Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

266 RevatiRevatiMinor goddess of fortune. Hindu (Epic andPuranic). A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter ofDAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).Riddhivasita (control of prosperity)Minor goddess. Buddhist. One of a group ofVASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritualregeneration. Color: green. Attribute: moon disc.RhadamanthosMinor chthonic underworld god. Greco-Roman.One of three judges attending the goddess ofjustice THEMIS evaluating the souls of the deadentering Hades.RheaPrimordial goddess. Greek. The daughter ofOURANOS and GAIA, she is the consort ofKRONOS and mother of ZEUS and other gods ofOlympus, known only from the Theogony(Hesiod) and Iliad (Homer). She is also recognizedin Roman literature under the same name.Also Rheie.RheieSee RHEA.RhiannonChthonic horse goddess. Celtic (Irish). Thedaughter of Hefaidd Hen and consort of PWYLL,she rides upon a white mare and is associatedwith the underworld and with fertility. May bevirtually synonymous with the Romano-Celticgoddess Rigantona whose name means “greatqueen.” Authors suggest she is modeled on thegoddess MODRON and she partly equates withEPONA.RigisamusGod of war. Romano-Celtic (Gallic). Assimilatedwith MARS.RindChthonic goddess. Northern Germanic andNordic (Icelandic). She is mentioned as a consortof OTHIN and mother of VALI. Also Rinda; Rindr.RitonaGoddess of river fords. Romano-Celtic. Knownfrom inscriptions and associated with the Treveritribe.Rohini (red)1. Minor goddess of fortune. Hindu (Epic andPuranic). A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter ofDAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA). She is themother of BUDHA.2. Goddess of learning. Jain. One of sixteenVIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.RomaTutelary goddess. Greek and Roman. The deitywas actually conceived by the Greeks and shrineswere set up at centers including Smyrna andEphesus.Riddhi (prosperity)Goddess. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). One of theconsorts of GANESA, but otherwise very close inappearance to LAKSMI. She carries Laksmi’sattributes when standing alone.RongomaiWhale god. Polynesian and Maori. He is theson of TANGAROA, the creator deity responsiblefor the oceans and the fish, and the father ofKAHUKURA, the deity responsible for the appear-