Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Tureshmat" | Japan | Creator goddess who created Hokkaido Island. Japan |
Goddess name "Turrean" | Ireland | Goddess who was transformed into the first large, shaggy Irish Wolfhound by Uchtdealbh, a jealous faery queen. Ireland |
Goddess name "Tuulikki" | Finland | Daughter of Tapio and Mielikki, goddess of animals. |
Goddess name "Tzu Sun Niangniang" | Chinese | Mother goddess. One of the nine dark ladies of the pantheon who are regarded as having a protective role. She was the mortal wife of a minor official and, having borne him five sons and two daughters, committed suicide in order to ensure her future chastity. She is invoked at weddings to provide children, especially sons, and special cakes are eaten by the bride and groom. One of her more famous sanctuaries, on the island of Taiwan, is the Yin Yang Stone.... |
Goddess name "Ua-Ildak" | Mesopotamia | Goddess responsible for pastures and gråśśland. Poplar trees are sacred to her. Mesopotamia |
Goddess name "Uadjet" | Egypt | Wadjit, Wedjet, originally a local city goddess she eventually became the patron goddess of the whole of Lower Egypt åśśociated with the land. |
Goddess name "Uairebhuidhe" | Ireland | bird goddess and possibly a goddess of death. Ireland |
Goddess name "Uathach" | Ireland / Scotland | Goddess who trained warriors. One of the mistresses of Cuchulain. Ireland / Scotland |
Goddess name "Varalden-olmai" | Lapland | queen and mother of the gods, a goddess of virgins and wedding rituals. Lapland |
Goddess name "Vari-Ma-Te-Takere (the very beginning)" | Polynesian / Hervey Islands | Mother goddess. The creator being who lives at the very bottom of the world coconut, sitting in a cramped space with her knees and chin touching. She lives in Te-Enua-Te-Ki (mute land) in eternal silence and is the mother of six children, all deities, three of which she plucked from her right side and three from her left.See also AVATEA, TINIRAU, TANGO, TUMUTEANAOA, RAKA and TU-METUA.... |
Goddess name "Vedenemo (mother of waters)" | Finland | Karelian goddess of water |
Goddess name "Veja Mate" | Latvia | Goddess of the wind was also responsible for birds and the woodlands. Latvia |
Goddess name "Veja Mate" | Pre - Christian Latvian | Goddess of winds. Also responsible for birds and woodlands.... |
Goddess name "Vellamo" | Finland | The wife of Ahti, goddess of the sea, lakes and storms. A current image of Vellamo can be seen on the coat of arms of Päijänne Tavastia. |
Goddess name "Viradechthis aka Harimella" | Scotland | Goddess of protection. Scotland |
Goddess name "Vivasvan (shining)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Sun god. The original Vedic list of six descendants of the goddess ADITI or ADITYAS, all of whom take the role of Sun gods was, in later times, enlarged to twelve, including Vivasvan. One of his titles is the embodiment of ancestral law. His consort is SARANYU and he is identified as the father of YAMA and YAMI, as well as MANU and the ASVINS. His color is golden and his attributes a Forest garland, two lotuses and a trident. Also Vivasvat.... |
Goddess name "Vor" | Nordic / Icelandic | Goddess. Of Germanic origin, one of the AESIR goddesses listed by Snorri in Prose Edda. He suggests that Vor may be concerned with the making of oaths and of marriage agreements, punishing those who break them. Possibly also Var(a), though Snorri lists her as a separate Aesir goddess.... |
Goddess name "Wuruntemu" | Hatti land | 'Sun Goddess and mistress of the Hatti lands, the queen of heaven and earth. |