Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Colop U Uichkin (tears out the eye of the sun)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | sky god. Said to live in the midst of the sky, but with a night avatara of the same name who lives in the underworld land of the dead, Metnal, and who is the bringer of disease.... |
God name "Čú𝔪 Hau" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic god of death. One of several names for a death god listed in the codices.... |
God name "Čú𝔪hau" | Mayan | God of death. Mayan |
Nymph name "Cyane" | Greek | A Sicilian nymph and playmate of Proserpina, who was changed through grief at the loss of Proserpina into a well. Greek |
"Cyanippus a" | Greek | Cyanippus a son of Aegialeus and prince of Argos. Apollodorus calls him a brother of Aegialeus and a son of Adrastus. Greek |
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. |
God name "Daramulum" | Australian aboriginal | Creator god. Otherwise known as Gayandi he is the son of BAIAME and BIRRAHGNOOLOO and is worshiped principally by the Wiradyuri and Kamilaroi groups of aborigines in the southeast of Australia, who regard him as an intermediary between his father, the supreme being, and the human race. To an extent this role may have developed through Christian missionary influence.... |
Goddess name "Dayan" | Borneo | Goddess of fire. Borneo |
Goddess name "Dayang Raca" | Borneo | A goddess of fire |
"Delectable Mountains" | s | In Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, are a range of mountains from which the "Celestial City" may be seen. They are in Immanuel's land, and are covered with sheep, for which Immanuel had died. |
Goddess name "Dhanada" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Form of the goddess Tara. Buddhist / Mahayana |
Goddess name "Dhanada" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. One of the emanations of the DHYANIBUDDHA AMOGHASIDDHI, also a form of the goddess TARA. She sits upon a moon throne with an unnamed animal in attendance. Color: green. Attributes: Book, blue lotus, image of Amoghasiddhi, noose and rosary.... |
Goddess name "Dharmamegha" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Vajrayana |
Goddess name "Dharmamegha (cloud of the law)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of twelve deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: blue. Attributes: Book and staff.... |
Goddess name "Dharmapala" | Buddhist | Minor goddess concerned with law Buddhist / Vajrayana |
Goddess name "Dharmapratisamvit (analysis of nature)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Goddess of nature analysis. One of a group of four PRATISAMVITS. Color: whitish-red. Attributes: noose and staff with crook.... |
Goddess name "Dhavajagrakeyura" | Buddhist | Goddess who sits on a Sun throne Buddhist / Mahayana |
Goddess name "Dhupa" | Buddhist | Minor goddess and a censor Buddhist / Mahayana |