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Goddess name "Saga" |
Scandinavia | A goddess of knowledge & waterfalls |
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King name "Sagara" |
Sanskrit | A king of the solar dynasty and sovereign of Ayodhya. He was the father of 60,000 sons who were turned into a heap of ashes by a glance of the sage Kapila. Sanskrit |
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"Sagaramati" |
Buddhist | The Bodhisattva whose Mind is like the Ocean. Buddhist |
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God name "Sagaramati (mind of the ocean)" |
Buddhist | God. A BODHISATTVA or buddhadesignate. Color: white. Attributes: conch, and sword with staff.... |
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Goddess name "Sagaritis" |
Greek | A nymph in whose embraces Attis became faithless to Cybele. The goddess avenged the wrong done to her by causing the tree with which the nymph's life was connected, to be cut down. Greek |
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God name "Sagbata" |
Yoruba | God who inflicts smallpox or madness. Yoruba |
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"Saham-pati" |
Sanskrit | The All-parent, the common progenitor and source of all. A name synonym with Brahman. Sanskrit |
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God name "Sahar" |
Aramaic | God of the moon. Aramaic |
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God name "Sahar" |
Western Semitic / Aramaic | moon god. Known from inscriptions.... |
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"Sahu" |
Egyptian | The entity of the deceased in heaven which grew out of the dead body and was called into being by the ceremonies performed over the dead. Egyptian |
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God name "Sai' Al Qaum (the good and beautiful god who does not drink wine)" |
Western Semitic / Nabataean | Local guardian deity. Known from two inscriptions at Palmyra which suggest him to be a protector of caravans. Attributes include a helmet. He may have developed from an Egyptian god Sai (Greek: Psais).... |
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God name "Sai' Al Quan" |
Nabataean / W Semitic | A local guardian God is believed to be the protector of caravans |
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Angel name "Saiinou" |
Enochian | A sub-angelic Watchtower leader in the North. Enochian |
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"Saiinov" |
Enochian | The senior leader of water in Jupiter. Enochian |
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"Saint George" |
British | Saint George Patron saint of England and the Christian adaptation of the dragon slaying legends of Bel and the dragon, Apollo and Python, Osiris and Typhon, etc. British |
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Goddess name "Saitada" |
Celtic | Goddess of mourning and grief. Celtic |
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"Saitis" |
Greek | A surname of Athena, under which she had a sanctuary on Mount Pontinus, near Lerna in Argolis. The name was traced by the Greeks to the Egyptians, among whom Athena was said to have been called Sai's. Greek |
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"Saiva" |
Sanskrit | The divinity and patron of all yogis. Sanskrit |
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God name "Sajara" |
Songhoi | Rainbow god songhoi, eastern Mali |
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God name "Sajara" |
Songhai / eastern Mali, West Africa | Rainbow god. Perceived as a Rainbow-colored snake and symbolized by a tree where white rams are sacrificed and hung. The animals' blood is sprinkled on the tree. The ritual is accompanied... |
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God name "Sakarabru" |
Guinea | God of Medicine, retribution and justice. Agni, Guinea |
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"Sakhadai" |
Siberia | The personification of fire who gives life to the newborn Winter Sun. Siberia |
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God name "Sakhadai Noin" |
Siberia | A god of fire |
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Goddess name "Sakhemet aka Sachmet" |
Egypt | Sakhet and Sakhmet, originally the war goddess of Upper Egypt. It was said that her breath created the desert. She was also known by some cults to be a daughter of the ancient Sun god Ra. Egypt |
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Goddess name "Sakhemet/ Sachmet" |
Egypt | A goddess of war |
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God name "Sakka(n)" |
Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | God of cattle. A patron god of herdsmen, probably deriving from the Sumerian god LAHAR. Also Amakandu, Sumuqan.... |
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God name "Sakka[n]/ Amakandu/ Sumuqan" |
Mesopotamia / Babylon / Akkadian | A patron god of herdsmen & A god of cattle |
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God name "Sakkan" |
Sumeria | The god of animal husbandry and the fecundity of cattle. Sumeria |
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God name "Sakra" |
Buddhist | The god of Trayastrimsa heaven. Buddhist |
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God name "Sakra (the mighty one)" |
Buddhist | God. The god of the month asvina and an epithet of the Vedic god INDRA.... |
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"Sakti" |
Dwarawati | Lived in Sapta Pratala, the seventh layer of the earth. When he was angry he would became a gigantic scary snake and the world would shake. Dwarawati |
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"Sakti" |
Hindu | The Supreme True One is Sakti. This True One is the transcendent and Immanent One who encompasses all. Hindu |
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God name "Sakti (energy)" |
Hindu, Jain / Buddhist | Personification of a god. The effective power, or creative force, of a deity in the form of a female aspect. In a more specific context, the SAKTI identifies the creative force of the god SIVA, particularly the ugra or violent aspects DURGA and KALI. The Sakti may frequently have the same characteristics and carry the same attributes as the principal god. In Tantrism, the unity of opposites is defined by the Sakti, which is the yoni or female sexuality that unites with the male lingam of Siva.... |
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"Sakti-trimurti" |
India | The feminine aspect of the Hindu Trimurti or Triad, the active feminine energy of the divinities. India |
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God name "Sakumo" |
Gan / Accra region, Ghana, West Africa | God of war. The guardian deity of the Gan tribe.... |
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"Sakyamuni" |
Buddhas | Remembering such grace of Sakyamuni Buddha makes our tears flow! |
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God name "Sakyamuni (the sage of the Sakyas)" |
Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | God. The historical BUDDHA, known mainly from Tibet. He stands upon a lotus. Color: golden. Attribute: a bowl.... |
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Goddess name "Sala" |
Akkadia | wife of the weather god Adad and a goddess of war. Akkadia |
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God name "Sala" |
Babylonian | The female consort of the Sun-god of Eridu. Babylonian |
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Goddess name "Sala" |
Hittite | lady of the mountain who became a goddess of fertility and Agriculture. Hittite |
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Goddess name "Sala" |
Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | war goddess. A consort of ADAD, she carries a doubleheaded mace-scimitar embellished with lion heads.... |
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"Salacia" |
Greek | The female divinity of the sea among the Romans, and the wife of Neptune. |
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"Salagrama" |
Hindu | A stone credited with possessing magical properties and worn in parts of India as an amulet. Hindu |
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God name "Salagrama" |
Hindu / late | Aniconic form of the god VIS'NU. A fossil ammonite shell embodying the god and forming a part of daily ritual in many Vaisnava households as well as appearing in monasteries.... |
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Spirit name "Salamander" |
Greek | The nature spirits of fire, the fire elementals. The Greek salamandra was believed to have power over fire. |
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"Salamis" |
Greek | A daughter of Asopis, and by Poseidon the mother of Cenchreus or Cychreus. Greek |
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God name "Salevao" |
Polynesia | Sacred one of the bush a general village god as well as a war god. Polynesia |
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God name "Salevao" |
Polynesian | Primordial god of rocks. He is the brother of SAVEA SI'ULEO, god of the dead, and the consort of PAPATUANUKA, the earth mother, who became pregnant and gave birth to Moa in the center of the earth. (Moa may have been the ancestor of mankind, roughly equating to Adam.)... |
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"Salganeus" |
Greek | A surname of Apollo, derived from the town of Salganeus in Boeotia. greek |
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Deity name "Salim" |
Ugaritic | Shalim or Salem, a personification of Venus as the evening star and a deity of the dusk. Ugaritic |
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God name "Salim" |
Western Semitic / Syrian | God of evening. Generally linked with SAR, the god of dawn.... |
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Goddess name "Salm of Mahram" |
Arabia | A goddess from the pantheon of Tayma introduced to North Arabia from North Syria. |
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God name "Salm of Mahram (image of Mahram)" |
Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Local tutelary god. Correspondence of the Babylonian king Nabonidus (559-539 BC) mentions that this deity was worshiped at Taima, an important trade and religious center where he was head of the pantheon. Gods in the region were often named after local places and personified by a stone stele carved with schematic anthropomorphic features and a winged disc showing strong Egyptian influence. Also Salman.... |
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God name "Salm of Mahram/ Salman" |
N Arabia | A local tutelary god |
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"Salmacis" |
Greek | A fountain of Caria, which rendered effeminate all those who bathed therein. It was in this fountain that Hermaphroditus changed his sex. Greek |
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Nymph name "Salmacis" |
Greek | The nymph of the well Salmacis, near the mausoleum at Halicarnassus. The nymph fell in love with Hermaphroditos and tried to win his affections, but in vain. Greek |
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Goddess name "Salmaone" |
Greek | A mother goddess |
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God name "Salmoneus" |
Greek | A son of Aeolus by Enarete, and a brother of Sisyphus. Sangarius, a river-god, is described as the son of Oceanus and Tethys, and as the husband of Metope, by whom he became the father of Hecabe. (Theogony 344). Greek |
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Goddess name "Salus" |
Greek | The personification of health, prosperity, and the public welfare, among the Romans. In the first of these three senses she answers very closely to the Greek Hygieia, and was accordingly represented in works of art with the same attributes as the Greek goddess. In the second sense she represents prosperity in general and was invoked by the husbandmen at seed-time. In the third sense Salus is the goddess of the public welfare. |
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God name "Salus (salvation)" |
Roman | Minor god of health. A sanctuary dated to 302 BC on the Quirinal, one of the seven hills of Rome, is dedicated to the deity. He was also worshiped within the colonies of the empire. There is an altar at Corbridge in Northumberland, England with a votive inscription to Salus. Attributes include a bowl and a snake.... |
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"Sama" |
Islam | A devotion dance and an aid for perfection. Islam |
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God name "Sama" |
Dravidian / Tamil / southern India | Obscure heroic god. Known circa first to fifth century AD. The younger brother of the god of love KAMA and equating to SAMBA, worshiped in northern India.... |
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Book name "Samael" |
Chaldean | The concealed occult Wisdom. Chaldean Book of Numbers |
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Angel name "Samael" |
Chaldean | The Prince of darkness, the angel of death or Poison. Hebreo-Chaldean Qabbalah |
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Deity name "Samael" |
Platonism / Gnosticism | The Demiurge, The Craftsman or Creator, the deity responsible for the creation of the physical universe. Platonism and Gnosticism |
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God name "Samael" |
Gnostic Christian | Creator god. The blind god.See also YALDABAOTH.... |
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"Samantabhadra" |
Buddhas | The Lord of the Truth in Buddhism, who represents the practice and meditation of all Buddhas. |
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Spirit name "Samantabhadra (all-good)" |
Buddhist | God. A form of VAIROCANA and a dhyanibodhisattva (spiritual meditation buddha). He sits on a throne carried by a white elephant. Color: blue, green or white. Attributes: bell, cup, jewel, lotus with prayer wheel or sword. In Tibet he is also known as Kun-tu-bzan-po.See also BO HSIAN.... |
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Goddess name "Samantaorabha" |
Buddhist / Vjratana | A minor goddess |
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Goddess name "Samantaprabha (possessing universal splendor)" |
Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of several deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple passes. Color: red. Attributes: an image of AMITABHA carried in the hand, and a staff.... |
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God name "Samas" |
Akkadia | God of the Sun and patron deity of Sippa and Larsa Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
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Goddess name "Samas'" |
Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Sun god. The patron deity of Sippar and Larsa. His consort is the mother goddess A-A. S amas derives from the god UTU in the Sumerian pantheon. He is associated with justice. His symbol is the Sun disc and a star surrounded with radiating Sunbeams. He may carry a single-headed scimitar embellished with a panther head. His sanctuary is known as the E-babbar. Also associated with human-headed bulls. His attendant deities include Mes aru, justice, and Kettu, righteousness. He came to much greater prominence in the pantheon at Babylon from about the eighteenth century BC.... |
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God name "Samba" |
Hindu | Heroic god Hindu |
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God name "Samba" |
Hindu / northern India | Heroic god. The son of KRSNA and RUKMINI, alternatively the son of VIS NU. The younger brother of the god KAMA and consort of INDUKARI. Also one of the minor incarnations of Vis nu worshiped in the cult of the pancaviras by the Vrisni clans.... |
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God name "Samia" |
Greek | A daughter of the river-god Maeander, and wife of Ancaeus, by whom she became the mother of Samos. Samia also occurs as a surname of Hera, which is derived from her temple and worship in the island of Samos. Greek |
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Planet name "Samiasa" |
Jewish | A seraph, who fell in love with Aholibamah, a granddaughter of Cain, and when the flood came, carried her under his wing to some other planet. Jewish |
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Spirit name "Samiel" |
German | The Black Huntsman of the Wolf's Glen. A Satanic spirit, who gave to a marksman who entered into compact with him seven balls, six of which were to hit infallibly whatever was aimed at, but the seventh was to deceive. The person who made this compact was termed Der Freischutz. German |
