ORIGIN Hindu (Epic and Puranic) [India]. Goddess of emotional love.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 1000 BC and earlier until present day.
SYNONYMS BHUMIDEVI [southern India].
CENTER(S) OF CULT none.
ART REFERENCES virtually none.
LITERARY SOURCES later Puranic literature—the works of Vidyapati (1352-1448), including the Brahma-vaivarta-purana.
Continue reading “RADHA (prosperity)”ORIGIN Mesopotamian (Sumerian) [Iraq]. Goddess of fertility and war.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 3500 BC to 1750 BC.
SYNONYMS Inninna; IS ˇ TAR [Akkadian]; Nin-mesar-ra (lady of a myriad offices)
CENTER(S) OF CULT Unug [Warka]; also Erbil and Nineveh.
ORIGIN Greco-Roman, perhaps preceded by Etruscan. God of fire and smithies.
KNOWN PERIOD OF WORSHIP circa 1500 BC until Christianization (circa AD 400).
SYNONYMS Hephaestus (Roman).
CENTER(S) OF CULT sanctuaries on Lemnos and, from circa 450 BC, in Athens opposite the Acropolis on the hill above the Agora. Also a significant shrine at Ephesus.
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