Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Uttu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | vegetation goddess and goddess of weaving. Not to be confused with UTU the Sun god, Uttu is a minor deity whose father is ENKI. According to legend, Enki first impregnated the mother goddess NINHURSAG A, whose nine-day gestation produced the goddess NIN-S'AR. She in turn was impregnated by Enki and, after a similar nine-day gestation, gave birth to the goddess NINKURRA. Through the same procedure with her grandfather, Ninkurra conceived the goddess Uttu. She is depicted as the goddess of weaving and of spiders.... |
God name "Utu" | Sumeria | God of the Sun and justice who rules the fate of the dead. Sumeria |
God name "Uwolowu" | Togo | Creator god who first made a woman on the earth and bore with her the first child, the first human being. Akposso, Togo |
Goddess name "Uzume" | Japan | The Great Persuader, and The heavenly Alarming Female. The goddess who lured out the Sun deity, Amaterasu, by dancing naked in a bath. Japan |
"Va'irgin" | Chukchee / E Siberia | The supreme being whose name means "I exist" |
Deity name "Va'irgin (I exist)" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | Supreme being. A remote and poorly defined character who lives in the zenith of the sky and who created the world. Comparable with the Koryak deity TENANTO'MWAN.... |
"Vac" | Hindu | The personification of the sacred river, the Sarasvati. Hindu |
Goddess name "Vac" | Hindu | The goddess of language, writing and writing-systems. She is the matron of mental endeavours and the source of voice. Hindu |
Goddess name "Vac (speech)" | Hindu / Vedic | Goddess of the spoken word. In some texts she is a daughter of DAKSA and consort of KASYAPA. Alternatively she is the daughter of Ambhrna. Also known by the epithet queen of the gods, Vac is the personification of the phenomenon of speech and oral communication. She gives the boon of hearing, speech and sight and she can lead a man to become a Brahman. She also personifies truth and sustains somathe liquid essence of vision and immortality. She is said to have created the four Vedas, the basis of the earliest Hindu mythology.... |
"Vacuna" | Sabine | A Sabine divinity identical with Victoria, the personification of victory. |
Goddess name "Vacuna" | Sabine | Minor goddess. A sanctuary dedicated to this deity is known to have existed near the villa belonging to the poet Horace. She may be synonymous with DIANA or MINERVA.... |
"Vafthrudner" | Norse | A giant visited by Odin. They try each other in questions and answers. The giant is defeated and forfeits his life. Norse |
Goddess name "Vaga" | s | Sabra, goddess of the Severn, being a prudent, well-conducted maiden, rose with the first streak of morning dawn, and, descending the eastern side of the hill, made choice of the most fertile valleys, whilst as yet her sisters slept. Vaga, goddess of the Wye, rose next, and, making all haste to perform her task, took a shorter course, by which means she joined her sister ere she reached the sea. The goddess Rhea, old Plinlimmon's pet, woke not till roused by her father's chiding; but by bounding down the side of the mountain, and selecting the shortest course of all, she managed to reach her destination first. Thus the Cymric proverb, There is no impossibility to the maiden who hath a fortune to lose or a husband to win." Welsh |
Goddess name "Vagbija (seed of speech)" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess. An aspect of the goddess SARASVATI in the form of a bija mantra. The embodiment or apotheosis of consciousness representing the sacred word.... |
Spirit name "Vagisvara (lord of speech)" | Buddhist | God of speech. The tutelary deity of Nepal. An emanation of all DHYANIBUDDHAS (spiritual meditation buddhas) and a variety of MANJUSRI. Accompanied by a lion or seated upon a lion throne. Attribute: blue lotus.... |
God name "Vagitåñuś" | Roman | this minor god of påśśage was the guardian of the press first cry at birth |
God name "Vagitåñuś" | Roman | Minor god of påśśage. The guardian of the infant's first cry at birth.... |
God name "Vahguru" | Sikh | Creator god. Worshiped in the Golden Temple of Amritsar, in northern India. He has no icons.... |