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** Hewsos, Heusos or Hausos, the Dawn Goddess was an early archetype for a LoveGoddess and HotGod. As goddess of the dawn, she was deeply rooted in beauty, dancing, festivity and merriment, usually depicted as enticing the (female) sun to [[HomoeroticSubtext follow her across the sky with her suggestive dances]]. Myths also claim that she was extremely promiscuous, and thus, she was also a very early archetype for Inanna/Ishtar (and, by extension, Astarte and Aphrodite). Her Dawn Goddess role was carried on by Eos/Aurora of the Greco-Roman pantheon and Freya of the Norse Pantheon (who, by the way, were ''also'' known for having voracious sexual appetites), and even spread as far as the Far East in the form of Ushas in the Hindu pantheon, and possibly even Ame-no-Uzume in the Japanese pantheon.
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** Hewsos, Heusos or Hausos, the Dawn Goddess was an early archetype for a LoveGoddess and HotGod. As goddess of the dawn, she was deeply rooted in beauty, dancing, festivity and merriment, usually depicted as enticing the (female) sun to [[HomoeroticSubtext follow her across the sky with her suggestive dances]]. Myths also claim that she was extremely promiscuous, and thus, she was also a very early archetype for Inanna/Ishtar (and, by extension, Astarte and Aphrodite). Her Dawn Goddess role was carried on by Eos/Aurora and Apollo/Helios of the Greco-Roman pantheon and Freya of the Norse Pantheon (who, by the way, were all ''also'' known for having voracious sexual appetites), and even spread as far as the Far East in the form of Ushas in the Hindu pantheon, and possibly even Ame-no-Uzume in the Japanese pantheon.
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** Hewsos, Heusos or Hausos, the Dawn Goddess was an early archetype for a LoveGoddess and HotGod. As goddess of the dawn, she was deeply rooted in beauty, dancing, festivity and merriment, usually depicted as enticing the (female) sun to [[HomoeroticSubtext follow her across the sky with her suggestive dances]]. Myths also claim that she was extremely promiscuous thus, she was also a very early archetype for Inanna/Ishtar (and, by extension, Astarte and Aphrodite). Her Dawn Goddess role was carried on by Eos/Aurora of the Greco-Roman pantheon and Freya of the Norse Pantheon (who, by the way, were ''also'' known for having voracious sexual appetites), and even spread as far as the Far East in the form of Ushas in the Hindu pantheon, and possibly even Ame-no-Uzume in the Japanese pantheon.
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** Hewsos, Heusos or Hausos, the Dawn Goddess was an early archetype for a LoveGoddess and HotGod. As goddess of the dawn, she was deeply rooted in beauty, dancing, festivity and merriment, usually depicted as enticing the (female) sun to [[HomoeroticSubtext follow her across the sky with her suggestive dances]]. Myths also claim that she was extremely promiscuous promiscuous, and thus, she was also a very early archetype for Inanna/Ishtar (and, by extension, Astarte and Aphrodite). Her Dawn Goddess role was carried on by Eos/Aurora of the Greco-Roman pantheon and Freya of the Norse Pantheon (who, by the way, were ''also'' known for having voracious sexual appetites), and even spread as far as the Far East in the form of Ushas in the Hindu pantheon, and possibly even Ame-no-Uzume in the Japanese pantheon.
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** Dheghom Mehter (literally "EarthMother") is the UrExample; she is the Earth Mother that inspired the myths of nearly all others in Eurasia, including Demeter, Ceres, Persephone, Gaea, Jord, Prithvi Mata, and countless others. She was the embodiment of the earth, who created life after mating with Sky Father Dyeus or Perkwunos (both of whom are sky/weather gods analogous to Zeus and Thor) or an unnamed possible Water God (who serves as an early analogue to Poseidon and Uranus)...or all three, making them all "fertility gods" in their own right.
** Hewsos, Heusos or Hausos, the Dawn Goddess was an early archetype for a LoveGoddess and HotGod. As goddess of the dawn, she was deeply rooted in beauty, dancing, festivity and merriment, usually depicted as enticing the (female) sun to [[HomoeroticSubtext follow her across the sky with her suggestive dances]]. Myths also claim that she was extremely promiscuous thus, she was also a very early archetype for Inanna/Ishtar (and, by extension, Astarte and Aphrodite). Her Dawn Goddess role was carried on by Eos/Aurora of the Greco-Roman pantheon and Freya of the Norse Pantheon (who, by the way, were ''also'' known for having voracious sexual appetites), and even spread as far as the Far East in the form of Ushas in the Hindu pantheon, and possibly even Ame-no-Uzume in the Japanese pantheon.
** Dheghom Mehter (literally "EarthMother") is the UrExample; she is the Earth Mother that inspired the myths of nearly all others in Eurasia, including Demeter, Ceres, Persephone, Gaea, Jord, Prithvi Mata, and countless others. She was the embodiment of the earth, who created life after mating with Sky Father Dyeus or Perkwunos (both of whom are sky/weather gods analogous to Zeus and Thor) or an unnamed possible Water God (who serves as an early analogue to Poseidon and Uranus)...or all three, making them all "fertility gods" in their own right.
** Hewsos, Heusos or Hausos, the Dawn Goddess was an early archetype for a LoveGoddess and HotGod. As goddess of the dawn, she was deeply rooted in beauty, dancing, festivity and merriment, usually depicted as enticing the (female) sun to [[HomoeroticSubtext follow her across the sky with her suggestive dances]]. Myths also claim that she was extremely promiscuous thus, she was also a very early archetype for Inanna/Ishtar (and, by extension, Astarte and Aphrodite). Her Dawn Goddess role was carried on by Eos/Aurora of the Greco-Roman pantheon and Freya of the Norse Pantheon (who, by the way, were ''also'' known for having voracious sexual appetites), and even spread as far as the Far East in the form of Ushas in the Hindu pantheon, and possibly even Ame-no-Uzume in the Japanese pantheon.
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** Persephone herself is either a goddess of spring and vegetation, a goddess of death and the underworld...or ''both''. Her exact tasks in either role are relatively unknown. As a fertility goddess, some hypotheses posit that she and Demeter must somehow work ''together'', and as the goddess of the underworld, she was sometimes referred to as [[TheDreaded "Dread Persephone"]] with some [[SpeakOfTheDevil even too afraid to say her name]]. She is sometimes also portrayed as a compassionate death goddess who made sure the recently-deceased were properly venerated and buried, and who had their needs taken care of in the afterlife. The latter case possibly explains her somewhat contradictory nature.
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** Persephone herself is either a goddess of spring and vegetation, a goddess of death and the underworld...or ''both''. Her exact tasks in either role are relatively unknown. As a fertility goddess, some hypotheses posit that she and Demeter must somehow work ''together'', and as the goddess of the underworld, she was sometimes referred to as [[TheDreaded "Dread Persephone"]] with some [[SpeakOfTheDevil even too afraid to say her name]]. She Many early myths either have both Demeter ''and'' Persephone as the co-wives of whoever was king of the gods at the moment (usually Poseidon or Zeus), also doubling as Queens of the Underworld. Regardless, she is sometimes also portrayed as a compassionate death goddess who made sure the recently-deceased were properly venerated and buried, and who had their needs taken care of in the afterlife. The latter case possibly explains her somewhat contradictory nature.
