| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Da-Shi-Zhi Buddhism" | China | A female Bodhisattva |
| Spirit name "Dakini" | Buddhist | A female being, generally of volatile temperament, who acts as a muse for spiritual practice. Buddhist |
"Devala" | Hindu | Music personified as female. Hindu |
| Deity name "Devi" | Hindu | The consort of Siva and daughter of Himavat, the Himalaya mountains. As the female energy of Siva she considered either as a beneficent or as a malignant deity. Hindu |
| Deities name "Devi" | India | These are female deities |
| Goddess name "Devi (the goddess)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess epitomizing the active female principle. Devi evolved as a major goddess out of the older notion of mother and vegetation goddesses. She is seen more as an abstract principle who will nevertheless respond directly to worshipers' prayers. By the fifth century AD she appears in many forms as the active (feminine) aspect or power of male deities. General attributes: conch, hook, noose, prayer wheel and trident. Devi is also the generic name given to a female deity, in her capacity as the consort of a god or DEVA.See also SRI(DEVI), BHUMIDEVI.... |
| Deity name "Dianic Wicca" | Greek | A Wiccan path that focuses on the strong female deity Diana. |
| Demon name "Dimme" | Sumeria | Female demon of fever and and diseases of infants. There were seven evil spirits of this kind, who were apparently regarded as being daughters of Anu, the god of the heavens. Sumeria |
"Dione" | Greek | A female Titan, a daughter of Oceåñuś and Tethys, and, according to others, of Uråñuś and Ge, or of Aether and Ge. She was beloved by Zeus, by whom she became the mother of Aphrodite. Greek |
| Angel name "Dis plural Disir" | Norse | Attendant spirit or guardian angel. Any female mythic being may be called Dis. Norse |
| Spirit name "Dive zeny" | Bohemian | Wild women, female Forest-spirits. Bohemian |
| Ghost name "Duppies" | Jamaican | The ghosts of deceased people. An Obeah man will summon a Duppy and plant it in a home to curse the occupants. A sample of the victim's clothing, hair or especially menstrual fluid may be obtained so that a Duppy may rape a female victim while she sleeps and make her ill. Jamaican |
| Spirit name "Eithinoha" | Haudenosaunee | A female spirit åśśociated with fertility. Haudenosaunee |
| Angel name "Eloa" | Christian | A female angel that was born from the tears that Jesus wept. Christian |
"Erinnyes" | Greek | Erinnyes, Eumenides or Erinys (the Romans called them the Furies) were female personifications of vengeance. When a formulaic oath in the Iliad invokes "those who beneath the earth punish whoever has sworn a false oath" - "the Erinyes are simply an embodiment of the act of self-cursing contained in the oath" Greek |
"Evan" | Etruscan | Considered female a being that is one of the Las |
"Fatit" | Albania | Female entities who are in charge of the individuals destiny. Albania |
"Fatit/ Merin" | Albania | Female entities that are in charge of the individuals destiny |
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