Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

U6Ua-IldakVegetation goddess. Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian). The deity responsible for pastures andpoplar trees.UgarVegetation god. Western Semitic (Syrian). Possiblylinked with the Canaanite city of Ugarit [RasŠamra].UbertasMinor god of agriculture. Roman. Knownparticularly from the reign of Tiberias inthe second century BC and associated withprosperity.UcchusmaGod. Buddhist. An emanation of AKSOBHYA orRATNASAMBHAVA. Also a form of JAMBHALA. He isdepicted as pot-bellied and stands upon Kubera,the Hindu god of riches, who lies with jewelsspewing from his mouth. Attributes: cup, ichneumonfly, image of Aksobhya in the hair, moondisc and snakes. Three-eyed.UdadhikumaraGeneric name of a god. Jain [India]. One of agroup of deities under the general title ofBHVANAVASI (dwelling in places). They have youthfulappearance.Ugracandika (violent Canda)Distinct form of the goddess DURGA. Hindu(Epic and Puranic). One of a group of NAVADUR-GAS, the “nine durgas.”Ugratara (violent Tara)Goddess. Hindu (Puranic). A terrible deity whocarries a cup and a corpse upon her head.UkkoThunder god. Pre-Christian Finnish. Drives acart which generates flashes of lightning as thehorses’ hoofs hit stones along the way; the noiseof thunder comes from the wheels or from Ukkogrinding corn with a big stone. Attributes: ax,blue robe, hammer and sword.UkurChthonic underworld god. Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian).327