| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Bentakumari" | India | Goddess of water. The first fish of the season was given to her. India |
| Goddess name "Benten-San" | Shinto / Japan | Goddess of luck. One of seven deities clåśśed as gods of fortune and the only goddess in the group. A popular deity with many sanctuaries dedicated to her, she is a patron of music and holds a biwa instrument in her hand. Snakes, believed to stand for jealousy, are often coiled around her statues. Because of this, married couples are reluctant to visit her shrines together. Her priesthood is both Shinto and Buddhist and she is closely linked with the goddess SARASVATI.... |
| Goddess name "Benzi-Ten/ Benten/ Benzai-Tenno" | Japan | The goddess of eloquence, language, arts, fortune, water, & knowledge |
| Goddess name "Bhadra (auspicious)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess. Attendant of SIVA. Generally seated. Attributes: blue lotus, fruit, rosary and trident.... |
| Goddess name "Bharati" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of sacrifices. She is invoked to appear on the sacrificial field before a ritual. Usually åśśociated with the goddess SARASVATI. Also regarded as a consort of GANESA.... |
| Goddess name "Bhima (terrible)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) warrior god. A prince of the mythical Pandu family and one of the heroes of the Mahabharata epic, Bhima is usually depicted wielding a sword and a club. He is a son of the god of the winds VAYU. He is perceived as a god of immense strength and great cruelty, which separates him from the heroic figure of ARJUNA, his brother, with whom he is linked in the epic. Attribute: a club. Also Bhimasena. 2. Minor goddess. Buddhist (Mahayana). An attendant of BUDDAKEPALA.... |
| Goddess name "Bhrkuti-Tara (she who frowns)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. In Lamaism particularly, a cruel form of TARA, the mother of the BUDDHA. The so-called yellow Tara. An emanation of AMITABHA. Also identified as a female BODHISATTVA or buddha-designate. Color: yellow. Attribute: image of Amitabha, lotus, rosary, staff, trident and water jar. Threeeyed. Also JANGULI and VAJRATARA.... |
| Goddess name "Bhumidevi (the earth goddess)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic / southern India | Fertility goddess. The second wife of VIS NU (or KRSNA). Her son is Naraka. Bhumidevi is often depicted standing on the left (occasionally right) hand of the VARAHA avatara of Vis nu. In the north she is known as PUSTI. She is often depicted sitting on a lotus throne with bared breasts. Attributes: blue lotus, lotus, lute, pomegranate, pot with herbs, pot with vegetables and water jar. Also Bhu, Bhudevi, BHUMI, MAHI, PRTHIVI, VASUDHARA and Zami-Mata.... |
| Goddess name "Bibi the Child-Strangler" | Bibi | Sometimes affectionately known as "Aunty Bibi," is a Romany witch-goddess. Bibi is an old crone who either wears torn black garments or is entirely naked. Like the Romanian goddess Dschuma, Bibi is disease incarnate, particularly cholera. She is referred to as "the child-strangler" because it is believed that disease often effects children, who are young and weak. |
| Goddess name "Boaliri" | Australia | The younger of the two sister goddesses that created life. The other was Waimariwi. Australia |
| Goddess name "Bolbe" | Greek | An extremely beautiful lake Goddess, the daughter of Oceåñuś and Tethys. Bolbe's offspring was Limnades who are nymphs living in fresh water lakes. Greek |
| Goddess name "Boora Pennu" | Indian / Khond | God of light. A local deity in the Orissa province who created the earth goddess TARI PENNU as his consort and through her engendered the other great gods. Until recently this deity was the subject of sacrifice in notorious meriah rituals, which involved violent human sacrifice.... |
| Goddess name "Boora Pennu Khondi" | India | God of light who created the goddess of the earth and they made the other great gods India |
| Goddess name "Borvo" | British / Gaul | God of hot springs equated with Apollo and has similarities to the goddess Sirona, who was also a healing deity åśśociated with mineral springs. British / Gaul |
| Goddess name "Brahmahii" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI who in later Hinduism became one of the group of eight ASTAMATARAS or mothers. In another grouping one of nine NAVASAKTIS or mothers. She is attended by a goose and wears a yellow robe. Attributes: Book, label, rosary, trident and water jar. Also Brahmi.... |
| Goddess name "Brhaspati (lord of prayer)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Astral god. The personification of the planet Jupiter. In Vedic texts he appears as a priest. The son of Angiras and the guru of the later Hindu pantheon. Considered to be almost identical with BRAHMA. His consort is the goddess TARA and his son is Kaca. He rides in a chariot drawn by eight horses. Color: golden yellow. Attributes: arrow, ax (golden), Book, bow, rosary, staff and water jar.... |
| Goddess name "Brigantia" | Roman / Celtic / British | Tutelary goddess. The goddess of the Brigantes in the West Riding of Yorkshire. She became identified with CAELESTIS. At Corbridge, Northumberland, there is an altar inscribed to various deities, including Caelestis Brigantia. In a carved stone relief at Birrens, on the Antonine Wall in Scotland, she is depicted with the attributes of MINERVA. She may also bear links with the goddess BRIGIT. She is frequently åśśociated with water and herding.... |
| Goddess name "Buddhi (perception)" | Hindu / Puranic | (1) Minor goddess. Sometimes identified as consort of the MAHA-GANAPATI form of the elephant god GANESA, depicted seated on his knee.(2) Minor goddess. Jain.... |
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