Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
---|---|---|
God name "Amoghapasa" | Buddhist | God. A variety of AVALOKITESVARA, depicted with one head and six, eight or twenty hands. Attributes: arrow, bell, lotus, noose, prayer wheel, rosary, staff and tiger skin.... |
Spirit name "Arawn aka Arawyn" | Wales | Arrawn, Arawen. King of Hell, God of Annwn. Ruled the underground kingdom of the dead. Rules over revenge, terror, war, spirit contact, picking names, strengthening friendships, reincarnation. Wales |
God name "Arawn/ Arawyn/ Arrawn/ Arawen" | Wales | The god of Annwn ruled the underground |
Goddess name "Bala (girl)" | Hindu | (1) Mother goddess. (Epic and Puranic). Of vague affinity but generally of youthful appearance. Seated upon a lotus throne. Attributes: Book and rosary. 2. Messenger goddess. Jain [India]. One of the twenty-four SASANADEVATAS.... |
God name "Batara Guru" | Indonesia | Has full authority from Sang Hyang Wenang, the power holder of all gods, to direct other gods to perform their duties, as well as to govern all kinds of life in the universe included life and fate of human beings. Indonesia |
God name "Benu" | Egypt / Upper | Transmuted bird-like form of a Sun god. A deity mentioned in Pyramid Texts (circa twenty-fifth century BC) and linked with the Sun god of Heliopolis, ATUM. He is also said to have been self-created from the primeval ocean and is sometimes a symbol of rebirth in the afterlife. Benu may have augmented the Greek clåśśical tradition of the Phoenix. He appears in the Old kingdom as a yellow wagtail but later becomes a heron, wearing the conical white crown of Upper Egypt with two slender feathers pointing backwards from its crest.... |
Goddess name "Branwen" | Ireland / Welsh / Manx | Venus of the Northern Seas and a goddess of love. Ireland / Welsh / Manx |
Goddess name "Branwen/ Branwyn" | Irish / Manx / Wales | The Venus of the Northern Seas & a goddess of love |
Goddess name "Cakresvari (lady of the cakra)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI. Also one of the twenty-four SASANADEVATA or messenger goddesses.... |
Goddess name "Carridwen" | Welsh | Goddess of the moon Welsh |
Goddess name "Ceridwen" | Welsh | Goddess of inspiration and the hag aspect of the mother goddess Welsh |
Goddess name "Ceridwen" | Celtic / Welsh | Goddess of inspiration. Depicted as the hag-aspect of the mother goddess, she is the consort of TEGID FOEL. Her children are Creirwy (daughter) and Afagddu (son). She allegedly prepares the caldron of knowledge.... |
Goddess name "Cerridwen" | British | Goddess of mountains British |
Goddess name "Cerridwen" | Scotland | Goddess of fertility Wales / Scotland |
Goddess name "Cerridwen" | Wales / Scotland | A moon, grain, education & healing goddess |
Goddess name "Cerridwen" | Welsh | A goddess of education & healing |
Goddess name "Cerridwen" | Welsh / Scotland | moon Goddess, Grain Goddess. Welsh Bards called themselves Cerddorion (sons of Cerridwen). Welsh / Scotland |
God name "Chaitanya" | Hindu / Puranic | Mendicant god. A deified mortal who became one of the many incarnations of the god VIS NU. Born at Nadiya in AD 1484, he died at Puri in 1527. Chaitanya was a sickly child who, according to legend, was left to his fate, hanging in a tree to die, but was revived by the gods and thus became deified. He was married twice before adopting a strict ascetic existence at the age of twenty-four, from which time he traveled extensively, eventually settling in the holy city of Benares. He is remembered as a great social reformer. His main sanctuary at Nadiya includes a small statue of KRSNA to whom he devoted himself.... |