St. Brigid's Day, celebrated on February 1st, honors both the Christian saint and the ancient Celtic goddess Brigid. It marks ...

Forget St Patrick's Day – here's why you should head to Ireland for St Brigid's Day instead - With crowded celebrations of Ireland’s patron saint no longer appealing to her, Nicola Brady discovers why ...

A ravishing goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite is the ultimate sex symbol — so irresistible, Hamilton wrote, that she “stole away even the wits of the wise.” Some authors call her a child of Zeus, ...

Now and then we encounter a symbol that seems to embody the major hopes ... This Marian shrine, however, had been preceded on Tepeyac hill by the pagan temple honoring the earth and fertility goddess, ...

The second book of Kings describes Hezekiah’s suppression of pagan places of worship, or “high places.” It outlines how he “removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones” and “did ...

The OG Material Girl, 66, stunned fans on Tuesday after sharing a series of spicy boudoir photos on Instagram, looking every bit the youthful goddess. Striking a variety of poses, Madonna played ...

The birth of AphroditeAphrodite, Greek goddess of love, became Venus in the Roman pantheon. This mural, “The Birth of Venus,” painted before A.D. 79 and found at the House of Venus in the ...

Bunny reminds us of another magical gift-bearer; he's a bit like Santa Claus: a benevolent bearer of gifts for good children and a star of posed holiday pictures (sometimes including crying children!) ...