The God and Goddess

i had heard by some that the tripple goddess repesents all goddesses and the horned god repesents all gods. is this true or are they sepreat gods and goddesses? I beleave in some egyption gods and goddesses and im kind of comfused about the tripple goddess and horned god.

It's what you believe, to the post above. Some see the gods forms, as completely separate. Others see it, as one whole. I think it is safe to say, most value both. More traditional however, is that all gods areally one God, and all aspects are one.

KK, you might want to read the books " The Witch's God " and " The Witch's Goddess " both by Janet and Stewart Farrar. Those will give you a lot of information on the Triple Goddess and the Horned God of Wicca.

Remember too that Wiccans are polytheists, which mean that we believe in the existence of all of the Gods and Goddesses; including the Egyptian pantheon. But we are also henotheists which means we choose to honor particular deities.

Izzy, actually that is not the traditional view of the Gods in Wicca. The idea that all gods are one god and all goddesses one goddess came along much later as a result of people mixing New Age thinking with actual Wicca.

But you are correct in that our perception of the Wiccan deities is experiential and it is possible to believe in them as all one, as all separate, and also simply as Jungian archetypes and not Gods at all.

Oh I'm sorry Lark, but Thanks anyways.

You do not need the links because Lark quoted the information on those pages. I checked in the WayBack Machine. So what was there is here.

fabulous info.

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I am confused. Arent there different pantheons? Maybe whomever told me that (i forgot) didn’t know what they were talking about, but it included the norse gods being one and the celtic gods being one and on and on. The person stated that most people followed one pantheon to call on during spells and holidays and such. I do understand that there is the triple goddess and the horned god, but now I’m somewhat confused.

There are indeed many different pantheons and some Wiccans and Wiccan covens choose to follow one or the other of them.

However, in British Traditional Wicca, which is the very first Wiccan beliefs and practices, the deities that are honored include the three-fold Goddess (Maiden/Mother/Crone) and the Horned Lord.

Also, many Wiccans honor different deities in their personal practices than they do when standing in circle with their coven.

For example: I am a Gardnerian (The very first Wiccan Tradition ever created) so in circle I honor a specific God and Goddess whose names are never shared with those who have not been initiated into that Tradition. However, in my personal spiritual practice I honor specific deities from the Egyptian pantheon who have made themselves known to me, namely; Sekhmet, Anpu, Tehuti, and Menthu.