Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Rati mbati ndua" | Fiji | The god of the underworld who devours the dead |
God name "Rati-mbati-ndua" | Fiji | The winged god of the underworld who devours the dead. Fiji |
Goddess name "Ratis" | British | Goddess of luck and good fortune. British |
Goddess name "Ratis" | Celtic | Goddess of the Fortress and strong walls. Celtic |
God name "Ratnapani (with a jewel in the hand)" | Buddhist | God. A form of RATNASAMBHAVA and also a dhyanibodhisattva or meditation BUDDHA. Color: yellow or green. Attributes: a jewel and the moon disc.... |
Spirit name "Ratnaparamita" | Buddhist | Philosophical deity. spiritual offspring of RATNASAMBHAVA. Color: red. Attributes: jeweled staff and moon on a lotus.... |
Goddess name "Ratnolka (jewel meteor)" | Buddhist | Goddess of light and deification of literature. One of a group of DHARANIS. Color: yellow. Attribute: jeweled staff.... |
Deities name "Ratnosnisa" | Buddhist | God. An USNISA deity apparently linked with the guardian sky deities or dikpalas in the southern direction. Color: blue.... |
"Ratri" | Hindu / Vedic | The personification of night, the darkness and stillness of the night; one of the four bodies of Brahma. Hindu / Vedic |
Goddess name "Ratri" | Hindu / Vedic | Goddess of the night. Ratri is the personification of darkness bedecked with stars. Her sister is USAS, the dawn goddess, who, with Agni the fire god, chases her away. She is perceived as the guardian of eternal law and order in the cosmos and of the waves of time. Ratri is generally regarded as a benign deity who offers rest and renewed vigor, and who may be invoked to ensure safety through the hours of darkness. She deposits the gift of morning dew. However she also offers a bleaker aspect as one who brings gloom and barrenness.... |
God name "Ratu Mai Mbula" | Fiji | God of fertility. Fiji |
God name "Redarator" | Roman | Minor god of Agriculture. Associated with second ploughing and invoked by sacrifice, generally with TELLUS and CERES.... |
God name "Rederator" | Roman | The god of the second ploughing. Roman |
"Reimkennar" | Norse | A sorceress, a pythoness; one skilled in numbers. Sorcery and Chaldean numbers are synonymous terms. The Anglo-Saxon rimstafas means charms or conjuration, and the Norse reim-kennar means one skilled in numbers or charms. Norna of the Fitful Head was a Reimkennar, "a controller of the elements." |
"Reliquiae" | Sanskrit | The astral shells or spooks of human beings and animals which are left in the lower strata after death. Similar to bhuta. Sanskrit |
God name "Revanta (with wealth)" | Hindu | God of hunters. The son of SURYA and SANJNA. Known mainly from eastern India and Gujarat, he protects mankind against the dangers of the Forest. Infrequently depicted in art.... |
"Rhamnusia" | Greek | A surname of Nemesis, who had a celebrated temple at Rhamnus in Attica. Greek |
Goddess name "Rhea" | Greek | Primordial goddess. The daughter of OURANOS and GAIA, she is the consort of KRONOS and mother of ZEUS and other gods of Olympus, known only from the Theogony (Hesiod) and Iliad (Homer). She is also recognized in Roman literature under the same name. Also Rheie.... |