Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

6 TTabitiGoddess of fire. Scythian. Also the guardian deityof all animals. The Romans syncretized her withthe hearth goddess VESTA.Ta-BitjetScorpion goddess. Egyptian. In incantations againstscorpion bite she is identified as a consort of thegod HORUS. Her blood, which flowed when Horusruptured her hymen, is considered to possess magicaland remedial properties against the poison.Taditkara (lightning)Goddess of light. Buddhist. Color: green. Attributes:lightning in the form of a creeper. AlsoVidyddhara.T’ai ShanGod. Chinese. The senior deity in the heavenlyministries, he is the immediate controller of theearth and mankind. Titled the “god of the easternpeak.” Also Di Zang.T’ai YiPrimordial god. Chinese. The spirit of theuniverse who was present before the cosmos wascreated and who is known as the great unity.During the Sung Dynasty (AD 960-1279) he waselevated to the head of the ranks of astral godsand he is embodied in the Pole Star, otherwiseidentified in Chinese mythology as the PurplePlanet.TailtiuGoddess. Celtic (Irish). By tradition the consortof Eochaid of the TUATHA DE DANANN, she isthe foster mother of the god LUG and associatedwith the Lughnasad festival on August 1.TaipanSnake god. Australian aboriginal. His consortsinclude the snake goddesses Mantya, Tuknampaand Uka. He is revered mainly by tribal groupsliving on the western seaboard of the Cape Yorkpeninsula in northern Queensland. Taipan hasthe typical attributes of many other Australiansnake gods, including the rainbow snake. Heexercises judgment over life or death and possessesgreat wisdom, a universal characteristic ofserpents. He is able to kill or cure and is the deitywho originally fashioned the blood of livingthings during the Dreamtime. The imagery ofthe snake god is closely linked with aboriginal300