A-Z Gods and Goddesses & Plant Associations: A Reference & Guide

Our ancestors believed the trees, rivers, mountains, stones and animals had souls. These nature spirits were eventually deified and came to be the gods and goddesses as we know them today. For those who need a reference to gods and goddesses and their magical plant associations, here’s our A-Z list. The deities are not categorized by culture or origin. Knowing the magical plants associated with your deities will help you learn, as well as give ideas of appropriate offerings. If your god or goddess isn’t included, please leave a comment.

Goddesses and Magical Plant Associations

• Aphrodite – apples, linden tree, myrtle tree, pomegranate, poppies, prickly lettuce, roses, star of bethlehem
• Artemis – artemisia (mugwort, southernwood, tarragon, wormwood), bay laurel, cedar, chase tree, fir, myrtle, oak, walnut, wild fig, willow
• Astarte – alder, arabic gum, cypress, juniper, myrtle, pine
• Athena – cinnamon, citrus, cedar, cypress, dragon’s blood, geranium, hellebore, oak, olive, patchouli
• Arianrhod – ivy
• Baba Yaga – black sunflowers, medicinal herbs, poppies, rye, tobacco
• Bast (Bastet) – catnip, myrrh, frankincense
• Berchta – birch, evergreens, flax, wild berries, straw
• Blodeuwedd – broom, meadowsweet, and oak
• Brighid – blackberries, oak, rushes, clover
• Cerridwen – corn
• Circe – Alder, juniper, mandrake, nightshade
• Demeter – barley, chaste tree, fig, oak, mint, poppies, pomegranate, pennyroyal, wheat
• Diana – apple, grain, oak
• Freya – apples, barley, flowers
• Hathor – blue lotus
• Hecate – asphodel, black poplar, date palm, garlic, henna, lavender, mandrake, medicinal herbs (various), pomegranate
• Hel – beech, elder, elm, ivy, juniper, mullein, willow, yew
• Hera – chaste tree
• Hestia – Angel’s trumpet (Datura), California poppy, chaste tree, goldenrod, hollyhock, purple coneflower, and yarrow
• Holda – flax
• Iris – iris
• Isis – flowers, myrrh, sycamore fig, vervain
• Kali – red hibiscus, red rhododendron, poinsettia
• Kuan Yin – lotus, oolong tea leaves, orange, pomegranate, willow
• Ma’at – papyrus
• Medea – aconite, hemlock, nightshade
• Morgan Le Fay – apple, blackthorn, herbs, lily of the valley, oak, willow
• The Morrigan – blackthorn, Belladonna, Juniper berries, Nightshade, Dragon’s blood, Mugwart, Yew
• Nerthus – beech, blackthorn, elder, elm, ivy, juniper, mullein, thistle, willow, yew
• Oya – anise, aspen, cinnamon, carnation, calamus, clove, dragon’s blood, dittany of crete, hibiscus, lemon, myrrh, nutmeg, oak moss, star anise, sandalwood, tangerine
• Persephone – asphodel, crocus, iris, larkspur, lily, pomegranate
• Rhiannon – bayberry, cedar, daffodils, forsythia, leeks, pansies, pine, rosemary and sage
• White Buffalo Woman – tobacco

Gods and Magic Plant Associations

• Aries – ash
• Baron Samedi – Tobacco, Sugar Cane
• Buddha – rice, lotus
• Cernunnos – oak, ivy, grain
• Dagda – grains, oats
• Dionysus – bindweed, elm, fennel, fig, fir, grapes, ivy, walnut
• Elegba – Bitter melon
• Hades – asphodel, elm
• Hermes – crocus
• Jesus – aspen, cedar, grapes, oak, olive, palm
• Jupiter – acorn, agrimony, almond, aloe, aspen, beech, cassia, carnation, cedar, cypress, daisy, fig, gorse, hyssop, leek, mullein, oak, olive, orange, palm, pine, sage, vervain, violate
• Krishna – acacia, bay, frankincense, vine
• Loki – beech, blackthorn, elder, elm, ivy, juniper, mullein, thistle, willow, yew
• Mabon – apple, berries, grains
• Manannan Mac Lir – aquatic plants, seaweed
• Mars – bay laurel, dogwood, fig, oak
• Odin – amanita muscaria, elecampane, juniper, monkshood, Wotan’s Herb, yew, ash
• Osiris – acacia, benzoin, cedar, clove, dittany of crete, grains, ivy, orris, palm date, tamarisk, vine, willow
• Pan – grapes, pine, reeds
• Poseidon – aquatic plants, kelp, seaweeds, wild celery
• Ra – acacia, bay, cinnamon, frankincense, heliotrope, myrrh, olive, sunflower, vine
• Set – myrrh, patchouli, thistle
• Thor – acorns, avens, dragon’s blood, juniper, oak, oak moss, pine, thistle
• Thoth – bamboo, papyrus
• Tyr – blackthorn, juniper, oak, thistle, vervain
• Zeus – ash, crocus, wild celery

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