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List of Gods : "God Lear" - 52 records
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"Juggernaut or Jaggernaut"		 Crow The Hindu god Jagganath. The word is a corruption of the Sanscrit jagannatha (lord of the world). The temple of this god is in a town of the same name in Orissa. king Ayeen Akbery sent a learned Brahman to look out a site for a temple. The Brahman wandered about for many days, and then saw a crow dive into the water, and having washed, made obeisance to the element. This was selected as the site of the temple. While the temple was a-building the rajah had a prophetic dream, telling him that the true form of Vishnu should be revealed to him in the morning. When the rajah went to see the temple he beheld a log of wood in the water, and this log he accepted as the realisation of his dream, enshrined it in the temple, and called it Jagannath.
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"Kahukura"		 Polynesian / Maori God of Agriculture and creator of the Rainbow. The son of RONGOMAI, Kahukura is invoked for the well-being of crops and in some regions the name appears to be synonymous with that of RONGOMATANE, the god of Agriculture. Kahukura is particularly åśśociated with a staple vegetable of the Maori, the kumara, a root tuber that was introduced to New Zealand by man and is said to possess many magical properties. Kahukura is not to be confused with a legendary character of the same name, a mortal hero who, in antiquity, learned the art of making fish nets....
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"Kali"		 Jain Goddess of learning Jain
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"Kali (2)"		 Jain Goddess of learning. One of sixteen headed by the goddess SARASVATI....
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"Kulisankusa"		 Jain Goddess of learning Jain
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"Kulisankusa (having an ax and a goad)"		 Jain / India Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI....
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"Llyr/ Lear Lir"		 Irish / Wales A god of the sea & water
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"Mahakali"		 Jain Goddess learning Jain
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"Mahakali"		 Jain / India (1) Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.(2) Form of the goddess KALI. Hindu. Also a SAKTI of MAHAKALA. Attributes: conch, cup, headdress, hook, knife, noose, rosary of skulls, staff, sword, waterjar and wheel....
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"Mahamanasika"		 Jain Goddess of learning Jain
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"Mahamanasika (great-minded)"		 Jain / India Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI....
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"Manasi (spiritual)"		 Jain / India Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI....
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"Manavi"		 Jain Goddess of learning Jain
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"Manavi (descended from Manu)"		 Jain / India Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI....
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"Naradatta (daughter of Nara)"		 Jain / India Goddess of learning. One of sixteen...
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"Neleus"		 Greek A son of Cretheus and Tyro, the daughter of Salmoneus. Tyro, previous to her marriage with Neleus, is said to have loved the river-god Enipeus and in the form of Enipeus Poseidon once appeared to her, and became by her the father of Pelias and Neleus. Tyro exposed the two boys, but they were found and reared by horse-herds, and when they had grown up they learned who their mother was, and Pelias killed their foster-mother, who had ill-used Tyro. Greek
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"Nissaba"		 Sumeria Nisaba or Nidaba, goddess of fertility, in particular of the date palm and the reed. In Assyrian times, she came to be regarded as the goddess of writing, learning and astrology. Sumeria
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"Nong"		 Kafir / Afghanistan God of Winter and cold weather. Nong lives in a glacier. He cracks the ice and is seen in the melt water. He is perceived as a misogynist and depicted in a wooden effigy, though whether in human form is unclear. His cult center seems to have been the village of Zumu in the southern Hindukush. Also Zuzum....
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