Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Upapattivasita (control of fitness)" | Buddhist | Minor goddess. One of a group of VASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritual regeneration. Color: mixed. Attribute: a creeper.... |
Goddess name "Uras" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Chthonic earth goddess. One of the named consorts of the sky god AN and the mother of NIN'INSINNA.... |
"Vac" | Hindu | The personification of the sacred river, the Sarasvati. Hindu |
Goddess name "Vac (speech)" | Hindu / Vedic | Goddess of the spoken word. In some texts she is a daughter of DAKSA and consort of KASYAPA. Alternatively she is the daughter of Ambhrna. Also known by the epithet queen of the gods, Vac is the personification of the phenomenon of speech and oral communication. She gives the boon of hearing, speech and sight and she can lead a man to become a Brahman. She also personifies truth and sustains somathe liquid essence of vision and immortality. She is said to have created the four Vedas, the basis of the earliest Hindu mythology.... |
"Vacuna" | Sabine | A Sabine divinity identical with Victoria, the personification of victory. |
Goddess name "Vajrasrnkhala (personification)" | Buddhist | (1) Minor goddess. One of the Mahayana deities said to be an emanation of AMOGHASIDDHI. Some texts describe her as the SAKTI of HEVAJIRA. Color: green. Attributes: arrow, bow, cup, image of Amoghasiddhi on the crown, mane, noose skin, and staff. Three-eyed and three-headed.(2) Goddess of learning. Jain. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
"Vanapagan" | Estonian | Old Nick, "Old Heathen", the devil depicted as dumb giant farmer. Estonian |
"Vanatuhi" | Estonian | Old Empty One, the devil. Estonian |
God name "Vanemuine" | Estonian | The god of songs. Estonian |
Goddess name "Vasita (willpower)" | Hindu | Generic title for a group of goddesses. Twelve deities who personify the disciplines which result in spiritual regeneration.... |
"Vayu" | Vedic | Personification of the wind. Vedic |
Spirit name "Ve'ai" | Koryak / S Siberia | The feminine vegetation spirit & personification of the gråśślands |
Spirit name "Ve'ai (gråśś woman)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | vegetation spirit. The personification of the gråśślands and their guardian deity. She is perceived as a shaman / ca and is the consort of EME'MQUT.... |
"Ved Ava" | Russia | A personification of the water. Russia |
Spirit name "Veehaldjas" | Estonian | spirit of the water, the weaver of a spring. Estonian |
Spirit name "Velaute'mtilan (sedge man)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | vegetation spirit. The personification of the sedges and therefore guardian of the boggy tundras and their animals.... |
God name "Veles" | Slav | Chthonic underworld god. Also identified as the cattle god. Also Volos.... |
"Velnias" | Lithuanian | The devil or evil personified. Lithuanian |