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Sati (/ ˈ s ʌ t iː /, Sanskrit: सती, IAST: Satī, lit. ' truthful' or 'virtuous '), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी, IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī, lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and is worshipped as an aspect of the mother goddess Shakti.
Kabigat (Bontok mythology): the goddess of the moon who cut off the head of Chal-chal's son; her action is the origin of headhunting [6]; Bulan (Ifugao mythology): the moon deity of the night in charge of nighttime [7]
The ancient Egyptians had several moon gods including Khonsu and Thoth, although Thoth is a considerably more complex deity. [4] Set represented the moon in the ancient Egyptian calendar. [5] In Bakongo religion, the earth and moon goddess Nzambici is the female counterpart of the sun god Nzambi Mpungu. [6]
Shailaputri (शैलपुत्री), is the daughter of the Mountain King Himavat, and is a manifestation and form of the Hindu mother goddess Mahadevi, as a form of goddess Parvati. [1] She is the first Navadurga venerated during the first day of Navratri , and is a reincarnation of Goddess Sati .
The word sati, therefore, originally referred to the woman, rather than the rite. Variants are: Sativrata, an uncommon and seldom used term, [20] denotes the woman who makes a vow , to protect her husband while he is alive and then die with her husband. Satimata denotes a venerated widow who committed sati. [21]
"Pourer" or "Shooter"), Greek: Satis, also known by numerous related names, was an Upper Egyptian goddess who, along with Khnum and Anuket, formed part of the Elephantine Triad. A protective deity of Egypt's southern border with Nubia, she came to personify the former annual flooding of the Nile and to serve as a war, hunting, and fertility ...
Sati went to the ceremony alone. She was snubbed by Daksha and insulted by him in front of the guests. Sati, unable to bear further insult, ran into the sacrificial fire and immolated herself. [23] Shiva, upon learning about the terrible incident, in his wrath invoked Virabhadra and Bhadrakali by plucking a lock of hair and thrashing it on the ...
The goddess, however, informed him that he would be blessed with a daughter instead, and through her ( By boon ), he would be blessed with 100 sons. [2] After some time, the king's first queen, the princess of Malava, became pregnant, and gave birth to a girl. She was named Savitri by her father, in honour of the goddess. [5]