Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

168 Kuntu bXan PoKuntu bXan PoHead of pantheon. Bon (pre-Lamaist) [Tibet].The chief god in the Bon pantheon, he engenderedthe world from a handful of mud scrapedfrom the primeval waters and created all livingthings from an egg.Kura-Okami-No-Kami (great producer ofrain on the heights)Rain god. Shinto [Japan]. Known alternatively asthe “dark rain god,” he may also generate snow falls.KurdaligonGod of smiths. Ossetian [Caucasus]. He assiststhe passage of dead souls by attending to theirhorses’ shoes.Kurma(vatara)Incarnation of the god VIŠNU. Hindu (Epic andPuranic). The second avatara of Višnu, Kurmaappears in the form of a tortoise which acts as apivot for the mountainous churning rod the godsemploy to make ambrosia from the primal sea ofmilk after the flood. Kurma is depicted with ahuman torso surmounting a tortoise shell. Višnu issaid to have appeared in this form in order torecover some of the possessions lost during the deluge.Attributes: club, conch, lotus and prayer wheel.Also the name for a vehicle of various deities.KusGod of herdsmen. Mesopotamian (Sumerian andBabylonian-Akkadian). Identified in the Theogonyof Dunnu.Kushi-Dama-Nigi-Haya-Hi (soft fast sun)Sun god. Shinto [Japan]. The apotheosis of themorning sun sent down by the sun goddess AMAT-ERASU before Prince NINIGI appeared on earth.Kushi-Iwa-Mado-No-MikotoGuardian deity. Shinto [Japan]. The god whoprotects entrance gates.KušuhMoon god. Hittite and Hurrian [Anatolia]. AlsoKAŠKU.KutjiAnimistic spirits. Australian aboriginal. Malevolentbeings who conceal themselves in undergrowthand rock crevices and manifest as animalsand birds, including eagles, crows, owls, kangaroosand emus. Kutji are considered to have taken overwild creatures if their behavior assumes unfamiliarpatterns. Only shamans may contain the influenceof these spirits. Otherwise, they possess the potentialto inflict disease and death on to human beings.Kurukulla1. Goddess of boats. Hindu. A Tantric deity generallydepicted in a boat made of jewels. Also goddessof wine.2. Goddess. Buddhist (Mahayana). The SAKTI ofAMITABHA. Usually of terrifying appearance.Attributes: arrow, bow, flower, hook, noose,rosary and trident.KutkhuGuardian spirit. Kemchadal [southeasternSiberia]. The counterpart of the KoryakQUIKINN.A’QU, he fashioned the created worldinto its present form and is the majordomo of thecreator god. His consort is Ilkxum and his sisteris Xutlizic. His children include SI’MSKALIN,TI’ZIL-KUTKHU and SI’DUKU. In mythology he is