Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Vajragandhari" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. Color: blue or gold. Attributes: arrow, ax, bell, bow, hook, image of AMOGHASIDDHI, knife, noose, prayer wheel, staff, sword, and trident.... |
Goddess name "Vajraghanta" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. A female dikpala or guardian of the northern direction. Color: green or white. Attributes: staff with bell.... |
Goddess name "Vajrapasi" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. A female dikpala or guardian of the southern direction. Color: yellow. Attributes: staff with noose.... |
Goddess name "Vajrasrnkhala (personification)" | Buddhist | (1) Minor goddess. One of the Mahayana deities said to be an emanation of AMOGHASIDDHI. Some texts describe her as the SAKTI of HEVAJIRA. Color: green. Attributes: arrow, bow, cup, image of Amoghasiddhi on the crown, mane, noose skin, and staff. Three-eyed and three-headed.(2) Goddess of learning. Jain. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Vajravidarani (tearing asunder)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. Attributes: arrows, banner, bow, hook, noose, shield, staff and sword. Five-headed.... |
Goddess name "Vajrayogini" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. She can sometimes be identified carrying her severed head in her hand. Color: yellow. Attributes: club, cup, knife and staff. Three-eyed.... |
"Valaskjalf" | Norse | One of Odin's dwellings. Norse |
"Vale" | Norse | Is a brother of Balder, who slays Hoder when only one night old. He rules with Vidar after Ragnarok. Vale. Norse |
"Valfather" | Norse | Valfather [Father of the slain]. A name of Odin. Norse |
"Valgrind" | Norse | A gate of Valhal. Norse |
"Valholl" | Norse | Valhal, Valhalla [The hall of the slain]. The hall to which Odin invited those slain in battle. Norse |
"Vali" | Norse | A son of Loke who will survive Ragnarok. Norse |
God name "Vali" | Nordic / Icelandic | God. One of the sons of OTHIN, his mother is RIND. A hardened, bold warrior and an excellent shot. He slew HODER and thus avenged the death of Balder. One of the survivors of Ragnarok destined to live in the land which replaces Asgard, Idavoll. Also Ali.... |
Goddess name "Valkyrie" | Norse | Valkyrie [The chooser of the slain]. A troop of goddesses, handmaidens of Odin. They serve in Valhal, and are sent on Odin's errands. Norse |
"Valtam" | Norse | A fictitious name of Odin's father. Norse |
God name "Valtam" | Nordic / Icelandic | God. According to the Poetic Edda (Balder's Dreams) Valtam is the father of OTHIN.... |
Deities name "Van plural Vanir" | Norse | Those deities whose abode was in Vanaheim, in contradistinction to the asas, who dwell in Asgard: Njord, Frey and Freyja. The vans waged war with the asas, but were afterwards, by virtue of a treaty, combined and made one with them. The vans were deities of the sea. Norse |
"Vanaheim" | Norse | The abode of the vans. Norse |