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"Samius" |
Greek | A surname of Poseidon, derived from his temples in Samos and Samicon in Elis. Greek |
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"Samkarsana" |
Dravidian | Local last form of Balarama Dravidian / Camille |
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"Samkarsana" |
Dravidian / Tamil / southern India / Sri Lanka | Localized form of BALARAMA. Has a complexion white like milk, wears a blue robe with a red garland and carries a nanjil (plough).... |
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Goddess name "Samkhat" |
Babylon | Goddess of happiness and joy. Babylon |
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Spirit name "Sammael" |
Cabalists | The chief of evil spirits, who is for ever gnashing his teeth over the damned. Next to him is Ashmedai. Cabalists |
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God name "Sampsa" |
Finnish | vegetation god who gives life to seed who lies dormant through the Winter. Finnish |
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God name "Sampsa (sedge)" |
Pre - Christian Finnish | vegetation god. He is perceived as a giver of life to seed which lies dormant through the Winter months. His unnamed consort, to whom he is wed in a form of sacred marriage which takes place at sowing time, is also his stepmother.... |
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Deity name "Sams" |
Greek | Sun deity who in the north is a male and in the south female. Greek |
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Deity name "Sams" |
Pre - Islamic / Arabian | Sun deity. In the north the being is male, in the south female. Probably derived from S AMAS .... |
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Goddess name "Samundra" |
India | Goddess of rivers India |
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God name "Samvara" |
Buddhist | God Buddhist / Mahayana |
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Deities name "Samvara (keeping out)" |
Buddhist / Mahayana | God. One of the emanations of AKSOBHYA and also of HEVAJIRA. In Lamaism he is a four-headed tutelary yi-dam god. His SAKTI is VAJRAVARAHI. He stands upon one or more four-armed Hindu deities including Kalaratri and BHAIRAVA. Color: blue or black. Attributes: ax, bell, cup, drum, image of Aksobhya on the crown, image of four-faced BRAHMA, knife, moon disc, skin, staff and trident.... |
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Goddess name "San Chou Niang Niang" |
China | Mother goddess who was first deified during the Sung dynasty China |
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God name "San Sgrub Bon" |
Tibet | A god that was absorbed into a variety of Yama in Lamaism |
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God name "San-Dui" |
Buddhist | Tutelary god Buddhist / Tibet |
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God name "San-Guan" |
Chinese | The three gods in charge of the Chinese heaven |
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God name "Sancus" |
Roman | Sangus or Semo Sancus, a Roman divinity, is said to have been originally a Sabine god, and identical with Hercules and Dins Fidius. The name which is etymologically the same as Sanctus, and connected with Sancire, seems to justify this belief, and characterises Sancus as a divinity presiding over oaths. |
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Angel name "Sandalphon" |
Hebrew | The name of the chief of angels, the Kabbalistic Prince of angels, and one of the Cherubim of the Ark. Hebrew |
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Goddess name "Sandhya" |
Hindu | Goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
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God name "Sangarius" |
Greek | A river-god, is described as the son of Oceanus and Tethys, and as the husband of Metope, by whom he became the father of Hecabe. The river Sangarius (in Phrygia) itself is said to have derived its name from one Sangas, who had offended Rhea, and was punished lay her by being changed into water. Greek |
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God name "Sango" |
Yoruba / Nigeria | A god of thunder |
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God name "Sango Yoruba" |
Nigeria | God of thunder Nigeria |
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God name "Sani" |
Buddhist | Astral god Hindu / Buddhist |
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Planet name "Sani" |
Chaldean | God identified with the planet Saturn and whose parents were the Sun and the shade. |
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Goddess name "Saning Sari" |
Java | Rice mother goddess Java |
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Goddess name "Sanjna" |
Hindu | Goddess of warriors Hindu daughter of the celestial architect Tvastra disguised herself as a horse and fled from her husband. When he caught her, they produced the Ashwini Kumaras, the horse-headed twins. Each day the twins bring the dawn as their chariot speeds through the sky. Hindu |
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Goddess name "Sanjna (conscience)" |
Hindu | Goddess. The daughter of TVASTAR, a consort of SURYA and, in some texts, the mother of YAMA.... |
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Goddess name "Sanju" |
Kafir / Afghanistan | A harvest goddess |
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Goddess name "Sanju" |
