Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Pakhet" | Egypt | Goddess of hunting. Known locally from the eastern desert regions with a sanctuary at Beni Hasan.... |
Goddess name "Pali Kongju" | Korea | Goddess of healing who rescues souls from the clutches of brutal guards of Hell. Korea |
Goddess name "Pallas" | Greek | Surname of Athena. In Homer this name always appears united with the name Athena, but in later writers we also find Pallas alone instead of Athena. Plato derives the surname from "to brandish", in reference to the goddess brandishing the spear or aegis, whereas Apollodorus derives it from the giant Pallas, who was slain by Athena. But it is more probable that Pallas is the same word as virgin or maiden. Another female Pallas, described as a daughter of Triton, is mentioned under palladium. Greek |
Goddess name "Pallas (Athene)" | Greek | Goddess. The full name of the deity who is thus Pallas of Athens. The origin and meaning of the word Pallas is unknown.See also ATHENA.... |
Goddess name "Panacea" | Greek | Goddess of health and cures. She was a daughter of the Medicine-god Asclepius. Greek |
Goddess name "Pancaraksa (five-fold protection)" | Buddhist | Group of goddesses. Five tutelary or guardian deities who personify protective spells or magic formulae. They are thus known as spell goddesses.... |
Goddess name "Pandara" | Buddhist | Goddess. The SAKTI of AMITABHA and a female BODHISATTVA or buddha-designate. She originates from the Tantric syllable PAM. Color: rose. Attributes: blue lotus, cup, knife and prayer wheel.... |
Supreme god name "Paneu" | Kafir / Afghanistan | A collective term for seven gods. The Divine brothers are cast as the hunters and henchmen of the supreme goddess DISANI. Each is equipped with a golden bow and quiver. They are generally portrayed as merciless and malignant forces. Also Paradik, Purron.... |
Goddess name "Pansahi" | Mata | Hindu one of the seven mother goddesses that later became regarded as evil |
Goddess name "Pansahi Mata" | Hindu | One of the seven mother goddesses who later became regarded as evil Hindu |
Goddess name "Pansahi Mata" | Hindu | Mother goddess. A SAKTI and one of seven SAPTAMATARAS (mothers) who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent, inflicting sickness on children under the age of seven. Particularly known from Bengal.... |
Goddess name "Papa" | Maori | Goddess of the earth Maori |
Goddess name "Papatuanuku" | Polynesia | Chthonic mother goddess who evolved spontaneously in the cosmic night. Polynesia |
Goddess name "Papatuanuku" | Polynesian / including Maori | Chthonic mother goddess. According to tradition she evolved spontaneously in the cosmic night personified by TE PO and became the apotheosis of papa, the earth. In other traditions she was engendered, with the sky god RANGINUI, by a primordial androgynous being, ATEA. Paptuanuku and Ranginui are regarded as the primal parents of the pantheon who, through a prolonged period of intercourse, produced at least ten major deities as their children. In Maori culture Papatuanuku, like all deities, is represented only by inconspicuous, slightly worked stones or pieces of wood and not by the large totems, which are depictions of ancestors.... |
Goddess name "Parce" | Greek / Roman | A pair birth goddesses became the goddesses of fate |
Goddess name "Parendi" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of prosperity. Associated with the acquisition of wealth.... |
Goddess name "Pariskaravasita (control of purification)" | Buddhist | Minor goddess. One of a group of VASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritual regeneration. Color: yellow. Attribute: jeweled staff.... |
Goddess name "Pariskaravåśśita" | Buddhist | Minor goddess, one of those personifying the discipline of spiritual regeneration. Buddhist |