Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Mahisasuramardini (slayer of the buffalo demon)" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of the goddess DEVI. Appearing from the fourth century AD onward, this goddess is a DURGA form of Devi. She possesses up to twelve arms holding an åśśortment of weapons and may be seated on a lion. According to legend, the form arose in response to the threat from the demonic MAHISA who was eventually slain by the goddess Devi with his own sword. Attributes: ax, banner, bell, bow, club, conch, drum, hook, lizard, mirror, noose, prayer wheel, shield, sword, staff and trident. Three-eyed.... |
God name "Mahiuikez" | Polynesia | Fire god Polynesia |
Goddess name "Marama" | Polynesian / Maori | moon goddess. She equates with the Tahitian goddess HINA, daughter of TANGAROA. Tradition has it that her body wastes away with each lunar cycle but is restored when she bathes in the sea from which all life springs.... |
"Mungu" | Africa | The name of the Creator in the Swahili language. Africa |
God name "Mungu" | Swahili / East Africa | Creator god. The name applied to the notion of a single god in the heavens, influenced by the spread of Christianity. Also Mulungu.... |
God name "Nahi" | Arabia | The patron god of Thamud, in northern Arabia. |
God name "Nahi" | Pre - Islamic northern Arabian | Guardian god. Generally of benevolent nature.... |
God name "Oro" | Tahiti | A god of both war and peace in Polynesia. During peacetime he was called Oro-i-Te-Tea-Moe ("Oro with the spear down"). He is a son of Tangaroa and Hina-Tu-A-Uta, and father of Hoa-Tapu, Toi-Mata, Ai-Tupuai and Mahu-Fatu-Rau. Tahiti |
God name "Oro" | Polynesian / Tahiti | God of war. One of the sons of TANGAROA.... |
God name "Oro Polynesia/" | Tahiti | A god of war |
Goddess name "Pansahi" | Mata | Hindu one of the seven mother goddesses that later became regarded as evil |
Goddess name "Pansahi Mata" | Hindu | One of the seven mother goddesses who later became regarded as evil Hindu |
Goddess name "Pansahi Mata" | Hindu | Mother goddess. A SAKTI and one of seven SAPTAMATARAS (mothers) who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent, inflicting sickness on children under the age of seven. Particularly known from Bengal.... |
Goddess name "Pele" | Polynesian / Hawaii | Volcano goddess. According to tradition she arrived in Hawaii in a canoe, having sailed from Tahiti. She may derive locally from the more familiar Polynesian moon goddess, HINA, since one of her alternative names is Hina-Ai-Malama (Hina who devours the moon).... |
Goddess name "Re'are'a" | Tahiti | Goddess of happiness, joy Tahiti |
God name "Rua" | Tahiti | God of craftsmen and big holes in the ground. Tahiti |
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.... |
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.... |