Buddhism
Aizen - Myoo; A deity, who despite his terrible appearance, is full of compassion for
mankind. He is pictured with six arms, three eyes, a lion's head with bristling mane, and
atop his head, a thunder bolt with which he calms evil passions and forbidden desires.
Dai-itoku-Myoo; He has six heads with terrible faces, six arms and six legs. He uses
poisons to do his evils.
Indonesia
Antaboga; Indonesian underworld serpent deity ruling over the production of rice.
Korea
Aryong Jong; Korean Goddess of rainfall.
Vietnam
Au - Co; Vietnamese creator of humanity.
Tibet
Brag-srin-mo; Ancestral Goddess of Tibet. She mated witha monkey and bore six children
who, when fed a special food, shed their tails and fur and became the first Tibetans.
Vedic
Chandra; God of the moon.
Dyaus; God of the rain.
Sundanese
Dewi Nawang Sasih; Celestial nymph who taught people how to cook rice. The myth says she
gave the women a simple recipe; place one grain of rice in a pot, boil, and wait until it
sub - divides again and again until the pot is full. Her one restriction was that no man
ever touch a woman's cooking utensils. The people feasted fully and easily, following her
instructions until one king who felt above all others deliberately touched a cooking
implement. The Goddes in disgust departed the earth, and since that time it takes a whole
bunch of rice to fill a pot because although the grains swell up, they no longer divide
and reproduce.
Bali
Dewi Shri; The rice Goddess of Bali. Goddess of both the underworld and the moon, she has
both eartly and celestial powers. Although she rules life through her control of the food
stuff of earth, she also controls death, which returns us to her bosom.
Mahabharata
Draupadi; A heroine of the Mahabharata, she was a polyandrous woman who slept in turn with
each of her five husbands, who were all brothers.
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