I agree with the first part of Adele’s message. There isn’t a goddess of lace
because lacemaking postdates the age of specific gods and goddesses. Even in
more modern polytheistic cultures this would be the case because there is no
evidence (as far as I’m aware) of any lace existing prior to
Personally I identify most with the namesake of this very list, Arachne!
Technically she wasn’t a goddess, but as we all know she was a weaver who was
turned into a spider so I’ve always thought of her as a patroness of lace. :)
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Athena is goddess of weaving, but Arachne in Greek mythology was a mortal
weaver who got so good she challenged Athena, with the usual repercussions.
Bobbin lace is a form of weaving without a fixed warp, so lacemakers in
modern times have adopted Arachne (we're mortals), hence the name of our
How about Arachne?
Devon
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H. I would guess there isn’t one, given that lacemaking developed in Europe
in the late 15th century, long after people only believed in the one God.
Lacemakers did have patron saints, of course - Saint Catherine and Saint
Andrew, depending on where the lacemaker lived, and probably other
I’ve just been asked who the Goddess of Lace is. Never having heard of her, I
thought I’d go to the experts.
Is there a Goddess of Fishnets? Or Knots? or Weaving?
Do we start with Greeks or Romans? Or Egyptians? Or Celtic or Norse?
Martha
in Oregon
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