| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Kesava (long-haired)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor avatara of VISINU. His SAKTI is KIRTI.... |
| God name "Khasaparna (gliding through the air)" | Buddhist | God. A variety of AVALOKITESVARA. Color: white. Attributes: image of AMITABHA on the crown, and lotus.... |
"Khovaki/ Savaki" | Tungus / Siberia | This entity is guilty of being in the creator of the world |
| Demon name "Kirmira" | India | A monster, brother of Vaka. He opposed the entrance of the Pandavas into the Kamyaka Forest, and threatened that he would eat Bhima. A furious combat ensued, in which Bhima and he hurled large trees at each other, but the demon was at length strangled and had all his bones broken by Bhima. India |
| Goddess name "Kirti (glory)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The SAKTI of KESAVA. Attribute: waterjar.... |
| God name "Klehanoai (night-bearer)" | Navaho / USA | moon god. According to tradition, he was created at the same primordial time as the dawn, from a crystal bordered with white shells. His face is said to be covered with sheet lightning and the sacred primeval waters. The moon disc is actually a shield behind which the god moves invisibly across the night sky. He is never impersonated or depicted. Also Tlehanoai.... |
| Goddess name "Koros" | Greek | Goddess of extravagant joy and exuberance Greek |
| Goddess name "Korravai" | Davidian / Tamil / S India / Sri Lanka | though sweet to the to for (?) A war goddess |
| Goddess name "Korravai" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India / Sri Lanka | war goddess. Worshiped in desert regions in southern India, thought to live in trees and equating to DURGA. She has a son, MURUKAN. Also Katukilal; Korrawi.... |
| Goddess name "Korraval" | Dravidian | Goddess of war India / Dravidian / Tamil / Sri Lanka |
| Spirit name "Koyote" | North American Indian | Tutelary god. Recognized by several tribes, including the Navaho and Apache. He acts as a cult hero who intercedes with more remote creator spirits and teaches the Indian.... |
| God name "Koyote or Coyote" | Navaho | At the time Coyote danced to make the corn grow, the story of the Great God Coyote commences. This is where Coyote first used his power given to him by the gods. At a Yeibache, ye'i·bicai, the people will dress up a poor man to look and act like Coyote. First Man told him to do many things. The other gods had the power, but they did not have the knowledge. First Man and First Woman were jealous of the others trying to grow corn and did not give them the knowledge to grow corn. They sent Coyote to go and make the corn grow. First Man and First Woman are themselves not to do such things, but they will have a hand in such things and send Coyote as their representative. Towards the end of the life of Coyote, he became almost mad with his power and it was taken from him because of this. Navaho |
| Deities name "Krishna" | Indian | The modern deity Krishna is the most celebrated hero of Indian mythology, and the most popular of all the deities. He is said to be the eighth Avatara or incarnation of Vishnu, or rather a direct manifestation of Vishnu himself. This hero, around whom a vast måśś of legend and fable has been gathered, probably lived in the Epic age, when the Hindus had not advanced far beyond their early settlements in the north-west. |
| Spirit name "Ksantiparamita" | Buddhist | Philosophical deity. One of the PARAMI TAS. spiritual offspring of RATNASAMBHAVA. Color: yellow. Attributes: jeweled banner and white lotus.... |
| God name "Ksetrapala" | Hindu / Puranic | God of påśśage. Form of the god BHAIRAVA specifically designated as a guardian deity of doorways. Also regarded as a tutelary deity in Saivite temples. Stands upon a lotus and possesses a number of attributes.... |
| Demon name "Kurma" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | Avatar of Visnu. In the form of a tortoise he placed himself at the bottom of the sea of milk, and made his back the base or pivot of the mountain Mandara. The gods and demons twisted the great serpent Vasuki round the mountain' and, dividing into two parties, each took an end of the snake as a rope, and thus churned the sea until they recovered the desired objects. Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Deities name "Kurma(vatara)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. The second avatara of Vis'nu, Kurma appears in the form of a tortoise which acts as a pivot for the mountainous churning rod the gods employ to make ambrosia from the primal sea of milk after the flood. Kurma is depicted with a human torso surmounting a tortoise shell. Vis'nu is said to have appeared in this form in order to recover some of the possessions lost during the deluge. Attributes: club, conch, lotus and prayer wheel. Also the name for a vehicle of various deities.... |
"Kurma[vatara]" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | An avatar of Visnu |
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