Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Kamini (loving woman)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
God name "Kana-Yama-Biko-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | God of miners. Born from the vomit of IZANAMI and worshiped in the NanguJinja and other shrines. His consort is KANAYAMA-HIME-NO-KAMI. One of the KAMIS of the so-called metal mountain.... |
Goddess name "Kana-Yama-Hime-No-Kami" | Japan | Goddess of miners with a very sad birth story Japan / Shinto |
Goddess name "Kana-Yama-Hime-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Goddess of miners. Born from the vomit of IZANAMI and worshiped in the Nangu-Jinja and other shrines. Her consort is KANA-YAMA-BIKO-NO-KAMI. One of the KAMIS of the so-called metal mountain.... |
Demon name "Kankala(murti)" | A violent / heavily armed aspect of SIVA | Minor god. Traditionally accompanied in artworks by a skeleton, Kankala takes his place in mythology as the representation of the deity who slew V ISNU'S bodyguard VISVAKSENA. This was prompted by the refusal of Visvaksena to permit Siva an audience with Vis'nu. These illustrations were designed by Saivites as part of a propaganda exercise to demonstrate the superiority of Siva over Vis'nu.... |
God name "Kantatman" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Obscure god of Medicine. The twentieth of the thirty-nine minor avataras of the god VIS'NU and possibly the same as DHANVANTARI, as he is said to be a carrier of nectar. By different genealogy he has been equated with PRADYUMNA, the god of love.... |
Goddess name "Kapalini (carrying a cup)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
Goddess name "Karmavasita" | Buddhist | Minor goddess who personifies the discipline of spiritual regeneration Buddhist |
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 "Kesava" | Hindu | This God is a minor avatar of Visnu |
Goddess name "Khasa" | Hindu | Minor goddess who controls the spirits of Forests Hindu / Vedic |
Goddess name "Khasa (itch)" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess. Daughter of DAKSA, consort of KASYAPA and a deity controlling spirits of Forests.... |
God name "Kherty (lower one)" | Egypt | Chthonic or earth god. Known from at least 2500 BC, Kherty acts as a guardian of royal tombs but displays a more ominous aspect threatening the soul of the ruler. Pyramid Texts warn that the king must be protected from Kherty by the Sun god RE. Depicted anthropomorphically or with the head of a ram.... |
Goddess name "Kishimo Jin" | Japan | The reformed mother goddess of the demons who now works as a child minder. Japan |
Goddess name "Kishimo-jin" | Japan? | A goddess that changed her mind, maybe |
Goddess name "Krsodari (thin-waisted)" | Hindu | Goddess. An emaciated form of CAMUNDA, a personification of famine. She stands upon a corpse. Attributes: club, iron rod, skull and trident.... |
Goddess name "Krttika(s)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess(es) of fortune. Strongly malevolent NAKSATRA(S) con sisting of the six stars in the Pleiades constellation who become nurses of the god SKANDA. (In Hindu mythology there are only six Pleiades, not the seven recognized in modern astronomy.)... |
Goddess name "Krttika[s]" | Hindu | Minor malevolent goddess / es Hindu / Puranic / Epic |