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"Abominable snowman" | Himalayas | A legendary creature, said to resemble a human, with long arms and a thickset body covered with reddish gray hair. Reports of its existence in the Himalayas have been made since 1832. |
Deities name "Anito" | Luzon | The souls of the ancestors worshiped as household deities. Irayas, Catalangans. Luzon |
God name "Annammr i" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of the god V IS'NU. The patron deity of kitchens and food. A shrine at Srirangam in southern India contains two-armed bronze images of the god. Attributes: a ball of rice in one hand, and in the other a container of payasa (sweetened milk and rice).... |
"Ayas" | Hittite | He is the keeper of the old tablets with the words of fate |
Demon name "Hayagriva (horse neck)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) The most significant minor incarnation of the god VIS'NU. He probably originated as a horse god and later became an avatara åśśociated with wisdom and knowledge. At the behest of BRAHMA, Hayagriva rescued the Vedas, stolen by two demons, from the bottom of the primeval ocean. Depicted in human form with the head of a horse and, according to the texts, eight hands. Attributes: Book (Veda), horse's mane and rosary. Also the attributes of Vis'nu. Also Hayasirsa, Vadavavaktra.(2) Patron god of horses. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet]. One of a group of DHARMAPALA with terrible appearance and royal attire, he is considered to be an emanation of AKSOBHYA or AMITABHA. His SAKTI is MARICI. Color: red. Attributes: horse heads, staff and trident, but also arrow, ax, banner, bow, club, flames, flower, image of Aksobhya or Amitabha on the crown, lotus, noose, prayer wheel, skin, snakes, sword and trident. Three-eyed.... |
God name "Hayasa" | Hindu | horse god, could be Hayangriva in disguise Hindu |
"Hayasum" | Nazorean | May the Name of Kusta Live and Be With You Always. Nazorean |
God name "Hayasum" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Minor god. Known from texts, but of uncertain function.... |
Goddess name "Hayasya" | Hindu | (1) horse god. Probably identical with Hayagriva.(2) horse goddess. Buddhist. Attribute: the head of a horse.... |
Goddess name "Mahayasa" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Marriott |
Goddess name "Mahayasa (most glorious)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
"Pancabrahma" | Hindu | Collective name for five aspects of SI IVA. The five aspects are Aghora, Isana, Sadyojata, Tatpurusa and Vamadeva. Also Isanadayas.... |
God name "Sakra" | Buddhist | The god of Trayastrimsa heaven. Buddhist |
God name "Trayasrinsa" | Hindu / Vedic | The collective name for the group of Deva gods |
Deities name "Trayastrinsa (the thirty-three)" | Hindu / Vedic | Collective name for the group of deva gods. One of the many lists of deities in Hinduism, this one is contained in the Rg Veda and includes thirty-three names divided into three groups of eleven in each of the three worlds. Subsequently, the DEVAS were separated into eight VASUS, twelve ADITYAS, eleven RUDRAS and two ASVINS. In later Hinduism the number thirty-three is increased hyperbolically to 330 million and deva refers to gods excluding the major triad of BRAHMA, V ISNU and SIVA.... |
Deities name "Zayahung Yihe Zayasha" | Buriat | The creating great one, who has created. This is at present the hedgehog, and in Buriat religion he is the wisest of all the deities, though greatly supplanted by other gods. |