| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Iusaaset" | Egypt | The female counterpart of Tem and a solar goddess. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Kianda" | Angola | A goddess of the sea. She was traditionally worshipped by throwing offerings such as food and clothing into the sea. Angola |
| Goddess name "Koliada" | Poland | Koljada, Kolyada. Goddess of time and personification of the Winter solstice. Poland |
| Goddess name "Kuanja" | Angola | Goddess of hunting. Angola |
| Goddess name "L'etsa'aplelana" | Bella Coola / PNW Canada | The goddess who initiates the shamans |
| Goddess name "Lilith" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess of desolation. She is perceived as a demonic figure who, in the epic legend of Gilgames and the Huluppu Tree takes up residence in INANA'S holy tree growing on the banks of the Euphrates in Unug. When the hero Gilgames attacks Lilith she escapes into the desert wastes.... |
| Goddess name "Ma" | Cappadocian / Anatolia / Turkey | Fertility and vegetation goddess. The tutelary goddess of Pontic Comana, she was served by votary priestesses acting as sacred prostitutes, and biennial festivals were celebrated in her honor. Gradually she took on an added role as a warrior goddess with solar connotations and ultimately became syncretized with the Roman goddess BELLONA. On coins of the Comana region she is depicted with the radiate head of a solar deity carrying weapons and a shield.... |
| Goddess name "Mahodadhi" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Meola |
| Goddess name "Marici" | Buddhist | Solar goddess Buddhist / China |
| Goddess name "Marzana" | Poland | Goddess of Winter Poland |
| Goddess name "Nun" | Egypt | Primordial god. One of the eight deities of the OGDOAD representing chaos, he is coupled with the goddess NAUNET and appears in anthropomorphic form but with the head of a frog. No cult is addressed to Nun but he is typically depicted holding aloft the solar barque or the Sun disc. He may appear greeting the rising Sun in the guise of a baboon. Nun is otherwise symbolized by the presence of a sacred cistern or lake as in the sanctuaries of Karnak and Dendara.... |
| Goddess name "Ola" | Bibi | Hindu a local play goddess åśśociated with cholera |
| Goddess name "Ola Bibi" | Hindu | Local plague goddess. Worshiped in Bengal where she is åśśociated with cholera.... |
| Goddess name "Pattinidevi (queen of goddesses)" | Hindu / Singhalese / Sri Lanka | Mother goddess. A deification of Kannaki, the consort of Kovolan who, according to ancient Tamil tradition, journeyed to the town of Madurai to sell a gold anklet. Through trickery she was convicted of theft and executed, but was canonized. According to another tradition, she was born from a mango pierced by a sacred arrow. In southern India and Sri Lanka a goddess of chastity and fidelity in marriage. Also a guardian against diseases, including measles and smallpox. She is åśśociated with fire-walking rituals. Attributes: cobra-hood behind the head, and a lotus.... |
| Goddess name "Qamai'ts" | Bella Coola Indian / British Columbia, Canada | Creator goddess. Said to live in the upper heaven, Atsa'axl, from where she controls the earth. According to tradition the mountains were once malevolent beings who made the world uninhabitable, until she conquered them and reduced them in size. She is never invoked or prayed to. Also Tsi Sisnaaxil (our woman); Ek Yakimtolsil (afraid of nothing).... |
| Goddess name "Qamai'ts/ Sisnaaxil/ Ek Yakimtolsil" | Bella Coola / BC Canada | The creator goddess that lives in the upper heavens & controls the earth, she is never prayed to |
| Goddess name "Sura ksini" | Meola | Minor goddess worshiped by the demigods. Meola |
| Goddess name "Suraksini" | Buddhist / Meola | A minor goddess |
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