| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Vajravidarani (tearing asunder)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. Attributes: arrows, banner, bow, hook, noose, shield, staff and sword. Five-headed.... |
| Goddess name "Vajrayogini" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. She can sometimes be identified carrying her severed head in her hand. Color: yellow. Attributes: club, cup, knife and staff. Three-eyed.... |
| Goddess name "Valetudo" | Italy | Goddess of good health. Italy |
| Goddess name "Varahi" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI who in later Hinduism becomes one of a group of MATARAS regarded as of evil intent. Also one of a group of eight ASTAMATARAS. In another grouping, one of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. She sits upon a boar, buffalo or elephant. Attributes: boar's head, bow, club, cup, knife, noose, plough, sword and trident.... |
| Goddess name "Varahmukhi (having a boars head)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of MARICI. Attributes: arrow, bow, flower and staff.... |
| Goddess name "Verticordia" | Roman | Changer of the Heart, an attribute of Venus, the goddess who turns the hearts of men. Roman |
| Goddess name "Vesta" | Roman | Was the goddess of the hearth, and therefore inseparably connected with the Penates, for Aeneas was believed to have brought the eternal fire of Vesta from Troy, along with the images of the Penates. The praetors, consuls, and dictators, before entering upon their official functions, sacrificed not only to the Penates, but also to Vesta at Lavinium. (The Aeneid by Virgil. Book II) |
| Goddess name "Vi of Wara" | German | A goddess of healing springs |
| Goddess name "Vidyujjvalakarili (tongues of fire)" | Buddhist | Goddess. A twelve-headed form of Akajata who is said to have been formed in the BUDDHA's sweat. She is often depicted trampling the four Hindu deities BRAHMA, INDRA, SIVA and VISNU. Color: blue or black. Attributes: many and varied.... |
| Goddess name "Wadjet" | Egypt | Goddess of royal authority. Wadjet takes the form of a fire-breathing cobra and, as the uraeus symbol worn on the headdress of the ruler, she epitomizes the power of sovereignty. She is a goddess of Lower Egypt equating to NEKHBET in Upper Egypt, with her main cult center at Buto (Tell el-Farain) in the Nile delta. She forms an integral part of the symbolism of the Sun god RE, coiling around the Sun disc to symbolize Re's powers of destruction. According to mythology, she created the papyrus swamps of the delta. She is described as a wet nurse to the god HORUS and is the mother of the god of the primeval lotus blossom, NEFERTUM.... |
| Goddess name "Warna" | Scilly Isles | Goddess of healing charms and ship wreckers. |
| Goddess name "Widapokwi" | Yavapai | Goddess of health and whirlwinds Yavapai |
| Goddess name "Wilden Wip" | Germanic | Goddesses of healing. Germanic |
| Goddess name "Wuruntemu" | Hatti land | 'Sun Goddess and mistress of the Hatti lands, the queen of heaven and earth. |
| Goddess name "Xiwangmu" | Chinese | The Daoist Goddess of Immortality, owner of the heavenly Peach Garden, and the queen of Paradise. Chinese |
| Goddess name "Yanguang Pusa" | China | Goddess of healing and eyes China |
| Goddess name "Zapotlantenan" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Healing goddess. deity of medicinal turpentine and ointment-dealers. One of the group clåśśed as the TLALOC complex.... |
| Goddess name "Zarya" | Slavic | Goddess of healing waters Slavic |
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