| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Kesini" | Buddhist | Goddess Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Kesini (hairy)" | Buddhist | Goddess. An attendant of ARAPACANA.... |
| God name "Khadir" | Pre - Islamic north African | vegetation god. He wanders the earth returning to the same spot once in every 500 years and is said to have gained his immortality by drinking from the well of life. Similar in some respects to the Syrian god ADONIS and revered by Alexander the Great. Normally referred to as Al-Khidr (the green one).... |
| Goddess name "Khandsba" | Hindu / late | Form of the god SI IVA. Khandoba is believed to have emerged as a deity with a distinct cultic following no earlier than the thirteenth or fourteenth century, mainly in western India and centered on Jejuri, near Poona. The god is generally regarded as one of several martial forms which SI iva took to combat demons. His consort is the goddess MHALSA, considered to be a form of PARVATI. He is depicted bearing four arms and is usually mounted on a horse, but may also be accompanied by a dog. Attributes: bowl, drum, sword and trident. Also Makhari; Mallari; Martland.... |
| God name "Khasaparna" | Buddhist | God Buddhist |
| God name "Khasaparna (gliding through the air)" | Buddhist | God. A variety of AVALOKITESVARA. Color: white. Attributes: image of AMITABHA on the crown, and lotus.... |
| Goddess name "Khen-Ma" | Buddhist | Goddess who is the controller of the earth's demons Buddhist / Tibet |
| Goddess name "Khen-Ma" | Buddhist / Tibet | Goddess. The female controller of the earth's demons, attended by a ram. Attribute: a golden noose.... |
| Demon name "Khen-Pa" | Buddhist | God who controls the demons of heaven Buddhist / Tibet |
| Demon name "Khen-Pa" | Buddhist / Tibet | God. The male counterpart of KHEN-MA, he controls the demons of heaven, attended by a white dog. Attribute: a crystal staff.... |
| God name "Khentimentiu" | Egypt | This is the god that rules the destinies of all of the dead |
| Goddess name "Khipa" | Hittite / Hurrian | Tutelary deity. This may be an archaic name for the goddess MA. Also Khebe.... |
| Goddess name "Khnum" | Egypt / Upper | Chthonic or earth god. Said to create human life on a potter's wheel but strictly at the behest of creator deities. He is usually seated before a potter's wheel on which stands a naked figure in the process of molding. The Khnum cult was principally directed from sanctuaries at Esna, north of the first Nile cataract, and at Elephantine where mummified rams covered with gold leaf and buried in stone sarcophagi have been discovered. Khnum supervises the annual Nile flood, which is physically generated by the god HAPY. His consort at Esna is the goddess Menhyt. Khnum is also described at other sites as the BA or soul of various deities including GEB and OSIRIS. Depicted anthropomorphically or with the head of a ram.... |
| God name "Khnum/ Kneph/ Khnemu" | Egypt | A smith god who forms humans on his potter's wheel |
| Goddess name "Khons(u) (wanderer)" | Egypt / Upper | moon god. Recognized from at least 2500 BC but best known during the New kingdom (mid-sixteenth century BC). A significant deity at Thebes, where he is described as an offspring of AMUN and MUT. His sacred animal is the baboon. There is a Khonsu precinct as part of the Temple of Amun in the Karnak complex. From the Greco-Roman period there exists a sanctuary of Kom-ombo where Khonsu is seen as the offspring of the crocodile god SOBEK and the mother goddess HATHOR. Depicted anthropomorphically or with a falcon's head, but in either case enveloped in a close-fitting robe. He wears a crown consisting of a crescent moon subtending a full moon orb.... |
| God name "Khyung-Gai mGo-Can" | Buddhist | Local god Buddhist / Tibet / Bon |
| God name "Khyung-Gai mGo-Can" | Buddhist / Tibet | Local god. Equating to the Hindu god GARUDA.... |
| God name "Kianda" | Kimbundu / Angola, southern Africa | God of the sea. Guardian of the Atlantic Ocean and its creatures. Invoked by fishermen who place offerings on the spéñïś. His presence may be symbolized by a skull.... |
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