Kafir / Afghanistan | Harvest goddess. A littlereported deity, the consort of the war god GISH and daughter of SANU. She controls the harvesting, threshing and winnowing of grain and the safe storage of wheat and butter. She carries a golden winnow and is either depicted in human form or as a goat. Her cult is known chiefly from the village of Pronz in the southern Hindukush where she enjoyed an important sanctuary with stone seats around the icon, part of which reportedly still exists. Wooden statues depict her in human form, nude to the waist. Alternatively, she is perceived as a bird that acts as a messenger. The blood of sacrificial animals was poured over the figure. Also Sulmech; SANU.... |
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Goddess name "Sanju Kafir" |
Afghanistan | Harvest goddess Afghanistan |
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Goddess name "Sankari" |
Hindu | Mother goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
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Goddess name "Sankari" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of the SAPTAMATARAS.... |
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God name "Sankha" |
Hindu | Snake god Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
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God name "Sankha(pala)" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Snake god. One of a group of seven MAHANAGAS or nagadevas. Attributes: cup and rosary. Three-eyed.... |
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God name "Sankha[pala]" |
Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A snake god |
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Demon name "Sankhasura" |
Hindu | A demon who warred against the gods, stole the Vedas and hid them at the bottom of the sea. They were rescued by Vishnu in the form of a fish. Hindu |
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God name "Sanmukha" |
Hindu | God, a form of Skanda Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
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God name "Sanmukha (six-beaded)" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | God. A form of SKANDA and the son of PASUPATI and Svaha. God of the month asadba. His SAKTIS include VIJAYA and Jaya. He holds a large variety of attributes. Also Arumukan.... |
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"Sanqing" |
China | One of the supreme trinity known as The Three Pure Ones. China |
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Goddess name "Santa" |
Hindu | Mother goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
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Goddess name "Santa (appeased)" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI who is one of a group of both SAPTAMATARA and ASTAMATARA mothers. Also CAMUNDA.... |
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Goddess name "Santana" |
Hindu | Minor goddess Hindu |
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God name "Santana (offspring)" |
Hindu | Minor god. The son of Ugra and DIKSA. Also the personification of one of the five trees of Paradise.... |
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Goddess name "Santi (peace of mind)" |
Hindu | Goddess. The consort of TRIVIKRAMA.... |
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Goddess name "SantoshI Mata" |
Modern Hindu | Mother goddess. She first appeared in northern India in 1960 and has since developed a sizeable cult following. She is invoked to assist in gaining personal advancement and prosperity.... |
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Goddess name "Santoshi Mata" |
Hindu | Mother goddess of recent origin, about 1960 Hindu |
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God name "Sanu" |
Kafir / Afghanistan | A god |
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Goddess name "Sanu" |
Kafir / Afghanistan | God of obscure affinities. The father of the goddess SANJU and an adversary of the war god GISH. Described as a Muslim, so perhaps of foreign import. Also Sanru.... |
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God name "Sanu Kafir" |
Afghanistan | God Afghanistan |
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Goddess name "Sao" |
Greek | Goddess of sailing Greek |
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Goddess name "Sao Ching Niang Niang" |
Chinese | Mother goddess. One of the nine dark ladies of the pantheon who adopt a protective role. She removes Rain clouds when they threaten to flood crops.... |
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Goddess name "Sao ch'ing Niang Niang" |
China | Goddess of brooms and fair weather China |
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Nymph name "Saon" |
Greek | A mythical lawgiver of Samothrace, is said to have been a son of Zeus by a nymph, or of Hermes by Rhene. Greek |
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God name "Sapas" |
Canaan | God of the Sun Canaan |
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God name "Sapas" |
Western Semitic / Canaanite | Sun god. Modeled on the Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian) god SAMAS.... |
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Goddess name "Sapientia" |
Roman | Goddess of wisdom Roman |
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Goddess name "Saptamatara" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Generic title of a group of mother goddesses. Seven deities of evil influence, who generally inflict disease or other harm on children. Common color: red. Attributes: cup and lotus.... |
