Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Paraskeva" | Russia | Friday. Fertility goddess åśśociated with spinning, water, health, and marriage. Russia |
God name "Parasurama" | Hindu | Incarnation of the god of Visnu. Hindu |
Demon name "Parasurama (Rama-with-the-ax)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. The sixth avatara of Vis'nu (see also RAMA) in which form he saved the world from an army of tyrannical warriors. According to legend, Rama, the son of a wise man, became a skilled bowman and in gratitude he went to the Himalaya where he stayed, devoting himself to SIVA. His consort is DHARANI. Though without his bow, Rama acted as a champion of the gods in a war against the demons and was rewarded with an ax. In another legend, Vis'nu took the form of Parasurama to rid the world of despotic rulers. This avatara appears in human form, with two arms and with an ax in the right hand. Other attributes: arrow, bow, knife, skin and sword. Also Parasuramavatara.... |
Goddess name "Parcae" | Greco - Roman | Goddesses of fate. Originally a pair of birth goddesses, DECIMA and NONA, later joined by a goddess of death, MORTA.... |
Goddess name "Parce" | Greek / Roman | A pair birth goddesses became the goddesses of fate |
Goddess name "Pare" | Polynesia | Goddess of volcanoes. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Parendi" | Hindu | Minor goddess of prosperity åśśociated with acçúɱulating wealth. Hindu |
Goddess name "Parendi" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of prosperity. Associated with the acquisition of wealth.... |
God name "Pariacaca" | Inca | weather god response will for Rain and thunder. Inca |
God name "Pariacaca" | Peru | A god of water and Rainstorms and a creator-god. He was born a falcon but later became human. Peru |
God name "Pariacaca" | Pre - Inca central Andean / South America | weather god. The deity responsible for Rain and thunder, personified by the falcon.... |
"Paris" | Greek | Also called Alexander, was the second son of Priam and Hecabe. Previous to his birth Hecabe dreamed that she had given birth to a firebrand, the flames of which spread over the whole city. This dream was interpreted to her by Aesacus, or according to others by Cåśśandra, by Apollo, or by a Sibyl, and was said to indicate that Hecabe should give birth to a son, who should bring about the ruin of his native city, and she was accordingly advised to expose the child. Greek |
Goddess name "Pariskaravasita (control of purification)" | Buddhist | Minor goddess. One of a group of VASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritual regeneration. Color: yellow. Attribute: jeweled staff.... |
Goddess name "Pariskaravåśśita" | Buddhist | Minor goddess, one of those personifying the discipline of spiritual regeneration. Buddhist |
God name "Parjanya" | Hindu | God of Rain and the personification of Rain clouds. Hindu |
God name "Parjanya (rain giver)" | Hindu / Vedic | God of Rain. Became replaced by, or syncretized with, INDRA in later Hinduism, but in the Vedas he is seen as a god of gentle, fructifying Rain. May be regarded as an ADITYA.... |
Deity name "Parna-Savari" | Buddhist | A healing deity. Buddhist |
Goddess name "Parna-Savari (dressed in leaves)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. An emanation of AKSOBHYA and BODHISATTVA or buddha-designate. Also one of a group of DHARANIS (deifications of literature). She is particularly recognized in the northwest of India. Her vehicle is GANESA surmounting obstacles. Color: yellow or green. Attributes: arrow, ax, bow, flower, noose, peaçõçk feather, skin and staff. She is depicted as having three eyes and three heads.... |