Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Ankalamman" | Hindu / Dravidian | Guardian goddess who wards off demons. Sister of Draupadi. Hindu / Dravidian |
Goddess name "Ankalamman" | Hindu - Dravidian / Tamil | Guardian goddess. Known particularly in southern India where she wards off demons. Alternatively she is an aspect of KALI.... |
Goddess name "Cenkalaniyammal" | Hindu | Local goddess who guards the maize fields Hindu. |
Goddess name "Kala-Bhadra" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess of death. An auspicious attendant of funerals who is invoked in burial grounds in order to safeguard the påśśage of the dead to the otherworld. She is sometimes referred to as Karala-Bhadra.... |
Goddess name "Kaladuti" | Buddhist | Goddess whose name means messenger of death Buddhist / Mahayana |
Goddess name "Kaladuti (messenger of death)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. May be accompanied by a horse. Color: red. Attributes: cow head, cup, hammer and trident.... |
Goddess name "Kalavikaniika" | Hindu / Puranic | Fever goddess. Attributes include a cup or skull.... |
Goddess name "Kalavikarnika" | Hindu | Fever goddess Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Mahakala" | Hindu | A Hindu Goddess, considered by some to be the consort of Shiva, and by others as the basis of Reality |
Goddess name "Mahakali" | Jain / India | (1) Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.(2) Form of the goddess KALI. Hindu. Also a SAKTI of MAHAKALA. Attributes: conch, cup, headdress, hook, knife, noose, rosary of skulls, staff, sword, waterjar and wheel.... |
Goddess name "Mandulis [Greek]" | Nubian | Sun god. Mandulis was chiefly revered in a Greco-Roman cult. His most important sanctuary was at Kalabsha, close to the Aswan High Dam, and now relocated. A sanctuary was also constructed on the Greek island of Philae where he seems to have enjoyed an åśśociation with the goddess ISIS. Also Merwel (Egyptian).... |
Goddess name "Pidari (snake-catcher)" | Hindu / Puranic / later | One of the consorts of S IVA. A benevolent NAVASAKTI. The cult of Pidari probably evolved in the sixth and seventh centuries AD and is generally restricted to southern India. She is considered an aspect of the goddess KALI and is invoked in many villages to ward off evil and demons. She has most of the attributes of Kali and may also have snakes around her breasts, but may additionally be represented by a stone. Her cult moved at one time and reached a climax in eastern India between the eighth and twelfth centuries. Attributes: cup, fire, noose and trident. Also Pitali; Kala-Pidari.... |
Goddess name "Taio" | Lakalai | Goddess of the moon. Lakalai |
Goddess name "Vikalaratri (twilight night)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. An attendant of BUDDHAKAPALA.... |