Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Taksaka" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Snake god. One of a group of seven MAHANAGAS. Attributes: rosary, swastika and waterjar.... |
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.... |
Goddess name "Tate Kyewimoka (mother west water)" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Rain and water goddess. Appears in lightning and is said to resemble a red snake. She lives in a deep gorge with caves, in Santa Catarina, and brings the Rain from the west. Her animals include deer and ravens and she is also the goddess of the corn.... |
Goddess name "Tefnut" | Egypt | Primordial goddess of moisture. According to the genealogy laid down by the priests of Heliopolis, Tefnut was created out of the breath or spit of the creator Sun god ATUM. She is the sister of SU, god of the air, and the mother of GEB and NUT. Her main cult sanctuary was at Heliopolis. Tefnut, like Su, can become one of several manifestations of the eye of RE in which case she appears as a lion, or in human form but with a leonine head. According to the Pyramid Texts, she creates pure water from her vag***. In a different context she takes the form of a snake encircling a scepter.... |
God name "Thab-Iha" | Bon / pre - Lamaist / Tibet | Hearth god. Color: red. Attribute: a snake in the form of a noose.... |
Deities name "Tzultacah (mountain valley)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic and thunder gods. A group of deities who combine the features of earth and Rain gods. Although there are considered to be an indefinite number of Tzultacahs, only thirteen are invoked in prayers. They live in, and may personify, springs and rivers, but each is the owner of a specific mountain. They are attended by snakes which are dispatched to punish mankind for wrongdoing. Non-poisonous varieties are sent to discipline against minor offenses, rattlesnakes for more serious depravity.... |
God name "Ucchusma" | Buddhist | God. An emanation of AKSOBHYA or RATNASAMBHAVA. Also a form of JAMBHALA. He is depicted as pot-bellied and stands upon Kubera, the Hindu god of riches, who lies with jewels spewing from his mouth. Attributes: cup, ichneumon fly, image of Aksobhya in the hair, moon disc and snakes. Three-eyed.... |
God name "Ungud" | Australia | A snake god who is sometimes male and sometimes female. He is åśśociated with Rainbows and the fertility and erections of the tribe's shamans. Australia |
Spirit name "Vajrapani" | Buddhist / mainly Tibet | God. An emanation of AKSOBHYA but also sometimes identified with ADIBUDDBA. Generally thought to reflect the second DHYANIBUDDHA or spiritual meditation buddba. Sometimes depicted with a peaçõçk. Alternatively considered to be a counterpart of the Hindu god INDRA. Color: dark blue or white. Attributes: noose, snake and staff. Also AcalaVajrapani; Acarya-Vajrapani.... |
God name "Wadd" | Greek | The Minaean moon god. Snakes were believed to be sacred to him. |
God name "Wadd" | Pre - Islamic southern Arabian | moon god. His sacred animal is the snake.... |
Goddess name "Walutahanga" | Melanesia | The eight-fold snake goddess who was born to a human mother. Melanesia |
God name "Wollunqua" | Australia | A snake-god of Rain and fertility. Australian Aboriginal |
Supreme god name "Wonajo" | Melanesia | The supreme god and the leader of the mythological snake people. Rossel Island, Melanesia |
God name "Yamandaga" | Kalmuck | One of the senior gods. Depicted with six hands, holding a scepter, a pair of ropes, two drinking vessels and an animal skin. Coloured blue with red palms and soles, he has snakes coiled around ankles and wrists and another forming a necklace; another necklace is made up of human heads. His crown is made of flowers and skulls. Kalmuck |
Goddess name "Yurlunggur" | Australia | A Rainbow snake goddess, who oversaw the maturing and initiation of boys into manhood. She was a fertility goddess, åśśociated with rebirth and the weather. She is also known as Kalseru. Arnhem Land, Australia |