I strongly reject polytheism and all idolatry. I bear, there is only one God worthy of worship, and that is ALLAH (SWT, most glorified, most high)
It sounds as though you have stumbled upon a secret, Athena cult! More likely, albeit still a longshot, is that these are all devotees of the Santeria Orisha Oya, the divinity credited as the source of witchcraft, among other things. I think the owl is also, her symbol. By chance, is there also a graveyard, nearby? Certainly, most can relate to the gratifying feeling of getting an indication that something out there knows you exist, and cares enough, to communicate with you. I do not doubt the possibility that something was sending you a sign, some encouragement, in a form in which, you would recognize it.
How many votes, any of your extremely diminutive sampling get, is really irrelevant, as you leave out so many others. If these others were more obscure, and you had listed the best known, of course that would be another case. But one wonders why you bother to include a "poll" at all, when it is so poor and uneven-- read: biased-- a sampling. It is the same as when you did a thread on red wines, and tried to justify the omission of Syrah/Shiraz, with the excuse that there are too many varietals, to list them all. There were numerous others, of the basic, most popularly grown grapes that you'd also left off the list, though, at least when you did white wine grapes, I remember that you included some basically unknown varietals, out of Germany (where I later heard, your family has an orchard). There too, so many grapes which people might know from experience, drinking them, were left off your poll. All I am saying is, if you are going to do such a quarter-assed job (they fall short of even being half-assed efforts), why bother with the sham of some competitive poll, at all? For the vast pantheon of Hindu Gods, all you include is Lakshmi, brother of the more famous Rama, incarnation of the even more honored Shiva? Come on, it's just a sad excuse for a list. And since Jupiter is the Roman name for Zeus, and Venus is the same, for Aphrodite, you have essentially only taken 2 god's from those major pantheons. So why not be more transparent, and make your thread about Germanic gods, as that is clearly your real interest?
Shango, the Santeria Orisha of Drumming, and War, though created quite independently from Thor, interestingly bears a distinct resemblance to the Norse version. And, of course, there are Mars and Aries, who didn't rate, for inclusion on this list, either, along with a slew of other war gods. So perhaps a more reasonable way to design a poll, would have been to list the main attributes, for each of the poll's selections. That is, you might have listed "1) Gods of war: Thor, Mars, Aries, etc. 2)Goddesses of venial love: Aphrodite, Venus, Oestre, etc., " and so forth. Going back to Shango, it is a curious coincidence, that one of the main parts of his myth, his carrying on an affair, with a betrothed divinity, is the same as with Mars, carrying on with Aphrodite, IIRC, who was married to Hephaestus, the god of metalworking, who ended up trapping the illicit lovers, in some contraption, he'd built. With Shango, the god he cuckolds, is Ogun, who also turns out to be the Orisha, associated with blacksmithing/metallurgy, and who also, in myth, ends up trapping him. If these developed independently, it is a remarkable coincidence. Though, nothing like that ever happens with Thor, does it?
And how do we measure that? By the results published in a book that also told us what the prophesies were? By that definition J.K. Rowling has a 100% accuracy rating also.
And besides. One doesn't have to believe in the existence of the Goddesses to answer the question. One can believe in a particular deity and still admire the stories and mythology of the others. And thus have a favorite Goddess in spite of being a devout follower of God. No need to post an answer that has nothing to do with the question especially since the question didn't mention that you had to be a worshipper of any of those female deities.
It is hard to say that I have a, "favorite," from among the gods & goddesses, attributed to myth (by non adherents, in the case of still extant religions). I will note that Astarte seemed to stand out, among many other, superficially similar goddesses, but I never threw myself into her. So, instead, I will mention some deities, whose worship caught my attention, as fascinating, and worthy of consideration. One of the primary Greek goddesses, not on the OP's meager list, was the "Virgin" Huntress, Artemis (who could have been grouped, in my suggested alternate way of listing dieties, for this thread's "poll," along with Cernunnos, in the general category of gods of the woods/the hunt). A remarkable element of her worship, in Sparta, was that her priestesses used to whip the Spartan men, who came to worship at her temple. I would presume that this was intended, if we could dig out the root of the practice, as a way to toughen up the men, which jibes with the reputation for rock- hardness, with which Spartan soldiers were credited. But that pales in comparison to part of the veneration of Asia Minor's great Mother Goddess, Cybele/Kybele. Her grandson (or transformed son) was the god of vegetation (and so rebirth), Attis, in the general mode which was employed by Jesus Christ (regardless of whether or not one accepts that Jesus of Nazareth, was a specific historical personage). As part of Attis worship, men practiced Self-castration. Interesting, no? Do we now re-examine this practice, and attribute any significant part of it, to transgenderism? https://www.thoughtco.com/cybele-and-attis-the-love-story-of-cybele-and-attis-112339 To be continued.
Good choice! You are aware, however, of the association of Prometheus, with fallen angel, and "Light Bearer," Lucifer-- are you not?
A "helper," character-- at least to Theseus-- towards whom I felt sympathetic, was Ariadne. She was, of course, not a goddess.
An interesting possibility. And I certainly grant it is more likely than it being an Athena cult. Not only is Santeria more popular than Hellenic neo-paganism, but I'm pretty well in-tune with the neopagan community in my area. If there were an Athena cult in the area, I think I would have heard of it. I did find another possibility today, though. When driving past the same street early this morning, I noticed a ton of rabbits there. It's possible the owl statues were put up to scare away rabbits instead of birds. I've never seen them used for that, but it would make sense. Regardless, yes, it was a meaningful experience regardless of the underlying circumstances.
There are thousand of gos and guesses even of you don’t include the spirits of animism, but for me it would have to be Chaac <a href="http://www.politicalforum.com/index...nce-to-religion.564212/page-3#post-1071184784">Contrasting science to religion</a> A. great God that feeds, but don't piss him off.
uh-huh, didyou read the link I shared? If so, you can query the name Dennis Pulleston Wikipedia. And now you have the detail on the backstory that was never made public about the connection to Chaac. Chaac’s power in Maya, Toltec, and Aztec mythologies with his association with rain and lightning and maize agriculture, particularly lightning makes sense because of the frequent Convection storm in the rainy season and the pyramids often standing higher than the surrounding jungle being frequently struck by lightning. Direct evidence with those structures and their connections to the Gods as Dennis ultimately found out ( according to the Maya workers at Chichen Itza. As I said relative to Chaac, be disrespectful at your risk.
No, I did not! That link seemed a bit too long and to un-usual to me. And I find it better to quote a bit out of such links that one shares - and not just throw others a link like one throws a poor dog a bone.