Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Mala (garland)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of a group of ASTAMATARA deities. Color: red or yellow. Attributes: garland of Forest flowers, or of jewels.... |
"Malamanganga'e" | Polynesia | Creator being who was a personification of light Polynesia |
"Malamanganga'e (light eastward)" | Polynesian | Creator being. One of the two personifications of light who, with MALAMANGANGAIFO, engendered Lupe, the dove, whose consort is rock. From these primordial principles came several generations of supernatural beings whose descendants engendered mankind.... |
"Malamangangaifo" | Polynesia | The other creator being that was a personification of light |
"Malamangangaifo (light westward)" | Polynesian | Creator being. See also MALAMANGANGA'E.... |
God name "Nan-Sgrub (the black one)" | Buddhist / Tibet | God. Possibly a counterpart of the Hindu god KALA. In Lamaism he is a form of YAMA. He stands upon a man. Color: dark blue. Attributes: cup and knife.... |
Goddess name "Nrtya (dance)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of the ASTAMATARAS. Color: green or various. Attribute: staff.... |
Goddess name "Pele" | Polynesian / Hawaii | Volcano goddess. According to tradition she arrived in Hawaii in a canoe, having sailed from Tahiti. She may derive locally from the more familiar Polynesian moon goddess, HINA, since one of her alternative names is Hina-Ai-Malama (Hina who devours the moon).... |
God name "Phyi-Sgrub (the external one)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | God. A form of the god YAMA who rides a buffalo or a bull. Color: blue, yellow or white. Attributes: noose, prayer wheel and staff surmounted by a skeleton.... |
Goddess name "Pukkasi" | Buddhist / Vajrayana / / Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess of terrifying appearance. One of a group of gauri. Color: yellowish white or blue. Attribute: waterjar.... |
Goddess name "Puspa (flower)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of the group of ASTAMATARAS (mothers). Color: white. Attribute: a flower.... |
"Sadaksari (Lokesvara)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Variety of AVALOKITESVARA. The form of Avalokitesvara that is incarnate in the succession of Dalai Lamas. Color: white. Attributes: Book, conch, jewel, lotus and rosary.... |
"Sadaksari[Lokesvara]" | Buddhist / Lamaist / Tibet | A variety of Avalokitesvara that is incarnate in succession of the Dali Lamas |
God name "Sakyamuni (the sage of the Sakyas)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | God. The historical BUDDHA, known mainly from Tibet. He stands upon a lotus. Color: golden. Attribute: a bowl.... |
Spirit name "Salamander" | Greek | The nature spirits of fire, the fire elementals. The Greek salamandra was believed to have power over fire. |
Deities name "Samvara (keeping out)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. One of the emanations of AKSOBHYA and also of HEVAJIRA. In Lamaism he is a four-headed tutelary yi-dam god. His SAKTI is VAJRAVARAHI. He stands upon one or more four-armed Hindu deities including Kalaratri and BHAIRAVA. Color: blue or black. Attributes: ax, bell, cup, drum, image of Aksobhya on the crown, image of four-faced BRAHMA, knife, moon disc, skin, staff and trident.... |
God name "San Sgrub Bon" | Tibet | A god that was absorbed into a variety of Yama in Lamaism |
Goddess name "Saraddevi (goddess of autumn)" | BuddhistLamaist / Tibet | Fertility and vegetation goddess. Associated with autumn, and an attendant of the goddess SRIDEVI. Her sacred animal is an antelope. Attributes: cup, knife and peaçõçk feather.... |