| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "SantoshI Mata" | Modern Hindu | Mother goddess. She first appeared in northern India in 1960 and has since developed a sizeable cult following. She is invoked to åśśist in gaining personal advancement and prosperity.... |
| Goddess name "Santoshi Mata" | Hindu | Mother goddess of recent origin, about 1960 Hindu |
| Goddess name "Saptamatara" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Generic title of a group of mother goddesses. Seven deities of evil influence, who generally inflict disease or other harm on children. Common color: red. Attributes: cup and lotus.... |
| Goddess name "Sitala(mata) (possibly meaning mother cold')" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of seven SAKTIS who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent, inflicting sickness. Particularly known from Bengal where she may be identified with the goddess KALI. Usually standing naked upon a lotus or riding an åśś. Alternatively symbolized by a stone on which a face is painted. Attribute: waterjar.... |
| Goddess name "Sitala[mata]" | Hindu | Mother goddess of healing Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Goddess name "Syamatara" | Buddhist | Goddess, believed to be incarnated as the Nepali princess. Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Syamatara (tbe black Tara)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess. A gracious form of the goddess TARA. Also an emanation of AMOGHASIDDHI and a form of AVALOKITESVARA. Color: black, possibly green. Attribute: blue lotus.... |
| Deities name "Tangaroa" | Polynesian / including Maori | Sea and creator god. The deity responsible for the oceans (moana) and the fish (ika) within them. In Hawaiian belief he was the primordial being who took the form of a bird and laid an egg on the surface of the primeval waters which, when it broke, formed the earth and sky. He then engendered the god of light, ATEA (cf. TANE). According to Tahitian legend, he fashioned the world inside a gigantic mussel shell. In a separate tradition Tangaroa went fishing and hauled the Tongan group of islands from the depths of the ocean on a hook and line. He is the progenitor of mankind (as distinct from TUMATAUENGA who has authority over mankind). His son Pili married SINA, the tropic bird and they produced five children from whom the rest of the Polynesian race was born. In Maori culture Tangaroa, like all deities, is represented only by inconspicuous, slightly worked stones or pieces of wood and not by the large totems which are depictions of ancestors.... |
| Goddess name "Tara (power of hunger)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. May originally have had astral connotations, since the word can be interpreted as star. One of a group of MAHAVIDYAS personifying the SAKTI of SI IVA. She may also be the consort of CANDRA (SOMA). Aspects include Krodharatri. Attributes: knife, skin, skull, snakes and sword. Three-eyed.(2) Goddess. Buddhist (Mahayana and Vajrayana). An epithet of the mother of the BUDDHA, Maya. Also one of a series of female deities, the DHYANIBUDDHASAKTI considered to be aspects of the Sakti of AVALOKITESVARA or of AMOGASHIDDHI. She may also be the Sakti of ADIBIDDHA and of the various DHYANIBUDDHAS, in which case she is characterized by their colors. These Taras thus become White Tara and so on.See also BHRKUTI, EKAJATA, KURUKULLA, SITATARA and SYAMATARA. In Tibetan Buddhism she is known as sGrol-ma.... |
| God name "Taumata-Atua" | Polynesia | vegetation god who presides over the fields Polynesia |
| Deities name "Taumata-Atua" | Polynesian / including Maori | vegetation god. He presides over the fields and may be the god Rongomatane under an alternative name. In Maori culture Taumata-Atua, like all deities, is represented only by inconspicuous, slightly worked stones or pieces of wood and not by the large totems, which are depictions of ancestors.... |
| God name "Thakur Deo" | Hindu | Local god. Known from various villages in northern India. His consort is DHARTI MATA. May appear with a white horse. Also Thakkur.... |
| Goddess name "Tripura (lady of the three cities)" | Hindu / Jain | Mother goddess. In Jainism regarded as one of the ASTAMATARAS. In Hinduism the SAKTI of Tripurantaka, an ugra (terrible) representation of the god SIVA, alternatively a form of the goddess PARVATI. The three cities are the cities of gold, silver and iron, one in heaven, one in the air and one on earth, which Siva destroyed in his form as Tripurantaka. Tripura is depicted attended by vultures. Attributes: Book, hook, noose and rosary.... |
| God name "Tumatauenga" | Polynesia | God of war who was given charge over mankind. Polynesia |
| God name "Tumatauenga" | Polynesian / including Maori | God of war. One of the children of the prime parents RANGINUI and PAPATUANUKU, he proposed the slaughter of his parents when it was decided to separate them as sky and earth. He was subsequently given charge over mankind (tangata), which he imbued with his lust for the warfare and violence that was a characteristic part of Maori culture. Also Kumatauenga (Hawaiian).... |
"Umvelatanqi" | Africa | Ukqamata. The supreme being of the Amakxosa. South Africa |
| Goddess name "Vaisnavi" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI of V IS NU, also regarded as a form of LAKSMI. In later Hinduism she became one of a group of MATARAS regarded as of evil intent. Also one of a group of eight ASTAMATARAS. In another grouping one of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. Her vehicle is the hybrid beast GARUDA. Attributes: child, club, conch, lotus and prayer wheel.... |
| Goddess name "Varahi" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI who in later Hinduism becomes one of a group of MATARAS regarded as of evil intent. Also one of a group of eight ASTAMATARAS. In another grouping, one of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. She sits upon a boar, buffalo or elephant. Attributes: boar's head, bow, club, cup, knife, noose, plough, sword and trident.... |
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