| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Ka Tyeleo" | Senufo / Ivory Coast, West Africa | Creator god. Significantly in such an environment, according to tradition, he fashioned the fruit-bearing trees on the seventh day of creation.... |
| Deities name "Kabeiroi" | Greek | Blacksmith gods. According to tradition the sons or grandsons of the blacksmith god HEPHAISTOS. The cult was centered particularly on Lemnos, where there was an Etruscan tradition until circa 500 BC, and at Thebes. The Kabeiroi are thought to derive from pre-Greek Asian fertility deities in Anatolia [Turkey].... |
| God name "Kabrakan" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | earthquake god. The so-called destroyer of mountains usually coupled with the god ZIPAKNA who builds mountains.... |
| God name "Kadaklan" | Philippines | The supreme being and a sky and thunder god who created the universe. He has a little doggie called Kimat who can throw lightning. Tinguians, Philippines |
| Goddess name "Kades" | Canaan | Goddess of fertility usually shown sky clad Canaan |
| Goddess name "Kades" | Canaanite | Fertility goddess. Depicted naked carrying a snake and usually standing upon a lion. Taken over by the Egyptians (see QUADES ).... |
| God name "Kagu-Tsuchi-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Fire god. One of a number of fire KAMIS who are honored in special Hi-Matsuri festivals. He is worshiped in the mountain shrine of Kono-Jinja. The sacred fire can only be generated by a board and stick and this is regarded as a powerful purifier in Shintoism. The most celebrated temple of the fire kamis is situated on Mount Atago near Kyoto to which worshipers are drawn from all over Japan to obtain charms as protection against fire.... |
| God name "Kai Yum (singing lord)" | Mayan / Lacandon / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of music. He lives in the sky and is attendant on CACOCH, one of the aspects the Mayan creator god. Depicted as a brazier shaped like a pottery drum.... |
| God name "Kakupacat (fiery glance)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | war god. Said to bear a shield of fire with which he protects himself in battle.... |
| Deities name "Kalki(n) (with white horse)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | horse god. Possibly the tenth avatara of VIS'NU. He rewards the good and punishes evil. The counterpart of the Buddhist deity MAITREYA. horses became åśśociated with Divine kingship in ancient India because of their speed of movement. Solar deities were perceived to ride horses across the sky and horse sacrifice became highly significant. Kalki is depicted either anthropomorphically or with the head of a horse and has four arms. He is attended by a white horse. Attributes: arrow, conch, prayer wheel, shield and sword. Also Vis'nuyasas.... |
| God name "Karttikeya/ Skanda/ Scanda" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A god of war & a form of Skanda |
| Goddess name "Kathirat" | Canaan | Wise goddesses Canaan |
| Goddess name "Kaumudi (moonlight)" | Hindu | Goddess of the light of the moon. The consort of CANDRA.... |
| God name "Kautar" | Canaanite | The craftsman god. Canaanite |
| Goddess name "Kesini (hairy)" | Buddhist | Goddess. An attendant of ARAPACANA.... |
| God name "Khadir" | Pre - Islamic north African | vegetation god. He wanders the earth returning to the same spot once in every 500 years and is said to have gained his immortality by drinking from the well of life. Similar in some respects to the Syrian god ADONIS and revered by Alexander the Great. Normally referred to as Al-Khidr (the green one).... |
| Goddess name "Khons(u) (wanderer)" | Egypt / Upper | moon god. Recognized from at least 2500 BC but best known during the New kingdom (mid-sixteenth century BC). A significant deity at Thebes, where he is described as an offspring of AMUN and MUT. His sacred animal is the baboon. There is a Khonsu precinct as part of the Temple of Amun in the Karnak complex. From the Greco-Roman period there exists a sanctuary of Kom-ombo where Khonsu is seen as the offspring of the crocodile god SOBEK and the mother goddess HATHOR. Depicted anthropomorphically or with a falcon's head, but in either case enveloped in a close-fitting robe. He wears a crown consisting of a crescent moon subtending a full moon orb.... |
| God name "Khusor" | Semitic | God of navigation and incantations Semitic |
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