Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Kshumai" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Fertility goddess. A benefi cent goddess appearing in the guise of a goat. Legend has it that either she or her eldest daugh ter is the mother of the god MON. She is said to have given mankind the boon of goats, grapes, other fruit and vegetation in general. She was called upon in times of sickness. She is depicted in wooden statues with prominent long breasts and vulva. Also Kime.... |
Goddess name "Kshumai Kafir" | Afghanistan | Beneficent goddess of fertility Afghanistan |
Goddess name "Kubai-khotun" | Anatolian | 'Great Mother'; she dwells in the 'tree of life' or under its roots and protects and supports humans and animals. Her milk is the origin of the milky Way. She was the primordial mother-goddess. Anatolian |
Goddess name "Laghusyamala (lightly dark colored)" | Hindu / Puranic | Minor goddess. Attributes: lute and wine glåśś.... |
Goddess name "Laima" | Lithuanian | A goddess trio of life & good fortune, the fates |
Goddess name "Laksmi" | Hindu | Goddess of Agriculture, love, beauty, prosperity, Lotus flowers, wealth, and pleasure Hindu / Puranic / India / Epic |
Goddess name "Lamaria Svan" | Caucasus | A tutelary goddess, it is suspected that her name as been christianized |
Goddess name "Lasghusyamala" | Hindu | Minor goddess Hindu / Puranic |
Goddess name "Leiwani" | Hittite / Hurrian | Chthonic underworld goddess. Associated with charnel houses and probably modeled on the Sumerian ERES KIGAL.... |
Goddess name "Lelwani" | Hittite | Chthonic underworld goddess Hittite / Hurrian |
Goddess name "Liluri" | Western Semitic / Syrian | mountain goddess. The consort of the weather god Manuzi, her sacred animal is the bull.... |
Goddess name "Locana (the eye)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. The SAKTI of a DHYANIBUDDHA (spiritual meditation buddha), generally AKSOBHYA or VAIROCANA. Color: blue or white. Attributes: cup, prayer wheel and lotus with one or more staves. Also BUDDHALOCANA.... |
Goddess name "Lunang" | Kafir / Afghanistan | The patron goddess of the Prasun river |
Goddess name "Lunang" | Kafir / AfghanistanHindukush | River goddess. The patron goddess of the Prasun river, Lunang is perceived as a young and capricious girl, reflecting the turbulent moods of the river. She rules over the watermills.... |
Goddess name "Lunang Kafir" | Afghanistan | Patron goddess of the Prasun river Afghanistan |
Goddess name "MORRIGAN (queen of demons)" | Celtic / Irish | war, fertility and vegetation goddess. A complex goddess displaying various characteristics which are both generative and destructive (see also ANAT, INANA, IS'TAR, ATHENE). At the festival of Samain, she mates with the DAGDA to ensure the future prosperity of the land and as queen Maeve (Medb) of Connaught she was ritually wedded to the mortal king whose antecedent was Ailill. As Nemain (panic) and Badb Catha (raven of battle), she takes on a more warlike and destructive aspect. Rather than engaging directly in conflict, she uses her supernatural powers to spread fear and disarray. The Irish hero Cu Chulainn was thus visited on the battle field by BADB driving a chariot and dressed in a red cloak and with red eyebrows presenting an intimidating appearance. She is capable of changing her shape into various animal forms and in the guise of a raven or a crow is able to foretell the outcome of battle.... |
Goddess name "Magha" | Hindu | Benevolent minor goddess of fortune Hindu / Puranic / Epic |
Goddess name "Magha" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Minor goddess of fortune. A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter of DAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).... |