| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Kapali (wearing skulls)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | God. One of the group of eleven EKADASARUDRAS or forms of RUDRA.... |
| Goddess name "Kapalini (carrying a cup)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
| Spirit name "Kappa" | Japan | These water spirits are strange, their food is blood & cuçúɱbers, they are mischevious but extremely knowing & prove helpful to humans |
| God name "Karai-Shin" | Buddhist | God of lightning Buddhist / Japan |
| Deities name "Karai-Shin" | Buddhist / Japan | God of lightning. One of the deities grouped in Shintoism as the RAIJIN gods of thunder, storm and Rain.... |
| Goddess name "Karaikkal Ammaiyar" | Hindu / southern India | Local mother goddess. Known from the town of Karikal as a deified ascetic who is depicted with an emaciated form. Attribute: playing cymbals.... |
"Karkawan-Ziwa" | Nazorean | Being who åśśists Hauraran and Treasure of Light. Early Nazorean |
| Spirit name "Karkotaka" | Hindu | The evil spirit who bit Nala at the request of Indra, transforming Nala into a twisted and ugly shape. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Karmavasita (control of karman)" | Buddhist | Minor goddess. One of a group of twelve VASITAS or goddesses personifying the disciplines of spiritual regenerationkarma(n) is an act, rite or deed originating in the hope of future recompense. Color: green. Attribute: a staff.... |
| God name "Karora" | Australia | A creator god. He was born in a lake and, after fathering many children, he returned there to slumber. Australia |
| God name "Karttikeya" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) God. A form of SKANDA who was reared by the Pleiades stars and is generally represented therefore with six heads. (In Hindu mythology there are only six Pleiades, not the seven recognized in modern astronomy.) His SAKTI is KARTTIKI and his attendant animal is a peaçõçk. Attributes: conch, hook, noose, prayer wheel, shield, spear, staff, sword and wood apple.(2) God. Buddhist. Equating with the Hindu god Skanda. Color: red. Rides upon a peaçõçk. Attributes: çõçk, Sakti and staff.... |
"Kasyapa" | Hindu | Having åśśumed the form of a tortoise, Prajapati created offspring. That which he created he made; hence the word kurma (tortoise). Kasyapa means tortoise; hence men say, 'All creatures are descendants of Kasyapa.' This tortoise is the same as Aditya. Hindu / Puranic / Vedic |
| Demon name "Kasyapa (deriving from the Sanskrit for tortoise)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Primordial god. In Vedic literature a Divine demiurge and father of mankind, snake demons, DEVAS etc. His name stems, arguably, from the notion of the cosmos as a giant tortoise. He has had thirteen consorts. In other texts he is the father of the god NARADA who consorted with one of the daughters of DAKSA. Also PRAJAPATI.... |
| Spirit name "Katajalina" | Australian aboriginal | Animistic spirit. Invoked at the ceremony of initiation by the Binbinga people once living on the west side of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Katajalina is reputed to live in an anthill and to carry off the spirit of the young initiate, kill him and then restore him to life as an adult. His presence is announced in the noise of the bull-roarer.... |
| Deities name "Kataragama" | Tamil / Sri Lanka | Tutelary god. One of four great national deities and equating to the Hindu god SKANDA. Also Ceyon.... |
| Demon name "Katavi Ntamwezi" | Tanzania | And in a demonic being who is chief of the water-spirits Tanzania |
| God name "Katoyalla aka Apu Illapu" | Inca | Katoyalla aka Apu Illapu, a very popular weather god. He was said to keep the milky Way in a jug and use it to create Rain. He appeared as a man in shining clothes, carrying a club and stones. Inca |
"Katsinas" | Acoma | Children of Iatiku who could bring Rain and food Acoma |
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