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** Whoever happened to be TopGod of the Greek Pantheon (which, depending on the time/myth may have been anyone from Uranus to Poseidon to Zeus) was often worshipped as a fertility god, due to being the mate of the Earth Mother fertility goddess. In early myths, this seems to have been Demeter, Persephone, or both, long before Hera became codified as Queen of the Gods. Naturally, the mating of the heavens and the earth (in the form of rain) sprouted life. Shades of this myth also survived into Classical-era mythology, in the form of Demeter being an early wife of Zeus, from whom she bore Persephone.
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* ''LightNovel/TheFarawayPaladin'': Mary's patron deity Mater has this role in the series' FantasyPantheon. Mary's daily prayers to her yielded a highly nutritious bread that was the basis of main character William's diet growing up.
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* ''LightNovel/TheFarawayPaladin'': Mary's patron deity Mater has this role in the series' FantasyPantheon. Mary's daily prayers to her yielded a highly nutritious bread that was the basis of main character William's diet growing up.
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t was Gaia, Rhea, Metis, and Persephone in that order. Hera isn't a fertility goddess and Zeus and Hera aren't related in this story.
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* ''Webcomic/LoreOlympus'': Fertility goddesses are born roughly once every generation, and are notable for their ability to bear children who are considerably stronger than their fathers and tend to overthrow them. The protagonist of the comic, Persephone, is this generation's fertility goddess, even though she has no idea, as her mother made sure she had no contact with men and joined a chastity cult. She was not unjustifiably overprotective, though, since as soon as Persephone enters the outside world, she immediately becomes a target, leading to [[spoiler:Apollo raping her in order to pressure her into marrying him]]. The fertility goddesses before Persephone included Hera, Queen of the Gods, and her and Zeus' mother Rhea.
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* ''Webcomic/LoreOlympus'': Fertility goddesses are born roughly once every generation, and are notable for their ability to bear children who are considerably stronger than their fathers and tend to overthrow them. The protagonist of the comic, Persephone, is this generation's fertility goddess, even though she has no idea, as her mother made sure she had no contact with men and joined a chastity cult. She was not unjustifiably overprotective, though, since as soon as Persephone enters the outside world, she immediately becomes a target, leading to [[spoiler:Apollo raping her in order to pressure her into marrying him]]. The fertility goddesses before Persephone included Hera, Queen of the Gods, Metis, Rhea, and her and Zeus' mother Rhea.Gaia.
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* The Goddess of Life from ''Literature/{{Tasakeru}}.'' Usually appearing as a beautiful (in a couple of myths, the ''most'' beautiful) female of a given race (of which there are a whopping 9; 11 if you count near-or recently-extinct races), her purview is life, crops, fertility of all sorts, and the wellspring of Magic. Her husband is the Time god, and their mutual rival (both in love and war) is the Death god. Specific myths point her out as singularly beautiful and capable, and as a mother figure to all life on the World.
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* The Goddess of Life from ''Literature/{{Tasakeru}}.'' Usually appearing as a beautiful (in a couple of myths, the ''most'' beautiful) female of a given race (of which there are a whopping [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRaces 9; 11 if you count near-or recently-extinct races), races]]), her purview is life, crops, fertility of all sorts, and the wellspring of Magic. Her husband is the Time god, and their mutual rival (both in love and war) is the Death god. Specific myths point her out as singularly beautiful and capable, and as a mother figure to all life on the World.
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* In [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}]], the patron saint Andrew the Apostle is viewed as something as a lesser deity to Catholic believers. He is usually acknowledged for being the patron saint of fertility and pregnancy.
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* In [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}]], UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}, the patron saint Andrew the Apostle is viewed as something as a lesser deity to Catholic believers. He is usually acknowledged for being the patron saint of fertility and pregnancy.
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* In [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}}]], the patron saint Andrew the Apostle is viewed as something as a lesser deity to Catholic believers. He is usually acknowledged for being the patron saint of fertility and pregnancy.
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They may also double as a HotGod and SexGod, if hanky-panky is within their definition of "fertility". They may also be responsible for a MysticalPregnancy or two, often helping a mother ([[MrSeahorse or "father"]]) become pregnant after [[OneNightStandPregnancy a single intimate act]], or sometimes even ''[[ButICantBePregnant no intimacy at all]]'', often with MassiveNumberedOffspring. They may also be the person having a bunch of kids themselves, sometimes by [[ReallyGetsAround many different partners]].
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They may also double as a HotGod and SexGod, if hanky-panky is within their definition of "fertility". They may also be responsible for a MysticalPregnancy or two, often helping a mother ([[MrSeahorse or "father"]]) become pregnant after [[OneNightStandPregnancy a single intimate act]], or sometimes even ''[[ButICantBePregnant no intimacy at all]]'', often with MassiveNumberedOffspring.[[TooManyBabies tons and tons of offspring]]. They may also be the person having a bunch of kids themselves, sometimes by [[ReallyGetsAround many different partners]].
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They may also double as a HotGod and SexGod, if hanky-panky is within their definition of "fertility". They may also be responsible for a MysticalPregnancy or two, often helping a mother ([[MrSeahorse or "father"]]) become pregnant after [[OneNightStandPregnancy a single intimate act]], or sometimes even ''[[ButICantBePregnant no intimacy at all]]'', often with MassivelyNumberedOffspring. They may also be the person having a bunch of kids themselves, sometimes by [[ReallyGetsAround many different partners]].
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* The ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' "Dungeon Fantasy" sub-line features classic dungeon fantasy-style clerics and holy warriors, and allows for the possibility of them worshiping a range of deities. Specifically, ''GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 7: Clerics'' offers different spell lists and special powers for different types of deity served; it covers "Gods of {{Love|Goddess}} and Fertility" in a single section, assuming that they are likely to be related.
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* The ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' "Dungeon Fantasy" sub-line features classic dungeon fantasy-style clerics and holy warriors, and allows for the possibility of them worshiping a range of deities. Specifically, ''GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 7: Clerics'' offers different spell lists and special powers for different types of deity served; it covers "Gods of {{Love|Goddess}} and Fertility" in a single section, assuming that they are likely to be related.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': Te Fiti, the Mother Island, is a larger-than-life goddess who gave life to countless islands in the world. She is covered with moss and plants, and can make plant life grow from anything, even ash and soot. She is a kind and benevolent goddess, until her Heart is stolen and she [[spoiler:transforms into the destructive Te Ka]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': Te Fiti, the Mother Island, is a larger-than-life goddess who gave life to countless islands in the world. She is covered with moss and plants, and can make plant life grow from anything, even ash and soot. She is a kind and benevolent goddess, until her Heart is stolen and she [[spoiler:transforms into the destructive Te Ka]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': Te Fiti, the Mother Island, is a larger-than-life goddess who gave life to countless islands in the world. She is covered with moss and plants, and can make plant life grow from anything, even ash and soot. She is a kind and benevolent goddess, until her Heart is stolen and she [[spoiler:transforms into the destructive Te Ka]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': Te Fiti, the Mother Island, is a larger-than-life goddess who gave life to countless islands in the world. She is covered with moss and plants, and can make plant life grow from anything, even ash and soot. She is a kind and benevolent goddess, until her Heart is stolen and she [[spoiler:transforms into the destructive Te Ka]].
