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yeezevee
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| Arjuna Haridas: So we should write short descriptions about their gods? |
That would be nice if you could take up a bit of load on explaining people how many Gods we have from what culture dear Arjuna Haridas., The God of Judaism, Christianity and Islam are essentially Same.. A Single God, Although they all say "He" .., I think That "he" is Sexless, formless, ageless, everything less....Unknown Supreme super entity. But the African Gods, Asian Gods, East Asian Gods, old European Gods, American Indian Gods and South American Gods are Fun cultural Gods that often seem to have commonality. I think that is fun to read, useful to learn and let people know at FFI.
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yeezevee
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The Gods and Goddesses of India
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| I AM NOT AN EXPERT OF ANY RELIGION, I AM TRYING TO READ, LEARN, Question & use Common sense to understand... .yeezevee |
So we went through some Gods/Godesses from African continent.. let us turn our attention to Asia and start with Indian subcontinent with anicent religion Hinduism/pantheon concept of God/ess ../Paganism/Sanathana dhrama??/ etc..etc...
As far as I read & undersatnd, In Hindu religion, the well known epics speaking of the Gods The Rig Veda, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Ramayana. Im essence Hindu beliefs about God drive around reincarnation, time as a revolving circle, karma, mantras, yantras, prayers...etc.
There are many creation mythological stories in Hindu religion. One is that the universe came out of chaos when a God (sometimes said to be Indra and other times Vishnu) seperated the heavens from the Earth. The Sun rose from the center of the Earth. This now made three worlds: The heavens, earth, and the space between.,
What is important to note is that Hindu religion allows that wonderful religious tolerance, a very inclusive pantheonic structure with countless Hindu gods and goddesses. Not only that it allows to add more Gods/Godesses as time passes and you can see that in God Buddha. a reincarnination of God with in the life of a Man. This interesting concept of allows anyone to experience/feel the socalled divine grace in the way that suits best for a given person at a particular time. Such thought experiment about God/godess ssem to explains how it is possible for many different Hindu gods and goddesses to be worshipped by members of one and the same Hindu family. Any way let us lern a bit nore here..
The Gods and Goddesses
Aditi
Description: Mother of the gods.
Rules Over: Sky, earth, past and the future.
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Although the Goddess Aditi is mentioned nearly eighty times in the Rig Veda, it is difficult to get a clear picture of her nature. She is usually mentioned along with other gods and goddesses, there is no one hymn addressed exclusively to her, and unlike many other vedic deities, she is not obviously related to some natural phenomenon. Compared to Usas and Prithvi, her character seems undefined. She is virtually featureless physically.
Perhaps the most outstanding attribute of Aditi is her motherhood. She is preeminently the mother of the 12 Adityas whose names are as follows: Vivasvan, Aryamah, Pusḥah, Tvasḥtah, Savitah, Bhaga, Dhatah, Vidhatah, Varuṇa, Mitra, Shatru and Urukrama [2]. Aditi is also said to be the mother of the great god Indra, the mother of kings (2.27), and the mother of gods (1.113.19). Unlike Prithvi, however, whose motherhood is also central to her nature, Aditi does not have a male consort in the Rig Veda. Aditi is the most important figure of all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aditi |
Well, I was looking for a "picture of Goddess Aditi" on web., but No luck except of 1000s Indian/Hindu women pictures named "Aditi" Click her to see more " Aditis"
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Agni
Other Names: Pramati.
Description: Has seven tongues which he uses to consume sacrifices. Fire God. Pictured as a man with three flaming heads, three legs and seven arms, clothed in black with smoke forming his standard and headdres.
Rules Over: Rain, weather, storms, protector of the home, wealth, power, new beginnings, light, rebirth, immortality, justice, forgiveness, love, virility, mediation between the gods and men.
Aryaman
Description: God of the Heavens.
Rules Over: Sun, Moon, winds, waters, seasons.
Asvins
Other Names: Aswins, Nasatyas.
Description: Twin gods of the morning. They rode in a gold car drawn by horses or birds. The physicians of the Gods.
Their Names: Dasra and Nasatya.
