goddessare

Goddessare is a neologism used in contemporary online communities and in some speculative fiction to designate an archetype or entity that embodies the feminine divine. In this usage, goddessare may refer to a person who channels, embodies, or personifies divine feminine energy, or to a fictional deity who represents patronage, fertility, wisdom, or protection within a given universe.

The precise origin is unclear; the word appears to be a portmanteau built from "goddess" and a suffix common in fantasy or spiritual discourse, with no established scholarly etymology. Its use is largely anecdotal and informal.

Goddessare appears mainly in online forums, role-playing communities, and fan fiction, where individuals may identify themselves or others as goddessare, or where creators embed a goddessare figure as a character or patron deity. It may function as an archetype, a worship object within a narrative, or a descriptor of a persona that emphasizes nurturing, sovereignty, or transformative power.

Issues include concerns about essentialism or misappropriation when invoking deities from real-world cultures, as well as questions about definitional stability given the term's informal status. As a neologism, goddessare lacks formal scholarly consensus and varies in meaning across communities.

Despite limited usage, goddessare illustrates how online communities create new symbolic vocabularies for mythmaking and spiritual expression.