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These characters usually lean toward Light in a work that utilizes LightDarknessJuxtaposition, with an alignment that can range anywhere from LawfulGood to TrueNeutral. Evil versions, however, ''[[GoodPowersBadPeople do exist]]'', and may be a MonsterProgenitor or MotherOfAThousandYoung.
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By default, almost every EarthMother or MotherNature spirit doubles as a fertility goddess, but NatureIsNotNice. A NatureSpirit may spend millions of years cultivating an entire species, only to wipe them all out with a single natural disaster. A pure Fertility God will usually ''only'' [[NatureLover advocate for the creation and reproduction of life]]; they may even be opposed to a [[TheGrimReaper God/Entity of Death]] or DestroyerDeity, and works will often [[LifeDeathJuxtaposition contrast the two]]. If [[BalancingDeathsBooks they succeed in upsetting the balance]], the world may eventually face an OverpopulationCrisis or some other GreenAesop in which life itself overtakes the Earth like a cancer.
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* ''WebComic/GirlGenius'': Ashtara, the patron goddess of the lost city of Skifander, is a fertility goddess (amongst others, not mentioned, domains). According to Zeetha, Skifander's holy days are apparently a lot of fun.
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** The Norse goddess Freya, kin to [[Franchise/TheMightyThor Thor]], was originally portrayed as a goddess of fertility. Not much else was known about her. Later stories, however, claimed that "Freya" (or "Freyja") was simply another name used by queen of Asgard (and Thor's step-mother) Frigga. It's also claimed that it's an alias which was also used by the Asgardian goddess of sex, beauty and seduction, [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress Amora the Enchantress]].
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** The Norse goddess Freya, kin to [[Franchise/TheMightyThor Thor]], was originally portrayed as a goddess of fertility. Not much else was known about her. Later stories, however, claimed that "Freya" (or "Freyja") was simply another name used by queen the Queen of Asgard (and Thor's step-mother) Frigga. It's also claimed that it's an alias which was also used by the Asgardian goddess of sex, beauty and seduction, [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress Amora the Enchantress]].
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* ComicBook/PoisonIvy has commonly been worshipped as a nature and fertility goddess, due to her [[MsFanservice sexually-appealing appearance]] and [[GreenThumb ability to grow entire forests]] even in urbanized areas and other places where plant life should not be sustainable. As a scientist (and misanthorpe), Ivy is usually quick to [[AGodIAmNot to dismiss these claims]], but will also take advantage of believers to fulfill whatever goal she strives toward.
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* ComicBook/PoisonIvy has commonly been worshipped as a nature and fertility goddess, due to her [[MsFanservice sexually-appealing appearance]] and [[GreenThumb ability to grow entire forests]] even in urbanized areas and other places where plant life should not be sustainable. As a scientist (and misanthorpe), misanthrope), Ivy is usually quick to [[AGodIAmNot to dismiss these claims]], but will also take advantage of believers to fulfill whatever goal she strives toward.
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* The Goddess of Life from ''Literature/{{Tasakeru}}.'' Usually appearing as a beautiful (in a couple myths, the ''most'' beautiful) female of a given race (of which there are a whopping 9; 11 if you count near-or recently-extinct races), her perview is life, crops, fertility of all sorts, and the wellspring of Magic. Her husband is the Time god, and their mutual rival (both in love and war) is the Death god. Specific myths point her out as singularly beautiful and capable, and as a mother figure to all life on the World.
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* The Goddess of Life from ''Literature/{{Tasakeru}}.'' Usually appearing as a beautiful (in a couple of myths, the ''most'' beautiful) female of a given race (of which there are a whopping 9; 11 if you count near-or recently-extinct races), her perview purview is life, crops, fertility of all sorts, and the wellspring of Magic. Her husband is the Time god, and their mutual rival (both in love and war) is the Death god. Specific myths point her out as singularly beautiful and capable, and as a mother figure to all life on the World.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': Te Fiti, the Mother Island, is a larger-than-life goddess who gave life to countless islands in the world. She is covered with moss and plants, and can make plant life grow from anything, even ash and soot. She is a kind and benevolent goddess, until her Heart is stolen and she [[spoiler:transforms into the destructive Te K?]].
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* UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}}: Anahita is associated with fertility due to being the yazata of rivers. She is believed to be derived from the same proto-Indo-Iranian goddess who gave rise to [[UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}} Saraswati]], and during the first Persian Empire she was syncretized with Ishtar.
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** Persephone herself is either a goddess of spring and vegetation, a goddess of death and the underworld...or ''both''. Her exact tasks in either role are relatively unknown. As a fertility goddess, some hypotheses posit that she and Demeter must somehow work ''together'', and as goddess of the underworld, she was sometimes referred to as [[TheDreaded "Dread Persephone"]] with some [[SpeakOfTheDevil even too afraid to say her name]]. She is sometimes also portrayed as a compassionate death goddess who made sure the recently-deceased were properly venerated and buried, and who had their needs taken care of in the afterlife. The latter case possibly explains her somewhat contradictory nature.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The brothers end up facing a Vanir, a Norse Fertility God, in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E11Scarecrow Scarecrow]]". Brought over to America by Scandinavian colonists, the town of [[TownWithADarkSecret Burkitsville]] entered an agreement where each year they would provide it with [[HumanSacrifice two blood sacrifices]], and in return it would ensure its blessing fell upon the town, granting them constant bountiful harvests and sparing their town from financial struggles. The Vanir itself manifests in the form of a [[ScaryScarecrows Scarecrow]]. It's killed at the climax when they torch its sacred tree, that was the source of its power.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The brothers end up facing a Vanir, a Norse Fertility God, in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E11Scarecrow Scarecrow]]". Brought over to America by Scandinavian colonists, the town of [[TownWithADarkSecret Burkitsville]] entered an agreement where each year they would provide it with [[HumanSacrifice two blood sacrifices]], and in return it would ensure its blessing fell upon the town, granting them constant bountiful harvests and sparing their town from financial struggles. The Vanir itself manifests in the form of a [[ScaryScarecrows Scarecrow]]. It's killed at the climax when they torch its sacred tree, brought over from the old country as a sapling, that was the source of its power.power and tether to the world.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The God of Light is, as his name suggests, the deity in control of light and life. He creates plants, water, and wildlife, and often opposed his brother, the God of Darkness, who brings destruction. He and his brother later came to a compromise, and together created humanity.