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Deities name "Saptanatra" |
Hindu | Generic title of the seven deities of evil influence Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
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God name "Sar" |
Syria | God of the dawn Syria |
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Goddess name "Sar Akka" |
Swedish | Goddess midwives Swedish |
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God name "Sara" |
Akkadia | Minor war god Babylon / Akkadia |
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Goddess name "Saraddevi" |
Buddhist | Fertility and vegetation goddess associated autumn Buddhist / Tibet |
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Goddess name "Saraddevi (goddess of autumn)" |
BuddhistLamaist / Tibet | Fertility and vegetation goddess. Associated with autumn, and an attendant of the goddess SRIDEVI. Her sacred animal is an antelope. Attributes: cup, knife and peacock feather.... |
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God name "Sarama" |
India | The fleet one, the runner; the dog belonging to Indra and the gods, the Divine watcher "over the golden flock of stars and solar rays." She is the mother of the two dogs called Sarameyas. India |
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Goddess name "Sarama (the nimble one)" |
Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Attendant goddess. She acts as a messenger to the god INDRA and guards his herds. In later Hindu texts Sarama is reputedly the mother of all dogs and is given the epithet the bitch of heaven. The Rg Veda accounts her as having punished the minor deity Panis for stealing cows.... |
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Goddess name "Saranya" |
Hindu | Primordial goddess Hindu / Vedic |
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Goddess name "Saranyu (the fleet one)" |
Hindu / Vedic | Primordial goddess of uncertain affinities. Saranyu is the daughter of the god TVASTAR, and the sister of VISVARUPA. Her consort is Vivasvat, by whom she is said to be the mother of YAMA and YAMI, the twin progenitors of the human race. Little else is known of her, but she is accounted as having an impetuous nature.See also VIVASVAN.... |
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"Sarapis" |
Egyptian | Serapis, an Egyptian divinity, the worship of which was introduced into Greece in the time of the Ptolemies. Apollodorus (ii) states that Serapis was the name given to Apis after his death and deification. |
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God name "Sarapis" |
Late Egypt | God. Known only from the Greco-Roman period of the early Ptolemies (fourth century BC) but persisting in Europe until second or third century AD. In Egyptian religion Sarapis is a hybridization of certain aspects of OSIRIS, the underworld god, and APIS, the bull god, who symbolizes the earthly presence of PTAH. Sarapis is perceived to epitomize both the fertility of the land and the life of the sacred bull after death. In Greek mythology he takes on aspects of ZEUS, HELIOS, ASKLEPIOS and DIONYSOS. He was worshiped extensively in the Roman Empire period. A sanctuary at York in England was dedicated by a soldier of the sixth legion, and magnificent statues were discovered in the Walbrook Mithraeum in London, and at Merida in Spain. Also Seraphis (Greek).... |
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Goddess name "Sarasvati" |
Hindu | A sacred river in the Vedas, and as a river goddess she was often invoked to bestow vitality, renown. She is described as moving along a golden path and destroying the demon Vritra. Hindu |
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Goddess name "Sarasvati Hindu," |
Vedic | A goddess of astronomy, science, education, wisdom, eloquence & rivers |
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Goddess name "Sarasvati The ethereal" |
Hindu | The elegant one; the Divine consort or wife of Brahma, his feminine alter ego and goddess of hidden learning and esoteric wisdom. Hindu |
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Goddess name "Saraswati" |
Hinduism | The first of the three prominent goddesses of Hinduism, the other two being Lakshmi and Durga. Saraswati is the consort of Lord Brahma, the creator. |
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God name "Saravakarmavaranavisodhani" |
Buddhist | God of the richer, another deification of text Buddhist |
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Goddess name "Sari Chou Niiarig Niiarig" |
Chinese | Mother goddess. First deified during the Sung Dynasty (AD 960-1279) to combat the popularity of KUAN YIN, no mortal existence is recognized for this deity who is referred to simply as heavenly mother. By tradition she rules over the islands of the blessed, the three mythical islands which are the home of the gods. She is depicted wearing a yellow robe signifying imperial rank and carries the attribute of a scepter. Typically she displays an enigmatic smile.... |
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Deities name "Sari-Dui" |
Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Tutelary god. One of a group of Lamaist tutelary or yi-dam deities chosen on an individual basis as personal guardians. Color: blue. Attributes: bell, jewel, lotus, prayer wheel, regal trappings, staff and sword. Threeeyed and three-headed.... |
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Goddess name "Saridhya" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The daughter of BRAHMA and consort of S IVA or other deities.... |
