| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Sarama" | India | The fleet one, the runner; the dog belonging to Indra and the gods, the Divine watcher "over the golden flock of stars and solar rays." She is the mother of the two dogs called Sarameyas. India |
| Goddess name "Selene/ Mene" | Greek | The goddess of the moon & stars |
| Goddess name "Somius" | Roman | Minor god of sleep. He equates with the Greek god HYPNOS. According to legend he is one of the two sons of NYX, goddess of night, and lives in a remote cave beside the Lethe river. He is depicted by Ovid dressed in black but with his robe scattered with stars, wearing a crown of poppies and holding a goblet of opium juice. His attendant is MORPHEUS and he oversees the spirits of dreams and nightmares. Particularly noted from the art of the Lacedaemonians who placed statues of Somnus and MORS side by side.... |
"Ta'he'tar" | Finland | The daughter of the Stars. The Kalevala. Finland |
| Goddess name "Tara" | Hindu | Goddess of the stars. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Tate Velika Vimali" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Sun goddess. Perceived as a young girl or as a royal eagle who holds the world in her talons and guards it. In human form the night sky with its stars are her dress.... |
| Goddess name "Tzitzimime" | Aztec | Goddesses of the stars. Aztec |
"Ursa Major" | Roman | Calisto, daughter of Lycaon, was violated by Jupiter, and Juno changed her into a bear. Jupiter placed her among the stars that she might be more under his protection. Roman |
"Uruzimu" | Urartan | One of the fiends who seek to cast down the Seven Gates of the Stars. Urartan |
| King name "Vairgin" | Chukchee | The Sun, moon, stars, and constellations are also known as vairgit; but the Sun is a special vairgin, represented as a man clad in a bright garment, driving dogs or reindeer. He descends every evening to his wife, the 'Walking-around-Woman'. The moon is also represented as a man. He is not a vairgin, however, but the son of a kele of the lower worlds. He has a låśśo, with which he catches people who look too fixedly at him. Shamans invoke the moon in incantations and spells. Chukchee |
"Yetl" | Tlingit | The Raven of Tlingit legend, was the symbol of creation, maker of Forests and mountains, rivers and seas. He guided the Sun, the moon, and the stars and controlled the winds and the floods. Yetl gave light to the world. |
"Zabian" | Chaldees / Persians | A worshipper of the Sun, moon, and stars. The Chaldees and ancient Persians were Zabians. |
| God name "Zipacna" | Mayan | God of the dawn who, every morning, trys to destroy the stars. Mayan |
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