[Task 2]: God & Goddesses: Yemaja

Yemaja is the African goddess of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. She is also the goddess of the sea and patroness of shipwrecked persons. She is worshipped mainly by women.

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/y/yemaja.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemaya
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Yemaja

[Task 2]: God & Goddesses: Shango

Shango is the African God of thunder and storm. One of his most noticable traits was killing people from breathing fire out of his mouth. Shango has three wives: Oya, who stole Shango's secrets of magic; Oschun, the river goddess who is Shango's favorite because of her culinary abilities; and Oba, who tried to win his love by offering her ear for him to eat.

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/shango.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shango
castletype.com/orisha/home.html

[Task 2]: God & Goddesses: Isis

Isis is the Egyptian goddess of nature, magic and power, the great mother who protects her family and brings up the king. Isis is Osiris wife and sister. There was nothing Isis couldn't do. She was the most skilled magician.

www.nada.kth.se/~asa/Mage/Egypt/Gods.html~
http://www.touregypt.net/isis.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis

[Task 2]: God & Godesses: Osiris

Osiris is the Egyptian god of the dead. He was also the god of vegatation and agriculture. Osiris was the one who judges the afterlife and yet granted all life in the underworld. His name is still a mystery. People believe his name is really Asur.

http://www.touregypt.net/osiris.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris
www.nada.kth.se/~asa/Mage/Egypt/Gods.html~

[Task 2]: God & Godesses: Amaterasu

Amaterasu is the Japanese Shinto Sun godess. Amaterasu was so radiant and beautiful that her parents sent her up the ladder to the heavens. She ruled the heavens ever since that day. Amaterasu's brother, Susanowa, who was the storm god, made too much noise for her in heaven. She then decided to hide out in a cave. Her disappearence deprived the world of light and life.

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/amaterasu.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaterasu

http://www.lyricalworks.com/stories/amaterasu/amaterasu.htm

[Task 2]: God & Godesses: Maya

Maya is the Hindu godess of illusion. Maya is known to create the ignorance of oneself. Maya also stands for a demon that was the architect of the demons.

http://www.sanatansociety.com/indian_art_galleries/menno_dijkhuis/md_ge_maya01_painting.htm
http://www.sanatansociety.org/hindu_gods_and_goddesses/maya.htm

[Task 2]: God & Godesses: Shiva

Shiva is the Hindu God of destruction. Shiva is responsible for change in form and death. Shiva has his own dance where it shows destruction and the creation of the universe.

http://www.sanatansociety.org/hindu_gods_and_goddesses/shiva.htm
http://www.sanatansociety.com/indian_art_galleries/pieter_weltevrede/pw_go_shiva02_painting.htm