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-> '''Tyrion:''' Why are all the gods such vicious cunts? Where's the god of tits and wine?
-> '''Varys:''' In the Summer Isles, they worship a fertility goddess with sixteen teets.
-> '''Tyrion:''' We should sail there ''immediately.''
-->-- ''Series/GameOfThrones''
A Fertility God is a {{Stock God|s}} role whose job is to create, cultivate or nurture new life, or to help create conditions in which life can thrive.
They often overlap with a {{Love God|dess}} and {{Food God}}, though not always. "Fertility" means a lot of things to different people and cultures, and thus it's not that uncommon for a god with a wider role to have "fertility" as only ''one'' of its spheres. A god wholly devoted to it is usually some type of OddJobGod except for a ProudMerchantRace, a society of {{Explosive Breeder}}s, or an agrarian society, where they are often a PatronGod or sometimes even promoted to TopGod. Even a ProudWarriorRace understands that it's important not to piss off the god responsible for feeding its armies.
By default, almost every EarthMother or MotherNature spirit doubles as a fertility goddess, but NatureIsNotNice. A NatureSpirit may spend millions of years cultivating an entire species, only to wipe them all out with a single natural disaster. A pure Fertility God will usually ''only'' [[NatureLover advocate for the creation and reproduction of life]]; they may even be opposed to a [[TheGrimReaper God or Entity of Death]], and works will often [[LifeDeathJuxtaposition contrast the two]]. If [[BalancingDeathsBooks they succeed in upsetting the balance]], the world may eventually face an OverpopulationCrisis or some other GreenAesop in which life itself overtakes the Earth like a cancer.
They may also double as a HotGod and SexGod, if hanky-panky is within their definition of "fertility". They may also be responsible for a MysticalPregnancy or two, often helping a mother ([[MrSeahorse or "father"]]) become pregnant after [[OneNightStandPregnancy a single intimate act]], or sometimes even ''[[ButICantBePregnant no intimacy at all]]'', often with [[TooManyBabies tons and tons of offspring]]. They may also be the person having a bunch of kids themselves, sometimes by [[ReallyGetsAround many different partners]].
Usually possesses FlowersOfNature, FertileFeet or FertileBlood, with more powerful versions capable of GreenThumb, GenesisEffect or WorldHealingWave powers as a function of their station.
These characters usually lean toward Light in a work that utilizes LightDarknessJuxtaposition, with an alignment that can range anywhere from LawfulGood to TrueNeutral. Evil versions, however, ''[[GoodPowersBadPeople do exist]]'', and may be a MonsterProgenitor or MotherOfAThousandYoung.
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* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
** The Norse goddess Freya, kin to [[Franchise/TheMightyThor Thor]], was originally portrayed as a goddess of fertility. Not much else was known about her. Later stories, however, claimed that "Freya" (or "Freyja") was simply another name used by queen of Asgard (and Thor's step-mother) Frigga. It's also claimed that it's an alias which was also used by the Asgardian goddess of sex, beauty and seduction, [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress Amora the Enchantress]].
** The ComicBook/IncredibleHercules is considered a god of ''male'' fertility; this basically shows itself in his [[ReallyGetsAround voracious sexual appetite]] and [[AllAmazonsWantHercules sex appeal]]. While the Marvel continuity is rather vague on the amount of children he's had over the millennia, he's considered [[LukeIMightBeYourFather the possible ancestor]] of ''numerous'' superheroes and supervillains.
** Gaea the EarthMother is revealed to be [[IHaveManyNames the same Earth Goddess]] from every pantheon, such as "Jord" from Norse myth and "Haumea" from Hawaiian myth. Naturally, as a "Mother" goddess, she is also depicted as solving a large number of problems by giving birth to the solution, such as giving birth to Typhon in an attempt to kill the Olympian Gods, giving birth to the Demogorge to kill the Elder Gods, and giving birth to Thor (before {{retcon}}s) to kill Giants and other monsters. While acting as one of the co-rulers of Asgard, she was even depicted holding an unidentified newborn in her arms.
* ComicBook/PoisonIvy has commonly been worshipped as a nature and fertility goddess, due to her [[MsFanservice sexually-appealing appearance]] and [[GreenThumb ability to grow entire forests]] even in urbanized areas and other places where plant life should not be sustainable. As a scientist (and misanthorpe), Ivy is usually quick to [[AGodIAmNot to dismiss these claims]], but will also take advantage of believers to fulfill whatever goal she strives toward.
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* The ''Literature/CthulhuMythos'' has Shub-Niggurath, [[MotherOfAThousandYoung the Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young]], a decidedly dark take on this. Procreation, sex, and nature fall under her purview, but she's still as much of a GodOfEvil as any other Mythos deity, requiring HumanSacrifice deep in TheLostWoods on [[BadMoonRising the night of the full moon,]] as well as foul and depraved orgies, usually with her or one of her Dark Young taking part in the [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith form]] of a [[FaunsAndSatyrs satyr]]. That is, if she hasn't shown up as a cloud of monster-haunted black fog, or a full-blown EldritchAbomination.
* ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'': Gods tend to merge with each other across different cultures due to the way belief works on the Disc, so it's explained there's only one fertility goddess with a very large collection of wigs and padded bras.
* In Creator/NKJemisin's ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy'', Enefa was the Goddess of Life and Death, and, as a [[TheMaker co-creator of the universe]], the inventor of those concepts. She was described as a maternal figure to the lifeforms she created, but nonetheless destroyed them without hesitation when she felt they'd served their purpose.
* ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'': The d'Angeline goddess Eisheth (who, like all of Terre d'Ange's gods, is a former archangel of the Abrahamic God who left heaven to follow Elua) provides FantasyContraception to the women of Terre d'Ange, which is [[EternalSexualFreedom quite important in their culture]]. Women who wish to conceive pray to her to open their wombs.
* ''Literature/TheRedemptionOfAlthalus'': [[PhysicalGod Dweia]] is the goddess of love and fertility in all their forms, from agriculture to childbirth, and mediator between her [[TheMaker Creator]] and DestroyerDeity brothers. Nonetheless, she's a bit put off by one culture's depiction of her with extreme {{Multiboobage}}.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': The Summer Isles worship a goddess of love, beauty and fertility as their [[TopGod most important deity]]. Sex, lovemaking and procreation are all considered ''holy'' within the Isles' culture, with prostitution even looked upon as a treasured profession that even some ''high-born'' natives aspire to.
