Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

330 Usinsmore malignant aspect reveals her as a huntresswho wastes human life. Usas sometimesenjoys a domestic worship as a guardian hearthgoddess who drives away darkness and evilspirits. She disappears, however, from thelater traditions of Hinduism.UsinsAstral god. Pre-Christian Latvian. Associatedwith both the morning and evening star and alsohas links with bee-keepers and spring. UnderChristian influence he becomes absorbed into thefigure of St. George.jewel, noose, prayer wheel, staff and waterjar.Three-eyed, three-headed and with eight arms.UttarabhadrapadaMinor goddess of fortune. Hindu (Epic andPuranic). A moderate NAKSATRA; daughter ofDAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).UttaraphalguniMinor goddess of fortune. Hindu (Epic andPuranic). A moderate NAKSATRA; daughter ofDAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).UsloSpirit of mountains. Yakut [central Siberia]. Oneof the guardians of the natural world answering tothe mountain owner XAYA ICCITA.UttarasadhaMinor goddess of fortune. Hindu (Epic andPuranic). A benevolent NAKSATRA; daughter ofDAKSA and wife of CANDRA (SOMA).UsnisaGod. Buddhist. A dikpala or guardian of thezenith direction. Also a collective term for agroup of eight deities, including Usnisa, who areperceived as extensions of the DHYANIBUDDHAS.NOTE: the word describes, additionally, a typeof curled hairstyle found in the characteristiciconography of buddhas. Color: yellow. Attributes:jewel, lotus, prayer wheel and sword. Threeheaded.Usnisavijaya (victorious)Primordial goddess. Buddhist (Mahayana). Formof VAIROCANA, widely worshiped in Tibet.Regarded as a female BODHISATTVA or buddhadesignate,and a dikpala or guardian of the zenithdirection. Also a deification of literature. One ofa group of DHARANIS. Color: white. Attributes:arrow, bow, image of the BUDDHA on a lotus leaf,UttuVegetation goddess and goddess of weaving.Mesopotamian (Sumerian). Not to be confusedwith UTU the sun god, Uttu is a minor deitywhose father is ENKI. According to legend, Enkifirst impregnated the mother goddess NINHUR-SAG˜ A, whose nine-day gestation produced thegoddess NIN-ŠAR. She in turn was impregnated byEnki and, after a similar nine-day gestation, gavebirth to the goddess NINKURRA. Through thesame procedure with her grandfather, Ninkurraconceived the goddess Uttu. She is depicted as thegoddess of weaving and of spiders.UTUORIGINgod.Mesopotamian (Sumerian) [Iraq]. SunKNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIPcirca 1750 BC.circa 3500 BC to