Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Tlazolteotl (Ixcuiname)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic or earth goddess. Known locally from the gulf coast region of Huaxteca. A maternal goddess linked with sexual sin and personifying filth. One of the group of fertility deities clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex.... |
Goddess name "Tlitcaplitana" | Bella Coola | Goddess of healing åśśociated with singing and chanting. Bella Coola |
Goddess name "Upakesini" | Buddhist | Minor goddess of cultivation accomplished through the merits of generosity. Buddhist |
Goddess name "Uras" | Sumeria | Urash, a goddess of earth, and one of the consorts of the sky god An. She is the mother of the goddess Nininsinna. Sumeria |
Goddess name "Uras" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Chthonic earth goddess. One of the named consorts of the sky god AN and the mother of NIN'INSINNA.... |
Goddess name "Uso Dori" | Japan | Goddess of singing. Japan |
Goddess name "Wuriupranili" | Australian aboriginal | Sun goddess. The position of Wuriupranili in the godly hierarchy is unclear, but mythology explains that she carries a burning torch made from tree bark and that she travels from east to west each day before descending to the western sea and using the embers to light her way through the underworld beneath the earth. The colors of the Sunrise and Sunset are said to be a reflection of the red ocher body paints with which she adorns herself.... |