Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Kankar Mata" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI who in later Hinduism became regarded as a SAPTAMATARA (mother) of evil intent. Known particularly from Bengal as a goddess who spreads disease.... |
Goddess name "Kanti" | Hindu | Goddess whose name means desire Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Kaumari" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. The SAKTI of SKANDA (Kaumara) who in later Hinduism became regarded as one of a group of seven MATARAS (mothers) of evil intent. Also one of a group of eight ASTAMATARAS. She embodies lack of envy or, alternatively, delusion. Her animal is a peaçõçk. Attributes: arrow, ax, bell, Book, bow, çõçkerel, lotus, spear, staff and waterjar.... |
Goddess name "Kaumauri" | Hindu | Goddess who later became considered a goddess of evil intent Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Keawe" | Hawaiian | Creator god. An androgynous though apparently male principle or monad, he lived once in the dark empty abyss of Po. There, Keawe transformed primordial chaos into an orderly cosmos. He fashioned the sky from the lid of his calabash (a water-carrying gourd) and the Sun from an orange disc formerly kept inside the calabash. Keawe's first son was KANE, the god of light, and his daughter was Na Wahine, both created through his own powers of conception. He subsequently entered into an incestuous relationship with Na Wahine to father the chief pantheon of Hawaiian gods and goddesses, including most notably KU, LONO and Kanaloa, who became known, collectively, as the tripartite god.... |
Goddess name "Keket" | Egypt | Goddess of darkness åśśociated with the the island of flame Egypt |
Goddess name "Khipa" | Hittite / Hurrian | Tutelary deity. This may be an archaic name for the goddess MA. Also Khebe.... |
Goddess name "Kokomikeis" | S America | Goddess of the moon mother of the Morning Star Blackfoot |
Goddess name "Kokopell Mana" | S America | Goddess of fertility. Hopi |
Goddess name "Kokyan" | S America | Creator goddess; she created humans, plants, and animals Hopi |
Goddess name "Korawini" | N American | Mother of All Peoples and the goddess of jolly bonking. Paiute. North America |
Goddess name "Kore (tbe girl)" | Greek | Youthful goddess of the corn. The more generic name for the goddess PERSEPHONE. Identified as the daughter of DEMETER. She is the spirit of the corn as distinct from her mother who is the giver of the corn. Depicted on coinage as a woman's head adorned with ears of corn. She is integral to the Eleusinian Mysteries in which she is abducted to Hades, resulting in the distress of her mother and the blighting of nature. At Samaria-Sebaste in Syrio-Palestine, Kore was the only deity worshiped, apart from the emperor.... |
Goddess name "Kubuddhi" | Hindu | Minor goddess whose name means stupid, she ran around with Gansea Hindu |
Goddess name "Kuladevi" | Hindu | The family Goddess. Another name for Durga. Hindu |
Goddess name "Kundalini" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Mother goddess. The spirit of the earth perceived in human form and responsible for the provision of all food from the soil. The earth is considered to be sacred and should not be owned by any one person, but can be utilized for the benefit of the community as a whole. Kundalini is believed to have been the mother of all other vegetation deities.... |
Goddess name "Lamaria" | Svan / Caucasus | Tutelary goddess. Particularly invoked by women as a hearth goddess and protector of cows. Her name may have been derived under Christian influence.... |
Goddess name "Lamaria Svan" | Caucasus | A tutelary goddess, it is suspected that her name as been christianized |
Goddess name "Larunda" | Sabine | Chthonic goddess. An early Italic earth mother who, in Roman times, according to some traditions, became the mother of the LARES. Also Lara (Roman).... |