| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Isi" | India | Goddess moderating the whole world, giving laws to heaven, earth, and Ocean, as the common parent both of gods and men, and as the productive cause both of corn and trees. India |
| Goddess name "Ix Chel" | Mayan / Yucatec / Quiche, Mesoamerican / Mexico | moon goddess. Also the goddess of childbirth and Medicine and of Rain bows. A consort of the Sun god. She has a major shrine as Cozumel and small figurines of the goddess have been conventionally placed beneath the beds of women in labor. Such women are considered to be in great danger at times of lunar eclipse when the unborn child may develop deformities. Ix Chel is a guardian against disease and the Quiche Indians regard her as a goddess of fertility and sexual inter course. A goddess of weaving, believed to be the first being on earth to weave cloth, she was employed in this craft when she first attracted the attention of the Sun god. She carries her loom sticks across the sky to protect her from jaguars. Under Chris tian influence she has been largely syncretized with the Virgin Mary.See also IX CHEBEL YAX.... |
| Goddess name "Jyrstha" | Hindu / Puranic / earlier | Goddess of misfortune. The elder sister of the goddess LAKSMI, Jyestha personifies poverty and is depicted with a large belly and long nose. In earlier Hinduism she was worshiped particularly in southern India. Also a NAKSATRA of evil influence; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). Her animal is an åśś. Attributes: arrow, banner with crow, cup, blue lotus, hair-ornament and staff.... |
| Goddess name "Kabandha" | India | A monstrous evil spirit slain by Rama. A son of the goddess Sriand "covered with hair, vast as a mountain, without head or neck, having a mouth armed with immense teeth in the middle of his belly, arms a league long, and one enormous eye in his breast." India |
| Goddess name "Kali" | Hindu | Goddess of cemeteries, destruction and death who helped dance the universe into existence Hindu / Puranic / India |
| Goddess name "Kali" | Hindu / Puranic / India | A goddess of cemeteries, destruction & death that helped dance the universe into existence |
| Goddess name "Kamaksi (of amorous appearance)" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India / Sri Lanka | Goddess. A SAKTI of SI IVA recognized locally at Kanchipuram, but also in her own right at several places in southern India. Also Kamatchi (Tamil).... |
| Goddess name "Kamala (lotus born)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. Particularly worshiped in southern India. One of a group of MAHAVIDYAS or personifications of the SAKTI of SI IVA, representing MAHARATRI.... |
| Goddess name "Karaikkal Ammaiyar" | Hindu / southern India | Local mother goddess. Known from the town of Karikal as a deified ascetic who is depicted with an emaciated form. Attribute: playing cymbals.... |
| Goddess name "Karalkal Ammaiyar" | Hindu / S India | A local mother goddess |
| Goddess name "Karalkal Ammaiyar Hindu" | India | Local mother goddess India |
| Goddess name "Karttiki" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of a group of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS.... |
| 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 "Kn Sgni" | India | Goddess of the Sun. India |
| Goddess name "Kodamata" | India | Goddess of health and healing. India |
| Goddess name "Korravai" | Davidian / Tamil / S India / Sri Lanka | though sweet to the to for (?) A war goddess |
| Goddess name "Korravai" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India / Sri Lanka | war goddess. Worshiped in desert regions in southern India, thought to live in trees and equating to DURGA. She has a son, MURUKAN. Also Katukilal; Korrawi.... |
| Goddess name "Korraval" | Dravidian | Goddess of war India / Dravidian / Tamil / Sri Lanka |
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