| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Deities name "Sa" | Kono / eastern Guinea, West Africa | Chthonic creator god. One of a pair of creator deities, with ALATANGANA. Sa inhabited the primeval swamps before the sky or the light existed and before there were any living things on earth. He had a daughter who eloped with Alatangana and bore fourteen children, three pairs of black and four pairs of white, all of whom spoke different languages and to whom Sa gave the tools of survival.... |
| Deities name "Sa Kono" | E Guinea | A creator god, one of a pair of creator deities |
| Deity name "Samael" | Platonism / Gnosticism | The Demiurge, The Craftsman or Creator, the deity responsible for the creation of the physical universe. Platonism and Gnosticism |
| God name "Samael" | Gnostic Christian | Creator god. The blind god.See also YALDABAOTH.... |
| Goddess name "Saraswati" | Hinduism | The first of the three prominent goddesses of Hinduism, the other two being Lakshmi and Durga. Saraswati is the consort of Lord Brahma, the creator. |
| God name "Seyon" | Dravidian | Creator god Dravidian / Tamil |
| God name "Seyon (the red one)" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India / Sri Lanka | Creator god. An early deity åśśociated particularly with hilly regions in parts of southern India and thought to live in trees. Also Muruga.... |
| God name "Seyon/ Muruga" | Dravidian / Tamil | A creator god |
| God name "Shang Te" | China | Creator god and the supreme being. China |
| God name "Shang Ti" | Taoist / Chinese | Creator god. See also YU HUANG SHANG TI.... |
| God name "Shang Ti/ Yu Hwang-Shang" | China / Taoist | He is a creator god |
| God name "Shei-Lha-Odkhar" | Bon / pre - Lamaist / Tibet | God of light. In the ancient religion he is a creator deity from whom all other gods are engendered. In Lamaism he evolves into a god of wisdom.... |
| Supreme god name "Shei-Rab" | Bon / pre - Lamaist / Tibet | Supreme god. In the ancient religion he is the remote and barely defined creator deity. Attributes include a lotus and swastika.... |
| God name "Shomde" | Afghanistan | Local creator god of the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan |
| God name "Shomde" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Creator god of localized observance. Known from various villages in the southern Hindukush. Shomde is regarded either as equating or senior to the more generally recognized god IMRA. According to observers he provides gold, silver and silk as well as butter, cheese, cream and flour. The main sanctuary was probably at the village of Dewa and in various wooden sculptures Shomde is depicted in human form. Also Wushum; Usum.... |
| God name "Sin" | Dzyan | Father of the gods, creator of all things and parent of the Sun. Dzyan |
| Goddess name "Sobek (rager)" | Egypt | God epitomizing the might of the pharaohs. Said to be the son of NEITH, the creator goddess of Sais. He is depicted as a crocodile wearing a plumed headdress, or as a part-human hybrid. The crocodile imagery suggests an ability to attack and kill with sudden speed. Sobek's cult was extensive along the Nile valley, but was particularly prominent in the fertile Faiyum region. Near Aswan in Upper Egypt a sanctuary dedicated to Sobek identifies him as the consort of HATHOR and the father of KHONSU. Also Suchos (Greek).... |
| God name "Sokar" | Egypt | Chthonic underworld god. Guardian deity of the necropolis at Memphis with possible fertility connotations and with strong links to OSIRIS beside whom he is also perceived as a restored god of the dead. He is also syncretized with the Memphis creator god PTAH in the Old kingdom (circa 4500 BC), where he may have originated as a god of various crafts åśśociated with the manufacture of funerary trappings. He is depicted either as a hawk on a boat, or in human form with the head of a hawk and an elaborate atef crown (see Osiris). Sokar also enjoyed a major cult at Thebes where, in an annual festival celebrating the healthy continuation of the Divine kingship, he was conveyed in an elaborate barque. Also Sokaris (Greek).... |
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