| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Poloknalai Kafir" | Afghanistan | Goddess of animals Afghanistan |
| Goddess name "Poluknalai" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Goddess of animals. Locally revered, with the goddess DISANI, among Askun villages in the southwest of Kafiristan.... |
| Goddess name "Sanju" | Kafir / Afghanistan | A harvest goddess |
| Goddess name "Sanju" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Harvest goddess. A littlereported deity, the consort of the war god GISH and daughter of SANU. She controls the harvesting, threshing and winnowing of grain and the safe storage of wheat and butter. She carries a golden winnow and is either depicted in human form or as a goat. Her cult is known chiefly from the village of Pronz in the southern Hindukush where she enjoyed an important sanctuary with stone seats around the icon, part of which reportedly still exists. Wooden statues depict her in human form, nude to the waist. Alternatively, she is perceived as a bird that acts as a messenger. The blood of sacrificial animals was poured over the figure. Also Sulmech; SANU.... |
| Goddess name "Sanju Kafir" | Afghanistan | Harvest goddess Afghanistan |
| God name "Sanu" | Kafir / Afghanistan | A god |
| Goddess name "Sanu" | Kafir / Afghanistan | God of obscure affinities. The father of the goddess SANJU and an adversary of the war god GISH. Described as a Muslim, so perhaps of foreign import. Also Sanru.... |
| God name "Sanu Kafir" | Afghanistan | God Afghanistan |
| God name "Saravakarmavaranavisodhani" | Buddhist | God of the richer, another deification of text Buddhist |
| God name "Sarvakarmavaranavisodhani (washing away the obstruction of all deeds)" | Buddhist | God of literature. The deification of texts. One of a group of DHARANIS. Color: green. Attribute: staff.... |
| God name "Sarvakarmsvaranavisodhani" | Buddhist | it in other god of literature |
| God name "Shaii" | Hindu / late | Astral god and bringer of misfortune. The cult of Shani evolved in about the eighth century AD with the advance of Indian astronomy. He is propitiated frequently to ward off ill-luck and may be depicted sitting on a lotus or riding in a chariot. Attribute: a staff.... |
| God name "Shani" | Hindu | Astral god who brought misfortune. Hindu |
| God name "Shomde" | Afghanistan | Local creator god of the Hindu Kush, Afghanistan |
| God name "Shomde" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Creator god of localized observance. Known from various villages in the southern Hindukush. Shomde is regarded either as equating or senior to the more generally recognized god IMRA. According to observers he provides gold, silver and silk as well as butter, cheese, cream and flour. The main sanctuary was probably at the village of Dewa and in various wooden sculptures Shomde is depicted in human form. Also Wushum; Usum.... |
| God name "Sudrem" | Afghanistan | weather god created from the breath of the god Imra. Afghanistan |
| Supreme god name "Sudrem" | Kafir / Afghanistan | weather god. Little is known of this deity. He was created from the breath of the supreme god IMRA. Alternatively he sprang from a juniper branch. His wife is the goddess NangiWutr and he is the father of the major fertility goddess DISANI. He is depicted as a great golden buck with horns reaching to the sky. As a deity specifically concerned with Rain, he lives in a sacred lake, Sudrem Sur, at which all wild animals must drink once to survive. Also Sujum; Sudaram; Sataram.... |
| God name "Whanin" | Korea | The creator god whose son, Whanung, was sent to earth accompanied by three celestial helpers of wind, cloud and Rain. Whanung descended from heaven to Mt. Taebaksan and named it the City of God. Korea |
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