| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Deity name "Isa (1)" | Hindu / Puranic | (1) An aspect of S IVA. Also a dik pala or guardian of the northeastern quarter; and an EKADASARUDRA (one of the eleven rudras). Rides upon a goat or a bull. Color: white. Attributes: five arrows, ax, drum, fruit, hatchet, hook, lute, noose, rosary, staff. Three-eyed.(2) Guardian deity. Buddhist. A minor dikpala attended by a bull. Color: white. Attributes: cup, moon disc and trident.... |
| Goddess name "Isa (2)" | Songhai / Niger, West Africa | River goddess. The mother goddess of the river Niger.... |
| Book name "Isa - Soma - Ulu'tuyar - Ulu Toyo'n - Uru'n Ajy Toyo'n" | Egyptian | Ulu Toyo'n "Thou Beautiful Power, thou Beautiful Rudder of the Northern heaven, Power of heaven, From the Egyptian Book of the Dead |
"Isaf" | Arabian | An Arabian idol in the form of a man, brought from Syria, and placed in Es-Safa, near the temple of Mecca. Some say Isaf was a man converted into stone for impiety, and that Mahomet suffered this one "idol" to remain as a warning to his disciples. |
"Isahi" | Kenya | The supreme being of the Logoli. Kenya |
"Isakakate" | Crow | The supreme being of the Crow. Plains Indians |
| God name "Isakakate" | Crow | Ruler of the Anasazi and a god of the heavens and the sky. Crow |
| Goddess name "Isamba" | Africa | Goddess of the moon Africa |
| Goddess name "Isara" | Semitic | Goddess of marriage and childbirth who dealt with the enforcement of oaths. Semitic |
| God name "Jalinprabha (light of the sun)" | Buddhist | God. A BODHISATTVA or buddhadesignate. Color: red. Attributes: staff, Sun disc and sword. Also Suryaprabha.... |
| Deity name "Jambhala" | Buddhist | Embodies the Wealth deity aspect of all the Buddhas and bodhisattvas of past, present and future, and grants longevity and prosperity in daily life. Buddhist |
| God name "Juggernaut or Jaggernaut" | Crow | The Hindu god Jagganath. The word is a corruption of the Sanscrit jagannatha (lord of the world). The temple of this god is in a town of the same name in Orissa. king Ayeen Akbery sent a learned Brahman to look out a site for a temple. The Brahman wandered about for many days, and then saw a crow dive into the water, and having washed, made obeisance to the element. This was selected as the site of the temple. While the temple was a-building the rajah had a prophetic dream, telling him that the true form of Vishnu should be revealed to him in the morning. When the rajah went to see the temple he beheld a log of wood in the water, and this log he accepted as the realisation of his dream, enshrined it in the temple, and called it Jagannath. |
| Demon name "Kabrakan" | Mayan | A giant demon that causes earthquakes and makes mountains disappear Mayan |
| God name "Kabta" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | God of artisans. In creation mythology he is given charge over brickmolds and pickaxes.... |
| God name "Kathar" | Ugart | this god not only built the Palace of Baal, but is responsible for architects, artisans & weapons makers |
| God name "Kisar" | Akkadia | Primordial god / dess Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
"Ksitigarbha" | Buddhist / Mahayana | 'Earth-Womb'. "Name of a Bodhisattva who saves suffering beings in the hell" he aspires to deliver sentient beings wandering astray in the five(or six) paths of mundane existence. Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Ksitigarbha (womb of the earth)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. Known exten sively from northern India to China and Japan. One of the group of female BODHISATTVAS or buddha designates. Color: yellow or green. Attrib utes: Book, bowl, jewel, staff and water jar. In China she is recognized as an underworld deity, Di zang. In Japan she becomes a guardian deity of påśśage, Jizo.... |
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