Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

Harpokrates 113India, as a protector against cholera and consideredto have been an historical figure who died inAD 1627. Also a wedding god.Kingdom (circa 1550-1000 BC) identify the sphinxat Giza as Harmachis looking toward the easternhorizon. Also Har-em-akhet (Egyptian).Harendotes [Greek]Form of the god HORUS. Egyptian. Under thisname, Horus specifically guards and protects hisfather OSIRIS in death. He thus becomes associatedwith sarcophagi and appears frequently incoffin texts. Also Har-nedj-itef (Egyptian).Hari (yellowish brown)Minor incarnation of the god VIŠNU. Hindu(Epic and Puranic). Popularized by modern religiousmovements, Hari is one of the sons of thegod DHARMA who sprang from the heart ofBRAHMA. He is most closely linked with KRSNA,but he and Krsna also parallel Dharma’s othersons, NARA and NARAYANA. Hari can be a moregeneric epithet applied to several Hindu gods.Hariti (green or stealing)1. Mother goddess. Hindu (Epic and Puranic).One of the group of MATARAS (mothers) who arethe patrons of children. Considered by some to beidentical with the goddess Vriddhi. Her consort isPancika, alternatively KUBERA. In her destructiveaspect she steals and eats children. Particularlyknown from the north and northwest of India.Attribute: a child may be held at her hip, sometimesbeing eaten.2. Plague goddess. Buddhist. Associated withsmallpox. Also regarded in some texts as the goddessof fertility.Harmachis [Greek]Form of the god HORUS. Egyptian. Harmachis isHorus as the sun god. Inscriptions from the NewHarmoniaGoddess of joining. Greco-Roman. Daughterof ARES (MARS) and APHRODITE (VENUS) orCytherea. The consort of Cadmus and motherof Ino, SEMELE, Agave, Autonoe and Polydorus.She is the apotheosis of harmony in life whichis also displayed in musical euphony. AlsoHermione.Haroeris [Greek]Form of the god HORUS as a man. Egyptian. Thename distinguishes the mature deity from HAR-POKRATES, the child Horus. In this form heavenges his father, OSIRIS, and regains hiskingdom from SETH, his uncle. He is depicted asthe falcon god. Also Harueris; Har-wer (bothEgyptian); HARENDOTES.HarpinaRiver goddess. Greek. Daughter of the river godASOPOS, she was seduced by ARES, who fatheredOenomaus (a king said to have reigned nearOlympia) on her.Harpokrates [Greek]Form of the god HORUS as a child. Egyptian.Generally depicted sitting on the knee of hismother, the goddess ISIS, often suckling at the leftbreast and wearing the juvenile side-lock of hair.He may also be invoked to ward off dangerouscreatures and is associated with crocodiles, snakesand scorpions. He is generally representative ofthe notion of a god-child, completing the unionof two deities. Also Har-pa-khered (Egyptian).