Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Spirit name "Danhyang Desa" | Java | Each village has a Danhyang Desa which is a spirit who lives in a large tree near to or in the village. All blessings emanate from him. Any disasters occurring to the village are seen as a sign that he has been neglected. |
"Drupadi" | Javanese | A warrior and expert archer, wife of Yudistira. She often joins in battle dressed as a male warrior. Javanese |
God name "Gajavahana" | Dravidian | God, a form of the god Skanda Hindu / Dravidian / Tamil |
God name "Gajavahana" | Hindu - Dravidian / Tamil | God. A form of SKANDA who has an elephant as a vehicle. Mainly from southern India. Attributes: çõçkerel and spear.... |
Goddess name "Jw" | Buddhist | Ja'u, Jawi. Possibly a part of the syncretistic Agami Jawi. Many Hindu-Buddhist gods, called dewata with Sanskrit names, are incorporated in Agami Jawi. Dewi Sri comes from Sri, the consort of Vishnu, and in Java is the goddess of fertility and rice. |
God name "Makilehohoa" | Java | A sky god, father of Kimulani. Nukumanu and Ontong Java Melanesia |
Goddess name "Saning Sari" | Java | Rice mother goddess Java |
Goddess name "Sariirig Sari" | Javan | Rice mother. Represented by parts of the rice plant known as indoea padi (mother of the rice). At planting, the finest grain is picked out and sown in the nursery bed in the form of the goddess, after which the rest of the grain is sown round about. At transplanting, the shoots making up the rice mother are given a similar special place in the paddy field. At harvesting, the rice mother plants are found and brought home for the following year's planting.... |
Deity name "Vasya-Tara" | Java | The presiding deity of Candi Kalasan. Java |