The word goddess gets thrown around way too lightly these days.

But before it got linked up with Martha Stewart (“domestic”) and New Age shenanigans (“inner”), the word meant something. Tempest-stirring power. Ship-launching beauty. Superhuman wisdom. The rare ability to pull off a toga.

One area where the term is not misapplied? Patch NYC’s goddess earrings. Made from gold vermeil hardware, vintage plastic beads, and Swarovski crystal chain, they come in three varieties, each of which is a pretty sublime statement.

Feeling like a badass smarty-pants? Try the Athena, which features a shower of little danglies. Or maybe you’re doing more of a queen-of the-underworld thing, in which case you’ll dig the Persephone design: an earthy-green drop flanked by opalescent beads. And then there’s Aphrodite, a bold, majestic style that will have mere mortals falling at your feet, begging you to let them do your bidding.

Because that, friends, is what being a goddess is all about.

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