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List of Gods : "cow" - 71 records

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Name ▲▼Origin ▲▼Description ▲▼
Goddess name
"Hesat"
Egypt Goddess of birth. Minor guardian of pregnant and nursing mothers whose milk, the “beer of Hesat,” nourishes humanity. Identified in some texts as the mother of ANUBIS. Depicted as a cow....

"Hundred-eyed"
Greek Argus, in Greek and Latin fable. Juno appointed him guardian of Io [the cow], but Jupiter caused him to be put to death, whereupon Juno transplanted his eyes into the tail of her peaçõçk.
Goddess name
"Ila"
Hindu / Vedic Minor god(dess) of sacrifices. She is invoked to appear on the sacrificial field before a ritual. Usually åśśociated with the goddess SARASVATI, Ila is linked with the sacred cow and her epithets include “butter-handed” and “butter-footed.”...
God name
"Jokinam"
Lake Albert / East Africa lake god. The owner of the “lake cows” which graze at the bottom of lake Albert and which are herded by drowned fishermen....
Goddess name
"Kaladuti (messenger of death)"
Buddhist / Mahayana Goddess. May be accompanied by a horse. Color: red. Attributes: cow head, cup, hammer and trident....

"Kamadhenu"
Hindu The cow which grants desires, belonging to the sage Vasishtha. She was produced at the churning of the ocean. Hindu
Goddess name
"Kiyo Hime"
Japan Goddess of justice, opened Her heart to a mortal. But then she was abandoned by her lover. When She sought him, he fled from Her. coward, he hid in a temple bell. She took the form of a snake and enwrapped him until Her love-turned-to-anger ended his mortal existence. Japan

"Krak"
Poland Legendary founder of Cracow. He rescued the people from control of a dragon.
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....
God name
"Mah"
Persia God, the progenitor of the cow who also presides over tides and time as well as God of the moon Persia
God name
"Mah"
Persian / Iran moon god. The progenitor of the cow, typically depicted with the tips of a sickle moon projecting from his shoulders....
Goddess name
"Mehet-Weret (great flood)"
Egypt Minor goddess åśśociated with creation accounts. In some versions of the story she epitomizes the primeval ocean, while in others she is the waterway on which the barque of the Sun god RE travels. She is depicted as a cow bearing a Sun disc between its horns and lying on papyrus reeds....
Deity name
"Moschel"
Latvia The deity in charge of cows, feminine duties and patroness of economic activities. Latvia
Deities name
"Nanahuati (rumor)"
Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico Creator god. In cosmogony, when on the fifth day of creation the gods sat in judgment to elect the new Sun god, Nanahuatl and TECCIZTECATL cremated themselves in the sacred fire. The heart of Nanahuatl ascended to become the new Sun and that of Tecciztecatl became the moon. Tradition suggests that Nanahuatl is diseased and impoverished but of great courage, while Tecciztecatl is wealthy and a coward. In an alternative tradition, in which Nanahuatl is the son of QUETZALCOATL and Tecciztecatl is the son of TLALOC, both deities are hurled into the fire by their fathers. NOTE: eventually all the gods sacrificed themselves so that mankind might be engendered from their remains. Also Nanahuatzin....

"Nechmetawaj aka Hathor"
Egypt A personification of the milky Way, which was seen as the milk that flowed from the udders of a heavenly cow. Egypt
Goddess name
"Nekhbet"
Egypt / Upper Local mother goddess. Known from Nekhab (el-Kab), she is generally depicted in the form of a vulture with one or both wings spread and holding the symbols of eternity in her talons. Nekhbet is known from at least 3000 BC and is mentioned in the Pyramid Texts as the “great white cow”—a familiar epithet in respect of Egyptian mother or creator goddesses....
Goddess name
"Ninsun"
Akkadia Mother of Gilgamesh and the wild bull Dumuzi, and wife of Lugalbands. A goddess of Gudea, Babylon, Mesopotamia, Akkadia and Sumeria. Aka, "Rimat-Ninsun", the "august cow";, the "Wild cow of the Enclosure", and "The Great queen.
Goddess name
"Ninsun(a) (lady wild cow)"
Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian cow goddess. Tutelary goddess of Gudea of Lagas.. Consort of the Sumerian heroic king Lugalbanda and also identified as the mother of the hero Gilgames.....
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