Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Aticandika (exceedingly great)" | Hindu / Puranic | Distinct form of the goddess DURGA. One of a group of nine deities, known as the nine durgas.... |
Goddess name "Candi" | India | demon-destroying form of the Hindu goddess Sakti. India |
Goddess name "Candika" | Hindu | A name of the Hindu goddess Durga, who inhabits the graveyard. |
Goddess name "Candika (fierce)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess of desire. May be included among the SAPTAMATARAS or ASTAMATARAS (mothers).... |
Goddess name "Candit" | Sudan | The goddess of rivers and streams and the source of life. Sudan |
Goddess name "Eir" | Scandinavia | A goddess of mercy & teaching |
Goddess name "Gefion" | Scandinavia | A vegetation and fertility goddess. Scandinavia |
Goddess name "Gerd" | Scandinavia | earth goddess who married Freyr. She was a giantess, and considered very beautiful. Scandinavia |
Goddess name "Hel" | Scandinavia | Goddess of death and the underworld. The Christian concept of "Hell" came from this goddess, however, her realm of the dead for those who were wicked was cold and dark, not fiery. Scandinavia |
Goddess name "Hel or Hela" | Scandinavian | queen of the dead, is goddess of the ninth earth or nether world. She dwelt beneath the roots of the sacred ash (yggdrasil), and was the daughter of Loki. The All-father sent her into Helheim, where she was given dominion over nine worlds, and to one or other of these nine worlds she sends all who die of sickness or old age. Her dwelling is Elvidnir (dark clouds), her dish Hungr (hunger), her knife Sullt (starvation), her servants Ganglati (tardy-feet), her bed Kor (sickness), and her bed-curtains Blikiandabol (splendid misery). Half her body was blue. Scandinavian |
Goddess name "Hertha" | Scandinavian | Mother earth. Worshipped by all the Scandinavian tribes with orgies and mysterious rites, celebrated in the dark. Her veiled statue was transported from district to district by cows which no hand but the priest's was allowed to touch. Tacitus calls this goddess Cybele. |
Goddess name "Narasinhi" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. A SAKTI of NARASINHA who is one of a group of ASTAMATARA mothers. In another grouping, one of nine NAVASAKTIS who, in southern India, rank higher than the SAPTAMATARAS. Also CANDIKA.... |
Goddess name "Saga" | Scandinavia | A goddess of knowledge & waterfalls |
Goddess name "Ugaracandika" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A distinctive form of a goddess Durga |
Goddess name "Ugracandika (violent Canda)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Distinct form of the goddess DURGA. One of a group of NAVADURGAS, the nine durgas.... |