History Main / LoveGoddess

* Suzaku from ''FushigiYuugi'' is the God of Love. His rival, Seiryuu is the God of War.

* The Musical ''Once On This Island'' features four main gods, including Erzulie, the goddess of love.

* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' has two gods of love: One god of sexual love, and one god of parental love. These gods are named Slaneesh and Nurgle, and with ''Warhammer 40K'' being the CrapsackWorld that it is, both gods are genocidal soul-devouring demon-lords with maximized {{Squick}} factor.

** Cupid also appeared in at least one episode, strangely using the Roman name as I recall.

->Aphrodite, Aphrodite...
->...THE GODDESS OF LOVE!

*** Of course, Hercules is the Roman version of the Greek Herakles, but no one remembers that.
*** And the series actually mentions that in the episode with the founding of Rome.

** The related religion Santeria, a blend of Catholicism and the religion of the African Yoruban people, has Oshun (also spelled Oxun). She's the goddess of romantic and sexual love: people concealing Santeria under the guise of Catholicism represent her with a figure of the Virgin Mary.

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[[XenaWarriorPrincess [[caption-width-right:396:Aphrodite, as depicted by Alexandra Tydings]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:396:Aphrodite, as depicted by Alexandra Tydings]]

* Anticipating ''{{Mannequin}}'' by nearly 40 years, Ava Gardner played a statue of Venus that comes to life and falls in love with a young window dresser in ''One Touch of Venus''.

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* The goddess Freia, RichardWagner's ''[[DerRingDesNibelungen Der Ring des Nibelungen]]''.

* ''Till We Have Faces'' by C.S. Lewis, as a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, includes the primordial Ungit as a love goddess, and the God of the Mountain, as a love god.

* Aphrodite appears in all three GodOfWar games. Naturally, they all include a sex-scene between her and the player character, Kratos.

* Urd from AhMyGoddess likes to consider herself Goddess of Love.
** Then there's Peorth who is a [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean love goddess]] in a more [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold literal sense]].

* Anticipating ''{{Mannequin}}'' by nearly 40 years, Ava Gardner played a statue of Venus that comes to life and falls in love a young window dresser in ''One Touch of Venus''.

* Anticipating '{{'Mannequin}}'' by nearly 40 years, Ava Gardner played a statue of Venus that comes to life and falls in love a young window dresser in ''One Touch of Venus''.

* The goddess Freia in RichardWagner's ''[[DerRingDesNibelungen Der Ring des Nibelungen]]''.

* The goddess Freia, RichardWagner's ''[[DerRingDesNibelungen Der Ring des Nibelungen]]''.

{{Historical Domain Character}}s like Aphrodite and Freya count as separate examples when they appear ''as characters'' in separate works of fiction. For example, Hercules and Xena count, since Aphrodite is a character in some episodes, while ''OrderOfTheStick'' so far does ''not'' count: Freya is a part of the northern pantheon, but unlike Thor, she has so far never really been part of the plot.

* DragonBallZ: The Namekian Dragon is also the Namekian God of Love. It is worth noting that Namekians are androgynous hermaphrodites that reproduce aesexually.. which probably explains why its the side-portfolio of a low-ranking wish-granter, rather than the central role of a major deity like for most ''human'' religions.

* In a ''Dungeons and Dragons'' FanFic, even [[http://www.reocities.com/Area51/Vault/9974/orcgods.htm ''orcs'']] have love godesses:

* In ''AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'', Sir Francis Cromarty points out a statue of Kali, and says that she is the Hindu goddess of love and death. "Of death, perhaps," replies Passepartout, "but of love—that ugly old hag? Never!"
* Til We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis, as a retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, includes the primordial Ungit as a love goddess, and the God of the Mountain, as a love god.

** Freya

** Eros in Greek Mythology
*** Cupid (in the Roman version)
* Babylonian Ishtar was a goddess of love ''and'' war.

*** Of course, Hercules is the Roman version of the Greek Heracles, but no one remembers that.

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* ''{{Charmede}}'' had an episode that made Phoebe into a Love Goddess, literally. She wanted to create her own male cult.