Charge of the Goddess opening paragraph names a collection of goddesses, some derived from Greek or Roman mythology, others from Celtic or Arthurian legends, affirming a belief that these various figures represent a single Great Mother: This theme echoes the ancient Roman belief that the Goddess Isis was known by ten thousand names and also that the Goddess still worshipped today by Wiccans and other neopagans is known under many guises but is in fact one universal divinity. The second paragraph is largely derived and paraphrased from the words that Aradia, the messianic daughter of Diana, speaks to her followers in Charles Godfrey Leland's
Agenoria (mythology) Agenoria (mythology) Agenoria is a Roman goddess of activity "(actus)". Her name is presumably derived from the Latin verb "ago, agere, egi, actum," "to do, drive, go." She is named only by St. Augustine, who places her among the deities who are concerned with childhood. She is thus one of the goddesses who endows the child with a developmental capacity, such as walking, singing, reasoning, and learning to count. W.H. Roscher includes Agenoria among the "indigitamenta", the list of deities maintained by Roman priests to assure that the correct divinity was invoked for rituals. Despite her obscurity, Agenoria is the