| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Kana-Yama-Hime-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Goddess of miners. Born from the vomit of IZANAMI and worshiped in the Nangu-Jinja and other shrines. Her consort is KANA-YAMA-BIKO-NO-KAMI. One of the KAMIS of the so-called metal mountain.... |
| Demon name "Kando" | Japan | The Ainus consider the heavens to be three in number. The first in order is called Shi-nish kando, "the greatest skies;" this is supposed to be the home of the chief of the gods, i.e. the Creator. The second order of heavens is called Nochiu-o kando, "the skies which bear the stars;" the second order of gods is supposed to dwell here. The last or lowest heavens are named range kando or urara kando, i.e. "the hanging skies" or "the fog skies;" the lowest orders of gods and some of the demons, especially the demons of thunder, are supposed to live here. Japan |
| God name "Karai-Shin" | Buddhist | God of lightning Buddhist / Japan |
| Deities name "Karai-Shin" | Buddhist / Japan | God of lightning. One of the deities grouped in Shintoism as the RAIJIN gods of thunder, storm and Rain.... |
| God name "Karttikeya" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) God. A form of SKANDA who was reared by the Pleiades stars and is generally represented therefore with six heads. (In Hindu mythology there are only six Pleiades, not the seven recognized in modern astronomy.) His SAKTI is KARTTIKI and his attendant animal is a peaçõçk. Attributes: conch, hook, noose, prayer wheel, shield, spear, staff, sword and wood apple.(2) God. Buddhist. Equating with the Hindu god Skanda. Color: red. Rides upon a peaçõçk. Attributes: çõçk, Sakti and staff.... |
| God name "Katoyalla aka Apu Illapu" | Inca | Katoyalla aka Apu Illapu, a very popular weather god. He was said to keep the milky Way in a jug and use it to create Rain. He appeared as a man in shining clothes, carrying a club and stones. Inca |
| Goddess name "Keawe" | Hawaiian | Creator god. An androgynous though apparently male principle or monad, he lived once in the dark empty abyss of Po. There, Keawe transformed primordial chaos into an orderly cosmos. He fashioned the sky from the lid of his calabash (a water-carrying gourd) and the Sun from an orange disc formerly kept inside the calabash. Keawe's first son was KANE, the god of light, and his daughter was Na Wahine, both created through his own powers of conception. He subsequently entered into an incestuous relationship with Na Wahine to father the chief pantheon of Hawaiian gods and goddesses, including most notably KU, LONO and Kanaloa, who became known, collectively, as the tripartite god.... |
| God name "Kemos" | Moabite / Jordan | Tutelary god. Mentioned under the name of Chemosh in the Vetus Testamentum kings, as being one of the gods worshiped by the Israelite king Solomon. Eventually adopted by the Greeks and absorbed into the cult of ARES.... |
| Goddess name "Kianda" | Angola | A goddess of the sea. She was traditionally worshipped by throwing offerings such as food and clothing into the sea. Angola |
| God name "Kibuka" | Buganda / Uganda, East Africa | God of war. The brother of the creator god MUKASA, said to reside on the island of Sese. According to tradition, he secured victory in war for the Buganda by taking the form of a cloud which hovered above their enemies and Rained spears and arrows. He apparently enjoyed a succession of temples in the past which housed the hidden statue of the god and his sacred shield.... |
| Goddess name "Kishi Mojin" | Buddhist | Goddess of motherhood Buddhist / Japan |
| Goddess name "Kishi Mojin/ Kishimo Jin" | Japan / Buddhism | The goddess of motherhood |
| Goddess name "Kishijoten" | Japan | Goddess of good luck. Japan |
| Goddess name "Kishimo Jin" | Japan | The reformed mother goddess of the demons who now works as a child minder. Japan |
| Goddess name "Kishimo-jin" | Japan? | A goddess that changed her mind, maybe |
| God name "Klehanoai (night-bearer)" | Navaho / USA | moon god. According to tradition, he was created at the same primordial time as the dawn, from a crystal bordered with white shells. His face is said to be covered with sheet lightning and the sacred primeval waters. The moon disc is actually a shield behind which the god moves invisibly across the night sky. He is never impersonated or depicted. Also Tlehanoai.... |
| Goddess name "Kollapura-Mahalaksmi" | Hindu / Puranic | Goddess. six-armed. Attributes: club, shield and wine glåśś.... |
| Goddess name "Kono-Hana-Sakuya-Hime-No-Kami" | Japan | Goddess of mountains Japan / Shinto |
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