| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Sivottama (highest Siiva)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor god. One of a group of emancipated VIDYESVARAS (lords of knowledge) considered to be aspects of SIVA.... |
| Goddess name "Sodasi (girl of sixteen)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess. One of a group of MAHAVIDYAS personifying the SAKTI of SIVA. Aspects include Divyaratri.... |
| Supreme god name "Sol (1)" | Roman | Sun god. Known by the full title of Sol Indiges, meaning the indigenous Sol, which may suggest a purely Roman cult on the Quirinal Hill, but there are also inferences that this deity is of more ancient origin. Coins from southern Italy depicting the god with a radiate image date back to circa 200 BC but he rose to particular prominence during the republican period. His festival was celebrated annually on August 9. Nero had a huge statue of himself, as Sol, erected in Rome and the emperor Aurelian elevated Sol to supreme god in the Roman pantheon when Jupiter Conservator gave way to Sol Invictus (the unconquered Sun). Sol may sometimes be linked with AURORA, the goddess of dawn.... |
| 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 "Somasaaida" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | God. Aspect of the god SIVA. Of uncertain origin, but possibly representing a composite trio of Siva with his consort UMA (PARVATI) and his son SKANDA (as a boy). Four-armed. Attributes of Siva: ax, corpse and hatchet. Attribute of Uma: lotus. Attributes of Skanda: Book, headdress, mango fruit and ornament.... |
| Goddess name "Sravana" | Hindu | Minor benevolent goddess of fortune Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Goddess name "Sravana (lame cow)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). Also Srona.... |
| Goddess name "Sravistha" | Hindu | Minor benevolent goddess of fortune i Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Goddess name "Sravistha" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
| Goddess name "Sri(devi) (prosperity)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. An early name which was syncretized with that of LAKSMI to form Sri-Laksmi.(2) Goddess. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet]. One of a group of DHARMAPALA with terrible appearance and royal attire who protect the Dalai Lama. A manifestation of the goddess DEVI sometimes seen in company with VIS NU, when conventionally she stands on his right. Her breasts are covered by a narrow band of cloth. She may be invoked to provide wealth (see also Laksmi). Her retinue includes the goddesses of the seasons and her animal is a mule. Color: blue. Attributes: chiefly cup and staff but on occasion several other objects including a pink lotus. Three-eyed and may be three-headed. Also LHA MO.(3) Goddess. Jain.... |
| Goddess name "Sridevi" | Hindu | Goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| God name "Srikantha" | Hindu | Minor god and an aspect of Siva Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| God name "Stanitakumara" | Jain | Youthful appearing god Jain |
| Deities name "Stanitakumara" | Jain / India | God. One of the deities grouped under the general title of BHVANAVASI (dwelling in places). Of youthful appearance.... |
| Goddess name "Su" | Egypt | Primordial god of the air. According to the genealogy of the priests of Heliopolis, he is the first born of the creator Sun god ATUM and by his sister TEFNUT is the father of the chthonic god GEB and the sky goddess NUT. S u is typically represented in human form standing over the supine form of Geb and holding Nut aloft with his raised arms. He can also, as one of several manifestations of the eye of RE, be represented as a lion, as can his sister.... |
| Goddess name "Subhadra (very splendid)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The daughter of VASUDEVA and sister of KRSNA. She may appear standing beside JAGANNATH.... |
| God name "Sudrem" | Afghanistan | weather god created from the breath of the god Imra. Afghanistan |
| Supreme god name "Sudrem" | Kafir / Afghanistan | weather god. Little is known of this deity. He was created from the breath of the supreme god IMRA. Alternatively he sprang from a juniper branch. His wife is the goddess NangiWutr and he is the father of the major fertility goddess DISANI. He is depicted as a great golden buck with horns reaching to the sky. As a deity specifically concerned with Rain, he lives in a sacred lake, Sudrem Sur, at which all wild animals must drink once to survive. Also Sujum; Sudaram; Sataram.... |
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