Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deity name "Savitri" | Hindu | Vivifier, stimulator; an aspect of the Sun deity. Hindu |
Goddess name "Selene" | Greek | Also called Mene, a female divinity presiding over the months, or Latin Luna, was the goddess of the moon, or the moon personified into a Divine being. She is called a daughter of Hyperion and Theia, and accordingly a sister of Helios and Eos (Theogony 371 ; Apollodorus; Argonautica) ; but others speak of her as a daughter of Hyperion by Euryphaessa, or of Pallas, or of Zeus and Latona, or lastly of Helios. Greek |
God name "Serenator" | Greek | A surname of the god Jupiter |
Goddess name "Ses'at" | Egypt | Goddess of libraries and the art of writing. Known from 2500 BC, or earlier, until the end of Egyptian history circa AD 400. She is depicted anthropomorphically bearing a seven-pointed star or rosette on her head, sometimes atop a wand and below a bow-shaped object. Early in her career she was åśśociated with the ritual of stretching the cord during which boundary poles were rammed into the ground by the king before measuring out the foundations of a sanctuary. As a scribe she recorded the lists of foreign captives and their tributes. At Karnak in Upper Egypt and at Dendara she recorded the royal jubilees on a notched palm stem.See also SEFKHET-ABWY.... |
God name "Seyon" | Dravidian | Creator god Dravidian / Tamil |
God name "Seyon (the red one)" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India / Sri Lanka | Creator god. An early deity åśśociated particularly with hilly regions in parts of southern India and thought to live in trees. Also Muruga.... |
God name "Seyon/ Muruga" | Dravidian / Tamil | A creator god |
God name "Shang Te" | China | Creator god and the supreme being. China |
God name "Shang Ti" | Taoist / Chinese | Creator god. See also YU HUANG SHANG TI.... |
God name "Shang Ti/ Yu Hwang-Shang" | China / Taoist | He is a creator god |
God name "Shei-Lha-Odkhar" | Bon / pre - Lamaist / Tibet | God of light. In the ancient religion he is a creator deity from whom all other gods are engendered. In Lamaism he evolves into a god of wisdom.... |
Supreme god name "Shei-Rab" | Bon / pre - Lamaist / Tibet | Supreme god. In the ancient religion he is the remote and barely defined creator deity. Attributes include a lotus and swastika.... |
God name "Shomde" | Afghanistan | Local creator god of the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan |
God name "Shomde" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Creator god of localized observance. Known from various villages in the southern Hindukush. Shomde is regarded either as equating or senior to the more generally recognized god IMRA. According to observers he provides gold, silver and silk as well as butter, cheese, cream and flour. The main sanctuary was probably at the village of Dewa and in various wooden sculptures Shomde is depicted in human form. Also Wushum; Usum.... |
God name "Shoten" | Japan | God of gamblers, prostitutes, merchants, speculators, procurers, actors, and geishas. Japan |
God name "Sin" | Dzyan | Father of the gods, creator of all things and parent of the Sun. Dzyan |
Goddess name "Sipylene" | Anatolia / Symnra | Mother goddess worshiped in the Metroon sanctuary. Anatolia / Symnra |
Goddess name "Sipylene" | Smyrna / Anatolia / west coast of Turkey | Mother goddess. The localized name of the great mother, worshiped in the Metroon sanctuary.... |