World Mythology

The Vedic goddess of wine.

In Hindu myth, one the appellations of Lakshmi, goddess of beauty and good fortune.

The wife of Rama, who was kidnapped by Ravana. As Rama was an incarnation of Vishnu, so Sita was an incarnation of Lakshmi or Sri. In the Vedas, Sita is “the Furrow”, the personified goddess of the female principle of fertility.

Minor gods who are said to be possessing the Ashta-siddhis (i.e., the 8 magical powers like Anima, Garima, Mahima, Laghima etc.)

The third deity of the Hindu triad of great gods, the Trimurti. Shiva is called the Destroyer (of evil), but has also the aspect of regeneration. As destroyer he is dark and terrible, appearing as a naked ascetic accompanied by a train of hideous demons, encircled with serpents and necklaces of skulls. As auspicious and [...]

A Hindu protective goddess of children.

Shakti (or Sakti) is the Tantric title for the Great Goddess (Devi), realized as a sexual partner and as the innermost animating soul of man or god, like the Greek Psyche, Roman Anima, Gnostic Sophia, and the Kabbalistic Shekina, all based on the Skati. Jung declared her to be the figure known as My Lady [...]

A Hindu thousand-headed snake god of the Vedas. He was said to have been born from the mouth of Balarama just before his death. Sesha was chief of the mythical Nagas, a clan of snake worshippers.

A Vedic sun god.

The Vedic sun-god who urges man and beast to act. He rides in a golden chariot from which he surveys the entire sky.