| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Rohini (red)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). She is the mother of BUDHA.(2) Goddess of learning. Jain. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
| Goddess name "Rongomatane" | Polynesian / including Maori | God of Agriculture. He is the father of cultivated food and the special gardener of the kumara or sweet potato which is a vital crop in Polynesia. In New Zealand the first sweet potatoes are offered to Rongomatane. In the traditions of the Hervey Islands, Rongo is one of the five sons of the moon god, Vatea, and the mother goddess, Papa.... |
| Goddess name "Rosmerta (great provider)" | Roman / Celtic / British / Gallic | Fertility goddess. Consort to the god Mercury. Probably locally worshiped and often depicted carrying a basket of fruit, purse or cornucopia. She and Mercury frequently appear together. In addition to her purse, she may bear a twin-headed ax or, alternatively, she may carry Mercury's caduceus (snake-entwined wand).See also MERCURIUS.... |
| Goddess name "Rudracarcika" | Hindu / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of the ASTAMATARAS, alternatively a variety of the goddess DURGA.... |
| Goddess name "Rukko" | Mandaean | The creator goddess. She makes human bodies and her husband adds the souls. Mandaean |
| Goddess name "Rukmini" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A goddess who is avatar of Laksmi among other things |
| Goddess name "Rukmini (witb gold ornaments)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The daughter of Bhismaka, she is the first consort of KRSNA and typically stands to his right. Her son is KAMA. She is also an avatara of LAKSMI. Attribute: a lotus. Also Rukmabayi.... |
| Goddess name "Rumina" | Roman | Rumillia or Rumia, goddess who protected breastfeeding mothers, and possibly nursing infants. Her domain extended to protecting animal mothers, not just human ones. Roman |
| Goddess name "Sadhumati (good)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of several deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: white. Attributes: staff, and sword on a blue lotus.... |
| Goddess name "Sagaritis" | Greek | A nymph in whose embraces Attis became faithless to Cybele. The goddess avenged the wrong done to her by causing the tree with which the nymph's life was connected, to be cut down. Greek |
| Goddess name "Sakhemet aka Sachmet" | Egypt | Sakhet and Sakhmet, originally the war goddess of Upper Egypt. It was said that her breath created the desert. She was also known by some cults to be a daughter of the ancient Sun god Ra. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Sala" | Akkadia | wife of the weather god Adad and a goddess of war. Akkadia |
| Goddess name "Salmaone" | Greek | A mother goddess |
| Goddess name "Samantaprabha (possessing universal splendor)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of several deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: red. Attributes: an image of AMITABHA carried in the hand, and a staff.... |
| Goddess name "Samas'" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Sun god. The patron deity of Sippar and Larsa. His consort is the mother goddess A-A. S amas derives from the god UTU in the Sumerian pantheon. He is åśśociated with justice. His symbol is the Sun disc and a star surrounded with radiating Sunbeams. He may carry a single-headed scimitar embellished with a panther head. His sanctuary is known as the E-babbar. Also åśśociated with human-headed bulls. His attendant deities include Mes aru, justice, and Kettu, righteousness. He came to much greater prominence in the pantheon at Babylon from about the eighteenth century BC.... |
| Goddess name "San Chou Niang Niang" | China | Mother goddess who was first deified during the Sung dynasty China |
| Goddess name "Saning Sari" | Java | Rice mother goddess Java |
| Goddess name "Sanjna" | Hindu | Goddess of warriors Hindu daughter of the celestial architect Tvastra disguised herself as a horse and fled from her husband. When he caught her, they produced the Ashwini Kumaras, the horse-headed twins. Each day the twins bring the dawn as their chariot speeds through the sky. Hindu |
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