Encyclopedia - Deity: Encyclopedia - Deity
A deity or a god, is a postulated preternatural being, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, o...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity: Parapsychology Dictionary On Deity
Deity: Refers to various forms and types of God as projected by human imagination.   A name for a divine statue. For example, t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Deity
Deity: "God." Can refer to the image or murti installed in a temple or to the Mah�deva the murti represents. See: murti, puj...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesta Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Vesta Mythology - Deity
Vesta was introduced in Rome by King Numa Pompilius. She was a native Roman deity (some authors suggest received from the Sabine cults), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wrathful Deities: Encyclopedia - Wrathful Deities
A notable feature of Tibetan Buddhism is the emphasis on wrathful deities, often alternative manifestations of normally peaceful deities....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Deity - Religion
Main article: religion. Theories and narratives about, and modes of worship of, gods are largely a matter of religion. At present, the va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia - List Of Deities
This list of deities aims to give information about deities in the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. It is sort...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Deities: Encyclopedia - Hindu Deities
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia - Solar Deity
A solar deity is a deity who represents the sun, or an aspect of it. People have worshipped the sun and solar deities for all of recorded...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heruka: Encyclopedia - Heruka
Heruka is a principal Deity (Tantric Buddha) of Mother Tantra, who is the embodiment of indivisible bliss and emptiness. Heruka has a blu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vasu: Encyclopedia - Vasu
In Hinduism, the Vasus are attendant deities of Indra, and later Vishnu. They are eight elemental gods representing aspects of nature, re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vac: Encyclopedia - Vac
Vak or Vac IPA [va:c] (stem vāc-, nominative vāk) is the Sanskrit word for "speech", "voice", "talk", or "language". Personified, Vak i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vayu: Encyclopedia - Vayu
In Hinduism, Vayu (also known as Pavan) is a primary god, father of Bhima and Hanuman. As the words for air (vayu) or wind (pavan) it is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Venkateshwara: Encyclopedia - Venkateshwara
In Hinduism, Venkateshwara (also spelled as Venkateswara, Venkateshwer or Venkatachalapathi) is a much-worshipped form of Vishnu. He is a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apsû: Encyclopedia - Apsû
The apsû (also known as abzu or engur) was the name for the mythological underground freshwater ocean in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Surya: Encyclopedia - Surya
In Hinduism, Surya is the chief solar deity, son of Dyaus Pita or Indra. He has hair and arms of gold. His chariot is pulled by seven hor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé Bantu: Encyclopedia - Candomblé Bantu
Bantu, also called Batuque or Angola, is one of the major sects (nations) of Candomblé, an Afro-American religion practised in Brazil. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agni: Encyclopedia - Agni
Agni is a Hindu deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" (noun), cognate with Latin ignis. In Hinduism, he is a deva, second only to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vahana: Encyclopedia - Vahana
Shruti Vedas Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva Veda Brahmanas Aranyakas Upanishads Smriti Itihāsas Mahābhārata Bhagavad G�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia - Vishnu
Vishnu (IAST viṣṇu, Devanagari विष्णु, with honorific Shri Vishnu; śrī viṣṇu, श्रीविष्णु ), is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Mythology: Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Mythology
Gods Enlil and 7 who decree fate Ishtar and planet Venus Tiamat and Tablets of Destiny Annunaki and astronauts Marduk and Babylon Heroe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mandir: Encyclopedia - Mandir
A Mandir is a Hindu temple. It is usually dedicated to a primary deity, called the presiding deity, and other deities associated with the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Deity
DEITY - a Diven entity, God/Goddess honored in a religious "doctirine".   (See also: DEITY , Wiccan Pagan, Paganism,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Deity
Deity: (1) The most powerful sort of “supernatural” being. (2) A powerful pattern in the Switchboard. (3) The memory of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity: A Christian Theological Dictionary On Deity
A Christian theological definition of Deity according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   " Dei...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity, God: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Deity, God
Deity or God. Intelligence and will superior to the human, forming the intelligent and vital governing essence of the universe, whethe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities - Egyptian
Egyptian deities are often portrayed as having animal heads in art; as an example, Anubis is often portrayed in statuary as having the bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deities In The Belgariad: Encyclopedia Ii - Deities In The Belgariad - Gods
Deities in The Belgariad - Aldur. Aldur is the eldest of the seven gods. He takes no people, but has a number of disciples, among them ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transcendent Deity: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Transcendent Deity