* The Goddess of Life from ''Literature/{{Tasakeru}}.'' Usually appearing as a beautiful (in a couple myths, the ''most'' beautiful) female of a given race (of which there are a whopping 9; 11 if you count near-or recently-extinct races), her perview is life, crops, fertility of all sorts, and the wellspring of Magic. Her husband is the Time god, and their mutual rival (both in love and war) is the Death god. Specific myths point her out as singularly beautiful and capable, and as a mother figure to all life on the World.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The brothers end up facing a Vanir, a Norse Fertility God, in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E11Scarecrow Scarecrow]]". Brought over to America by Scandinavian colonists, the town of [[TownWithADarkSecret Burkitsville]] entered an agreement where each year they would provide it with [[HumanSacrifice two blood sacrifices]], and in return it would ensure its blessing fell upon the town, granting them constant bountiful harvests and sparing their town from financial struggles. The Vanir itself manifests in the form of a [[ScaryScarecrows Scarecrow]]. It's killed at the climax when they torch its sacred tree, that was the source of its power.
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* ''Myth/ClassicalMythology'':
** Demeter (aka Ceres) is the most archetypical fertility goddess, being the deity of agriculture and harvest. Her most famous myth involves her daughter Persephone being married and/or kidnapped by Hades, thus making Demeter miserable and causing a winter where plant life begins to wither and die off. In some tellings, this is [[EmpathicEnvironment merely a result of her mood]], but in other versions, Demeter ''intentionally'' does it to essentially hold life on earth hostage. Either way, Zeus eventually intervenes and allows Persephone to return to her mother for half of the year (Spring and Summer) before returning to the Underworld for the other half (Fall and Winter).
** Persephone herself is either a goddess of spring and vegetation, a goddess of death and the underworld...or ''both''. Her exact tasks in either role are relatively unknown. As a fertility goddess, some hypotheses posit that she and Demeter must somehow work ''together'', and as goddess of the underworld, she was sometimes referred to as [[TheDreaded "Dread Persephone"]] with some [[SpeakOfTheDevil even too afraid to say her name]]. She is sometimes also portrayed as a compassionate death goddess who made sure the recently-deceased were properly venerated and buried, and who had their needs taken care of in the afterlife. The latter case possibly explains her somewhat contradictory nature.
** Heracles was often worshipped as a symbol of male fertility and virility, usually within the context of men siring strong heirs or sons. Heracles himself was accredited with having ''hundreds'' of children from dozens of different women, who were referred to as "Heraclids". For example, most Spartans claimed ancestry from Heracles. He was also known for having passionate sexual affairs with various men as well, which was also celebrated as a form of male virility in Ancient Greece.
** In addition to love, sex and beauty, fertility was sometimes considered part of Aphrodite's purview, although that was mostly due to her association with the Roman fertility goddess, Venus, and the Mesopotamian goddess Astarte. Nonetheless, her myths were also full of children that were born in very short order after Aphrodite used her powers on one (or both) of the parents, and Aphrodite herself also had a large number of children as well.
* Myth/EgyptianMythology: Hathor was the Ancient Egyptian goddess of music, beauty, love, sexuality and fertility. Her "positive" spheres emphasized feminine and procreative energy; some myths state that she helped create the world, often by giving birth to it herself. She was also the most beautiful and usually considered the most sexually-enticing of the gods, commonly using her sexuality to solve (or create) problems.
* In Myth/IgboMythology, Ala is the goddess of fertility and considered the TopGod of the pantheon. Not only does she hold dominion over the earth and mortality in general (her name literally translates to "the ground"), but she is married to the sky god Amadioha, and her womb is where the underworld and the afterlife dwells.
* Myth/JapaneseMythology: Inari is the god of agriculture, fertility, rice, tea and sake. They (Inari is alternately presented as [[AmbiguousGender male, female, and ambiguous]]) are one of the most important and celebrated of the Shinto mythos, often considered a guardian and protector for mortals. They are also highly associated with foxes, with all foxes considered [[{{Kitsune}} Inari's messengers]].
* Myth/MesopotamianMythology: Ishtar (also known as Inanna and Astarte, and also considered the antecedent to Aphrodite) is known as one of the Mesopotamian deities associated with fertility, along with war, love and sex.
* Myth/NorseMythology: The Vanir gods, one of the two rival factions which later integrated, are usually stated to be associated with wisdom, health, foresight and fertility. These included Njordr, the god of seafaring, wealth and crop fertility, and Njordr's children: Freyr, who was the god of virility, peace and prosperity, and Freyja, who is one of the most important gods of the Norse pantheon, being the goddess of war, sex, love, beauty, gold ''and'' fertility. She is associated with rye fields (which Scandinavians heavily relied upon).
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'': Chauntea is the goddess of agriculture, and one of the most popular deities among Faerunian commoners. Her followers often claim that she is the progenitor of all the mortal races, and her major holiday Greengrass is essentially [[APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy the Celtic holiday Beltane]] with the serial numbers filed off. Other fertility deities include Shiallia, Sharindlar from the dwarf pantheon, Aerdrie Faenya and Angharradh from the elven pantheon, Sheela Peryroyl and Yondalla from the halfling pantheon, Hathor, Isis, and Osiris from the Mulhorandi pantheon, and Luthic from the orc pantheon.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': In the faith of the Sovereign Host, Arawai is "Sovereign of Life and Love", and is patron of agriculture, life, and fertility. Curiously, she is also said to be the sister of the Dark Six god of destruction the Devourer, whom civilized folk often also pray to for protection from flooding and drought.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'':
** Erastil is the patron god of rural communities, family, agriculture, and hunting. He is also husband to Jaidi, an ancient Azlanti agriculture goddess; together they are parents to Halcamora, a demigoddess who specializes in parks, gardening, and wineries.
** [[EvilCounterpart On a darker note]], Lamashtu is revered in some cults as the "Mother of Monsters": an EvilutionaryBiologist who likes nothing better than to bring new and vile monsters into existence to set them loose on Golarion. She's seen as a patron goddess by many goblinoids.
* Nurgle, one of the Chaos Gods from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', is essentially a twisted version of this trope. His domain is fertility and life, but, the universe of ''Warhammer 40k'' being [[EverythingTryingtoKillYou what it is]], he is most closely associated with decay and disease. After all, bacteria and fungi are living things too!
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': Rhya the [[MotherNature Earth Mother]] is worshipped as a goddess of life, birth, growing things, and the gentler aspects of nature, and counterpart to the more violent nature god Taal. Her cultists often serve as midwives in remote areas, and one minor sect worships her as Dyrath, a goddess of fertility and womanhood.
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* VideoGame/CityBuildingSeries:
** {{VideoGame/Pharaoh}}: As god of the Nile, Osiris is responsible for the fertility of floodplain farms, making them barren, withholding the Inundation or even destroying the farms if displeased, or making them double their production if prayed to. Constructing his Temple Complex also allows wood and papyrus to grow back faster.
** VideoGame/ZeusMasterOfOlympus:
*** Demeter's Sanctuary turns all the land around it to meadow, on which livestock, crops or farms can be placed. She'll also bless farms and can fill granaries with food if prayed to. She's also the fourth most-powerful goddess after the Big Three, so having her around can thwart quite a few invasions by other gods. Naturally, having her as an enemy will cause a lot of problems for agriculture-based cities.
