Who’s
Who
Correspondence
Chart
A Sampling of Deities as
they correlate to the Suturian Tree of Life1
Master
Key
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Androgynous
Female
Male
Plural/Type
Trinity/Type
Twins/Type
Underline Abbreviation
Underline of entire name Group Header
~ Subset of Header
Italics Additional Info
Indent Continuation of what is above
/ Combination
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‡ The Ogdoad are eight
deities, presented as four female-male sets, who were part of the
Hermopolitan cosmogony of ancient Khmun. They represent the aspects of primordial
chaos responsible for creation. Amun/Amunet are sometimes replaced by
Niau/Niaut.
*Solar deities who are the
sons of Aditi, ranging from 7 to 12 depending on sect and sometimes
representing the Zodiac.
¤ Heavenly
bodies that serve as celestial indicators, influencing
and/or predicting the nature of an individual’s life, 7 of which represent
the days of the week.
# Vasus are the eight attendant deities of Indra, whose
inclusion/names vary, comprising day, dawn, fire, moon, pole star, sun, water,
and wind.
^Dikpalas are guardians of the
directions, with the four primaries also called Lokapalas. Each has a guardian matrika.
† Mahavidyas are ten
aspects of the Divine Mother, Sati (Dakshayani), an earlier
incarnation of Parvati, who teach wisdom by questioning the norm
§ Matrikas are forms of Shakti that came
from the bodies of their male counterparts (except Chamunda, who came from
Devi) The seven, or sometimes more, mothers, function as one. They represent control of the darker forces
of nature.
! 9 manifestations of Goddess Durga
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