Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Le Tkakawash" | Klamath | Goddess of birds Klamath |
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.... |
Goddess name "Lha Mo" | Lamaism | Afemale demon who converted to a goddess of Lamaism. |
Goddess name "Lha-Mo (the goddess)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess. Coming from the old Bon pantheon and equating with the Hindu goddess SRIDEVI.... |
Goddess name "Loha" | Klamath | Beneficent goddess portrayed as a beautiful woman Klamath |
Goddess name "MORRIGAN (queen of demons)" | Celtic / Irish | war, fertility and vegetation goddess. A complex goddess displaying various characteristics which are both generative and destructive (see also ANAT, INANA, IS'TAR, ATHENE). At the festival of Samain, she mates with the DAGDA to ensure the future prosperity of the land and as queen Maeve (Medb) of Connaught she was ritually wedded to the mortal king whose antecedent was Ailill. As Nemain (panic) and Badb Catha (raven of battle), she takes on a more warlike and destructive aspect. Rather than engaging directly in conflict, she uses her supernatural powers to spread fear and disarray. The Irish hero Cu Chulainn was thus visited on the battle field by BADB driving a chariot and dressed in a red cloak and with red eyebrows presenting an intimidating appearance. She is capable of changing her shape into various animal forms and in the guise of a raven or a crow is able to foretell the outcome of battle.... |
Goddess name "Mahacinatara (Tara of Tibet)" | Buddhist / Mahayana / / Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess. An emanation of AKSOBHYA and, in Lamaism, a fearsome form of the Vajrayana goddess, EKAJATA, who may be depicted with up to twelve heads and twenty-four hands. She stands upon a corpse. Attributes: arrow, ax, blue lotus, bow, cup, image of Aksobhya on crown, knife, skull, snake, staff, sword, tiger skin and trident. Three-eyed.... |
Goddess name "Mahamanasika" | Jain | Goddess of learning Jain |
Goddess name "Mahamanasika (great-minded)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
Goddess name "Mahamantråñuśarini (following the great sacred text)" | Buddhist | Guardian goddess. One of a group of five MAHARAKSAS (protectresses) who are thought to be personifications of amulets or mantras. Also an emanation of the DHYANIBUDDHA RATNASAMBHAVA, alternatively of AKSOBHYA. She is a guardian of the west, south and eastern quarters according to separate traditions. Color: blue, black, green, white or red. Attributes: most commonly noose and staff. From four to twelve arms; may be three-headed.... |
Goddess name "Mahamantråñuśarni" | Buddhist | Guardian goddess Buddhist |
Goddess name "Mahamataras" | Hindu | Group of goddesses Hindu |
Goddess name "Mahamataras" | Hindu | Group of goddesses. Personifications of the SAKTI of the god S IVA.... |
Goddess name "Mahamayuri (great daughter of the peaçõçk)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. An extremely popular deity and an emanation of AMOGHASIDDHI. A female BODHISATTVA or buddha-designate. Also one of a group of five MAHARAKSAS (protectresses) who are thought to be personifications of amulets or mantras. Color: green, red or yellow. Attributes: alms bowl, arrow, banner, bow, fly whisk, image of Amoghasiddhi on crown, jewel, mendicant, peaçõçk feather, prayer wheel, sword and water jar. Three-eyed and may occasionally appear three or four-headed.... |
Goddess name "Maharatri" | Hindu | Goddess åśśociated with Kali and Kamala Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Maharatri (the great night)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. Associated with KALI and KAMALA.... |
Goddess name "Mahasahaspramardani (the thousand fold destroyer)" | Buddhist | Goddess. An emanation of VAIROCANA, and one of the MAHARAKSAS. Color: white. Attributes: particularly noose, prayer wheel and sword, but also depicted with other objects including image of Vairocana on crown. May be four-headed.... |
Goddess name "Mahasahasprramardani" | Buddhist | Goddess whose name means the thousandfold destroyer Buddhist |