Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

Tara 303TAKERE, he was plucked from her right side andlived in Enua-Kura, the land of the red parrotfeather immediately below the home of TINIRAUin the world coconut.Ta’ngwanla’na (greatest one in the sea)Supreme sea god. Haida Indian [Queen CharlotteIsland, Canada]. His home is said to be inthe deeps.TanitMoon goddess. Phoenician and Pontic (Carthaginian).Known largely from inscriptions at varioussites along the North African coast and linked withthe goddess ASTARTE. Her symbol is a triangulardevice with horizontal bars supporting a moon disc.Both deities are described as “ladies of the sanctuary.”Tanit was the supreme goddess at Carthage,known as the “face of BAAL,” until usurped by theRoman goddess JUNO; she survived under the nameCAELESTIS. The goddess CERES was also worshipedin the TANIT temple at Carthage. Also Tenit.She is primarily a guardian deity who defendsagainst evil. A figure of the goddess was traditionallybrought by a mother for the protection ofa bride and she is closely connected with marriage,which involves potential danger for thefamily with the introduction of an unknown element.The wedding ceremony includes a ritualizedkidnapping of the bride. The figure is alsoplaced in a doorway to ward off evil.T’ao Hua Hsiennui is depicted in warlike posturewearing a skirt with four black flags, eachrepresenting an army and bearing the characterfor wealth. She holds a sword by its scabbard end.One of her cult centers, the Temple of Jade Vacuityin Cheung Chan, holds a celebrated statue inwhich she is depicted holding the scabbard only.Taoki-Ho-Oi-No-KamiGod of carpenters. Shinto [Japan]. One of thegods who built the beautiful sacred hall designed,in part, to lure the sun goddess AMATERASU fromthe cave in which she hid herself.See also HIKO-SASHIRI-NO-KAMI.Ta-No-KamiAgricultural deity. Shinto [Japan]. A generic namefor several gods of crops and harvests. May also beidentified as a mountain KAMI.TapioHunting god. Pre-Christian Finnish. Believed toinhabit forests and invoked before a hunt.Tanu’taEarth spirit. Koryak [southeastern Siberia]. Aguardian of the earth and its plants and animals,Tanu’ta is the consort of YINE’ANE’UT (in otherlegends she is married to the son of the supremebeing TA’YAN).T’ao Hua Hsiennui (peach blossom girl)Goddess. Chinese. The spirit of the peach blossomand the deity of the second spring month.TarChthonic earth god. Tiv [Nigeria, West Africa].Engendered by the creator god AONDO, Tar isdepicted as a prostrate figure with his head towardthe east, comparable with the Egyptian god GEB.Tara (power of hunger)1. Goddess. Hindu (Vedic, Epic and Puranic).May originally have had astral connotations, sincethe word can be interpreted as “star.” One of a