| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| King name "Psycarpax [granary thief]" | Lake | Son of Troxartas, king of the Mice. The Frogking offered to carry the young prince over a lake, but scarcely had he got midway when a water-hydra appeared, and king Frog, to save himself, dived under water. The mouse, being thus left on the surface, was drowned, and this catastrophe brought about the battle of the Frogs and Mice. |
"Psyche" | Greek | A beautiful maiden beloved by Cupid, who visited her every night, but left her at Sunrise. Cupid bade her never seek to know who he was, but one night curiosity overcame her prudence, and she went to look at him. A drop of hot oil fell on his shoulder, awoke him, and he fled. Psyche next became the slave of Venus, who treated her most cruelly; but ultimately she was married to Cupid, and became immortal. Greek |
| God name "Pu'gu" | Yukaghir / E Siberia | the Sun god, he is åśśociated with justice & honorable living & will punish those who are evil or pilot |
| Spirit name "Pu'gu" | Yukaghir / eastern Siberia | Sun god. A spirit åśśociated with justice and honorable living who punishes those who are evil or violent.... |
"Puck or Robin Goodfellow" | Britain | A fairy and merry wanderer of the night, "rough, knurly-limbed, faun-faced, and shock-pated, a very Shetlander among the gossamer-winged" fairies around him. Britain |
| God name "Pugu" | Siberia | Yet another God of the Sun, this one is åśśociated with justice and honourable living, the defender of the oppressed and the punisher of evil deeds. Yukaghir, Siberia |
| Goddess name "Pukkasi" | Buddhist / Vajrayana / / Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess of terrifying appearance. One of a group of gauri. Color: yellowish white or blue. Attribute: waterjar.... |
"Purandhi" | s | Thunder, the lightning's daughter, Aja-Ekapad, heaven's bearer, Sindhu, and the waters of the sea: |
| Goddess name "Purandhi" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of prosperity. Associated with the acquisition of wealth and sometimes identified with Indra or other male deities.... |
"Purgatory" | Jewish | The Jewish Rabbi believed that the soul of the deceased was consigned to a sort of purgatory for twelve months after death, during which time it was allowed to visit its dead body and the places or persons it especially loved. This intermediate state they called by various names, as "the bosom of Abraham," "the garden of Eden," "upper Gehenna." The Sabbath was always a free day, and prayer was supposed to benefit those in this intermediate state. |
| King name "Pururavas and Urvasi" | Indian | An Indian myth similar to that of "Apollo and Daphne." Pururavas is a legendary king who fell in love with Urvasi, a heavenly nymph, who consented to become his wife on certain conditions. These conditions being violated, Urvasi disappeared, and Pururavas, inconsolable, wandered everywhere to find her. Ultimately he succeeded, and they were indissolubly united. |
| God name "Purusa" | Hindu / Vedic | Primeval creator god. Described as the primordial being from whom the cosmos was formed, possibly the male component of the great mother, MATA. In later Hinduism regarded as an avatara of VIS'NU.... |
| Goddess name "Purvaphaguuni" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A moderately disposed NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
| Goddess name "Purvasadha" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A moderately disposed NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
| Goddess name "Pusan (nourisher)" | 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 Pusan. He is the charioteer of the Sun and a guardian deity of journeys and pathways. Color: golden. Attributes: four lotuses.... |
| God name "Pusi" | Polynesian / Tikopia | Fish god. The apotheosis of the reef eel who probably accompanied the Tongan ancestors who migrated to Tikopia.... |
| God name "Puskaitis" | Lithuania | God of fruit and is åśśociated with blossoms. Lithuania |
| Goddess name "Pusya" | Hindu | Goddess of fortune. After performing Sraddha one should påśś the night, with effort, in celibacy. When the full-moon night of the Pausa be åśśociated with Pusya, then a person, smeared with the powder of white mustards, should anoint his body with purified butter. Hindu |
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