Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Kostroma" | Russian | Benevolent and malevolent fertility goddess; like the Greeks' Persephone, she is a dying and reborn daughter. Russian |
Goddess name "Kotisri" | Buddhist | Mother goddess. The so-called mother of 7,000 buddbas.... |
Goddess name "Kratos" | Greek | God of strength. One of the sons of the goddess STYX and brother of BIA (force).... |
Goddess name "Krittika" | India | Goddesses of the Pleiades India |
Goddess name "Krosdari" | Hindu | Goddess, a rather emancipated goddess Hindu |
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 "Ksama (patience)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess. One of the daughters of DAKSA. Attribute: trident.... |
Goddess name "Kshumai" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Fertility goddess. A benefi cent goddess appearing in the guise of a goat. Legend has it that either she or her eldest daugh ter is the mother of the god MON. She is said to have given mankind the boon of goats, grapes, other fruit and vegetation in general. She was called upon in times of sickness. She is depicted in wooden statues with prominent long breasts and vulva. Also Kime.... |
Goddess name "Ksitigarbha (womb of the earth)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. Known exten sively from northern India to China and Japan. One of the group of female BODHISATTVAS or buddha designates. Color: yellow or green. Attrib utes: Book, bowl, jewel, staff and water jar. In China she is recognized as an underworld deity, Di zang. In Japan she becomes a guardian deity of påśśage, Jizo.... |
Goddess name "Kubaba" | Hurrian | gave bread to the fisherman and gave water, she made him offer the fish to Esagila Shrines in her honour spread throughout Mesopotamia. In the Hurrian area she may be identified with Kebat, or Hepat, one title of the Hurrian Mother Goddess Hannahannah |
Goddess name "Kubaba" | Kish | This goddess, a former barmaid, reigned as queen of the third dynasty for 100 years |
Goddess name "Kubaba" | Anatolian / northern Syrian | Mother goddess. She was worshiped particularly at Carchemish and seems to equate with the Hittite goddess SAUSKA. Attributes include pomegranate and mir ror. Also Gubaba, Kupapa.... |
Goddess name "Kubai-khotun" | Anatolian | 'Great Mother'; she dwells in the 'tree of life' or under its roots and protects and supports humans and animals. Her milk is the origin of the milky Way. She was the primordial mother-goddess. Anatolian |
Goddess name "Kubjika (hump-back)" | Hindu | Goddess of writing. Personification of the thirty-two Tantric syllables.... |
Goddess name "Kubuddhi (stupid)" | Hindu | Minor goddess. One of the consorts of GANESA.... |
Goddess name "Kuladevi" | Hindu | The family Goddess. Another name for Durga. Hindu |
Goddess name "Kuladevi" | Hindu | Goddess. The female equivalent of a KULADEVATA.... |
Goddess name "Kulisankusa (having an ax and a goad)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |