Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

Junrojin 149Jaya-Vijaya (victorious)Twin goddesses. Hindu (Epic and Puranic).Possibly forms of DURGA accompanied by alion.JehovahCreator god. Christian. The name came intousage from circa AD 1200 and is an adulterationwhich has largely replaced the title YHWH in theEnglish-speaking churches.See also YHWH.Jnanadakini (knowledge)Goddess. Buddhist (Mahayana). An emanation ofAKSOBHYA and the SAKTI of yogambara. Color:blue. Attributes: ax, bell, club, cup, staff andsword.Jnanaparamita (perfection of knowledge)Philosophical deity. Buddhist. Spiritual offspringof RATNASAMBHAVA. Color: white. Attributes: thetree of wisdom and a jeweled banner.Jnanavasita (control of knowledge)Minor goddess. Buddhist. One of a group ofVASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritualregeneration. Color: whitish blue. Attributes:sword on a blue lotus.JokCreator god. African. A generic term employedby a large number of tribes. Generally thejok is represented by a totem and also has ananimal name. The Acholi in Uganda perceive jokto live in caves to which they deliver food anddrink offerings. For the Shilluk in Sudan, Jwokcreated mankind from river clay.JokinamLake god. Lake Albert [East Africa]. The ownerof the “lake cows” which graze at the bottom ofLake Albert and which are herded by drownedfishermen.JumisFertility god. Pre-Christian Latvian. Symbolizedby cereal stalks joined at the heads, or bent overand buried in the ground.JUNOORIGIN Roman. Queen of heaven.KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 400 BC tocirca AD 400.SYNONYMS HERA (Greek).CENTER(S) OF CULT Sparta, Rome and Heraeum.ART REFERENCES large numbers of sculptures.LITERARY SOURCES Aeneid (Virgil) etc.Juno is modeled on the Greek goddess Hera. Inthe Roman pantheon she is the daughter of Cronosand RHEA and the sister and incestuous consort ofJUPITER, who seduced her in the guise of a cuckoo.Following their wedding on Mount Olympus,Juno was accorded the title of goddess of marriage,though subsequently she was obliged to endureJupiter’s philandering with numerous concubines.Juno is the mother of MARS, Vulcan and HEBE.Her sacred animals are the peacock and the cuckooand she is invariably depicted in majestic apparel.Her chief festival in Rome was the Matronalia.See also KRONOS, VULCANUS.JunrojinGod of luck. Shinto [Japan]. One of sevendeities in Shintoism concerned with fortune.He is depicted as a Chinese hermit and is sometimesconfused with the god FUKUROKUJU. A