Transcendent Deity: A God or Goddess who is seen as dwelling outside, rather than inside, humanity. A non-invocable deity.   (S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transcendent Deity: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Transcendent Deity
TRANSCENDENT DEITY - a God or Goddess who is seen as dwelling outside, rather than inside, humanity. A non-invocable deity. (CMM) &n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greyhawk Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greyhawk Deities - List Of Deities Associated With Humans
List of Greyhawk deities - Greater Powers. Beory, goddess of oerth, nature and rain Boccob, god of magic, arcane knowledge, balance an...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Earth Deities: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Earth Deities
EARTH DEITIES - Asasaya (Ashanti), Bhumi (Sanskrit), Coatlicue (Nahuatl), Estanatlehi (Navajo), Gaia (Greek), Geb (Egypt), Geo (Greek)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Infernal Deities: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Infernal Deities
Infernal Deities (from Latin inferi or inferni inhabitants of the lower world)   Cosmic powers pertaining to the lower planes of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deities Of Kobol: Encyclopedia Ii - Deities Of Kobol - Original Continuity
The Gods are not explicitly dealt with in the original series, however, suggestions about the occupants of the Ship of Light and Count Ib...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities - Semitic Pagan
Adonis | Anat | Asherah | Astarte | Ba'al | Berith | Dagon | El | Elyon | Elohim | Hadad | Mot | Salem | Shaddai | Yaw Adonai | El | Eloh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apsû: Encyclopedia Ii - Apsû - As A Deity
Apsû is depicted as a deity only in the Babylonian creation epic, the Enûma Elish. In this story, he was a primal monster made of fresh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greyhawk Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greyhawk Deities - Pholtus
Pholtus of the Blinding Light is the deity of law, order, inflexibility, resolution, light, the sun, and the moon. His alignment is Lawfu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Greyhawk Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Greyhawk Deities - Celestian
Celestian is Neutral Good, but his worshippers may be any alignment of good. His sphere of control is stars, space and wanderers. His sym...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Hindu Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Hindu Deities - Aspects
List of Hindu deities - Aspects of Brahma. Prajapati List of Hindu deities - Aspects of Shiva. Mahadeva Prajapati List of Hindu ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Deities - Polytheistic Gods
Although the pantheistic system allowed only a subordinate rank to the old polytheistic gods, and the actual religious belief of the peop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Hindu Mythology
In the Vedas, numerous hymns are dedicated to Surya, the Sun personified, and Savitar, "the impeller", a solar deity either identified wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities - Modern Western Mythology
In addition to the gods listed elsewhere, there are several mythological beings spoken of in current Western culture. The Grim Reaper - ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Missing Sun
The "missing sun" motif is a theme in the myths of various cultures. It may have served to explain any of several natural phenomena, incl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Deities - Denominations Of Hinduism
Contemporary Hinduism traditionally has four major divisions, Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, and Smarthism. According to Adherents.com t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Hindu Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Hindu Deities - Incarnations
List of Hindu deities - Mental son of Brahma. Narada List of Hindu deities - Incarnations of Vayu. Hanuman Bhima Shri Madhvacharya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Chinese Mythology
Unlike many other cultures, the Chinese do not personify nor worship the sun or the moon. The most likely reason is the heavy influence o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deities Of Dragonlance: Encyclopedia Ii - Deities Of Dragonlance - Gods Of Good
The Gods of good perform a different role than that associated with good-aligned deities in other settings. In Dragonlance, the Gods of g...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deities Of Dragonlance: Encyclopedia Ii - Deities Of Dragonlance - Gods Of Neutrality
The Gods of neutrality often take a passive, hands-off role in Dragonlance. Gilean in particular takes this approach, he rarely acts befo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Missing Sun
The "missing sun" motif is a theme in the myths of various cultures. It may have served to explain any of several natural phenomena, incl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deities Of Dragonlance: Encyclopedia Ii - Deities Of Dragonlance - Gods Of Evil
The Gods of evil, much like the Gods of good, recognise the need for balance, with the exception of Takhisis. Takhisis is more power hung...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Solar Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Solar Deity - Chinese Mythology
Unlike many other cultures, the Chinese do not personify nor worship the sun or the moon. The most likely reason is the heavy influence o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deities & Demigods: Encyclopedia Ii - Deities & Demigods - Printings
TSR, Inc. obtained permission from Michael Moorcock for inclusion of the Melnibonéan material (from his Elric series of books). The Cthu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deities & Demigods: Encyclopedia Ii - Deities & Demigods - Artwork
The artwork for the first several printings of this "cyclopedia" was created by talented artists Jeff Dee, Erol Otus, Eymoth, Darlene Pek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burkhanism: Encyclopedia Ii - Burkhanism - Deities
Burkhanism accepts the "three worlds" of Mongolic and Turkic tradition. (These are the upper, middle, and lower worlds--in other words he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elune: Encyclopedia Ii - Elune - Role As A Deity
The Night Elves revered Elune unconditionally, and other races are beginning to recognize her as the one power that could bring peace to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deities & Demigods: Encyclopedia Ii - Deities & Demigods - Pantheons
The original edition of the book contained 17 pantheons of gods: American Indian Mythos Arthurian Heroes Babylonian Mythos Celtic Mythos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jengu: Encyclopedia Ii - Jengu - Jengu As Deity
"Jengu" may refer to a single deity, as well. In some traditions, this god replaces the class of miengu spirits, while in others, it acts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé Bantu: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé Bantu - Deities
The supreme God and Creator is Zambi or Zambiapongo; below him are the Inkices, the spirit-gods of Bantu mythology. These deities corresp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tulsi: Encyclopedia Ii - Tulsi - Tulsi As A Deity
The presence of tulsi plant symbolizes the religious bent of a Hindu family. A Hindu household is considered incomplete if it doesn't hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Candomblé Ketu: Encyclopedia Ii - Candomblé Ketu - Deities
Ketu deities are basically those of Yoruba mythology. Olorun (Olorum) is the supreme God, who created the spirits or Orishas (Orixás). T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Deities
Taoism - Religious Taoism. Traditional Chinese religion is determinedly polytheistic. Its deities arranged into a heavenly civil servic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ra: Encyclopedia Ii - Ra - Deity Status
From the fifth dynasty (ca. 2400 BC) onward he was elevated to the status of a national deity, and much later was combined with the Theba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Deities - Games Workshop
The Gods of Chaos Khorne Nurgle Slaanesh Tzeentch Malal the Horned Rat Hastut The Gods of humanity Sigmar Ulric Lady of the Lake The E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Natib Qadish: Encyclopedia Ii - Natib Qadish - Deities
Many of the Deities revered by Canaanite Pagans include the Deities listed in the Ugaritic texts found in modern-day Ras Shamra around 19...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yoruba Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Yoruba Mythology - Deities
Yoruba deities are called Orishas. The primordial, first-existing, Orishas are called Obatala and Odùduwà, brother and sister respectiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Life-death-rebirth Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Life-death-rebirth Deity - Criticisms Of The Category
The chief criticism that has been brought against the universal life-death-resurrection deity category is that it is reductionist: in see...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xiang River: Encyclopedia Ii - Xiang River - Deities
The river is said to be protected by two goddesses, the Xiang Consorts (湘妃 Xiangfei): Ehuang (娥皇) and Nüying (女英). They were...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Forgotten Realms Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Forgotten Realms Deities - Racial Powers
List of Forgotten Realms deities - Beholder Powers. Great Mother: Fertility, Tyranny Gzemnid: Gases, Fogs, Obscurement, Deception Li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Forgotten Realms Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Forgotten Realms Deities - Other Powers 2
List of Forgotten Realms deities - Dead Powers. Amaunator: Bureaucracy, Contracts, Law, Order, The Sun, Rulership. Bhaal: Death, Espec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Forgotten Realms Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Forgotten Realms Deities - Other Powers 1
List of Forgotten Realms deities - Over Power. Ao: Over Deity List of Forgotten Realms deities - Greater Powers. Akadi: Elemental ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Life-death-rebirth Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Life-death-rebirth Deity - The Internal Approach
By the Victorian era, the solar-phallic ideas of Payne Knight along with the less risqué work of scholars like Max Müller had taken str...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Life-death-rebirth Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Life-death-rebirth Deity - The Naturalist Approach
Of the two major life-death-and-resurrection approaches to hermeneutics, the naturalistic explication has more support in ancient sources...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nameless Deity, Nameless One: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nameless Deity, Nameless One
Nameless Deity, Nameless One The real name of a thing is its essential characteristic, is itself; therefore that which is beyond all a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Relations With Other Deities
Vishnu's consort is Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth. Maya is the samvit (the primary intelligence) of Vishnu, while the other five attribu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Relations With Other Deities
Vishnu's consort is Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth. Maya is the samvit (the primary intelligence) of Vishnu, while the other five attribu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities Of Dungeons & Dragons: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities Of Dungeons & Dragons - Demihuman Powers
List of deities of Dungeons & Dragons - Dwarven Powers. Abbathor, intermediate god of greed Berronar Truesilver, intermediate godd...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaos Magic: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaos Magic - Symbols And Deities
