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Sága - Norse goddess, Daughter of Odin and Frigg, one of the Asynjor. She is invoked for recall and memory. The sagas or songs of history are named for her. Her name means "seeress" and is connected with the Norse word for history -- thus, some call her the Goddess of history. Saga was once called Bil. The name Saga means 'the one that sees'. Some consider her just an aspect of Frigg.

Saturn A southern Italian Deity who became identified with Kronos. It was said of him that south Italy was the place to which he resorted after his deposition by Zeus.

Savitor - All powerful Hindu god of the sun. He had a golden tongue and golden eyes. He cut off his hand as sacrifice so the priests gave him a gold hand to replace it.

Sekhmet - The Egyptian lioness goddess of war and destruction. The cat or lion-headed goddess of sunlight and home, who with her sister Bast, who looks like her, represent the heat of the sun; Sekhmet, the dark sister, is the destroying power of the desert sun. A statue from an Egyptian temple, fashioned of Sekhmet's image, was on display in the Portland Museum Of Art's "Splendours of Ancient Egypt" exhibit. One person reports that she was knocked against the statue at one point, and put her hand on Sekhmet's "leg". Within six months, most of the negative points of her life had been "burned away", though not without pain and not the way she would have chosen. Sekhmet is a powerful goddess-form, but unpredictable. Be careful if you choose her to align a ritual with. Name means "Powerful Female".

Selene - Greek goddess of the moon. Is the aspect of lover and bride, the moon's second aspect (mother), with Diana the Virgin Moon (Maiden) and Hecate the third (Crone). Corresponds with the Roman goddess Luna.

Semargl - (Seven-Head) Pan Slavonic God of soil and fertility, one of the eight primary deities. Like Rugievit, whom He may be a variant of, He was represented as man with seven heads.

Shakti - Mother goddess who is the symbol of female energy. It is her energy that animates the gods. A Tantric Hindu goddess who imparts fertility, she is depicted today as a four-armed woman with a child in her lap and a leafy branch in her right hand. Each male god has a female shakti.

Shiva - "Cosmic Dancer"; "Great Lord". Represents the aspect of Supreme Being which continuously dissolves and recreates. Shiva is both a creator and destroyer. Member of the Hindu Trinity along with Brahma and Vishnu. God of mercy, compassion, and protector from evil.

Sif - Norse goddess. The second wife of Thor, Sif has the gift of prophecy. Sif is a swan maiden and can assume that form. She signifies summer fertility and corn. Having been married once to Orvandil, she is one of the elder race of Gods. Uller was her son from that union. She gave Thor two sons, Magni ("Might") and Modi ("Wrath") who survive Ragnarök.

Silvanus - (he of the forest) Roman God associated with parkland, copses, wooded glens, and the forest itself. His spirit was present anywhere there was waste ground or uncultivated land. He was an ominous figure, one who held the potential for terror and death, since to the Roman mind the forest primeval was a realm of chaos and fear, distinct from managed, settled territory.

Sjöfn (Sjofna) - Norse Asa-Goddess of love, also known as Vjofn. One of the Asynjor. It was her duty to stop fights between married couples. The ÆsirGoddess Sjofn gives love and sex to both men and women. She is the mistress of the human's passion and the only one who can allow dissallowed couples to be with each other. The name Sjofn means 'affection'.

Sophia - Gnosticism has had a long history of venerating Mother Wisdom as Sophia. She was the fallen creator of earth, wind, fire, air, and water and mother of the evil demiurge who was the God of Israel . Radical feminists have been evoking the goddess Sophia for quite some time in their books.

Stribog - ([paternal-] Uncle-Lord) Pan Slavonic God of sky, air and wind, and one of the eight primary deities. He is said to be the ancestor of eight grandsons, each the Wind of a particular direction.

Sucellus - He's the guardian of forests and the patron of agriculture. Often seen with a great hammer and a dog by his side, he ferries the dead to the other world. His name means 'good striker'

Sud - Slavic God of destiny and glory. When he strews gold in his palace, those born at that time are preordained to become wealthy. But when he scatters earthen clods, those born then are destined to poverty. He has a number of servitors, collectively known as the Sudenitsy (sing. Sudenitsa).

Summanus - A (literally) shadowy counterpart, or perhaps Aspect, to Jupiter. A Sky-Lord and Ruler of the nocturnal heavens, inasmuch as Jupiter was associated with diurnal hours.

Svantavit - West Slavonic God of war. He was represented as man with four heads (facing the cardinal directions) and with sword, spears, and standards in hand. His sacred bird was the eagle, his color was red. The center of his cult was a four-pillared temple in Arcona (on Rugen island, in northeastern Germany) where an oracle was located.
See also, Rugievit.

Svarog - (Fear-Lord) Slavic God of fire, and one of the eight primary deities. He was patron of smiths, and is considered a patron of artisans and craftsmen, as well. He also has some connection to marriage. He is the father of Dazhdebog and was represented as a horseman with spears.

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