| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Deities name "Vidyesvara" | Hindu | Generic title for a group of deities. Eight liberated or emancipated beings who are considered to be aspects of SIVA.... |
| God name "Vidyutkumara" | Jain / India | God. Belonging to one of the groups under the general title of BHVANAVASI (dwelling in places). Of youthful appearance.... |
| Deities name "Vigrieesvaraeugramurti" | Hindu / Puranic | family of deities. A popular depiction in art of SIVA (colored black) and Parvati with their son GANESA after he has been decapitated by his father and given the head of an elephant by way of replacement.... |
| Goddess name "Vikalaratri (twilight night)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
| God name "Viraratri (night of courage)" | Hindu | God. See also CHINNAMASTAKA.... |
| Spirit name "Viryaparamita" | Buddhist | Philosophical deity. spiritual offspring of RATNASAMBHAVA. Color: green. Attributes: blue lotus and jeweled banner.... |
| God name "Visnu Trivikrama" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Form of the god VISNU. Trivikrama is the transformation into a giant from Vis'nu's dwarf avatara VAMANA, in order to confirm his dominance over the world by covering it in three huge strides.... |
| Goddess name "Visvakarman (arcbitect of tbe universe)" | Hindu / Vedic | Poorly defined creator god. Similar to DYAUS PITAR, he is described as the artist of the gods who may be linked or identified with TVASTAR. He evolved, as the son of PRABHASA and Yogasiddha, into an occasional consort of the mother goddess SARASVATI.... |
| God name "Visvamitra" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor god. According to legend, the father of the god NARADA.... |
| God name "Visvarupa" | Hindu | Lesser known incarnation of the god VISNU. In Vedic literature he is identified as the son of TVASTAR. Visnu took the avatara at the request of ARJUNA. His animal is GARUDA. Attributes: many. Also Viratapurusa.... |
| Deity name "Vitzilipuztli" | Aztec / Mesoamerican | Aspect of HUITZILPOCHTLI. Invoked twice a year, in May and December, during an agrarian festival. Virginal female worshipers created an image of the deity from dough consisting of maize flour, beet seed and honey. The image was given eyes and teeth using pieces of colored glåśś and whole maize seeds and was paraded, before being broken into pieces and eaten as a form of sacrament.... |
| Goddess name "Vivasvan (shining)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Sun god. The original Vedic list of six descendants of the goddess ADITI or ADITYAS, all of whom take the role of Sun gods was, in later times, enlarged to twelve, including Vivasvan. One of his titles is the embodiment of ancestral law. His consort is SARANYU and he is identified as the father of YAMA and YAMI, as well as MANU and the ASVINS. His color is golden and his attributes a Forest garland, two lotuses and a trident. Also Vivasvat.... |
| Goddess name "Vor" | Nordic / Icelandic | Goddess. Of Germanic origin, one of the AESIR goddesses listed by Snorri in Prose Edda. He suggests that Vor may be concerned with the making of oaths and of marriage agreements, punishing those who break them. Possibly also Var(a), though Snorri lists her as a separate Aesir goddess.... |
| Goddess name "Vrtra" | Hindu / Vedic | demonic god of chaos. A primordial being who existed before the formation of the cosmos and who was slain by the mother goddess SARASVATI.... |
| God name "Vyasa" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Minor incarnation of the god VISNU. Vyasa is said to be the author of the Vedas, the Mababbarata epic and the Puranas. He ranks with Hyagriva and SARASVATI as a lord of knowledge and wisdom, and is responsible for dividing the Tree of Knowlege into parts. In the texts he is depicted as darkskinned and accompanied by four students, Sumanta, Paila, Vaisampayana and Jaimini. He may be bearded. Also Vedavyasa.... |
"Väinämöinen" | Finland | The old and wise man, who possessed a potent, magical voice. The central character in Finnish folklore and he is the main character in the Kalevala. |
"Wa cinaci" | Guiana | Our Father who art in heaven. The supreme being of the Arawak. Guiana |
| God name "Wadd" | Pre - Islamic southern Arabian | moon god. His sacred animal is the snake.... |
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