Happy November, everyone! How was your Halloween? It poured rain all day here in Vancouver, much harder than usual. I’m just glad I wasn’t out trick or treating.
I went to a great Halloween party at the Beaumont Studios, which is a very cool venue used for artist studios and parties throughout the year. The building is a maze of small rooms connected by narrow corridors and random staircases, and last night it was absolutely packed.
The music was good, and people had some incredibly creative costumes, many of them elaborately DIY. It reminded me of Halloween parties back in art school.
My favorites, in no particular order, were:
Negan from The Walking Dead
Korben and Leeloo from The Fifth Element
Wednesday, Morticia and Gomez Addams
The Handmaid’s Tale
Martian muppets from Sesame Street (these guys)
Neo and Trinity from The Matrix
Joe Exotic from Tiger King
Axl Rose and Slash from Guns N’ Roses
Vikings
My bestie and I went as Rumi and Mira from K-Pop Demon Hunters. If you know, you know.
Okay, here are my last seven badass goddesses from Pinktober…
Day 25: Iara, Amazonian River Siren
Iara is a mythical siren from Brazil who uses her hypnotic beauty to lure men to their death by the riverside. In some descriptions she’s a mermaid, in others simply an impossibly seductive woman, often seen combing her hair or singing by the banks of the river.
In some versions of the story, she was murdered by her jealous brothers, and now she takes revenge on hapless men by luring them into the water and drowning them.
Day 26. Nuba, Chinese Drought Demoness
Nuba was originally a goddess, the daughter of the emperor, who used her power to create droughts to help her father defeat the gods of wind and rain.
As the legend goes, after the battle she was unable to return to the heavens and remained on earth causing severe droughts and wind storms. She came to be feared as a demon due to her devastating effect on crops and land.
Day 27. Itzpapalotl, Aztec Obsidian Butterfly
Sometimes appearing as a strikingly beautiful woman, other times as a terrifying skeletal death goddess, her name means “obsidian butterfly” or “clawed butterfly.”
Itzpapalotl rules over the underworld realm called Tamoanchan, and her associations include war, sacrifice, death in childbirth and resurrection.
She is feared not only for her association with war and death but for her razor sharp obsidian claws and wings that enable her to stalk her prey silently in the dead of night.
Day 28. Tataka, Hindu Demoness of Chaos
Tataka was once a beautiful nature spirit who was blessed with the strength of a thousand elephants. When her husband was killed by a sage, she and her sons attacked his murderer, who cursed her and transformed her into a hideous, cannibalistic demon.
She and her sons became terrorizing demons who haunt the forest, unleashing chaos on any sages they encounter there.
Day 29. La Llorona, the Weeping Woman
A vengeful ghost in Latin American folklore, prominent around celebrations like Dia de los Muertos. La Llorona, whose name means “weeping woman,” is said to be the spirit of a mother whose child drowned, or a bride who was abandoned by her husband, then murdered her own children.
She is often seen in a white dress and veil, crying blood tears and haunting rivers or other bodies of water. Children are warned to avoid her lest they be kidnapped if she mistakes them for her own.
Day 30. Namaka, Polynesian Goddess of the Ocean
Namaka is a powerful Hawaiian goddess of the sea, older sister to Pele, the goddess of fire.
In one creation myth, she was pursuing her sister across the ocean and the volcanoes of the Hawaiian island chain were created in Pele’s wake.
Day 31. Menhit, Egyptian Goddess of War
Menhit is an ancient Egyptian goddess associated with war and hunting. Often depicted as a lion-headed woman, her name means “the slaughterer.”
She was considered a protector of kings, leading their armies into battle and striking down their enemies with flaming arrows. She may be the ancient predecessor to Sekhmet, the daughter of Ra and another lion-headed goddess of war.
Badass Goddesses 2026
Now that Pinktober is over, I’m working on my calendar for 2026, featuring 12 of my favorites from this year and a few from last “Drawcember.” I’ll be sending it off to the printer soon, and then it will be available for sale right here. Stay tuned!
In the meantime, follow me on Instagram at MsPinkDotNet.
Thanks for reading!