Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Uzume" | Japan | The Great Persuader, and The heavenly Alarming Female. The goddess who lured out the Sun deity, Amaterasu, by dancing naked in a bath. Japan |
"Va'irgin" | Chukchee / E Siberia | The supreme being whose name means "I exist" |
Deity name "Va'irgin (I exist)" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | Supreme being. A remote and poorly defined character who lives in the zenith of the sky and who created the world. Comparable with the Koryak deity TENANTO'MWAN.... |
Goddess name "Vac" | Hindu | The goddess of language, writing and writing-systems. She is the matron of mental endeavours and the source of voice. Hindu |
Goddess name "Vac (speech)" | Hindu / Vedic | Goddess of the spoken word. In some texts she is a daughter of DAKSA and consort of KASYAPA. Alternatively she is the daughter of Ambhrna. Also known by the epithet queen of the gods, Vac is the personification of the phenomenon of speech and oral communication. She gives the boon of hearing, speech and sight and she can lead a man to become a Brahman. She also personifies truth and sustains somathe liquid essence of vision and immortality. She is said to have created the four Vedas, the basis of the earliest Hindu mythology.... |
Goddess name "Vacuna" | Sabine | Minor goddess. A sanctuary dedicated to this deity is known to have existed near the villa belonging to the poet Horace. She may be synonymous with DIANA or MINERVA.... |
Goddess name "Vaga" | s | Sabra, goddess of the Severn, being a prudent, well-conducted maiden, rose with the first streak of morning dawn, and, descending the eastern side of the hill, made choice of the most fertile valleys, whilst as yet her sisters slept. Vaga, goddess of the Wye, rose next, and, making all haste to perform her task, took a shorter course, by which means she joined her sister ere she reached the sea. The goddess Rhea, old Plinlimmon's pet, woke not till roused by her father's chiding; but by bounding down the side of the mountain, and selecting the shortest course of all, she managed to reach her destination first. Thus the Cymric proverb, There is no impossibility to the maiden who hath a fortune to lose or a husband to win." Welsh |
Goddess name "Vagbija (seed of speech)" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess. An aspect of the goddess SARASVATI in the form of a bija mantra. The embodiment or apotheosis of consciousness representing the sacred word.... |
"Vagisvara" | Buddhist | Lord of Speech; a form of Manjusri who often received a vision of Tara who solved any problems of understanding he had. Buddhist |
"Vaikuntha" | Hindu / Puranic | Aspect of VISNU. Vis'nu is depicted under this title residing in his own heaven, known as Vaikuntha. He is seen with four heads in an attribute known as caturmukha, where the central head is human, that to the left is Sakti, to the right NARASINHA, and facing behind, VARAHA. As such Vis'nu's vehicle is either the mythical bird, GARUDA, or he reposes on the serpent ANANTA (SESA). The aspect may also be known as Trailokyamohana.... |
Deities name "Vaimanika" | Jain / India | Generic title for a group of deities. A clåśś of gods said to be borne by, or living within, a flying palace, the vimana.... |
King name "Vairgin" | Chukchee | The Sun, moon, stars, and constellations are also known as vairgit; but the Sun is a special vairgin, represented as a man clad in a bright garment, driving dogs or reindeer. He descends every evening to his wife, the 'Walking-around-Woman'. The moon is also represented as a man. He is not a vairgin, however, but the son of a kele of the lower worlds. He has a låśśo, with which he catches people who look too fixedly at him. Shamans invoke the moon in incantations and spells. Chukchee |
"Vairgit" | Chukchee | Benevolent supernatural beings. Chukchee |
Goddess name "Vairotya (having an ax and a goad)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen Vidyadevi headed by the goddess Sarasvati.... |
Goddess name "Vaisnavi" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI of V IS NU, also regarded as a form of LAKSMI. In later Hinduism she became one of a group of MATARAS regarded as of evil intent. Also one of a group of eight ASTAMATARAS. In another grouping one of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. Her vehicle is the hybrid beast GARUDA. Attributes: child, club, conch, lotus and prayer wheel.... |
Deity name "Vajardaka" | Buddhist | A fierce and wrathful deity invoked for purifying negative actions. Buddhist |
Goddess name "Vajracarcika" | Buddhist | Goddess in charge of wells and springs. Buddhist |
God name "Vajradaka" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. An emanation of AKSOBHYA bearing one, three or four heads.... |