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Kalki—Male—Near East
Animal associations: Horse, Peacock
‘Time’—Hindu 10th and last avatar of
Vishnu, foretold but not yet born. He will come
from the sky, riding a great horse down to
Earth where he will begin the great battle
which will eventually kill all who are unrigh-
teous. In the process, the world as known to-
day will be destroyed, but Kalki will build a new
world. One that is free of evil.
Kama—Male—Near East
Father: Vishnu
Mother: Lakshmi
Wife: Rati
Animal associations: Bee, Parrot
Hindu god of romantic love. He is seen as
a winged messenger with bow and arrows, simi-
lar to Eros. His wife’s name is Rati (‘pleasure’).
Together their names are united as ‘Kama
Rati’ to describe the sexual unions of people
who are deeply in love. This is one of the se-
cret names for the Great Rite in Wiccan Ritual
when the love and erotic passion of the host/
priest and hostess/priestess is practiced in the
form of coitus. From his name comes the title
of the book Kama Sutra. Written in Sanskrit,
the Kama Sutra provides rules for sensuous
and sensual pleasure, love in the order of the
erotic, and marriage in accordance with the
Hindu laws of the time.
Kan—Male—Central America
Father: Itzamna
Mother: Ixchel
One of the Bacabs, the four Mayan gods
of the principle directions. Associated with the
color Yellow. In Wiccan ritual he is associated
with the East Quarter. See also Cauac, Ix, and
Mulac.
Kanaloa—Male—Islands
Animal association: Octopus
Plant associations: Banana, Kava Kava
Hawaiian Creator god. Although he created
Above and Below, he is today associated mostly
with the Underworld, leaving the others in his
pantheon to dictate the lives of men. He is
depicted as a giant octopus.
Kanati—Male—North America
(Also known as Kana’tu)
Wife: Sheu
‘Lucky Hunter’—Cherokee god of the hunt
and of tools of the hunt.
Kane—Male—Polynesian Islands
Plant association: Kava Kava
Hawaiian All Father who created all of hu-
manity. He created the three worlds, Land,
Sea, and Sky (the heavens).
Karma, Dakinis—Female—Central Asia
Dakinis Karma is the Tibetan goddess as-
sociated with the North, sternness, and impar-
tiality. See also Vajra, Ratna, Padma, and
Buddha.
Karttikeya—Male—Near East
(Also known as Skanda, Muruhan,
Subramanya, Kartikeya)
Animal association: Peacock
Hindu god of war and male virility. He com-
mands the armies of Heaven and rides a giant
peacock into battle where his six heads and 12
arms make him master of the bow in combat.
Kashyapa—Male—Near East
(Also known as Kasyapa)
Lover: Aditi
With Aditi, he is the Hindu father of the
Adityas (the months). See Adityas.
Kebechsenef—Male—Africa
(Also known as Qebesenuf)
Father: Horus
Mother: Isis
Animal association: Falcon
Egyptian god associated with the element
Air and the West. Associated with the God-
dess Selkhet. Wiccans who have adopted an
Egyptian pantheon often associate their Quar-
ters to align with Egyptian associations made
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