Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Sitala(mata) (possibly meaning mother cold')" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of seven SAKTIS who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent, inflicting sickness. Particularly known from Bengal where she may be identified with the goddess KALI. Usually standing naked upon a lotus or riding an åśś. Alternatively symbolized by a stone on which a face is painted. Attribute: waterjar.... |
Goddess name "Sitatara (the white Tara')" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess. Of mild disposition, she is regarded as one of the forms of the goddess TARA and an emanation of AMOGHASIDDHI or VAIROCANA. In later times she became identified as a female variety of AVALOKITESVARA PADMAPANI. By tradition she is the incarnation of a Chinese princess. Color: white. Attributes: arrow, blue or white lotus, bow, image of Amoghasiddhi, jewel, moon disc and rosary. Threeor seven-eyed.... |
God name "Smertrios" | Celtic / Gallic | God of war. The tutelary deity of the Treveri. Allegedly the subject of a votive monument which depicts a bearded god holding a snake.... |
God name "Sokar" | Egypt | A god of rebirth and rejuvination, depicted as a man with a falcon's head. He was the guardian of the necropolis at Memphis. Egypt |
God name "Sokar" | Egypt | Chthonic underworld god. Guardian deity of the necropolis at Memphis with possible fertility connotations and with strong links to OSIRIS beside whom he is also perceived as a restored god of the dead. He is also syncretized with the Memphis creator god PTAH in the Old kingdom (circa 4500 BC), where he may have originated as a god of various crafts åśśociated with the manufacture of funerary trappings. He is depicted either as a hawk on a boat, or in human form with the head of a hawk and an elaborate atef crown (see Osiris). Sokar also enjoyed a major cult at Thebes where, in an annual festival celebrating the healthy continuation of the Divine kingship, he was conveyed in an elaborate barque. Also Sokaris (Greek).... |
Deities name "Soma (essence)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Minor god. The deification of the sacred yellow drink soma. Also the consort of SURYA. Regarded in later Hinduism as the dikpala of the northern direction and as one of a group of VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: hook, lotus and prayer wheel.See also CANDRA.... |
God name "Sopedu" | Egypt | Guardian god of the eastern border Egypt |
God name "Sopedu" | Egypt | Guardian deity. A god who protects the eastern border, usually depicted as a falcon or a Bedouin with a headdress of tall plumes. His cult was followed chiefly at Saft el-Henna in the Nile delta. Sopedu is linked in Pyramid Texts with the hawk god HORUS. He also acted as a patron deity of the turquoise mines in the Sinai with inscriptions at Serabit el-Khadim. Also Sopdu.... |
Goddess name "Souconna" | Roman / Celtic | River goddess who was the guardian of the river Saone. Roman / Celtic |
Goddess name "Souoonna" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | River goddess. Guardian of the river Saone and known chiefly from inscriptions at Chalon.... |
Goddess name "Spes" | Roman | the goddess of hope, åśśociated with gardens |
Goddess name "Spes" | Roman | Goddess of hope. Foundations of a sanctuary were commenced by the emperor Tiberius, linked with a similar building dedicated to the god JANUS. She is åśśociated with gardens and depicted as a young woman bearing a bunch of flowers.... |
Goddess name "Suklang Malayon" | Philippines | The goddess and guardian of happy homes. Philippines |
Goddess name "Sumbha" | Buddhist | Goddess who is the guardian of the downward direction Buddhist |
Goddess name "Sumbha" | Buddhist | Goddess. A female dikpala or guardian of the nadir direction (her male counterpart is SUMBHARAJA). Color: blue. Attribute: snake noose.... |
God name "Sumbharaja" | Buddhist | God who is the guardian of the downward direction Buddhist |
God name "Sumbharaja" | Buddhist | God. A dikpala or guardian of the nadir direction. Color: blue. Attributes: jewel, lotus, staff and sword. Three-headed.... |
God name "Sumiyoshi-No-Kami" | Japan / Shinto | Generic name of the sea gods who are guardians of seafarers. Japan / Shinto |