Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

278 Satrughnadescribed in Pyramid Texts, particularly the StepPyramid at Saqqara, and there is reference to asanctuary built for her at Elephantine. Also Satjit;Satet (both Egyptian).Satrughna (destroyer of foes)Minor god. Hindu (Epic and Puranic). Thebrother of LAKSMANA and a half-brother to thegod RAMA. His mother is Sumitra. He may bedepicted holding a fly whisk in each hand.See also LAKSMANA.SaturnusAstral god. Roman. Identified with the planetSaturn, but thought to have originated as anagricultural deity concerned with sowing ofseed. A sanctuary existed on the Roman forumfrom as early as 450 BC, also functioning as theimperial treasury. Saturnus was celebratedin the Saturnalia festival (December 17-19) duringwhich masters and slaves exchanged rolesand candles were given as gifts to symbolize thewinter darkness.Satyabhama (with true luster)Goddess. Hindu-Dravidian (Tamil). Knownparticularly from southern India as the secondconsort of KRSNA, who stands on her left;also as the secorid consort of VIŠNU. Attribute:a flower.SatyrWoodland god. Greco-Roman. Generic termfor an assortment of divine beings with ahuman torso and the legs, hair and horns ofa goat. They include the god PAN and thedemigod Silenus who raised the adolescentBACCHUS.Saubhagya-Bhuvanesvari (buddha of goodfortune)Goddess of good fortune. Buddhist. A gentle andbenevolent deity. Color: red. Attributes: red lotus,and waterjar with jewels.SauleSun goddess. Pre-Christian Latvian. Also havingagricultural links, she is perceived as living on aheavenly farm atop a mythical mountain andinvoked to induce fertility and ripening amongcrops. Her consorts are the sky god DIEVS and themoon god MENESS.ŠauškaFertility goddess. Hittite and Hurrian. Of Hurrianorigin, Šauška was adopted by the Hittitestate religion. She is also identified with war andis particularly renowned as a goddess of healing.She is depicted in human form with wings, standingwith a lion and accompanied by two attendants.Šauška is known in detail only because shebecame the patron goddess of the Hittite kingHattusilis II (1420-1400 BC).SavariGoddess of terrifying appearance. Buddhist-Lamaist[Tibet]. One of a group of gauris. Color: white.Attributes: holding the mountain known as Meru.Savea Si’uleoGod of the dead. Polynesian. The brother ofSALEVAO, god of rocks.Savitar (impeller)Sun god. Hindu (Puranic). The original Vediclist of six descendants of the goddess ADITI or