| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| 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 "Macha" | Celtic / Irish | Fertility goddess. One of the aspects of the MORRIGAN (a trio of warrior goddesses with strong sexual connotations), she appears as the consort of Nemed and of Crunnchu. She is also a warrior goddess who influences the outcome of battle by magical devices. She can change shape from girl to hag and is generally dressed in red. She is depicted with red hair. She appears thus to the Irish hero, Cu Chulainn, before the Battle of Moytura when she suddenly changes herself into a crow, the harbinger of death. heads of slaughtered soldiers were fixed on the so-called Pole of Macha, and the ancient religious center of Emain Macha in Ulster is named after her.See also Banbha, ERIU and Fodla.... |
| Goddess name "Mahapratisara (great protectress)" | Buddhist | Guardian goddess. One of a group of five MAHARAKSAS (protectresses) who are thought to be personifications of amulets or mantras. A guardian of the central or southern direction. Also an emanation of the DHYANIBUDDHA RATNASAMBHAVA. Color: yellow. Attributes: arrow, ax, banner, bow, conch, image of Ratnasambhava on crown, jewel, noose, parasol, prayer wheel, reliquary, sword, staff and trident. Three-headed and three-eyed.... |
| Goddess name "Maharaksa (great protectress)" | Buddhist | Group of guardian goddesses. Personifications of amulets or mantras. Common attribute: a parasol.... |
| Goddess name "Marici" | Buddhist | Solar goddess Buddhist / China |
| 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 "Peperuna" | Slavic | A thunder goddess and the mother of the Sun-goddess Solntse. Her twin brother was the thunder-god Perun. Slavic |
| Goddess name "Sipe Gialmo" | Bon / pre - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. The so-called queen of the world. Her animal is a mule. Attributes: banner, bowl, parasol, swastika, sword and trident. Three-eyed.... |
| Goddess name "Sitapatra (with a white umbrella)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. An emanation of VAIROCANA and a female BODHISATTVA or buddhadesignate. Color: white. Attributes: arrow, bow, hook, noose, parasol, prayer wheel and white staff. Sometimes three-eyed and three-headed.... |
| Supreme god name "Sol (1)" | Roman | Sun god. Known by the full title of Sol Indiges, meaning the indigenous Sol, which may suggest a purely Roman cult on the Quirinal Hill, but there are also inferences that this deity is of more ancient origin. Coins from southern Italy depicting the god with a radiate image date back to circa 200 BC but he rose to particular prominence during the republican period. His festival was celebrated annually on August 9. Nero had a huge statue of himself, as Sol, erected in Rome and the emperor Aurelian elevated Sol to supreme god in the Roman pantheon when Jupiter Conservator gave way to Sol Invictus (the unconquered Sun). Sol may sometimes be linked with AURORA, the goddess of dawn.... |
| Goddess name "Sol (2)" | Nordic / Icelandic | Sun goddess. One of the AESIR goddesses. The daughter of Nubdilfaeri (Mundilferi). She drives the horses which draw the Sun chariot across the sky.... |
| Goddess name "Solbon" | Slavic | A goddess of the morning star & the evening star |
| Goddess name "Solbon" | Slavic | Goddess of the morning star and the evening star Slavic |
| Goddess name "Solntse" | Slavic | Goddess of the Sun. Slavic |
| Goddess name "Sulmanitu" | Western Semitic | Fertility goddess. Concerned with love and war; also has underworld connections. Recognized chiefly at Sidon, but included in the Ugaritic pantheon. Thought by some authors to be the immediate derivation of the biblical Shulamite woman (Vetus Testamentum song of Solomon 6:13).... |
| Goddess name "Tonan" | Aztec | Goddess of the Winter solstice. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Vasudhara" | Buddhist | Goddess. A female bodhisattva or buddha-designate who is the Sakti of Vajrasattva and a form of AKSOBHYA or RATNASAMBHAVA. Color: yellow. Attributes: Book, ear of rice, images of Aksobhya and Ratnasambhava on the crown, parasol, pearl and waterjar with jewels.... |
| Goddess name "Wuriupranili" | Australia | Solar goddess who carries a torch that is the Sun. Australian Aboriginal |
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