| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Tirumal (the excellent black one)" | Early Dravidian / Tamil | Creator god. Thought to reside in trees and equating with VISNU. In later Hinduism used as an epithet of Vis nu.... |
| God name "Venda" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India | Creator god. An ancient vegetation deity. Worshiped in villages on the plains, thought to live in trees and equated with Indra.... |
| God name "Vigrieaetaka (remover of obstacles)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. An emanation of AKSOBHYA who may equate with the Hindu god GANESA. Color: blue. He is also seen as a dikpala or guardian of the northerly direction, in which case his color is green. Attributes: cup, drum, hook, knife, noose and staff. Three-headed. Also Analarka.... |
| Goddess name "Wadjet" | Egypt | Goddess of royal authority. Wadjet takes the form of a fire-breathing cobra and, as the uraeus symbol worn on the headdress of the ruler, she epitomizes the power of sovereignty. She is a goddess of Lower Egypt equating to NEKHBET in Upper Egypt, with her main cult center at Buto (Tell el-Farain) in the Nile delta. She forms an integral part of the symbolism of the Sun god RE, coiling around the Sun disc to symbolize Re's powers of destruction. According to mythology, she created the papyrus swamps of the delta. She is described as a wet nurse to the god HORUS and is the mother of the god of the primeval lotus blossom, NEFERTUM.... |
| Spirit name "Wakai Taaika" | Dakota Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
| Spirit name "Wakonea" | Omaha Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
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