Rules Over: Morning and evening stars, healing, old age, protection of love and marriage.
Brahma
Other Names: Prajapati (A form of him, at least).
Description: Part of the triad with Vishnu and Shiva. Father of the gods, men and the world. Guardian of the world. Shown riding a swan and has red skin, four heads and wore white robes. In his four arms he carries his scepter (or a spoon/string of beads), the Vedas, a bow and a water jug.
Rules OveR: Magick, wisdom, knowledge.
Brihaspati
Other Names: Bramanaspati.
Description: Master of magickal power and the priesthood.
Rules Over: Magick, priesthood, created things.
The Buddha
Description: Divine Teacher. Avatar/Incarnation of Vishnu.
Rules Over: Spiritual illumination, wisdom, self-realization.
Chandra
Other Names: Soma.
Description: Moon god whose name came from the intoxicating, hallucinogenic drink made for the gods.
Rules Over: Psychic visions and dreams, rising on the inner planes, pleasant forgetfulness.
Devi
Other Names: Mahadevi, "Shakti".
Description: Shiva's Consort. Most powerful of the Goddesses.
Durga
Other Names: Jaganmatri (aspect of them, at least).
Description: One of the triad with the Goddesses Uma and Parvati. In her aspect of Durga Pratyangira, she is a yellow woman with ten arms who carries a trident, sword, drum and bowl of blood. Mother Goddess.
Rules Over: Death, destruction, futility, ruin, comfort, help, power, nurturing, protection, defense.
Gandharvas
Description: Gods of the air, rain clouds and rain. Adept horsemen and musicians.
Rules Over: Truths, medicines, musical skills, air, cloud and rain.
Ganesha
Other Names: Ganesa, Ganapati, Gajani.
Description: Elephant-headed god of scribes and merchants. Invoked before any undertaking to ensure success.
Rules Over: Wisdom, good luck, literature, books, writing, worldly success, prosperity, peace, beginnings, successful enterprises, journeys, building, overcoming obstacles, taming dangerous forces, combination of force and cunning.
Ganga
Description: Goddess of the river Ganges.
Rules Over: Purification.
Gauri
Descriptoin: Benign aspect of the Great Goddess.
Rules Over: Wealth, good fortune.
Indra
Other Names: Parjanya, Svargapati, Meghavahana, Vajri, Sashra.
Description: King of the Gods, Guardian of the Eastern quarter. Pictured as fair with golden skin riding an horse, elephant (Airavata) or in a chariot drawn by two tawy horses.
Rules Over: War, weather, fertility, lightning, sky, warriors, violence, weather, fertility, lightning, sky, warriors, violence, reincarnation, rain, strength, bravery, horses, elephants, love, sensual desire, rainbow, personal intervention, law, magick power, rivers, time, seasons, storms, opposition to evil, creativity, the sun, hunting dogs, offerings.
Jyeshtha
Description: Goddess of bad luck.
Rules Over: Revenge, dark magick.
Kali
Other Names: Kali Ma.
Description: "The black mother" who has a dual personality exhibiting traits of both gentleness and love, revenge and terrible death. Wife of Shiva. As the female Holy Trinity she is called Prakriti (Nature). Pictured with black skin, hideous face smeared with blood, fur arms and bare breasts. She despises most males.
Rules Over: Regeneration, revenge, fear, dark magick, sexual activities, protection of women.
Kami
Other Names: Dipaka, Gritsa, Mayi, Mara, Ragavrinta, Titha.
Description: God of desire. Ever-yojng man riding a parrot and is accompanied by his wives Rati, Vasanta, and the Apsaras.
Rules Over: Physical love, pleasures, sensual desire, spring, women, flowers.
Karttikeya
Other Names: Skanda, Subramanya.
Description: Chief war god with six heads and twelve arms. Defender of the gods. Women cannot enter his temples.
Rules Over: Revenge, dark magick, war.
Krishna
Other Names: Vishnu (Incarnation of him).
Description: Most famous avatar of Vishnu. Had 180 wives. His birth was announced by a star and angelic voices. It is said that Krishna returns at the end of each age to save the righteous, destroy sin, and establish goodness and holiness.
Rules Over: Erotic delights, sexual pleasures, love, music, savior from sins.
Kubera
Other Names: Kuvera, Khanapati, Dhanapati, Jambhalla.
Description: Dwarf god of Earth and treasures of the earth enthroned in the Himalayas. Fat, white, bejeweled, hideous dwarf with three legs and only eight teeth.
Rules Over: Fertility, wealth, treasure, minerals, gold, silver, jewels, pearls, precious stones.
Lakshmi
Other Names: Rukmini.
Description: Goddess of love and beauty. She gave Indra the drink of soma (wise blood) from her own body so he could produce the illusion of birth-giving and become king of the devas.
Rules Over: Good fortune, prosperity, success, love, feminine beauty.
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Description: Patron of grammatical science.
Rules Over: Enlightenment, wisdom, civilization, books and writing.
Mara
Description: Master magician.
Rules Over: Illusion, dark magick.
Parvati
Other Names: Mena, Haimavati.
Description: God of the Himalayas, Virgin Mother Goddess. Represents union of god and goddess, man and woman.
Rules Over: Desire, ecstacy.
Puchan
Other Names: Pushan.
Description: Lead souls to the afterworld. Considered a good guide, leading his followers to wealth.
Rules Over: Marriage, journeys, roads, cattle, meetings, prosperity, material gain.
Rama
Other Names: Ramachandra.
Description: Princely incarnation of Vishnu. Hero God.
Rati
Other Names: Mayavati.
Description: Goddess of sexual passions. Wife of Rama.
Rules Over: Lust, sexual activities.
The Ribhus
Description: Artisan elves who are the sons of Indra by Saranyu. Gods of crafts, horses and the Sun.
Rules Over: Herbs, crops, streams, creativity, blessings.
Rudra
Other Names: Pasupati, Tryambaka.
Description: Lord of beasts, ancient Vedic god of the dead and prince of demons. Ruddy or swarthy man with a wild temper.
Rules Over: Healing, herbs, death, disease, the jungle, wild animals, the woodlands, cattle, intelligence, song, sacrifice, creation, prosperity, thieves, storms, wind, judgment.
Sarasvati
Description: Inventor of Sanskrit and discoverer of soma in the Himalayas. Graceful woman with white skin, wearing a crescent Moon on her brow and seated on a lotus flower.
Rules Over: Arts, science, music, poetry, learning, teaching.
Savitri
Description: Rising and descending aspects of the Sun. Golden-haired goddess who rides in a car drawn by two brilliant horses.
Rules Over: Night, rest, healing, long life, immortality, dispels to be forgotten.
Shiva
Other Names: Siva, Mahakala, Lingodbhava, Rudra, Pashupa, Bhutapati, Tryambaka, Digambara, Nataraja, Natesa, Shiva Ardhanari.
Description: Member of the Hindu triad with Brahma and Vishnu. Merciful fertility god who is also an ascetic who practices yoga. Always represents great power.
Rules Over: Fertility, physical love, destruction, strength, medicine, storms, warriors, long life, healing, magick, weapons, cattle, rivers, fire, death, dance, rhythm, meditation, war, righteousness, judgment.
Siva Jnana-Dakshinamurti
Description: God of all wisdom.
Rules Over: Wisdom, meditation.
Siva Lingodbhava
Description: God of reproduction and fertility.
Rules Over: Fertility, procreation.
Surya
Description: Chief Sun God. Some stories say he is the original source of soma which he gave to the moon to be distributed to the gods. Dark red man with three eyes and four arms who rides a chariot pulled by seven mares, each one representing a day of the week.
Rules Over: Measures, understanding, waters, winds, complete dominion, blessings, spiritual enlightenment.
Tara
Description: Mother Goddess who helped to control human sexuality in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment.
Rules Over: Knowledge, compassion, punishment, threats, control, enlightenment.
Tvashtar
Other Names: Tvashtri.
Description: Creator of all things and craftsman of the gods. Created magickal weapons for the gods.
