| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Vayukmara" | Jain / India | A god |
| Goddess name "Vesta" | Roman | Was the goddess of the hearth, and therefore inseparably connected with the Penates, for Aeneas was believed to have brought the eternal fire of Vesta from Troy, along with the images of the Penates. The praetors, consuls, and dictators, before entering upon their official functions, sacrificed not only to the Penates, but also to Vesta at Lavinium. (The Aeneid by Virgil. Book II) |
| Goddess name "Vetali" | Buddhist | Goddess of terrifying appearance and the destroyer of Mara. Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Vetali" | BuddhistLamaist / Tibet | Goddess of terrifying appearance. One of a group of gauri. Color: red. Attribute: a chain.... |
| Goddess name "Vi of Wara" | German | A goddess of healing springs |
| Goddess name "Vidyadevi" | Jain / India | Generic title for a group of goddesses. sixteen deities led by SARASVATI who are åśśociated with knowledge or learning.... |
| God name "Vidyapati-Lokesvara" | Buddhist | God. A variety of the BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESVARA. Depicted resting on a lotus, his attributes include a fly-whisk.... |
| God name "Vidyesvara" | Hindu | The eight aspects of Siva. These beings are included in the category of pure creation. This category is created by God himself. Hindu |
| God name "Vidyutkumara" | Jain / India | God. Belonging to one of the groups under the general title of BHVANAVASI (dwelling in places). Of youthful appearance.... |
| Goddess name "Vikalaratri (twilight night)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |
| God name "Viraratri (night of courage)" | Hindu | God. See also CHINNAMASTAKA.... |
| God name "Visnu Trivikrama" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Form of the god VISNU. Trivikrama is the transformation into a giant from Vis'nu's dwarf avatara VAMANA, in order to confirm his dominance over the world by covering it in three huge strides.... |
| Goddess name "Visvakarman (arcbitect of tbe universe)" | Hindu / Vedic | Poorly defined creator god. Similar to DYAUS PITAR, he is described as the artist of the gods who may be linked or identified with TVASTAR. He evolved, as the son of PRABHASA and Yogasiddha, into an occasional consort of the mother goddess SARASVATI.... |
| God name "Visvamitra" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor god. According to legend, the father of the god NARADA.... |
| God name "Visvarupa" | Hindu | Lesser known incarnation of the god VISNU. In Vedic literature he is identified as the son of TVASTAR. Visnu took the avatara at the request of ARJUNA. His animal is GARUDA. Attributes: many. Also Viratapurusa.... |
| Goddess name "Vivasvan (shining)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Sun god. The original Vedic list of six descendants of the goddess ADITI or ADITYAS, all of whom take the role of Sun gods was, in later times, enlarged to twelve, including Vivasvan. One of his titles is the embodiment of ancestral law. His consort is SARANYU and he is identified as the father of YAMA and YAMI, as well as MANU and the ASVINS. His color is golden and his attributes a Forest garland, two lotuses and a trident. Also Vivasvat.... |
| Goddess name "Vor" | Nordic / Icelandic | Goddess. Of Germanic origin, one of the AESIR goddesses listed by Snorri in Prose Edda. He suggests that Vor may be concerned with the making of oaths and of marriage agreements, punishing those who break them. Possibly also Var(a), though Snorri lists her as a separate Aesir goddess.... |
| Goddess name "Vrtra" | Hindu / Vedic | demonic god of chaos. A primordial being who existed before the formation of the cosmos and who was slain by the mother goddess SARASVATI.... |
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