| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Demon name "Varaha" | Hindu | The third avatar of Vishnu, in the form of a boar, who appeared in order to defeat Hiranyaksha, a demon who had taken the earth and carried it to the bottom of the cosmic ocean. Hindu |
| Demon name "Varaha (boar)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VISNU. The third avatara of Vis'nu, which appears as a boar. According to legend, he descends in this guise to the bottom of the primeval sea to rescue the earth, which has been removed there by a demon. He retrieves it in the shape of a girl. The avatara may be depicted in wholly animal form or as a human with a boar's head. Epithets include Adivaraha.... |
| Goddess name "Varahmukhi (having a boars head)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of MARICI. Attributes: arrow, bow, flower and staff.... |
| Goddess name "Varali" | Mahayana | Minor moon goddess. Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Varali" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant on MARICI. Color: white. Attributes: flower, needle, noose and staff.... |
| Goddess name "Vasumatisri (beautiful with an excellent mind)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of VASUDHARA.... |
| Goddess name "Vasusri" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Vasusri (beautiful one)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of VASUDHARA.... |
| Goddess name "Vasya-tara (the subjected Tara)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. An emanation of AMOGHASIDDHI and considered to be indistinguishable from ARYA-TARA. Color: green. Attributes: blue lotus and image of Amoghasiddhi on the crown.... |
| Deities name "Vidyraja" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Tutelary god. One of several deities who are concerned with the implementation of the law.... |
| God name "Vigrieaetaka (remover of obstacles)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. An emanation of AKSOBHYA who may equate with the Hindu god GANESA. Color: blue. He is also seen as a dikpala or guardian of the northerly direction, in which case his color is green. Attributes: cup, drum, hook, knife, noose and staff. Three-headed. Also Analarka.... |
| Goddess name "Vikalaratri (twilight night)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
"Wailan wangko" | esiaIndo | Said Wailan Wangko to Wangi, "Remain on earth while I climb up the tree." Said Wangi to Wailan Wangko, "Good." But then a thought occurred to Wangi and he climbed up the tree to ask Wailan Wangko why he, Wangi, should remain down there all alone. Said Wailan Wangko to Wangi, "Return and take earth and make two images, a man and a woman." Minahåśśa |
"Wakon'da" | N American | A power by which things are brought to påśś. and through this mysterious life and power all things are related to one another and to man." Wakon'da is both a force and a state of being. Omaha, Native American |
| Spirit name "Wakonea" | Omaha Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
| Goddess name "Walutahanga" | Melanesia | The eight-fold snake goddess who was born to a human mother. Melanesia |
| Angel name "Yaha-Yaha" | Nazorean | angels which come against those who send the evil eye against the Baptized. Early Nazorean |
| Goddess name "Yamaduti" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Messenger goddess. An attendant of YAMA. Her vehicle is a buffalo. Color: blue. Attributes: cup, fly whisk, knife and lotus.... |
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