| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| 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.... |
"Pandara" | Buddhist | The Shakti of Amitabha, and a feminine bodhisattva. Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Pandara" | Buddhist | Goddess. The SAKTI of AMITABHA and a female BODHISATTVA or buddha-designate. She originates from the Tantric syllable PAM. Color: rose. Attributes: blue lotus, cup, knife and prayer wheel.... |
| God name "Pap-nigin-gara" | Mesopotamia | God of war who was lord of the boundary stone. Mesopotamia |
| God name "Pap-nigin-gara (lord of the boundary stone)" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | God of war. Syncretized with NINURTA.... |
| God name "Papsukkal" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | Messenger god. Identified in late Akkadian texts and known chiefly from Hellenistic Babylonian times. His consort is AMASAGNUL and he acts as both messenger and gatekeeper for the rest of the pantheon. A sanctuary, the E-akkil, is identified from the Mesopotamian site of Mkis'. He becomes syncretized with NINS'UBUR.... |
| Deity name "Paramita" | Buddhist | Descriptive name of a philosophical deity Buddhist |
| Spirit name "Paramita" | Buddhist | Descriptive name of a philosophical deity. Applied to one of the group of twelve whose spiritual father is RATNASAMBHAVA. Common attributes: banner with a pearl, and a lotus.... |
| Goddess name "Pattinidevi (queen of goddesses)" | Hindu / Singhalese / Sri Lanka | Mother goddess. A deification of Kannaki, the consort of Kovolan who, according to ancient Tamil tradition, journeyed to the town of Madurai to sell a gold anklet. Through trickery she was convicted of theft and executed, but was canonized. According to another tradition, she was born from a mango pierced by a sacred arrow. In southern India and Sri Lanka a goddess of chastity and fidelity in marriage. Also a guardian against diseases, including measles and smallpox. She is åśśociated with fire-walking rituals. Attributes: cobra-hood behind the head, and a lotus.... |
| 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).... |
| God name "Penates" | Romans | The household gods of the Romans, both in regard to a private family and to the state, as the great family of citizens: hence we shall have to distinguish between private and public Penates. |
| Deities name "Penates" | Roman | Hearth deities. These gods are a peculiarly Roman innovation, unknown to the Greeks. The penates, chosen individually by the head of the household, oversaw the domestic affairs of most Roman families. They were considered sufficiently important that, if a move was anticipated, they were taken to and established in the new residence a priori. They are represented in the form of small statues made of anything from clay to gold according to the wealth of the owner, and were provided with regular offerings of scraps of food.... |
"Phlegethon" | Greek | I. e. the flaming, a river in the lower world, is described as a son of Cocytus; but he is more commonly called Pyriphlegethon. It flowed with fire that burned but did not consume fuel. In the Divine Comedy the river is made of boiling blood and is part of the seventh circle of hell, containing the shades of tyrants, murderers, robbers and those guilty of sins involving violence against others. Greek |
| Goddess name "Pienenkir" | Elamite | Goddess of fertility, nurturing and motherhood. Elamite |
| Goddess name "Pietas" | Roman | The goddess of duty to the state, gods and family and a personification of the Roman virtue of piety. Roman |
| God name "Pietas" | Roman | Minor god. A sanctuary dedicated to him circa 191 BC is still in existence in Rome. He became Pietas Augusta and is åśśociated with family solidarity and patriotism.... |
| Goddess name "Pinikirz" | Elamite / Iran | Mother goddess. Known only from inscriptions.... |
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