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Name ▲▼Origin ▲▼Description ▲▼
God name
"Vervactor"
Roman Minor god of ploughing. Associated with sacrifices to TELLUS and CERES....
Goddess name
"Vesna"
Slavic Goddess of the spring. Slavic
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
"Vestal Virgin"
Greek A nun, a religieuse, properly a maiden dedicated to the service of the goddess Vesta. The duty of these virgins was to keep the fire of the temple always burning, both day and night. They were required to be of spotless chastity. Greek
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
God name
"Vidar"
Nordic / Icelandic God of war. A little known AESIR god, described as the silent one. One of the sons of OTHIN. An alternative tradition places him as the offspring of a brief liaison between THOR and the giantess Gird. A god of great strength and support in times of danger. The prospective avenger of Othin's death by the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarok, he is said to wear a shoe made of material collected throughout time which he will place between Fenrir's jaws before he tears them apart and runs the beast through with his sword. One of the survivors of the final great fire and flood, destined to live in Asgard's successor, Idavoll....
Goddess name
"Vidyadevi"
Jain / India The generic title for a group of 16 goddesses that are åśśociated with knowledge & learning
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
Goddess name
"Vidyujjvalakarili (tongues of fire)"
Buddhist Goddess. A twelve-headed form of Akajata who is said to have been formed in the BUDDHA's sweat. She is often depicted trampling the four Hindu deities BRAHMA, INDRA, SIVA and VISNU. Color: blue or black. Attributes: many and varied....
God name
"Vidyutkumara"
Jain / India God. Belonging to one of the groups under the general title of BHVANAVASI (dwelling in places). Of youthful appearance....
God name
"Vindhya"
Hindu mountain god. Personification of the hills forming the northern edge of the Deccan area of central India....
God name
"Virabhadra (great hero)"
Hindu / Epic / Puranic war god. Considered to be a form of SIVA, and occasionally of VISNU, Virabhadra acts as a martial aspect of Siva against the god DAKSA, who according to some accounts abused Siva's wife SATI and drove her to angry suicide by self-immolation to avenge the slight. He is depicted bearing four arms. Attributes: arrow, bow, shield and sword. He sometimes wears a necklace of skulls. Three-eyed and three-headed....
Goddess name
"Viranakka"
Saami A goddess of hunting
Goddess name
"Virbius"
Roman An ancient mythical king of Aricia and a favourite of Diana, who, when he had died, called him to life and intrusted him to the care of the nymph Aegeria. The fact of his being a favourite of Diana, the Taurian goddess, seems to have led the Romans to identify him with Hippolytus who, according to some traditions, had established the worship of Diana. Roman