Rules Over: Arts and crafts, skill with the hands, creativity, source of all blessings, granter of prosperity.
Uma
Other Names: Uma Haimavati.
Description: Corn Goddess who is part of the trinity of the Great Goddess. Mediates conflicts between Brahma and the other gods.
Rules Over: Light, beauty, fertility, harvest, crops, the Earth, the dark seasons, yogic asceticism.
Vajrapani
Description: God of lightning. Similar to Pan.
Rules Over: Woodlands, physical love, ecstasy.
Varuna
Description: God of the Sun. Judge of man's deeds. Created the heavens , earth and the air between them.
Rules Over: Rain, wind, rivers, the Sun, truth, justice, punishment, heavenly gifts, law, magick power, snakes, demons, white horses, oceans, the creative will, seasons, death, rewards, prophecy.
Vishnu
Description: With three steps he measured the seven worlds. Intermediary between the gods and man. Sun God. To help man, Vishnu appears on Earth as a human avatar. Nine avatars are said to have already come, with a tenth yet to appear.
Rules Over: Peace, power, strength, compassion, love, abundance, success, victory.
Visvakarma
Description: God of smiths and craftsmen. Creator and maintainer of everything in the universe, making things hold their individual shapes.
Rules Over: Animals, horses, creativity, weapons making, architecture, building, smiths, craftsmen.
Yama
Other Names: Dharmaraja, Samana, Pitripati, Sraddaheva, Dandadhara.
Description: Judge of the dead. God of death, truth and righteousness. Judges men's dharma.
Rules Over: Judgment, destiny, death, punishment. [/quote].. http://www.seanachaidh.com/sean.html www.sanatansociety.org/ this list, also taken from different sources And there must be more gods & Godesses from subcontinent..
with best
yeezevee
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Popeye
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| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject: Re: GOD/S and Goddesses Across The World From Anicent Times |
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So, We have God folder with plenty of threads in it. Out of 25 pages or so I casually looked through 15 of them just to see whether I can read and learn anything about ANY GOD/S and Goddess/es since the Human race is separated from its nearest ancestors.
So we will start with Africa go around the countries end with Europe on the way we describe as many Gods and Goddesses as we can find.
With best
yeezevee |
A worthwhile project, yeezevee, I have always been interested in how Gods and Goddesses began to take root in people's imagination and this is what I think:
A long, long time ago when semi feral human beings were roaming the forests and the plains, they were still unaware and uninterested in the logistics of the process of reproduction.
Man, ignorant and confused by the nine months invisible gestation period in the womb, had not yet made the connection between the sexual act and birth of the baby.
They believed pregnancy was the work of an external agent similar to the wind that literally puffed up, impregnated women and shaped them like a cloth-sail. Women were considered “masters” of their own fertility.
Female were mysterious and magic; Goddesses were worshiped in great numbers and preceded Gods in most cultures.
It wasn’t until men began to keep and herd large animals that they observed, over a period of time, the cause and effect of horse, ram and bull mounting their respective partners.
Finally, they twigged and the penny dropped: the first Ram-god, Bull-god, and Antelope-god were born. The Patriarchy originates from then.
Heroes, kings and chieftains could wage war in the knowledge that the gain would be for the benefit of their own heirs.
To have “horns” or a "radiant brow" was good, a sign of power; here’s a fine example of Moses:
http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=Michelangelo%20Moses&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
Abraham, Moses, Cyrus, Alexander (Great) were all supposed to be horned.
The very first gods were images celebrating the potency of animals; early Mesopotamia is a fine example.
These new Gods and old Goddesses lived side by side until the arrival of a new set of godheads. Seeing what the Sky did when making love to Mother Earth: thunder, lightning and the rain that fertilized and made the crop grow was a much more impressive performance than any bull or ram could organize.
The Sky/Thunder-god was born. Jehovah, Zeus, Thor, Haddad etc, were such gods. Their worshippers vilified and banished previous deities.
Jehovah, for instance, replaced an earlier goddess Sheol (means: womb, hell); she was banished to the underworld and this is why to this day we somehow believe that Hell is a big cavern underground and it is also why God has no jurisdiction in hell.
