| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Bhavanavasi" | Hindu | The last of the four categories of gods in the Jainistic Work of Salvation. |
| Deities name "Bhumi (the earth on which all things are formed)" | Buddhist / Varyana | Collective name for a group of deities. Twelve personifications of the spiritual spheres through which a BODHISATTVA or buddha-designate påśśes in his quest for perfection of knowledge. Common attribute: a staff.... |
"Bia" | Greek | The personification of mighty force, is described as the daughter of the Titan Pallas and Styx, and as a sister of Zelos, Cratos, and Nice. Greek |
"Bikeh Hozho" | Navaho | The personification of speech. Navaho |
| God name "Blinded Angel" | Catholic | The devil Satan. According to Pope John Paul II the devil exists in perpetual darkness because he has blinded himself to the light and beauty of God. Catholic |
| Goddess name "Bod" | Indian | The divinity invoked by Indian women who desire fecundity. Children born after an invocation to Bod must be redeemed, or else serve in the temple of the goddess. Indian |
"Brags" | England | Mischievous Goblins that can take the form of a cow with a white flag around its neck, an åśś, or a naked man flapping a white sheet, a chanting girl, or a giant, white singing cat. England |
| Angel name "Brap" | Enochian | A minor angel, skilled at locating precious metals. Enochian |
| Goddess name "Brhaspati (lord of prayer)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Astral god. The personification of the planet Jupiter. In Vedic texts he appears as a priest. The son of Angiras and the guru of the later Hindu pantheon. Considered to be almost identical with BRAHMA. His consort is the goddess TARA and his son is Kaca. He rides in a chariot drawn by eight horses. Color: golden yellow. Attributes: arrow, ax (golden), Book, bow, rosary, staff and water jar.... |
| Goddess name "Brighid" | Celtic | A goddess of education, healing, sore eyes |
| Goddess name "Brighid" | Celtic | Goddess of education, healing, sore eyes Celtic |
"Brimo" | Greek | The angry or the terrifying, occurs as a surname of several divinities, such as Hecate or Persephone (Argonautica), Demeter, and Cybele. Greek |
| Planet name "Budha (awakening)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | (1) Astral god. The personification of the planet Mercury. The son of SOMA (CANDRA) and TARA or ROHINI. Depicted in a chariot drawn by eight horses or lions (sometimes a single lion). Color: yellow. Attributes: bow, club, rosary, shield and sword. Also Candraja and Candrasuta. 2. Astral god. Buddhist. The personification of the planet Mercury. Stands on a lotus. Attributes: bow and arrow.... |
"Bugarik" | Assam / Garos | A lovely river siren with the body and arms of a woman, but no legs. Her head floats on the current and she will kill anyone she catches. |
| Spirit name "Bullkater" | German | A field-spirit resembling a tom-cat. German |
| Goddess name "CHALCHIUHTLICUE (her skirt is of jade)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | water goddess. Featuring strongly in creation mythology, Chalchiuhtlicue presided over the fourth of the world ages which terminated in a great deluge. She is the tutelary deity of the fourth of the thirteen heavens identified at the time of the Spanish conquest, Ilhuicatl Citlalicue (the heaven of the star-skirted goddess). She takes the role of a vegetation goddess responsible for the flowering and fruiting of the green world, particularly maize; she also takes responsibility for such natural phenomena as whirlpools. Attributes include a rattle on a baton, and her dress is adorned with waterlilies.... |
| Goddess name "CIPACTLI (great earth mother)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Primordial goddess. Not strictly a goddess, but significant enough in Aztec cosmogony to be included here. According to tradition she was created in the form of a huge alligator-like monster by the underworld deities MICTLANTECUHLTI and MICTECACIHUATL. She may equate with TLALTECUHTLI, the toad-like earth monster torn apart to form heaven and earth. According to one tradition she emerged from the primordial waters and engaged in a fierce struggle with the Sun god TEZCATLIPOCA during which he tore off her lower jaw to prevent her sinking back into the depths and she bit off his right foot. The mountains are said to be the scaly ridges of her skin.... |
"Caca" | Greek | A sister of Cacus, who, according to some accounts, betrayed the place where the cattle were concealed which Cacus had stolen from Hercules or Recaråñuś. She was rewarded for it with Divine honours, which she was to enjoy for ever. Greek |
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