Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Njirana" | Africa | A god, father of Julana, who was alive during the Dreamtime. |
God name "Hurabtil" | Elamite | The god in charge of the Tablets of Destinies Elamite / Iran |
God name "Huban" | Elamite / Iran | Tutelary god. Equating with the Sumerian ENLIL.... |
God name "Hurabtil" | Elamite / Iran | God of uncertain status. Known only from påśśing mention in Akkadian texts. Also Lahurabtil.... |
God name "Jabru" | Elamite / Iran | sky god. Local deity largely eclipsed by AN.... |
God name "Nachunde" | Elamite / Iran | Sun god. Nagakumara... |
God name "Napir" | Elamite / Iran | moon god. Known from inscriptions.... |
God name "Nins us inak" | Elamite / Iran | National god. Derived from a... |
Goddess name "Pinikirz" | Elamite / Iran | Mother goddess. Known only from inscriptions.... |
God name "Susinak" | Elamite / Iran | Local god. The patron deity of Susa.... |
God name "Jabru" | Elamite / Iran | A sky god, a rather minor one |
God name "Lahurati" | Elamite / Iran | A solar deity. Appears to have been the counterpart of the Akkadian god Ninurta. Elamite / Iran |
Goddess name "Candra Kirana" | Hindu | An incarnation of Dewi Ratih, a goddess of love. Hindu |
Demon name "Hiranyagarbha" | Hindu | Creator god identified in the Rig Veda, the demon king who proclaimed himself king of the universe Hindu / Vedic |
God name "Maturaiviran" | Hindu | Locally worshipped god with an interesting story Hindu |
Demon name "Varaha" | Hindu | The third avatar of Vishnu, in the form of a boar, who appeared in order to defeat Hiranyaksha, a demon who had taken the earth and carried it to the bottom of the cosmic ocean. Hindu |
God name "Maturaiviran" | Hindu | Locally worshiped god. Of fearsome character, he is the deification of a seventeenth century policeman who eloped with a princess and was slain. Known from southern India, where he is also a god of wine. Attributes: shield and sword.... |
Goddess name "Narasinha (man-lion)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god Vis'nu. The fourth avatara of the god is depicted as a man-lion hybrid. According to legend, the demonic king Hiranyakasipu had taken on a dangerous invulnerability. To thwart this, VIS'NU took the form of Narasinha and hid inside a pillar of the king's palace whence he sprang, capturing Hiranyakasipu and tearing out his entrails. IconographicalIy, the scene is portrayed with the victim thrown across Narasinha's lap and the god's claws plunged into his body. Narasinha may also appear seated in a yoga position with the goddess LAKSMI on his knee.... |