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God name "Sarigarios" |
Phrygian / northwestern Turkey | River god. A Hellenized version of an Asiatic god whose daughter, NANA, is, according to some traditions, the mother of the vegetation god ATTIS. She impregnated herself with an almond seed.... |
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God name "Sarigo" |
Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | God of thunder. His sacred animal is the ram whose bellowing is likened to the noise of thunder. Attributes include an ax which is worn on the head and bears six eyes.... |
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Planet name "Sarii" |
Hindu | (1) Astral god. The son of SURYA and CHAYA and the personification of the planet Saturn. Stands upon a lotus or rides in an iron chariot drawn by eight piebald horses. Color: black or blue. Attributes: arrow, bow, rosary, staff and trident.(2) Astral god. Buddhist. Stands upon a tortoise. Color: blue-black. Attribute: a staff.... |
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Goddess name "Sariirig Sari" |
Javan | Rice mother. Represented by parts of the rice plant known as indoea padi (mother of the rice). At planting, the finest grain is picked out and sown in the nursery bed in the form of the goddess, after which the rest of the grain is sown round about. At transplanting, the shoots making up the rice mother are given a similar special place in the paddy field. At harvesting, the rice mother plants are found and brought home for the following year's planting.... |
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"Saronis" |
Greek | A surname of Artemis at Troezene, where an annual festival was celebrated in honour of her under the name of Saronia. Greek |
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"Sarpa" |
Hindu | Sarpa serpent was produced from Brahma's hair, which, owing to his fright at beholding the Yakshas, whom he had created horrible to behold, fell off from the head, each hair becoming a serpent. Hindu |
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Spirit name "Sarpa-rajni" |
Blavatsky | The queen of the serpents; "Before our globe became egg-shaped (and the Universe also) 'a long trail of Cosmic dust (or fire mist) moved and writhed like a serpent in Space.' The 'Spirit of God moving on chaos' was symbolized by every nation in the shape of a fiery serpent breathing fire and light upon the primordial waters, until it had incubated cosmic matter and made it assume the annular shape of a serpent with its tail in its mouth -- which symbolises not only Eternity and Infinitude, but also the globular shape of all the bodies formed within the Universe from that fiery mist. The Universe, as well as the earth and Man, cast off periodically, serpent-like, their old skins, to assume new ones after a time of rest " The secret Doctrine, by H. P. Blavatsky |
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King name "Sarpedon" |
Greek | 1. A son of Zeus by Europa, and a brother of Minos and Rhadamanthys. Being involved in a quarrel with Minos about Miletus, he took refuge with Cilix, whom he assisted against the Lycians and afterwards he became king of the Lycians, and Zeus granted him the privilege of living three generations. |
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Goddess name "Sarra lntu" |
Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Fertility goddess. Originally the tutelary deity of the city of Su-Sin. By Hellenistic times she probably became the more important goddess Sarrahitu who is included in the pantheon at Uruk and mentioned in various cult texts where she is described as the bride and was presumably involved in a sacred marriage ceremony.... |
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Goddess name "Sarrahitu" |
Akkadia | Goddess of fertility who started out being Tutelary goddess of the city of Su-Sin Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
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Goddess name "Sarrahitu/ Sarra Itu" |
Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Babylon / Akkadia | A fertility goddess that started out being the tutelary goddess of the city of Su-Sin |
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God name "Sarritor" |
Roman | Minor god of Agriculture who was invoked during the growing and harvesting of crops Roman |
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God name "Sarritor" |
Roman | Minor god of Agriculture. Invoked during growing and harvesting of crops.... |
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God name "Sarruma" |
Hittite | God Hittite / Hurrian |
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God name "Sarruma" |
Hittite / Hurrian | God. Originally a Hurrian deity adopted by the Hittite state religion. The son of the weather god TESUB and his consort HEBAT. His sacred animal is a panther. Attribute: ax.... |
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God name "Sarvabuddhadharma-Kosavati (with the virtues of all the buddhas)" |
Buddhist | God of literature. The deification of texts. One of a group of DHARANIS. Color: yellow. Attributes: basket of jewels and staff.... |
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God name "Sarvabuddharma-Kosavati" |
Buddhist | God of literature, the deification of texts Buddhist |
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Spirit name "Sarvaga" |
Sanskrit | The spirit-substance of the world, its soul. Equivalent to the anima mundi, and that which the Christians call the Holy spirit. Sanskrit |