*** Gods associated with a particular foodstuff (Poseidon for seafood, Artemis for wild game, Hera for oranges) or trade crop (Dionysus for grapes, Athena for olives) will bless their particular industry, making it more productive, and can provide large amounts of it when prayed to. Hera, Dionysus and Athena also provide groves for their crops, allowing your city to harvest a small amount every year.
*** Aphrodite isn't a fertility goddess in the usual sense (population only increases through immigration if you have the housing for it), but if you've suffered a massive population loss due to disease she can instantly replenish your population... for less than heroic reasons.
--->Heavens! There aren't ''nearly'' enough people in the city to [[AttentionWhore worship me!]]
** VideoGame/EmperorRiseOfTheMiddleKingdom: Shen Nong the Divine Farmer is one of the three Ancestor Gods, who can bless farms if kept sufficiently happy.
* She only gets a brief mention in the ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' DLC ''Jaws of Hakkon'', but Rilla of the Fireside is the Avvar goddess of "making babies." They appeal to her specifically when they're trying to have children.
* Some deities of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' can be generated with Fertility among their spheres.
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* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'', Mila is the PatronGod of Zofia, keeping its lands constantly fertile and overflowing with life as a source of comfort to the humans living there. Because of this, she has a devoted following of worshippers who praise her as the Earth Mother. But her gifts have also made many Zofians slothful and hedonistic, as shown by the debauchery of the king before his assassination.
* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'': While GAIA as a whole was created for this [[spoiler:basically an A.I. tasked with recreating an entire biosphere after a global extinction event]], the specific functions that helped nurture life in the new world were DEMETER, which recreated plant life, and ELEUTHIA, which [[spoiler:created human beings and gave them a very limited early education]].
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Of the three omnipotent Golden Goddesses that created Hyrule, Farore was the one who created all of the life. Though she is mostly known as the Goddess of Courage, and is specifically the one who blesses and empowers the chosen hero, her other blessings and sacred relics may also help various forms of life flourish.
* ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'': Minoriko Aki is a goddess of the autumn harvest, able to curse or bless harvests made at that time. The Human Village calls her up for the harvest festival to remain in her good graces.
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* ''Webcomic/LoreOlympus'': Fertility goddesses are born roughly once every generation, and are notable for their ability to bear children who are considerably stronger than their fathers and tend to overthrow them. The protagonist of the comic, Persephone, is this generation's fertility goddess, even though she has no idea, as her mother made sure she had no contact with men and joined a chastity cult. She was not unjustifiably overprotective, though, since as soon as Persephone enters the outside world, she immediately becomes a target, leading to [[spoiler:Apollo raping her in order to pressure her into marrying him]]. The fertility goddesses before Persephone included Hera, Queen of the Gods, and her and Zeus' mother Rhea.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': In a {{Flashback}}, we see Thor being chewed out by Loki for having impregnated another goddess (presumably from a {{one night stand|pregnancy}}), without noticing that the woman with flowers spawning around her feet and bluebirds flapping around her hair is a fertility goddess.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': Te Fiti, the Mother Island, is a larger-than-life goddess who gave life to countless islands in the world. She is covered with moss and plants, and can make plant life grow from anything, even ash and soot. She is a kind and benevolent goddess, until her Heart is stolen and she [[spoiler:transforms into the destructive Te K?]].
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The God of Light is, as his name suggests, the deity in control of light and life. He creates plants, water, and wildlife, and often opposed his brother, the God of Darkness, who brings destruction. He and his brother later came to a compromise, and together created humanity.
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-> '''Tyrion:''' Why are all the gods such vicious cunts? Where's the god of tits and wine?
-> '''Varys:''' In the Summer Isles, they worship a fertility goddess with sixteen teets.
-> '''Tyrion:''' We should sail there ''immediately.''
-->-- ''Series/GameOfThrones''
A Fertility God is a {{Stock God|s}} role whose job is to create, cultivate or nurture new life, or to help create conditions in which life can thrive.
They often overlap with a {{Love God|dess}} and {{Food God}}, though not always. "Fertility" means a lot of things to different people and cultures, and thus it's not that uncommon for a god with a wider role to have "fertility" as only ''one'' of its spheres. A god wholly devoted to it is usually some type of OddJobGod except for a ProudMerchantRace, a society of {{Explosive Breeder}}s, or an agrarian society, where they are often a PatronGod or sometimes even promoted to TopGod. Even a ProudWarriorRace understands that it's important not to piss off the god responsible for feeding its armies.
By default, almost every EarthMother or MotherNature spirit doubles as a fertility goddess, but NatureIsNotNice. A NatureSpirit may spend millions of years cultivating an entire species, only to wipe them all out with a single natural disaster. A pure Fertility God will usually ''only'' [[NatureLover advocate for the creation and reproduction of life]]; they may even be opposed to a [[TheGrimReaper God or Entity of Death]], and works will often [[LifeDeathJuxtaposition contrast the two]]. If [[BalancingDeathsBooks they succeed in upsetting the balance]], the world may eventually face an OverpopulationCrisis or some other GreenAesop in which life itself overtakes the Earth like a cancer.
They may also double as a HotGod and SexGod, if hanky-panky is within their definition of "fertility". They may also be responsible for a MysticalPregnancy or two, often helping a mother ([[MrSeahorse or "father"]]) become pregnant after [[OneNightStandPregnancy a single intimate act]], or sometimes even ''[[ButICantBePregnant no intimacy at all]]'', often with [[TooManyBabies tons and tons of offspring]]. They may also be the person having a bunch of kids themselves, sometimes by [[ReallyGetsAround many different partners]].
Usually possesses FlowersOfNature, FertileFeet or FertileBlood, with more powerful versions capable of GreenThumb, GenesisEffect or WorldHealingWave powers as a function of their station.
These characters usually lean toward Light in a work that utilizes LightDarknessJuxtaposition, with an alignment that can range anywhere from LawfulGood to TrueNeutral. Evil versions, however, ''[[GoodPowersBadPeople do exist]]'', and may be a MonsterProgenitor or MotherOfAThousandYoung.
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* ''Franchise/MarvelUniverse'':
** The Norse goddess Freya, kin to [[Franchise/TheMightyThor Thor]], was originally portrayed as a goddess of fertility. Not much else was known about her. Later stories, however, claimed that "Freya" (or "Freyja") was simply another name used by queen of Asgard (and Thor's step-mother) Frigga. It's also claimed that it's an alias which was also used by the Asgardian goddess of sex, beauty and seduction, [[Characters/MarvelComicsTheEnchantress Amora the Enchantress]].
** The ComicBook/IncredibleHercules is considered a god of ''male'' fertility; this basically shows itself in his [[ReallyGetsAround voracious sexual appetite]] and [[AllAmazonsWantHercules sex appeal]]. While the Marvel continuity is rather vague on the amount of children he's had over the millennia, he's considered [[LukeIMightBeYourFather the possible ancestor]] of ''numerous'' superheroes and supervillains.
