Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Sai' Al Qaum (the good and beautiful god who does not drink wine)" | Western Semitic / Nabataean | Local guardian deity. Known from two inscriptions at Palmyra which suggest him to be a protector of caravans. Attributes include a helmet. He may have developed from an Egyptian god Sai (Greek: Psais).... |
God name "Sai' Al Quan" | Nabataean / W Semitic | A local guardian God is believed to be the protector of caravans |
God name "Sakumo" | Gan / Accra region, Ghana, West Africa | God of war. The guardian deity of the Gan tribe.... |
Goddess name "Sarama (the nimble one)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Attendant goddess. She acts as a messenger to the god INDRA and guards his herds. In later Hindu texts Sarama is reputedly the mother of all dogs and is given the epithet the bitch of heaven. The Rg Veda accounts her as having punished the minor deity Panis for stealing cows.... |
Deities name "Sari-Dui" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Tutelary god. One of a group of Lamaist tutelary or yi-dam deities chosen on an individual basis as personal guardians. Color: blue. Attributes: bell, jewel, lotus, prayer wheel, regal trappings, staff and sword. Threeeyed and three-headed.... |
Goddess name "Satis (she who shoots; she who pours)" | Egypt | Minor goddess. A guardian of the southern (Nubian) border of Upper Egypt. The consort of the ram god KHNUM and, by implication, the mother of ANUKIS. She is depicted wearing the conical white crown of Upper Egypt, bearing tall plumes or antelope horns. Satis is described in Pyramid Texts, particularly the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, and there is reference to a sanctuary built for her at Elephantine. Also Satjit; Satet (both Egyptian).... |
Goddess name "Securita" | Roman | The guardian goddess invoked to ensure continuing stability of the Roman Empire |
Goddess name "Securita" | Roman | Guardian goddess. She was invoked to ensure the continuing stability of the Roman empire.... |
God name "Sed" | Egypt | The guardian god that was popular as a personal deity |
God name "Sed" | Egypt | Guardian god. Popular as a personal deity and often identified on protective amulets.... |
Goddess name "Sekhet-Hor" | Egypt / Lower | cow goddess. The fostermother of the god HORUS and particularly invoked to safeguard cattle.... |
Goddess name "Serket(-hetyt)" | Egypt | Minor mortuary goddess. Known from the middle of the third millennium BC, she protects the throne of the king in the guise of a scorpion. She is depicted in human form wearing a headpiece in the form of a scorpion with its sting raised. In the Pyramid Texts she is the mother of the scorpion god NEHEBU-KAU. In her role as a mortuary goddess she is partly responsible for guarding the jars containing the viscera of the deceased. Although she is never identified as warding off the effect of scorpion stings, her influence has been regarded as effective against other venomous attacks. Also Selkis (Greek).... |
Demon name "Shong-Kui" | Taoist / Chinese | God of literature. According to tradition he committed suicide when he failed in his examinations. Also a guardian deity against demons, his attribute is a sword.... |
Goddess name "Si" | Chimu Indian / pre - Columbian / coastal regions of Peru | moon god. The head of the pantheon and guardian of weather and of harvests. He is depicted subtended by a sickle moon, wearing a feathered crown and an armored projection on his back. May also be represented as a goddess.... |
Spirit name "Si'mskalin" | Kamchadal / SE Siberia | guardian spirit |
Spirit name "Si'mskalin" | Kamchadal / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirit. One of two sons of KUTKHU.... |
Spirit name "Si'mskalin Kamchadal" | East | Guardian spirit Siberia(East) |
God name "Sirsir" | Akkadia | Guardian god of boatmen Babylon / Akkadia |