| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Tlaltecuhtli" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic creator goddess. In Aztec cosmogony, Tlaltecuhtli is a monstrous, toad-like figure whose body is cleaved in two by the gods TEZCATLIPOCA and QUETZALCOATL to fashion heaven and earth. The ruler of the second of the thirteen heavens known at the time of the Spanish conquest, Ilhuicatl Tlalocan Ipan Metztli (the heaven of the Paradise of the Rain god over the moon), she is also one of the group clåśśed as the MICTLANTECUHTLI complex. She is said to swallow the Sun each evening and disgorge it in the dawn. She also devours the blood and hearts of sacrificial victims and the souls of the dead.See also CIPACTLI.... |
| Goddess name "Tonaleque" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Goddess. The ruler of the fifth of the thirteen heavens known at the time of the Spanish conquest, Ilhuicatl Huixtotlan (heaven of the salt fertility goddess).... |
| Goddess name "Toyo Uke" | Japan | Goddess of war Japan |
| Goddess name "Toyo Uke Bime" | Japan | Goddess of foodstuffs Japan / Shinto |
| Goddess name "Toyo-Uke-Bime" | Shinto / Japan | Goddess of foodstuffs. An ambiguous deity often identified with Inari, she is said in the Kojiki to be a daughter of WakuMusubi-No-Kami and a great granddaughter of IZANAGI and IZANAMI. Her main sanctuary is the Geku in Ise, whither she was allegedly removed from Tamba after the emperor had received a dream-message from the Sun goddess AMATERASU in AD 478.... |
| Goddess name "Toyota Mahime" | Japan | Goddess of the sea Japan |
| Goddess name "Tureshmat" | Japan | Creator goddess who created Hokkaido Island. Japan |
| Goddess name "Tzu Sun Niangniang" | Chinese | Mother goddess. One of the nine dark ladies of the pantheon who are regarded as having a protective role. She was the mortal wife of a minor official and, having borne him five sons and two daughters, committed suicide in order to ensure her future chastity. She is invoked at weddings to provide children, especially sons, and special cakes are eaten by the bride and groom. One of her more famous sanctuaries, on the island of Taiwan, is the Yin Yang Stone.... |
| Goddess name "Uke Mochi" | Japan | Goddess of food, she prepared a feast by facing the ocean and spitting out a fish, then she faced the Forest and bountiful game spewed out of her mouth, finally turning to a rice paddy she coughed up a bowl of rice. Japan |
| Goddess name "Uso Dori" | Japan | Goddess of singing. Japan |
| Goddess name "Uzume" | Japan | The Great Persuader, and The heavenly Alarming Female. The goddess who lured out the Sun deity, Amaterasu, by dancing naked in a bath. Japan |
| Goddess name "Vajravarahi (diamond sow)" | Buddhist / Mahayana / / Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess. An emanation of VAIROCANA and sometimes identified as the SAKTI of HEVAJIRA. In Lamaism she accompanies VAJRADAKA. She is depicted treading on a man. Color: red. Attributes: principally club, cup, image of Vairocana on the crown and knife, but with an åśśortment of other attributes from time to time. Three-eyed and three-headed.... |
| Goddess name "Vodni Panny" | Slavic | A goddesses of rivers |
| Goddess name "Waka-H ru-Me" | Shinto / Japan | Sun goddess. Arguably the younger sister of the great Shinto Sun goddess AMATERASU, or an early manifestation, she is åśśociated with the morning Sunrise. Also involved with weaving the garments of the KAMI.... |
| Goddess name "Waka-Sa-Na-Me-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Agricultural goddess. The deity specifically concerned with the transplanting of young rice. A daughter of Ha-Yama-To-No-Kami and O-Ge-Tsu-Hime. Generally served by Buddhist priests. See also WAKA-TOSHI-NO-KAMI and KUKU-TOSHI-NO-KAMI.... |
| Goddess name "Wakahirume" | Japan | The favourite maiden of the Japanese Sun goddess Amaterasu. Wakahirume fell onto her shuttle and fatally punctured her vag***. Japan |
| Goddess name "Yasodhara (preserving glory)" | Buddhist | Goddess. The daughter of Dandapani and the consort of the BUDDHA before he attained his full status.... |
| Goddess name "Yaya Zakurai" | Japan | Goddess of spring. Japan |
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