| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Kamadhenu" | Hindu | The cow which grants desires, belonging to the sage Vasishtha. She was produced at the churning of the ocean. Hindu |
"Kaustubha" | India | A celebrated jewel obtained at the churning of the ocean, and worn by Vishnu or Krishna on his bosom. India |
| Spirit name "Kavra'nna" | Chukchee / E Siberia | A Sun spirit, female type |
| Spirit name "Kavra'nna Chukchee" | East | Sun spirit, female type Siberia(East) |
| Spirit name "Kavra'riria (walking around woman)" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | Sun spirit. The consort of the Sun in Chukchee mythology. Also Ko'rgina (rejoicing woman).... |
| Demon name "Ke'lets" | Chukchee / Siberia | The demon of death |
| Demon name "Ke'lets Chukchee" | Siberia | demon of death Siberia |
| Spirit name "Kere'tkun" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | Sea spirit. The chief being in the ocean depths, known to the maritime Chukchee. His consort is Cinei'nen. He owns all the creatures of the sea and is said to wear a cloak of walrus gut and to be extremely fierce. He feeds on the bodies of drowned fishermen and is the subject of sacrifice. Also Peruten.... |
| God name "Keret'kun/ Keretkun" | Chukchee / Siberia | A god of the sea |
| God name "Kotar" | Western Semitic / Syrian | Blacksmith god. Identified in the Ugaritic (Ras Samra) texts as building a palace for the god BAAL and forging his weapons for the conflict against the sea god YAMM. Known also from Phoenician inscriptions. Also Kosar, Chusor, KINYRAS.... |
| Supreme god name "Kronos" | Pre - Greek | Archetypal fertility god. He is of unknown origin but is the son of the earth mother GAIA and the sky god OURANOS, whom he usurped after castrating him. His consort is RHEA. So as not to suffer a similar fate to his father he swallowed all his children except ZEUS who was kept from him by a ruse. Zeus eventually hurled Kronos into Tartaros, the abyss in which all the TITANS were confined. He was celebrated in the Greek harvest festival of kronia which equalled the Roman saturnalia. During Hellenic times he was the supreme god at Byblos [Syria]. He is depicted on coinage of Antiochus IV (175-164 BC) nude, leaning on a scepter, with three pairs of wings, two spread and one folded.... |
| God name "Ku'urkil" | Chukchee / Siberia | Not only god, but a powerful Shannon & the first man |
| Deity name "Ku'urkil" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | The founder of the world. Not only a deity, but a powerful shaman and the first human. He equates with the Koryak deity QUIKINN.A'QU.... |
| God name "Ku'urkil Chukchee" | Siberia | Not only god, but a powerful Shannon and the first man Siberia |
| Demon name "Kurma" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | Avatar of Visnu. In the form of a tortoise he placed himself at the bottom of the sea of milk, and made his back the base or pivot of the mountain Mandara. The gods and demons twisted the great serpent Vasuki round the mountain' and, dividing into two parties, each took an end of the snake as a rope, and thus churned the sea until they recovered the desired objects. Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Deities name "Kurma(vatara)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. The second avatara of Vis'nu, Kurma appears in the form of a tortoise which acts as a pivot for the mountainous churning rod the gods employ to make ambrosia from the primal sea of milk after the flood. Kurma is depicted with a human torso surmounting a tortoise shell. Vis'nu is said to have appeared in this form in order to recover some of the possessions lost during the deluge. Attributes: club, conch, lotus and prayer wheel. Also the name for a vehicle of various deities.... |
"Lamia" | Greek | The friend and charioteer of Antilochus. Greek |
| Goddess name "Leukothea" | Greco - Roman | Sea goddess. Popular around the coasts of the Mediterranean with fishing communities. A mermaid who was originally Ino, a mortal daughter of Kadmos. She was wet nurse to DIONYSOS (BACCHUS), but became mad and threw herself in the sea with her son Melikertes. In another version of the story she was escaping the wrath of Athamas, king of Thebes. The gods elevated her to the status of goddess and her son became the god PALAEMON.... |
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