Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Kapalini (carrying a cup)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
Goddess name "Karmavasita" | Buddhist | Minor goddess who personifies the discipline of spiritual regeneration Buddhist |
Goddess name "Karmavasita (control of karman)" | Buddhist | Minor goddess. One of a group of twelve VASITAS or goddesses personifying the disciplines of spiritual regenerationkarma(n) is an act, rite or deed originating in the hope of future recompense. Color: green. Attribute: a staff.... |
Goddess name "Khasa" | Hindu | Minor goddess who controls the spirits of Forests Hindu / Vedic |
Goddess name "Khasa (itch)" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess. Daughter of DAKSA, consort of KASYAPA and a deity controlling spirits of Forests.... |
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 "Kubuddhi" | Hindu | Minor goddess whose name means stupid, she ran around with Gansea Hindu |
Goddess name "Kubuddhi (stupid)" | Hindu | Minor goddess. One of the consorts of GANESA.... |
Goddess name "Laghusyamala (lightly dark colored)" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess. Attributes: lute and wine glåśś.... |
Goddess name "Laka" | Polynesian / Hawaii | Goddess of dancing. A minor deity who is nonetheless greatly revered by islanders in a hedonistic cult of song, dance and sexual liberality.... |
Goddess name "Lasghusyamala" | Hindu | Minor goddess Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Leucothea" | Greek | Leukothea. [White Goddess]. So Ino was called after she became a sea nymph. Her son Pal?mon, called by the Romans Portunus, or Portumnus, was the protecting genius of harbours. Greek |
Goddess name "Leukothea" | Greco - Roman | Sea goddess. Popular around the coasts of the Mediterranean with fishing communities. A mermaid who was originally Ino, a mortal daughter of Kadmos. She was wet nurse to DIONYSOS (BACCHUS), but became mad and threw herself in the sea with her son Melikertes. In another version of the story she was escaping the wrath of Athamas, king of Thebes. The gods elevated her to the status of goddess and her son became the god PALAEMON.... |
Goddess name "Lucina" | Roman | Minor goddess of birth. Concerned with bringing the child into the light. Usually åśśociated with CANDELIFERA and CARMENTES.... |
Goddess name "Maat" | Egypt | Minor goddess of cosmic order. Epitomizing the harmonious laws of the cosmic order. She is recognized from the middle of the third millennium, and probably earlier, closely åśśociated with the creator deities and particularly the Sun god. In later times she was described as the daughter of Re. Her only known sanctuary is in the complex of Karnak at Thebes. Maat is depicted either in human form wearing an ostrich plume on her head or by an ostrich feather alone. The rulers of Egypt believed that they governed under her aegis and frequently had themselves described as beloved of Maat. Maat was also integral to the success of a soul påśśing through the Hall of the Two Truths, where the heart was weighed, to reach Paradise.... |