** Gaea the EarthMother is revealed to be [[IHaveManyNames the same Earth Goddess]] from every pantheon, such as "Jord" from Norse myth and "Haumea" from Hawaiian myth. Naturally, as a "Mother" goddess, she is also depicted as solving a large number of problems by giving birth to the solution, such as giving birth to Typhon in an attempt to kill the Olympian Gods, giving birth to the Demogorge to kill the Elder Gods, and giving birth to Thor (before {{retcon}}s) to kill Giants and other monsters. While acting as one of the co-rulers of Asgard, she was even depicted holding an unidentified newborn in her arms.
* ComicBook/PoisonIvy has commonly been worshipped as a nature and fertility goddess, due to her [[MsFanservice sexually-appealing appearance]] and [[GreenThumb ability to grow entire forests]] even in urbanized areas and other places where plant life should not be sustainable. As a scientist (and misanthorpe), Ivy is usually quick to [[AGodIAmNot to dismiss these claims]], but will also take advantage of believers to fulfill whatever goal she strives toward.
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* The ''Literature/CthulhuMythos'' has Shub-Niggurath, [[MotherOfAThousandYoung the Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young]], a decidedly dark take on this. Procreation, sex, and nature fall under her purview, but she's still as much of a GodOfEvil as any other Mythos deity, requiring HumanSacrifice deep in TheLostWoods on [[BadMoonRising the night of the full moon,]] as well as foul and depraved orgies, usually with her or one of her Dark Young taking part in the [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith form]] of a [[FaunsAndSatyrs satyr]]. That is, if she hasn't shown up as a cloud of monster-haunted black fog, or a full-blown EldritchAbomination.
* ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'': Gods tend to merge with each other across different cultures due to the way belief works on the Disc, so it's explained there's only one fertility goddess with a very large collection of wigs and padded bras.
* In Creator/NKJemisin's ''Literature/InheritanceTrilogy'', Enefa was the Goddess of Life and Death, and, as a [[TheMaker co-creator of the universe]], the inventor of those concepts. She was described as a maternal figure to the lifeforms she created, but nonetheless destroyed them without hesitation when she felt they'd served their purpose.
* ''Literature/KushielsLegacy'': The d'Angeline goddess Eisheth (who, like all of Terre d'Ange's gods, is a former archangel of the Abrahamic God who left heaven to follow Elua) provides FantasyContraception to the women of Terre d'Ange, which is [[EternalSexualFreedom quite important in their culture]]. Women who wish to conceive pray to her to open their wombs.
* ''Literature/TheRedemptionOfAlthalus'': [[PhysicalGod Dweia]] is the goddess of love and fertility in all their forms, from agriculture to childbirth, and mediator between her [[TheMaker Creator]] and DestroyerDeity brothers. Nonetheless, she's a bit put off by one culture's depiction of her with extreme {{Multiboobage}}.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': The Summer Isles worship a goddess of love, beauty and fertility as their [[TopGod most important deity]]. Sex, lovemaking and procreation are all considered ''holy'' within the Isles' culture, with prostitution even looked upon as a treasured profession that even some ''high-born'' natives aspire to.
* The Goddess of Life from ''Literature/{{Tasakeru}}.'' Usually appearing as a beautiful (in a couple myths, the ''most'' beautiful) female of a given race (of which there are a whopping 9; 11 if you count near-or recently-extinct races), her perview is life, crops, fertility of all sorts, and the wellspring of Magic. Her husband is the Time god, and their mutual rival (both in love and war) is the Death god. Specific myths point her out as singularly beautiful and capable, and as a mother figure to all life on the World.
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* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': The brothers end up facing a Vanir, a Norse Fertility God, in "[[Recap/SupernaturalS01E11Scarecrow Scarecrow]]". Brought over to America by Scandinavian colonists, the town of [[TownWithADarkSecret Burkitsville]] entered an agreement where each year they would provide it with [[HumanSacrifice two blood sacrifices]], and in return it would ensure its blessing fell upon the town, granting them constant bountiful harvests and sparing their town from financial struggles. The Vanir itself manifests in the form of a [[ScaryScarecrows Scarecrow]]. It's killed at the climax when they torch its sacred tree, that was the source of its power.
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* ''Myth/ClassicalMythology'':
** Demeter (aka Ceres) is the most archetypical fertility goddess, being the deity of agriculture and harvest. Her most famous myth involves her daughter Persephone being married and/or kidnapped by Hades, thus making Demeter miserable and causing a winter where plant life begins to wither and die off. In some tellings, this is [[EmpathicEnvironment merely a result of her mood]], but in other versions, Demeter ''intentionally'' does it to essentially hold life on earth hostage. Either way, Zeus eventually intervenes and allows Persephone to return to her mother for half of the year (Spring and Summer) before returning to the Underworld for the other half (Fall and Winter).
** Persephone herself is either a goddess of spring and vegetation, a goddess of death and the underworld...or ''both''. Her exact tasks in either role are relatively unknown. As a fertility goddess, some hypotheses posit that she and Demeter must somehow work ''together'', and as goddess of the underworld, she was sometimes referred to as [[TheDreaded "Dread Persephone"]] with some [[SpeakOfTheDevil even too afraid to say her name]]. She is sometimes also portrayed as a compassionate death goddess who made sure the recently-deceased were properly venerated and buried, and who had their needs taken care of in the afterlife. The latter case possibly explains her somewhat contradictory nature.
** Heracles was often worshipped as a symbol of male fertility and virility, usually within the context of men siring strong heirs or sons. Heracles himself was accredited with having ''hundreds'' of children from dozens of different women, who were referred to as "Heraclids". For example, most Spartans claimed ancestry from Heracles. He was also known for having passionate sexual affairs with various men as well, which was also celebrated as a form of male virility in Ancient Greece.
** In addition to love, sex and beauty, fertility was sometimes considered part of Aphrodite's purview, although that was mostly due to her association with the Roman fertility goddess, Venus, and the Mesopotamian goddess Astarte. Nonetheless, her myths were also full of children that were born in very short order after Aphrodite used her powers on one (or both) of the parents, and Aphrodite herself also had a large number of children as well.
* Myth/EgyptianMythology: Hathor was the Ancient Egyptian goddess of music, beauty, love, sexuality and fertility. Her "positive" spheres emphasized feminine and procreative energy; some myths state that she helped create the world, often by giving birth to it herself. She was also the most beautiful and usually considered the most sexually-enticing of the gods, commonly using her sexuality to solve (or create) problems.
* In Myth/IgboMythology, Ala is the goddess of fertility and considered the TopGod of the pantheon. Not only does she hold dominion over the earth and mortality in general (her name literally translates to "the ground"), but she is married to the sky god Amadioha, and her womb is where the underworld and the afterlife dwells.
* Myth/JapaneseMythology: Inari is the god of agriculture, fertility, rice, tea and sake. They (Inari is alternately presented as [[AmbiguousGender male, female, and ambiguous]]) are one of the most important and celebrated of the Shinto mythos, often considered a guardian and protector for mortals. They are also highly associated with foxes, with all foxes considered [[{{Kitsune}} Inari's messengers]].
