Abraxas: The Gnostic Power Beyond Good and Evil Abraxas, also written as Abrasax, Abraxis, or Abracax, is one of the most mysterious and paradoxical figures in Gnostic, magical, and demonological tradition. He
Asmodeus (Aeshma, Ashmedai, Ashmodai, Asmoday, Asmodius, Hasmoday, Sydonay) The Demon of lust, the third of the Seven Deadly Sins, and of jealousy, anger, and revenge, and the 32nd of the 72 Spirits of Solomon. Asmodeus’ chief objectives are to prevent
Devadasi (female slaves of the gods) In Hinduism, dancers and courtesans who are connected with various ceremonies devoted to images of the gods, such as singing, dancing before the god when he
Deva In Hindu and Buddhist mythology, a term for a deity or divine being, from the Sanskrit root div, to shine. They are 33 in number, 11 for each of three worlds.
Danavas In Hindu mythology, giants who warred against the gods. They are descendants of Danu by the sage Kasyapa, and they live in Patala, the lowest region of the underworld. SOURCE: Encyclopedia
Dambhodbhava In the Hindu epic poem The Mahabharata, a king who was punished for his pride. Dambhodbhava had an overweening conceit about his own powers. He was told, however, by his priests
Daksha (able) In Hindu mythology, a Prajapati, one of the sons of the god Brahma; he sprang from his father’s right thumb. Daksha’s first attempt at populating the world was unsuccessful. A
Brihaspati (lord of sacred speech) In Hindu mythology, originally an epithet of Indra, or Agni. It later evolved into a separate god who instructed the other gods; he is equated with the
Brahman Brahman is one of the most profound concepts in Hindu religious and philosophical thought. In its later and especially Upanishadic sense, Brahman is the ultimate reality underlying existence itself, the absolute
Brahma In Hinduism, creator god in the triad of deities called Trimorti, including Vishnu and Shiva. Brahma in present-day Hinduism is often called the first of the gods, the framer of the
Bhuta In Hindu mythology, a ghost, imp, or goblin. Bhutas are malignant and haunt crematoria, lurk in trees, animate dead bodies, and delude and devour humans. According to the Vishnu Purana, a
Bhrigu In Hindu mythology, a Prajapati, a son of the god Brahma, sent by the priests to test the characters of various gods. Bhrigu could not get to see Shiva because the
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