Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

Tatosi 305Tate Hautse Kupuri (mother north water).Rain and water goddess. Huichol Indian(Mesoamerican) [Mexico]. Similar to TATEKYEWIMOKA, but also responsible for mistsand fogs.Tate Kyewimoka (mother west water)Rain and water goddess. Huichol Indian(Mesoamerican) [Mexico]. Appears in lightningand is said to resemble a red snake. She lives in adeep gorge with caves, in Santa Catarina, andbrings the rain from the west. Her animalsinclude deer and ravens and she is also the goddessof the corn.Tate Naaliwahi (mother east water)Rain and water goddess. Huichol Indian(Mesoamerican) [Mexico]. Appears in lightningand brings rain from the east. She lives in a deepgorge with caves, in Santa Catarina.Tate Oteganaka (mother corn)Corn goddess. Huichol Indian (Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. The mother of the sun god TAYAU.guards it. In human form the night sky with itsstars are her dress.Tatenen (exalted earth)Chthonic god. Egyptian. Originates as a vegetationgod from Memphis, the apotheosis of the Nile siltwhich appears after the inundation has subsided.As a vegetation god, he is depicted anthropomorphicallywith green face and limbs and wearing acrown with plumes subtended by ram’s horns. Bythe time of the Old Kingdom (twenty-seventh totwenty-second centuries BC) he is recognized as anemanation of the god PTAH, involved in the creationprocess and mentioned on the Shabaka Stone(Memphis), where he is described as “father of thegods” and is perceived as an androgynous being.He also protects the royal dead.Tatevali (our grandfather)God of fire. Huichol Indian (Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. Also a deity of life and health, perceivedas a shaman who prophesies and cures disease. Heis the tutelary god of shamans and is said to havebuilt the first Huichol temple with the godTATOSI. His animals include the macaw, royaleagle, cardinal bird, puma and opossum.Tate Rapawiyema (mother south water)Rain and water goddess. Huichol Indian (Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. Similar to TATE KYEWIMOKA,but also the patron goddess of Laguna de Magdalena,where she is believed to take the form ofa water lizard.Tate Velika VimaliSun goddess. Huichol Indian (Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. Perceived as a young girl or as a royaleagle who holds the world in her talons andTathatavasita (control of the such-ness)Minor goddess. Buddhist. One of a group ofVASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritualregeneration. Color: white. Attribute: white lotus.Tatosi (great grandfather deer tail)God of fire. Huichol Indian (Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. A deity regarded as the son of TATEVALI,having been created from the plumes of his father,but also the chief god of deer. His sacred animalis the white-tailed hawk. Also Mara Kwari.