Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

112 Hanumanon one of his early consorts, Pokoharua, the sisterof TANGAROA, the sea god. All the subsequentdescendants of Hanui-o-Rangi are believed torule over various aspects of the weather. Hanuithus fathered Tawhiri, the god of the northwestwind, whose son was Tiu. They control the fiercestorms from the east. The children of Tiu includeHine-I-Tapapauta and Hine-Tu-Whenua, thedeities overseeing the more gentle westerly winds.Hine-Tu-Whenua is the mother of Hakona-Tipuand Pua-I-Taha, controlling the southern andsouthwesterly gales.Hanuman (with large jaws)Monkey god. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). Hanumanattends RAMA, one of the incarnations ofVIŠNU, and personifies the ideal and faithful servant.He is the son of PAVANA, the god of winds,and is noted for his speed and agility in whichcontext he is often worshiped by young men andathletes. He leads a mythical forest army of monkeys,and is depicted as a monkey with a long tail.He takes a major role in the Ramayana epicsearching for, and rescuing, the goddess SITA whohas been captured by the demon Ravana. He mayappear trampling on the goddess of Lanka [SriLanka]. Worshiped particularly in southern Indiabut more generally in villages. Color: red. Attributes:bow, club, mane, rock and staff. May appearfive-headed.HaoCreator god. Janjero [Ethiopia]. Personified bythe crocodile and considered to reside in the riverGibe. He was propitiated with human sacrifice.HapyFertility god of the Nile flood. Egyptian. Inhabitscaverns adjacent to the Nile cataracts and overseesthe annual inundation of the Nile valley. Hiscourt includes crocodile gods and frog goddesses.There are no known sanctuaries to Hapy. He isdepicted in anthropomorphic form but androgynous,with prominent belly, pendulous breastsand crowned with water plants. He may hold atray of produce. At Abydos he is depicted as atwo-headed goose with human body.See also KHNUM.Hara (destroyer)Epithet of ŠIVA. Hindu (Puranic). Also one of theEKADASARUDRAS (eleven rudras).Hara KeGoddess of sweet water. Songhai [Niger, WestAfrica]. Considered to live beneath the waters intributaries of the river Niger, attended by twodragons, Godi and Goru. The spirits of the deadare believed to live in a paradise city in the depthsof the Niger.HarakhtiA form of the god HORUS. Egyptian. The aspectof the god who rises at dawn in the eastern sky.According to Pyramid Texts, the king is born onthe eastern horizon as Harakhti, which contradictsthe more commonly held belief that the kingis the son of RE, the sun god.Hara-Yama-Tsu-MiMountain god. Shinto [Japan]. Particularly thedeity of wooded mountain slopes.HardaulPlague god. Hindu. A locally worshiped deityknown particularly in Bundelkhand, northern