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Owuo, Akan God of Death and Destruction, and the Personification of death. Name means death in the Akan language. Asase Yaa, one half of an Akan Goddess of the barren places on Earth, Truth and is Mother of the Dead; Amokye, Psychopomp in Akan religion who fishes the souls of the dead from the river leading to Asamando, the Akan underworld
Trinavarta - A whirl-wind demon who abducted the child Krishna and carried him to the sky, but was choked by the deity and crushed to death against a rock upon his descent. Vatsasura - A calf demon who attacked a cattle-herding Krishna in Vrindavana, whose legs were whirled about and hurled to death under a kapittha tree. [6]
Pages in category "Characters in Hindu mythology" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Hindu pantheon is composed of deities that have developed their identities through both the scriptures of Hinduism as well as regional traditions that drew their legends from the faith. Some of the most popular deities of the Hindu pantheon include: Statue of Ganesha. Ganesha, also called Vinayaka and Ganapati, is a son of Shiva and Parvati ...
The most accepted version is one prepared by scholars led by Vishnu Sukthankar at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, preserved at the Kyoto University, the Cambridge University and various Indian universities. [4] [5] This list follows the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata, but may have characters exclusive to a particular recension ...
Last death ritual. Ashram Hindu monastery. Asura A semi-divine, power-seeking being. Ashvins Hindu twin gods for medicine, health and science. Ashwatthama The son of Drona. Aruna The charioteer of Surya the Sun God. Aryan Group of Vedic people. Astika Orthodox (of Indian religions/schools of thought). Atman Self or spirit. Aupasana
Ramayana characters - Rama and Sita enthroned, surrounded by sage Vashishtha and Rama's brothers Lakshmana, Bharata, Shatrughna. Hanuman seated at the feet of Rama. Ramayana is one of the two major Sanskrit ancient epics (Itihasas) of Hindu literature. It was composed by sage Valmiki. This is a list of important figures that appear in the epic.
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