Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

Usas 329UnumboteCreator god. Bassari [Togo, West Africa]. Engenderedall living things on earth.UnxiaGoddess of marriage. Roman. Concerned withanointing the bridegroom’s door.UpakesiniMinor god. Buddhist. An attendant of ARA-PACANA.Upapattivasita (control of fitness)Minor goddess. Buddhist. One of a groupof VASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritualregeneration. Color: mixed. Attribute: acreeper.Upayaparamita (perfecting success againstenemies)Philosophical deity. Buddhist. Spiritual offspringof RATNASAMBHAVA. Color: green. Attributes:jeweled staff and staff on yellow lotus.Upulvan (like the blue lotus)Local god. Singhalese [Sri Lanka]. The most seniorof the four great gods of the Singhalese pantheon.Identified with VIŠNU, according to onetradition his specific task was to protect the cultureof Sri Lanka from Buddhism. Conversely hestood by Gautama BUDDHA against the HinduMARA.UranosSee OURANOS.UrašChthonic earth goddess. Mesopotamian (Sumerian).One of the named consorts of the sky godAN and the mother of NIN’INSINNA.URU’N AJY TOYO’N (white creator lord)ORIGIN Yakut [central Siberia]. Creator spirit.KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP prehistoric timesuntil circa 1900 AD.SYNONYMS AYI’-URU’N TOYO’N (lord brightcreator).CENTER(S) OF CULT no fixed sanctuaries.ART REFERENCES possibly sculptures in wood.LITERARY SOURCES The Yakut (Jochelson).A creator being said to live in the zenith of theupper world, and also “in the northeast,” superintendingthe ICCI (masters or owners). He may alsopersonify the sun. He tends to act for good andhorses were sacrificed to him. Generally addressedby a beneficent or white shaman (ajy ayuna).See also ULU’TUYAR ULU TOYO’N.UsasGoddess of the dawn. Hindu (Vedic). Thedaughter of Dyaus and, according to some texts,the consort of the sun god SURYA. An auspiciousdeity, Usas brings the dawn, heralding Surya,and drives away darkness. She is the all-seeingeye of the gods. In the Rg Veda she is depicted asa beautiful young virginal figure who rides in ahundred chariots. She sets all things in motionand can render strength and fame to her devotees.In addition to being perceived as a skygoddess, she is also drawn as a mother goddessin the guise of a cow. Epithets include “motherof the gods” and “mother of cows.” She isinvoked to give the boon of longevity, but a