Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Urjani" | Hindu | Goddess of physical prowess and strength Hindu |
Goddess name "Ursule" | Haiti | Goddess of love Haiti / Vodun |
Goddess name "Ururupuin" | Micronesia | Goddess of flirting, happiness and playfulness. Micronesia |
Goddess name "Usas" | Hindu | A beneficient goddess who produces daylight and urges men to their works. Hindu |
Goddess name "Usas" | Hindu / Vedic | Goddess of the dawn. The daughter of Dyaus and, according to some texts, the consort of the Sun god SURYA. An auspicious deity, Usas brings the dawn, heralding Surya, and drives away darkness. She is the all-seeing eye of the gods. In the Rg Veda she is depicted as a beautiful young virginal figure who rides in a hundred chariots. She sets all things in motion and can render strength and fame to her devotees. In addition to being perceived as a sky goddess, she is also drawn as a mother goddess in the guise of a cow. Epithets include mother of the gods and mother of cows. She is invoked to give the boon of longevity, but a more malignant aspect reveals her as a huntress who wastes human life. Usas sometimes enjoys a domestic worship as a guardian hearth goddess who drives away darkness and evil spirits. She disappears, however, from the later traditions of Hinduism.... |
Goddess name "Ushas" | Sanskrit | Sanskrit for "dawn", is a Vedic deity. She is the chief goddess, sometimes imagined as several goddesses, Dawns, exalted in the Rig Veda. She is portrayed as a beautifully adorned, sexually attractive young woman riding in a chariot. She is the daughter of Dyaus "Heaven". |
Goddess name "Usnisavijaya" | Buddhist | A goddess of longevity in Buddhism. She wears an image of the Budda Vairocana in her headdress. She is the most popular Budda goddess in Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia. |
Goddess name "Usnisavijaya (victorious)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Primordial goddess. Form of VAIROCANA, widely worshiped in Tibet. Regarded as a female BODHISATTVA or buddbadesignate, and a dikpala or guardian of the zenith direction. Also a deification of literature. One of a group of DHARANIS. Color: white. Attributes: arrow, bow, image of the BUDDHA on a lotus leaf, jewel, noose, prayer wheel, staff and waterjar. Three-eyed, three-headed and with eight arms.... |
Goddess name "Uso Dori" | Japan | Goddess of singing. Japan |
Goddess name "Utlunta" | Cherokee | Goddess of physical prowess. Her body has the density of stone and the ground shudders with her awesome weight. Cherokee |
Goddess name "Uttara Bhadrapada" | Hindu | A goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's servants. Hindu |
Goddess name "Uttara Palguni" | Hindu | Minor goddess of healing and disease. Hindu |
Goddess name "Uttarabhadrapada" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A minor goddess of fortune |
Goddess name "Uttarabhadrapada" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A moderate NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
Goddess name "Uttarapalguni" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A minor goddess |
Goddess name "Uttaraphalguni" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A moderate NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
Goddess name "Uttarasadha" | Hindu | Minor goddess of fortune revered by seers and poets, by gods and then by men. Hindu |
Goddess name "Uttarasadha" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |