| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Sodasi (girl of sixteen)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess. One of a group of MAHAVIDYAS personifying the SAKTI of SIVA. Aspects include Divyaratri.... |
| Supreme god name "Sol (1)" | Roman | Sun god. Known by the full title of Sol Indiges, meaning the indigenous Sol, which may suggest a purely Roman cult on the Quirinal Hill, but there are also inferences that this deity is of more ancient origin. Coins from southern Italy depicting the god with a radiate image date back to circa 200 BC but he rose to particular prominence during the republican period. His festival was celebrated annually on August 9. Nero had a huge statue of himself, as Sol, erected in Rome and the emperor Aurelian elevated Sol to supreme god in the Roman pantheon when Jupiter Conservator gave way to Sol Invictus (the unconquered Sun). Sol may sometimes be linked with AURORA, the goddess of dawn.... |
| Deities name "Soma (essence)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Minor god. The deification of the sacred yellow drink soma. Also the consort of SURYA. Regarded in later Hinduism as the dikpala of the northern direction and as one of a group of VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: hook, lotus and prayer wheel.See also CANDRA.... |
| Goddess name "Somius" | Roman | Minor god of sleep. He equates with the Greek god HYPNOS. According to legend he is one of the two sons of NYX, goddess of night, and lives in a remote cave beside the Lethe river. He is depicted by Ovid dressed in black but with his robe scattered with stars, wearing a crown of poppies and holding a goblet of opium juice. His attendant is MORPHEUS and he oversees the spirits of dreams and nightmares. Particularly noted from the art of the Lacedaemonians who placed statues of Somnus and MORS side by side.... |
| God name "Sopedu" | Egypt | Guardian deity. A god who protects the eastern border, usually depicted as a falcon or a Bedouin with a headdress of tall plumes. His cult was followed chiefly at Saft el-Henna in the Nile delta. Sopedu is linked in Pyramid Texts with the hawk god HORUS. He also acted as a patron deity of the turquoise mines in the Sinai with inscriptions at Serabit el-Khadim. Also Sopdu.... |
| Goddess name "Sors" | Roman | God of luck. Derived from the Greek model of TYCHE, he is less prominent in the pantheon than the goddess FORTUNA.... |
| God name "Spiniensis" | Roman | Minor god of Agriculture. Mentioned by the writer Fabius Pictor, he is the deity responsible for the uprooting of thorn bushes.... |
| God name "Spiniesis" | Africa | Agriculture - This poor minor god is charged with responsibility of uprooting thorn bushes |
| Goddess name "Sravana" | Hindu | Minor benevolent goddess of fortune Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Goddess name "Sravana (lame cow)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). Also Srona.... |
| Goddess name "Sravistha" | Hindu | Minor benevolent goddess of fortune i Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Goddess name "Sravistha" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |
| God name "Srikantha" | Hindu | Minor god and an aspect of Siva Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
| Goddess name "Srivasumukhi" | Buddhist | Minor attendant goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Srivasumukhi (excellent-faced)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of VASUDHARA.... |
| Goddess name "Srivasundhara (earth)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of VASUDHARA.... |
| Goddess name "Srividyadevi (of excellent knowledge)" | Hindu | Minor goddess. A deity of terrifying appearance. Attributes: necklace of bones, teeth.... |
| Goddess name "Srividyavedi" | Hindu | Minor goddess who likes to wear a necklace of teeth and bones Hindu |
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