* Myth/MesopotamianMythology: Ishtar (also known as Inanna and Astarte, and also considered the antecedent to Aphrodite) is known as one of the Mesopotamian deities associated with fertility, along with war, love and sex.
* Myth/NorseMythology: The Vanir gods, one of the two rival factions which later integrated, are usually stated to be associated with wisdom, health, foresight and fertility. These included Njordr, the god of seafaring, wealth and crop fertility, and Njordr's children: Freyr, who was the god of virility, peace and prosperity, and Freyja, who is one of the most important gods of the Norse pantheon, being the goddess of war, sex, love, beauty, gold ''and'' fertility. She is associated with rye fields (which Scandinavians heavily relied upon).
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'': Chauntea is the goddess of agriculture, and one of the most popular deities among Faerunian commoners. Her followers often claim that she is the progenitor of all the mortal races, and her major holiday Greengrass is essentially [[APartyAlsoKnownAsAnOrgy the Celtic holiday Beltane]] with the serial numbers filed off. Other fertility deities include Shiallia, Sharindlar from the dwarf pantheon, Aerdrie Faenya and Angharradh from the elven pantheon, Sheela Peryroyl and Yondalla from the halfling pantheon, Hathor, Isis, and Osiris from the Mulhorandi pantheon, and Luthic from the orc pantheon.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'': In the faith of the Sovereign Host, Arawai is "Sovereign of Life and Love", and is patron of agriculture, life, and fertility. Curiously, she is also said to be the sister of the Dark Six god of destruction the Devourer, whom civilized folk often also pray to for protection from flooding and drought.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'':
** Erastil is the patron god of rural communities, family, agriculture, and hunting. He is also husband to Jaidi, an ancient Azlanti agriculture goddess; together they are parents to Halcamora, a demigoddess who specializes in parks, gardening, and wineries.
** [[EvilCounterpart On a darker note]], Lamashtu is revered in some cults as the "Mother of Monsters": an EvilutionaryBiologist who likes nothing better than to bring new and vile monsters into existence to set them loose on Golarion. She's seen as a patron goddess by many goblinoids.
* Nurgle, one of the Chaos Gods from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', is essentially a twisted version of this trope. His domain is fertility and life, but, the universe of ''Warhammer 40k'' being [[EverythingTryingtoKillYou what it is]], he is most closely associated with decay and disease. After all, bacteria and fungi are living things too!
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'': Rhya the [[MotherNature Earth Mother]] is worshipped as a goddess of life, birth, growing things, and the gentler aspects of nature, and counterpart to the more violent nature god Taal. Her cultists often serve as midwives in remote areas, and one minor sect worships her as Dyrath, a goddess of fertility and womanhood.
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* VideoGame/CityBuildingSeries:
** {{VideoGame/Pharaoh}}: As god of the Nile, Osiris is responsible for the fertility of floodplain farms, making them barren, withholding the Inundation or even destroying the farms if displeased, or making them double their production if prayed to. Constructing his Temple Complex also allows wood and papyrus to grow back faster.
** VideoGame/ZeusMasterOfOlympus:
*** Demeter's Sanctuary turns all the land around it to meadow, on which livestock, crops or farms can be placed. She'll also bless farms and can fill granaries with food if prayed to. She's also the fourth most-powerful goddess after the Big Three, so having her around can thwart quite a few invasions by other gods. Naturally, having her as an enemy will cause a lot of problems for agriculture-based cities.
*** Gods associated with a particular foodstuff (Poseidon for seafood, Artemis for wild game, Hera for oranges) or trade crop (Dionysus for grapes, Athena for olives) will bless their particular industry, making it more productive, and can provide large amounts of it when prayed to. Hera, Dionysus and Athena also provide groves for their crops, allowing your city to harvest a small amount every year.
*** Aphrodite isn't a fertility goddess in the usual sense (population only increases through immigration if you have the housing for it), but if you've suffered a massive population loss due to disease she can instantly replenish your population... for less than heroic reasons.
--->Heavens! There aren't ''nearly'' enough people in the city to [[AttentionWhore worship me!]]
** VideoGame/EmperorRiseOfTheMiddleKingdom: Shen Nong the Divine Farmer is one of the three Ancestor Gods, who can bless farms if kept sufficiently happy.
* She only gets a brief mention in the ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' DLC ''Jaws of Hakkon'', but Rilla of the Fireside is the Avvar goddess of "making babies." They appeal to her specifically when they're trying to have children.
* Some deities of ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' can be generated with Fertility among their spheres.
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* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'', Mila is the PatronGod of Zofia, keeping its lands constantly fertile and overflowing with life as a source of comfort to the humans living there. Because of this, she has a devoted following of worshippers who praise her as the Earth Mother. But her gifts have also made many Zofians slothful and hedonistic, as shown by the debauchery of the king before his assassination.
* ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'': While GAIA as a whole was created for this [[spoiler:basically an A.I. tasked with recreating an entire biosphere after a global extinction event]], the specific functions that helped nurture life in the new world were DEMETER, which recreated plant life, and ELEUTHIA, which [[spoiler:created human beings and gave them a very limited early education]].
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'': Of the three omnipotent Golden Goddesses that created Hyrule, Farore was the one who created all of the life. Though she is mostly known as the Goddess of Courage, and is specifically the one who blesses and empowers the chosen hero, her other blessings and sacred relics may also help various forms of life flourish.
* ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'': Minoriko Aki is a goddess of the autumn harvest, able to curse or bless harvests made at that time. The Human Village calls her up for the harvest festival to remain in her good graces.
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* ''Webcomic/LoreOlympus'': Fertility goddesses are born roughly once every generation, and are notable for their ability to bear children who are considerably stronger than their fathers and tend to overthrow them. The protagonist of the comic, Persephone, is this generation's fertility goddess, even though she has no idea, as her mother made sure she had no contact with men and joined a chastity cult. She was not unjustifiably overprotective, though, since as soon as Persephone enters the outside world, she immediately becomes a target, leading to [[spoiler:Apollo raping her in order to pressure her into marrying him]]. The fertility goddesses before Persephone included Hera, Queen of the Gods, and her and Zeus' mother Rhea.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': In a {{Flashback}}, we see Thor being chewed out by Loki for having impregnated another goddess (presumably from a {{one night stand|pregnancy}}), without noticing that the woman with flowers spawning around her feet and bluebirds flapping around her hair is a fertility goddess.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'': Te Fiti, the Mother Island, is a larger-than-life goddess who gave life to countless islands in the world. She is covered with moss and plants, and can make plant life grow from anything, even ash and soot. She is a kind and benevolent goddess, until her Heart is stolen and she [[spoiler:transforms into the destructive Te K?]].
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The God of Light is, as his name suggests, the deity in control of light and life. He creates plants, water, and wildlife, and often opposed his brother, the God of Darkness, who brings destruction. He and his brother later came to a compromise, and together created humanity.
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