The next generation of Gods reflected the cycles of “Nature” in general, the year by year death and rebirth of crops, vegetation etc.
The so called “dying gods” or solar/priapic gods mimic the passing season and the miraculous reappearance of Nature fully restored: Osiris, Tammuz, Mithra, Jesus.
These younger gods are a reflection and a metaphor for the Sun’s action and energy, death and resurrection. |
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Rohmaya. Now THERE'S a mystery. She only appears once in known ancient mythology, and it's as a cameo - the goddess who accompanied Asherah one evening in an Ugaritic myth when Mr. Friendly God (El) comes along and apparently fell in love.
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In response to one of progressive Muslim cult's forum in regards to the concept of God, I wrote the following:
I don't believe in frivolous and wishy-washy concepts and extraordinary supernatural musings and conjectural materials.
To understand "God" and its concepts, one must first study, understand and acknowledge its universal historical settings and how religions and religious belief systems germinated and then gradually manipulated and culminated into current vast segregated belief systems throughout the world over time, obviously each claiming their rights, rites and rules over others. I briefly touched upon this subject earlier whilst giving links and information of study.
People can certainly live a respectable, peaceful and meaningful life without bringing a fathomless deity into the picture and the jargons that are glued with it and without subjecting, enforcing and torturing people into senseless beliefs throbbed upon them by unscrupulous thugs of our times.
Throughout history, this god business has claimed infinite lives of both humans and animals like an epidemic disease that seems to have no cure. It has turned people into slaves of their own kinds who became their lords and revolt against each other all in the name of their alleged god(s) in vain. The bitter truth is that religionists are the most intellectually dishonest, hypocritical, brainless and barbaric individuals of our creation and sadly enough there is no law stopping them.
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yeezevee
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Pictures of some Hindu Gods/Godesses
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yeezevee
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Forget Gods for some time., and let us read up on Goddesses from different cultures across this little planet..
Celtic Goddesses
Brigit: goddess of the seasons
Deae Matres: tirad goddesses who rule fertility/creativity
Epona: goddess of horses
Roman Goddesses
Andurta: warrior goddess
Belesama: goddess of the forge
Bellona: goddess of war
Bona Dea: goddess of furtility
Ceres: goddess of grain
Flora: goddess of flowers
Fortuna: goddess of women
Indian Goddesses
Aditi: mother of the Gods
Kali : goddess of distruction
Kottavei: goddess of war
Kumari: virgin goddess
Lakshmi: goddess of beauty
Gault Goddesses
Abnoba: goddess of the black forest
Arduinna: goddess who rules the Ardennes
Rhiannon: mare goddess, great queen
Sirona: goddess of astronomy
Arabian/Middle Eastern Godsesses
Allāt: a pre-Islamic Arabian goddess who was one of the three chief goddesses of Mecca. She, ˤUzzā, and Manāt are the three goddesses that the pre-Islamic Meccans referred to as "The Daughters of God".
Amunet: goddess of mystery
Bast: goddess of life
Hathor: Goddess of love, joy
Greek Goddesses
Aphrodite: goddess of Sex
Astraea: goddess of justice
Ate: goddess of discord and mischief
Aurora: mother of the winds
Chloirs: goddess of shade
Demeter: nature goddess
Derceto: goddess of fertility
Dike: goddess of justice
Eris: goddess of strife and discord
Galatea: sea nymph Godesss
Hecate: goddess of the night
Mayan Goddesses
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Italian? Roman Goddesses
Astrera: goddess of justice
Carmen/Carmina: goddess of casting spells and of enchantments
Copia: goddess of wealth and plenty
Diana: the triad goddess of all witches
Fana: goddess of the earth, forests and fertility
Fortuna: goddess of fortune
Jana: goddess of the moon
Nox: goddess of the night
Pertunda: goddess of sexual love and pleasure
Tana: the star goddess
Umbria: goddess of the shadows and hidden things
Uni: the most ancient name for the goddess of witchcraft
Vesta: goddess of the hearth and fire
well we will add some more to the post
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