goddess beileved in by the people of china. Her name was Chang o. The story of chang o begains when her husband Yi, shoots down 9 suns leaving only one to heat the Earth and so Chang O and Yi are forced to live amoung the humans. After being depressed for some time Chang O sends her husband to another goddess named Hsi Wang Mu to get magical peaches which will turn them imortal again but not enough to make them a god and goddess. When he returns with the peaches, Yi asks his wife to wait and guard the peaches while he went hunting and then when he got back they would eat the peaches together. Chang O thought to her self it wasn't her fault her husband shot down the suns. She thought that possibly with her peach and Yi's peach she would become a goddess again. She was tempted and then ate both peaches. She instantly floated towards the heavens lighter then ever and was then a goddess again but couldn't leave the moon since she was to light. Her husband was at first angry but forgave her since he loved her so much. He built her a palace on the moon but could only visit her once a month. Another goddess that I learned about was a Nigerian goddess named Oya. Oya was said to once be an antolope who could take off her skin and look like a human and spend time with humans. A thunder god named Shango imediately fell in love with her. He hid her skin and then asked to marry her. She new that he hid her skin and when she found out she was furious but her husband begged her to stay with him. It is also said that Oya could make the river overflow when she is mad and make it dry up when she is mad to but when she is happy she makes it flow peacefully for the village. The last goddess is a Hawaiian goddess named Pele. Pele is said to rule all fire from the volcanoes. Pele was said to have used to live with her sister in the ocean but when Pele made her sister angry, she was kicked out of her sisters home. After searching the oceans for a long time, Pele came to the Hawaiian islands and settled into Mt. Kilauea, Hawaii's most active volcano. Pele later married the chief of an island and Pele had to return to her own home. She said she would be back soon but she was gone to long and the prince thought she abandoned him and died. There are many more goddesses with more interesting stories and tales.