Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Dike" | Greek | Goddess of justice. The daughter of ZEUS. Depicted as a maiden whom men violently abuse in the streets but who is honored by the gods and who reports to her father on the misdeeds of mankind, causing Divine retribution. She is depicted on the Kypselos chest as an attractive woman strangling an ugly goddess of injustice, ADIKIA.... |
Goddess name "Diksa (initiation)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The consort of Ugra and mother of SANTANA. Also the name of the Buddhist Tantric initiation ceremony.... |
Goddess name "Dipti" | Hindu | Minor goddess Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Dipti (brightness)" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess. No details available.... |
Goddess name "Dirghadevi" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A goddess |
Goddess name "Dirghadevi (long goddess)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. Consort of the god NIRRTI.... |
Goddess name "Disa" | Hindu | In minor goddess and the momma of the minor creation god Sarga Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Disa (the ten directions of space)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. Consort of SI IVA in his terrible aspect of BHIMA and mother of the minor god Sarga (creation).... |
Goddess name "Diti" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The daughter of DAKSA, a consort of ADITI (in the Rg Veda) or KASYAPA and the mother of a race of demons. Attributes: blue lotus, child and fruit.See also Aditi.... |
Goddess name "Dombi" | Buddhist | Goddess of terrifying appearance. One of a group of GAURI. Color: red or blue. Attribute: a banner.... |
Goddess name "Durangama" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Vajrayana |
Goddess name "Durangama (going far away)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of several deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: green. Attributes: staff on a great lotus.... |
Goddess name "Durga" | Hindu | Goddess of fire and a vengeful warrior Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Eibhir" | Ireland | Goddess of the Sun, described as being a yellow-haired "stranger from another land." Ireland / Manx |
Goddess name "Euphrosyne" | Greek | One of the three Charites or Graces. The cheerful one, or life lived in exuberance and joy, the Goddess of mirth, and the incarnation of grace and beauty. A daughter of Zeus and Eurynome, or of Dionysus and Aphrodite. Greek |
Goddess name "Fand" | Irish | An early Irish sea goddess, later described as a "Queen of the Fairies". Her name is variously translated as "Pearl of beauty" or "A Tear". She is seen as the most beautiful of goddesses. |
Goddess name "Gandha Tara (fragrance-Tara)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. Color: red. Attribute: conch with sandalwood resin.... |
Goddess name "Ganga" | Hindu / Puranic | River goddess. Guardian deity of the Ganges. The elder daughter of HIMAVAN and MENA, she is the sister of PARVATI and the consort of VIS'NU and AGNI. She is also the second consort of SIVA. Ganga is regarded as a symbol of purity and is frequently depicted with Brahma washing the raised foot of VIS'NU TRIVIKRAMA. According to tradition she was a heavenly river brought to earth and caught by Siva in his hair to soften the shock of her fall. She rides on a fish or water monster. Color:... |