My Kitchen Goddess
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My Kitchen Goddess...
I believe that every chef and all those who like to cook is a Kitchen Witch. I call myself one too, only because I honor my daily work at home and at work and for work. Preparing recipes, planning menu, shopping, cutting, chopping, washing, plating and even eating is sacred to me. I depend on a Kitchen Goddess to give me the strength, inspiration, creativity, prosperity, plentiful abundance and protection to go on with what I do and breathe. Every morning, without fail, I wish the Kitchen Goddess when I enter the kitchen and every night before I hit the bed, I wish the Kitchen Goddess good night before switching off the kitchen light. If anyone else had switched off the lights before me, I will still wish and thank the kitchen goddess while lying in bed. I like and I respect all Kitchen Goddesses or Kitchen Deities and I believe they exist.
My favourite Kitchen Goddess is Annapurna (Indian) and Edesia (Roman).
 Edesia is the Roman Goddess of Food who presides over banquets. She ensures that the feast goes well and the food is excellent. Her name comes from the Latin verb edes, "to eat" or "to consume", and both She and Bibesia, the Goddess of Drinks were given offerings during the meal to ensure their presence and blessings. She is the divine spirit of feasting, which was apparently considered a magical and important act by the Romans . The verb edes can also mean "to spend money on food", connecting Edesia with luxurious lifestyle.
 Goddess Annapurna is the Hindu Goddess of food and
nourishment and is considered as the sustainer of prosperity. In Sanskrit Language the
word ‘Anna’means food and grains and ‘Purna’ means full or complete. It is believed that
by worshipping this goddess one will never be out of food anytime in life. She is always
shown with a jeweled vessel containing food in one hand and a spoon in the other to
distribute the food to her devotees.
Some of the Goddesses associated with Food and Kitchen are:
Agnayi, Hindu goddess of fire
Agni, Indian fire god, god of home and hearth
Anat, Canaanite goddess of love and fertility
Anna Perenna, Roman goddess of the year and providence
Annapurna, Hindu goddess of food
Aradia, Italian goddess of witchcraft
Ashnan, Babylonian goddess of grain
Ayabba, African goddess of the hearth
Bebesia, Roman goddess of drinks
Belit-ilanit, Chaldean goddess of love
Benten, Japanese goddess of love, luck and good fortune
 Berchta, Teutonic goddess of marriage
Brigid, Irish goddess of creativity, the hearth, fire and healing
Buddhi, Hindu goddess of prosperity
Ceres, Roman corn goddess
Cerridwen, Celtic Mother figure, grain goddess
Chantico, Aztec goddess of hearth fires
Chicomecoatz, Aztec maize goddess, goddess of rural abundance
Concordia, Roman goddess of peace and harmony
Dugnai, Slavic house goddess, goddess of bread
Edesia, Roman goddess of Feasts
Ekadzati, Tibetan goddess of wisdom and the mystical
Ephesus, Greek god of fire
Erce, Old English goddess of blessings
Fornax, Roman goddess of ovens
Freya, Norse goddess of fire and the domestic
Frigg, Norse goddess of children, the domestic arts and love
Fuchi, Japanese goddess of fire
Hebe, Greek cupbearer
Hera, Greek goddess of marriage
Hestia, Greek goddess of hearth, home, family life and fire
Hehsui-no-kami, Japanese kitchen goddess
Huixtocihuatl, Aztec goddess of salt
Hyang Api, Indonesian god of fire
Hyang Kehen, Indonesian god of the hearth
Hygeia, Greek goddess of health
Ida, Hindu goddess of fire and devotion
Ivenopae, Indonesian mother of rice
Kag Utsuchi, Japanese fire god
Kamrusepas, Hittite goddess of health and magic
Kedesh, Syrian goddess of health and life
Kiyoshikojin Seichoji, Japanese god of the cooking stove
Lakshmi, Hindu goddess of good fortune and plenty
Li, Chinese goddess of the nourishing fire
Loki, Norse god of hearth and fire
Mama Occlo, Inca goddess of domestic arts
 Nehallennia, Norse goddess of growth and abundance
Nikkal, Canaanite goddess of first fruits
Ogetsu-im-no-kami, Japanese goddess of food Ong Tao, Asian god of hearth, stove and household
Ops, Roman goddess of the earth, fertility and wealth Pele, Hawaiian fire goddess
Pirua, Peruvian maize mother
Pomona, Roman goddess of orchards and gardens
Prometheus, Greek Titan who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans
Pukkeenegak, Eskimo provider of food and clothing
Samkhat, Babylonian goddess of joy
Sanpo Kojin, Japanese god of the hearth
Saule, Slavic goddess of the sun, hearth fire and domestic
Tsao Wang, Chinese god of hearth and family
Ut, Siberian goddess of the hearth
Vasudhara, Hindu goddess of abundance
Vesta, Roman goddess of domestic fires and the hearth (lavender)
Vulcan, Roman God of fires and volcanoes
Xiuhtecuhtli, Aztec fire god
Zao Jun, Chinese kitchen god
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