Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deity name "Usnisa" | Buddhist | The deity who can eliminate all evil karmic hindrances and eradicate the suffering of all evil paths." Buddhist |
Deities name "Usnisa" | Buddhist | God. A dikpala or guardian of the zenith direction. Also a collective term for a group of eight deities, including Usnisa, who are perceived as extensions of the DHYANIBUDDHAS. NOTE: the word describes, additionally, a type of curled hairstyle found in the characteristic iconography of buddbas. Color: yellow. Attributes: jewel, lotus, prayer wheel and sword. Threeheaded.... |
Goddess name "Usnisavijaya" | Buddhist | A goddess of longevity in Buddhism. She wears an image of the Budda Vairocana in her headdress. She is the most popular Budda goddess in Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia. |
Goddess name "Usnisavijaya (victorious)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Primordial goddess. Form of VAIROCANA, widely worshiped in Tibet. Regarded as a female BODHISATTVA or buddbadesignate, and a dikpala or guardian of the zenith direction. Also a deification of literature. One of a group of DHARANIS. Color: white. Attributes: arrow, bow, image of the BUDDHA on a lotus leaf, jewel, noose, prayer wheel, staff and waterjar. Three-eyed, three-headed and with eight arms.... |
Goddess name "Uso Dori" | Japan | Goddess of singing. Japan |
"Utgard" | Norse | [The out-yard]. The abode of the giant Utgard-Loke. Norse |
"Utgard-Loke" | Norse | The giant of Utgard visited by Thor. He calls himself Skrymer. Norse |
God name "Uthlanga" | Africa | The supreme father and creator god; the source of all beings. The Zulu, South Africa |
King name "Utixo" | Khoi | A benevolent deity who lived in the sky, sending Rain for the crops, and speaking with thunder. Khoi |
Goddess name "Utlunta" | Cherokee | Goddess of physical prowess. Her body has the density of stone and the ground shudders with her awesome weight. Cherokee |
God name "Utnapishtim" | Sumerian | Utnapishtim is the wise king of the Sumerian city state of Shuruppak who, along with his wife, survived a great flood sent by Enlil to drown every living thing on earth. Utnapishtim was secretly warned by the water god Ea of Enlil's planned and constructed a great boat or ark to save himself, his family and representatives of each species of animal. |
Goddess name "Uttara Bhadrapada" | Hindu | A goddess of the hunt and one of Shiva's servants. Hindu |
Goddess name "Uttara Palguni" | Hindu | Minor goddess of healing and disease. Hindu |
Goddess name "Uttarabhadrapada" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A minor goddess of fortune |
Goddess name "Uttarabhadrapada" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A moderate NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
Goddess name "Uttarapalguni" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A minor goddess |
Goddess name "Uttaraphalguni" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A moderate NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
Goddess name "Uttarasadha" | Hindu | Minor goddess of fortune revered by seers and poets, by gods and then by men. Hindu |