| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Padmantaka (destructive to the lotus)" | Buddhist | God. A dikpala or guardian of the western direction. Color: red. Attributes: jewel, red lotus, prayer wheel and sword. Three-headed.... |
| God name "Paean" | Greek | The physician of the celestial gods; the deliverer from any evil or calamity. Greek |
"Palaemon" | Greek | Signifies the wrestler, as in the surname of Heracles in Lycophron but it also occurs as a proper name of several mythical personages. |
| God name "Palaemon" | Greco - Roman | Minor sea god. Originally Melikertes, the son of Ino, Palaemon was deified by the gods when his mother hurled herself from a cliff with her son in her arms. According to versions of the legend she was either insane or escaping the wrath of Athanas, king of Thebes.... |
| God name "Palaniyantavan" | Hindu / Dravidian / Tamil | A local god |
| God name "Palaniyantavan" | Hindu - Dravidian / Tamil | Local god. Known only from southern India and considered to be a form of SKANDA or of MURUKAN, who is an old Tamil tribal snake god.... |
| 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.... |
"Pau Cheng" | China | The fifth of the ten judges in An-fu, the "palace of darkness"; or hell. China |
"Pau-o-palae" | Pacific Islands | Pau-o-palae was clothed with a network of most delicate ferns. She was noted because of her magic power over all the ferns of the Forest, and for her skill in using the most graceful fronds for clothing and garlands. |
| 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 "Pidari (snake-catcher)" | Hindu / Puranic / later | One of the consorts of S IVA. A benevolent NAVASAKTI. The cult of Pidari probably evolved in the sixth and seventh centuries AD and is generally restricted to southern India. She is considered an aspect of the goddess KALI and is invoked in many villages to ward off evil and demons. She has most of the attributes of Kali and may also have snakes around her breasts, but may additionally be represented by a stone. Her cult moved at one time and reached a climax in eastern India between the eighth and twelfth centuries. Attributes: cup, fire, noose and trident. Also Pitali; Kala-Pidari.... |
| Goddess name "Poloknalai" | Kafir / Afghanistan | A goddess of animals |
| Goddess name "Poloknalai Kafir" | Afghanistan | Goddess of animals Afghanistan |
| Goddess name "Poluknalai" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Goddess of animals. Locally revered, with the goddess DISANI, among Askun villages in the southwest of Kafiristan.... |
"Prabhapala" | Buddhist | protector of light. In Buddhism, the name of a bodhisattva. |
| God name "Prajnantaka" | Buddhist | God. One of the dikpalas, guardians of the southern direction. Color: white. Attributes: jewel, lotus, sword, trident and white staff.... |
| Goddess name "Priyadarsana (pleasant to the eye)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
"Protologos" | Hebrew | First Logos; the archetypal cosmic man or synthesis of the ten Sephiroth in the Qabbalah. Hebrew |
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