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Late comment but thought it weirdly fortuitous seeing this discussion after coming across a book today at the library I visited for the first time. It’s called Jailbreaking the Goddess and discusses a somewhat newer version of the fivefold goddess model.
The more common model seems to be maiden, mother, crone, with warrior and lover added. The book breaks the idea down a little differently, using Latin names, with the following:
Femella: girl, the primal child, the divine child.
Potens: the woman of strength, full of potential and power.
Creatrix: female creator, the maker, mother, author.
Sapientia: the wise woman, teacher, leader, woman of science and art.
Antiqua: the old woman, dreamer, storyteller, the witch at the gate.
Image of the page with better detail.
Like this better but I do have yet to read most of the book. There are further chapters on each, such as how the creator is more than merely a mother archetype with artworks, songs, and revolutions of thought under her purview. I truly think though that, if you’re drawn to getting power from the goddess model, you could do so from one, three, or five, or however many faces you’re moved to commune with.