Dictionary Of God And Godedesses

Wer 347spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion,all things existing in nature possess.stone or boulder (HUACA) set upright in the centerof a field.Waka-Sa-Na-Me-No-KamiAgricultural goddess. Shinto [Japan]. The deityspecifically concerned with the transplanting ofyoung rice. A daughter of Ha-Yama-To-No-Kamiand O-Ge-Tsu-Hime. Generally served by Buddhistpriests. See also WAKA-TOSHI-NO-KAMI andKUKU-TOSHI-NO-KAMI.Waka-Toshi-No-KamiAgricultural god. Shinto [Japan]. The deityspecifically concerned with the growing of youngrice. A son of Ha-Yama-To-No-Kami and O-Ge-Tsu-Hime. Generally served by Buddhist priests.See also WAKA-SA-NA-ME-NO-KAMI andKUKU-TOSHI-NO-KAMI.Waralden OlmaiTutelary god. Lappish [Finland]. Revered as acreator and guardian deity.WawkiGuardian spirit. Inca (pre-Columbian SouthAmerica) [Peru, etc]. The apotheosis of a stone orHUACA which each Inca emperor carried with himas a personal tutelary deity. The object was knownas a “brother.”Weng ShiangGod of literature. Taoist (Chinese). His nametablet hangs on the wall in many Chinese houses.WakondaCreator god. Omaha Indian [USA]. A remote andvaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans ofthe tribe. Also a generic term equating to thespirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion,all things existing in nature possess.WamalaGod of plenty. Bunyoro [Uganda, East Africa]. Asanctuary has existed near the royal palace andWamala is propitiated to give the boon of children,domestic animals and crops. He is also seenin an oracular capacity and has an official intermediary.WankaGuardian spirit. Inca (pre-Columbian SouthAmerica) [Peru, etc]. The apotheosis of a tallWepwawetGod of passage. Egyptian. Depicted as a jackal,Wepwawet began as a god of Upper Egypt, buthis cult spread along the whole of the Nile valley.According to Pyramid Texts, he was born beneatha tamarisk tree in the sanctuary of the goddessWADJET at Buto. He is also closely linked with thefalcon god HORUS. He is perceived preceding theruler either to or from battle, or to the afterlife,when his adze is used to break open the mouth ofthe dead person. In a similar context he is linkedto the sun god RE when he “opens the dawn sky”to the deceased. As a god of passage, he also opensthe way to the womb.WerStorm god. Mesopotamian (Babylonian-Akkadian).A minor deity linked with ADAD andAMURRU. His attendant is the fierce guardian of