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The Trimurti are the most prominent deities of contemporary Hinduism. This consists of Brahma - the Creator, Vishnu - the Preserver, and Shiva - the Destroyer. Their feminine counterparts are Saraswati - the wife of Brahma, Lakshmi - the wife of Vishnu, and Parvati (or Durga) - the wife of Shiva. Statue of Brahma.
The most referred to Devas in the Rigveda are Indra, Agni (fire) and Soma, with "fire deity" called the friend of all humanity. Indra and Soma are two celebrated in a yajna fire ritual that marks major Hindu ceremonies. Savitr, Vishnu, Rudra (later given the exclusive epithet of Shiva), and Prajapati (later Brahma) are gods and hence Devas.
e. Hindu mythology is the body of myths [a] attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, [1] the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana, [2]) the Puranas, [3] and mythological stories specific to a particular ethnolinguistic group like the Tamil Periya Puranam and Divya ...
Jengu, Sawabantu and Duala water spirits. Nyambe, Bantu Supreme deity and god of the sun. Nzambi, Bakongo Sky Father and god of the sun. Nzambici, Bakongo Sky Mother and goddess of the moon and earth. Simbi, Bakongo nature spirits of the water and forest.
Parvati is the Hindu goddess of love, beauty, purity and devotion. [25] [26] [27] She is the mother goddess in Hinduism and has many attributes and aspects. Each of her aspects is expressed with a different name, giving her over 1008 names in regional Hindu mythologies of India, including the popular names such as Gauri. [28]
Shaktism is a goddess-centric tradition of Hinduism, [54] involving many goddesses, all being regarded as various aspects, manifestations, or personifications of the same supreme goddess Shakti. [55] [56] Shaktas approach the Devi in many forms; however, they are all considered to be but diverse aspects of the one supreme goddess.
When capitalized, Devi or Mata refers to a divine mother goddess in Hinduism. [22] Deva is also referred to as Devatā, [13] and Devi as Devika. [20] The word Deva is also a proper name or part of a name in Indian culture, where it refers to "one who wishes to excel, overcome" or the "seeker of, master of or a best among". [2]
The oldest part of the Rig Veda Samhita was orally composed in north-western India between c. 1500 and 1200 BCE, [note 1] while book 10 of the Rig Veda, and the other Samhitas were composed between 1200 and 900 BCE more eastward, between the Yamuna and the Ganges rivers, the heartland of Aryavarta and the Kuru Kingdom (c. 1200 – c. 900 BCE).