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God name "Sarvakarmavaranavisodhani (washing away the obstruction of all deeds)" |
Buddhist | God of literature. The deification of texts. One of a group of DHARANIS. Color: green. Attribute: staff.... |
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God name "Sarvakarmsvaranavisodhani" |
Buddhist | it in other god of literature |
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Spirit name "Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma" |
India | Sarvam Khalvidam Brahma (Sanskrit) the manifested universe with Brahma as the supreme mind and spirit. India |
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Spirit name "Sarvanaranaviskambhin" |
Buddhist | God, a spiritual meditation buddha Buddhist |
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Spirit name "Sarvanivaranaviskambhin (remover of stain)" |
Buddhist / Mahayana | God. A dhyaniboddhisattva or spiritual meditation buddha. Color: white. Attributes: Book, jewel, moon disc, sword and staff.... |
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Spirit name "Sarvapayanjaha (remover of miseries)" |
Buddhist / Mahayana | God. A dhyaniboddhisattva or spiritual mediation buddha. Color: white. Attribute: hook in two hands.... |
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Spirit name "Sarvasokatamonirghatamati (destroyer of sorrow)" |
Buddhist | God. A dhyanibodhisattva or spiritual meditation buddha.... |
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Spirit name "Sarvasokatamonirghatmatiage" |
Buddhist | God, another spiritual meditation buddha Buddhist |
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Goddess name "Sarvastramahajvala" |
Jain | Messenger goddess Jain |
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Goddess name "Sarvastramahajvala (the great blaze of all weapons)" |
Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
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Goddess name "Sasanadevata" |
Jain / India | Messenger goddess. Generic name for one of a group of twenty-four who minister to the tirthankaras or saints of Jainism.... |
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God name "Sastra-devatas" |
Hindu | The gods of Divine weapons in the Mahabharata and Ramayana, the lords behind earthquakes, tidal waves, storms of all kinds, and lightning. Hindu |
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Goddess name "Sasuratum" |
Canaan | These are midwife goddesses, they are seven in number |
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Goddess name "Sasuratum" |
Western Semitic / Canaanite | Midwife goddesses. A group of seven female deities fathered by BAAL. Also Kosharot (Hebrew).... |
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"Sata-rupa" |
India | As nature, was the daughter of Brahma, and the mother of the first manu, called Svayambhuva. India |
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Goddess name "Satabhisa" |
Hindu | Minor goddess of fortune who is not very nice at all Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
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Goddess name "Satabhisa" |
Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A malevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
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"Satan" |
Christian | The Christian devil, a mere figment of theological imagination. |
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Goddess name "Satarupa (with a hundred forms)" |
Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess. The daughter of BRAHMA with whom he committed incest and whose beauty caused him to generate four heads so that he might view her from all directions.... |
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Goddess name "Sataruri" |
Hindu | Minor goddess who was the victim of incest Hindu / Puranic |
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Goddess name "Satet" |
Egypt | A goddess of archery & hunting |
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Goddess name "Satet Sati" |
Egypt | The consort of Khnemu, and sister-goddess of Anqet, and the second member of a triad. Together with Khnemu her attributes are watery, so that she is depicted as sprinkling water and scattering seed. Egypt |
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Goddess name "Sati" |
Hindu | Mother goddess Hindu / Puranic / India / Epic |
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Goddess name "Sati/ Sakti/ Parvati" |
Hindu / Puranic / Epic / India | A mother goddess |
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Goddess name "Sati/ Satet" |
Egypt | A goddess of waterfalls |
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Goddess name "Satis" |
Egypt | Minor goddess of fertility Egypt |
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Goddess name "Satis (she who shoots; she who pours)" |
Egypt | Minor goddess. A guardian of the southern (Nubian) border of Upper Egypt. The consort of the ram god KHNUM and, by implication, the mother of ANUKIS. She is depicted wearing the conical white crown of Upper Egypt, bearing tall plumes or antelope horns. Satis is described in Pyramid Texts, particularly the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, and there is reference to a sanctuary built for her at Elephantine. Also Satjit; Satet (both Egyptian).... |
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God name "Satrughna" |
Hindu | Minor god Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
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