Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Pancamukha-Patradeva" | Buddhist | God, a beggar Buddhist |
God name "Pancamukha-Patradeva" | Buddhist | God. A bowl-god. Attributes: an alms bowl in each of sixteen hands. Five-headed.... |
Goddess name "Prabha" | India | Goddess of health who hands out Divine amulets. India |
Goddess name "Pramudita" | Buddhist | In minor goddess Buddhist / Vajrayana |
Goddess name "Pramudita (delighted)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of several deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: red. Attributes: jewel and staff.... |
King name "Priam" | Greek | The famous king of Troy, at the time of the Trojan war. He was a son of Laomedon and Strymo or Placia. His original name is said to have been Podarces, i. e. "the swift-footed," which was changed into Priamus, "the ransomed" because he was the only surviving son of Laomedon and was ransomed by his sister Hesione, after he had fallen into the hands of Heracles. Greek |
"Proserpina or Proserpine" | Roman | One day, as she was amusing herself in the meadows of Sicily, Pluto seized her and carried her off in his chariot to the infernal regions for his bride. In her terror she dropped some of the lilies she had been gathering, and they turned to daffodils. Roman |
"Pyramus" | Greek | The lover of Thisbe. Supposing Thisbe to be torn to pieces by a lion, he stabbed himself, and Thisbe, finding the dead body, stabbed herself also. Both fell dead under a mulberry-tree, which has ever since borne blood red fruit. Greek |
God name "Resep (A) Mukal" | Western Semitic / Canaanite / Phoenician / , originating in Syria | war and plague god. Introduced into Egypt by the XVIII Dynasty during the sixteenth century BC and rapidly achieved some prominence. His wife is Itum and he was also known as Res ep-Amukal and Res epSulman. Res ep is probably modeled on the Mesopotamian NERGAL. He is depicted as a youthful, warlike god, often with a gazelle's head springing from his forehead, and with a spear in his right hand. In Egyptian iconography he is depicted wearing the crown of Upper Egypt surmounted in front by the head of a gazelle. He has links with the Theban war god MONTU and was thought of as a guardian deity in battle by many Egyptian pharaohs; he is said to have shot firebrands with a bow and arrow. He also exerted a benign influence against disease. The influence of Res ep extended to Cyprus during the preHellenic period and at the time of Hellenization he was allied to and perhaps syncretized with APOLLO. Also Ras ap, Res ef.... |
God name "Rigisamus" | Roman / Celtic | A god of war |
God name "Rigisamus" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | God of war. Assimilated with MARS.... |
God name "Rigisamus or Rigonmetis" | Celtic | God of war åśśimilated with the Mars. Celtic |
"Sakyamuni" | Buddhas | Remembering such grace of Sakyamuni Buddha makes our tears flow! |
God name "Sakyamuni (the sage of the Sakyas)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | God. The historical BUDDHA, known mainly from Tibet. He stands upon a lotus. Color: golden. Attribute: a bowl.... |
"Salagrama" | Hindu | A stone credited with possessing magical properties and worn in parts of India as an amulet. Hindu |
Goddess name "Samundra" | India | Goddess of rivers India |
Goddess name "Santa (appeased)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI who is one of a group of both SAPTAMATARA and ASTAMATARA mothers. Also CAMUNDA.... |
God name "Sed" | Egypt | Guardian god. Popular as a personal deity and often identified on protective amulets.... |