Chaos magick is unique among magical traditions in that it does not attribute significance to any particular symbol or deity. Wicca and T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaos Magic: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaos Magic - Symbols And Deities
Chaos magick is unique among magical traditions in that it does not attribute significance to any particular symbol or deity. Wicca and T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities Of Dungeons & Dragons: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Deities Of Dungeons & Dragons - Generic Greyhawk Powers
It is worth noting that these deities were taken from the Greyhawk setting. There are over 100 deities in the Greyhawk setting and when c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tara Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tara Buddhism - Tara As A Tantric Deity
Tara as a focus for tantric deity yoga can be traced back to the time period of Padmasambhava. There is a Red Tara practice which was giv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesopotamian Mythology - The Three Sky Deities
Divine Relationships. The universe first appeared when Nammu, a presumably formless abyss, curled in upon herself, and in an act of sel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Deities
Celtic mythology - The gods of the ancient Celts. Though the Celtic world at its greatest extent covered much of western and central Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Deities
Celtic mythology - The gods of the ancient Celts. Though the Celtic world at its greatest extent covered much of western and central Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Burns: Encyclopedia Ii - George Burns - The Droll Deity
In 1977, Burns made another hit film, Oh, God!, playing the title role opposite singer John Denver as an earnest but befuddled supermarke...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - The Supreme Deity
Judaism and Islam visualize God in strictly monotheistic terms as one being; Christianity believes likewise but for many Christians, God ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tara Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Tara Buddhism - Emergence Of Tara As A Buddhist Deity
Within Tibetan Buddhism Tara is regarded as a Bodhisattva of Compassion. She can be seen as the female aspect of Avalokitesvara, and in s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mahabharata Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Mahabharata Sword - Sword With The Mythological Deities
Brahma gave that sword to Rudra (one of Shivas forms) with the bull-banner and asked him to put down the sinners and evil-doers (papa and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hinduism In Bangladesh: Encyclopedia Ii - Hinduism In Bangladesh - Deities And Other Religious Aspects
The Goddess (Devi) – usually venerated as Durga or Kali – is widely revered, often alongside her consort Shiva. The worship of Shiva ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Names Given To The Divine: Encyclopedia Ii - Names Given To The Divine - Alternative Names Used To Address Or Refer To Deities
These are used for various reasons: tabuism, glorification, etc. Examples are G*d (tabuistic ellipsis), The Almighty, Pancrator(Pantocrat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Deities
This table shows some gods and goddesses believed to have comprised the Proto-Celtic pantheon along with the semantics of their names and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historical Basis For King Arthur: Encyclopedia Ii - Historical Basis For King Arthur - Deities And Legends
The word arth is modern Welsh for "bear", and among Continental Celts (although not in Britain) there were several bear gods named Artos ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - Non-system Lord Deities
While the ploy of elaborately posing as false gods is at the heart of the Goa'uld's bid for domination, other races such as the Asgard ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - System Lord: Encyclopedia Ii - System Lord - Non-system Lord Deities
While the ploy of elaborately posing as false gods is at the heart of the Goa'uld's bid for domination, other races such as the Asgard ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baal: Encyclopedia Ii - Baal - Deities Called Ba‘al And Ba‘alat
Because more than one god bore the title Ba‘al and more than one goddess bore the title Ba‘alat or Ba‘alah, it is often difficult t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Venkateshwara: Encyclopedia Ii - Venkateshwara - Socio-cultural History
A temple was built many centuries later around the shrine, and several kings have been responsible for building of the temple, including ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vahana: Encyclopedia Ii - Vahana - Symbolism
In iconography, the vahana is both the symbol and the emblem of the deity that it carries. Nandi the bull, vahana of Shiva, represents st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elune: Encyclopedia Ii - Elune - Background
The Kaldorei, or Night Elves, venerated Elune the Moon Goddess even before discovering the Well of Eternity ten thousand years ago. They ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Worship
It is not clearly known when or how the worship of Vishnu began. In the Vedas, and the information on Aryan beliefs, Vishnu is associated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vishnu: Encyclopedia Ii - Vishnu - Theological Attributes And More
Vishnu takes form as an all-inclusive deity, known as Purusha or Mahāpurusha, Paramātma [Supreme Soul], Antaryāmi [In-dweller], and He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Deity - Relation With Humanity
Some are thought to be invisible or inaccessible to humans— to dwell mainly in otherworldly, remote or secluded and holy places, such a...   » Read the article