Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deity name "Srikantha (beautiful throat)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor deity. One of a group of emancipated VIDYESVARAS (lords of knowledge) considered to be aspects of S IVA, in this instance referring to his darkish blue neck. Also one of the EKADASARUDRAS or eleven forms of RUDRA. Attributes: hatchet and trident.... |
Goddess name "Srividyadevi (of excellent knowledge)" | Hindu | Minor goddess. A deity of terrifying appearance. Attributes: necklace of bones, teeth.... |
Goddess name "Styx" | Greek | Chthonic underworld goddess. A daughter of OKEANOS and TETHYS, and mother of NIKE. The deity of the river Styx beside which the gods swear their oaths.... |
God name "Subrahmanya" | Tamil | The God of war and the patron deity of the Tamil. |
Deity name "Subrahmanya" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor warrior deity. A form of KARTTIKEYA which is depicted with six heads and twelve arms. Also SHADANANASUBRAHMANYA; see also SKANDA.... |
Supreme god name "Sudrem" | Kafir / Afghanistan | weather god. Little is known of this deity. He was created from the breath of the supreme god IMRA. Alternatively he sprang from a juniper branch. His wife is the goddess NangiWutr and he is the father of the major fertility goddess DISANI. He is depicted as a great golden buck with horns reaching to the sky. As a deity specifically concerned with Rain, he lives in a sacred lake, Sudrem Sur, at which all wild animals must drink once to survive. Also Sujum; Sudaram; Sataram.... |
Deity name "Suksma (very small)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor deity. One of a group of emancipated VIDYESVARAS (lords of knowledge) considered to be aspects of S IVA. Attributes: hatchet and trident.... |
God name "Sukunahikona" | Japan | Dwarf deity who åśśisted in building the world and formulating protections against disease and wild animals. A god of healing, brewing sake and hot springs. Japan |
Goddess name "Sulis" | Roman / Celtic | She was called Brigantia by the Britons; and later Saint Brighid (after Christianity). She is also a deity concerned with knowledge and prophecy. The tutelary Goddess of the thermal waters at Bath, England, she is closely linked with the Roman Goddess Minerva. Roman / Celtic |
Goddess name "Sulis" | Roman / Celtic | Chthonic underworld goddess. Also a deity concerned with knowledge and prophecy. The tutelary goddess of the thermal waters at Bath, England, she is closely linked with the Roman goddess MINERVA.... |
God name "Sulman(u)" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian / / western Semitic | Chthonic and fertility deity. Also identified as a war god. Found in Assyria circa 1400 BC to 700 BC and known from Bronze Age inscriptions at Sidon.... |
God name "Summamus" | Etruscan | storm god. Specifically a deity responsible for lightning and thunderbolts. A sanctuary was dedicated to him in Rome.... |
God name "Susinak" | Elamite / Iran | Local god. The patron deity of Susa.... |
God name "Svantevit" | Pre - Christian Latvian | God of war. Mentioned by the author Saxo Grammaticus as riding upon a white horse and holding a cornucopia, he is known locally from the island of Rugen. Also a guardian deity of crops.... |
Deity name "Svetovid" | Polabian | deity of war, fertility and abundance. Polabian |
God name "T'ai Shai" | Chinese | God. The senior deity in the heavenly ministries, he is the immediate controller of the earth and mankind. Titled the god of the eastern peak. Also Di Zang.... |
Deity name "T'ai-I Tien-Tsun" | Taoist | The Celestial Worthy of the Great Unity. Taoist deity that helps devotees to achieve immortality. |
Goddess name "T'ao Hua Hiiinnui (peach blossom girl)" | Chinese | Goddess. The spirit of the peach blossom and the deity of the second spring month.... |