Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Katayana" | Hindu | Form the goddess Durga or Parvati Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Katyayani" | Hindu | Form of the goddess of Durga or Parvati Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Katyayarii" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of the goddess DURGA or PARVATI. Parvati, as the ascetic KALI, possessed a black skin. When SIVA ridiculed her she cast it off, and it was subsequently filled with the combined brilliance of the gods to create Katyayani. Her attendant animal is a lion or tiger.... |
Goddess name "Kaumari" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. The SAKTI of SKANDA (Kaumara) who in later Hinduism became regarded as one of a group of seven MATARAS (mothers) of evil intent. Also one of a group of eight ASTAMATARAS. She embodies lack of envy or, alternatively, delusion. Her animal is a peaçõçk. Attributes: arrow, ax, bell, Book, bow, çõçkerel, lotus, spear, staff and waterjar.... |
Goddess name "Kaumauri" | Hindu | Goddess who later became considered a goddess of evil intent Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Khandsba" | Hindu / late | Form of the god SI IVA. Khandoba is believed to have emerged as a deity with a distinct cultic following no earlier than the thirteenth or fourteenth century, mainly in western India and centered on Jejuri, near Poona. The god is generally regarded as one of several martial forms which SI iva took to combat demons. His consort is the goddess MHALSA, considered to be a form of PARVATI. He is depicted bearing four arms and is usually mounted on a horse, but may also be accompanied by a dog. Attributes: bowl, drum, sword and trident. Also Makhari; Mallari; Martland.... |
Goddess name "Khons(u) (wanderer)" | Egypt / Upper | moon god. Recognized from at least 2500 BC but best known during the New kingdom (mid-sixteenth century BC). A significant deity at Thebes, where he is described as an offspring of AMUN and MUT. His sacred animal is the baboon. There is a Khonsu precinct as part of the Temple of Amun in the Karnak complex. From the Greco-Roman period there exists a sanctuary of Kom-ombo where Khonsu is seen as the offspring of the crocodile god SOBEK and the mother goddess HATHOR. Depicted anthropomorphically or with a falcon's head, but in either case enveloped in a close-fitting robe. He wears a crown consisting of a crescent moon subtending a full moon orb.... |
Goddess name "Kirti" | Hindu | Goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Kirti (glory)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The SAKTI of KESAVA. Attribute: waterjar.... |
Goddess name "Kokyan" | S America | Creator goddess; she created humans, plants, and animals Hopi |
Goddess name "Kollapura-Mahalaksmi" | Hindu | Goddess Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Kollapura-Mahalaksmi" | Hindu / Puranic | Goddess. six-armed. Attributes: club, shield and wine glåśś.... |
Goddess name "Kornjunfer" | Germanic | Goddess of grain germanic |
Goddess name "Krttika(s)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess(es) of fortune. Strongly malevolent NAKSATRA(S) con sisting of the six stars in the Pleiades constellation who become nurses of the god SKANDA. (In Hindu mythology there are only six Pleiades, not the seven recognized in modern astronomy.)... |
Goddess name "Krttika[s]" | Hindu | Minor malevolent goddess / es Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Ksama" | Hindu | In minor goddess Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Ksama (patience)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess. One of the daughters of DAKSA. Attribute: trident.... |
Goddess name "Kshumai" | Kafir / Afghanistan | A beneficent fertility goddess |