Fertility Gods and rituals
Fertility is defined as the natural capacity to conceive a
child. However, fertility does not come easily to everyone. About 11% of
couples will face infertility—the inability to conceive naturally after one
year of unprotected sexual intercourse.
Ala, Igbo goddess of fertility
Asase Ya, Ashanti earth goddess of fertility
Denka, Dinka god of the sky, rain and fertility
Mbaba Mwana Waresa, Zulu goddess of fertility, rainbows,
agriculture, rain, and bees
Oshun (known as Ochún or Oxúm in Latin America) also spelled
Ọṣun, is an orisha, a spirit, a deity, or a goddess that reflects one of the
manifestations of God in the Ifá and Yoruba religions.
Min, ancient Kemetic god of fertility and lettuce
Amun, creator-god, associated with fertility
Bastet, cat goddess sometimes associated with fertility
Hathor, goddess of music, beauty, love, sexuality and
fertility
Heqet, frog-goddess of fertility
Heryshaf, god of creation and fertility
Isis, goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility
Mesenet, goddess of childbirth
Min, god of fertility, reproduction, and lettuce
Osiris, god of the afterlife, the dead, and the underworld
agency that granted all life, including sprouting vegetation and the fertile
flooding of the Nile River
Renenutet, goddess of the true name, the harvest and fertile
fields
Sobek, god of the river, warfare and fertility
Sopdet, goddess of the fertility of the soil
Tawaret, goddess of fertility and childbirth
Tefnut, goddess of water and fertility
Yoruba
Eshu
Oya
Kokopelli, Hopi
trickster god associated with fertility, childbirth and agriculture
Hanhepi Wi, Lakota goddess associated with the moon,
motherhood, family and femininity
Astoreth, Canaanite version of Inanna/Ishtar.
Hadad, storm (and thus rain) god responsible for crops
growing, also known as Adad and Ba'al
Nikkal, goddess of fruits
Tanit, consort of Baʿal Hammon at Carthage
Etruscan
Fufluns, god of plant life, happiness, health, and growth in
all things, equivalent to the Greek Dionysus
Thesan, goddess of the dawn, associated with the generation
of life
Turan, goddess of love, fertility and vitality
Fertility rites are religious rituals that are intended to
stimulate reproduction in humans or in the natural world. Such rites may
involve the sacrifice of "a primal animal, which must be sacrificed in the
cause of fertility or even creation
In Japan the Shinto Kanamara Matsuri, the Festival of the
Steel Phallus is held each spring. The
legend is that a jealous sharp-toothed demon hid inside the vagina of a young
woman whom the demon fell in love with and bit off penises of two young men on
their wedding nights.[6] After that the woman sought help from a blacksmith,
who fashioned an iron phallus to break the demon's teeth, which led to the
enshrinement of the item.[
Fertility Fest is the world’s first arts festival dedicated
to fertility, infertility, the science of making babies and modern families.
Fertility rites may occur in calendric cycles, as rites of
passage within the life cycle, or as ad hoc rituals....Commonly fertility
rituals are embedded within larger-order religions or other social
institutions.