Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Supreme god name "Sudrem" | Kafir / Afghanistan | weather god. Little is known of this deity. He was created from the breath of the supreme god IMRA. Alternatively he sprang from a juniper branch. His wife is the goddess NangiWutr and he is the father of the major fertility goddess DISANI. He is depicted as a great golden buck with horns reaching to the sky. As a deity specifically concerned with Rain, he lives in a sacred lake, Sudrem Sur, at which all wild animals must drink once to survive. Also Sujum; Sudaram; Sataram.... |
God name "Sukunahikona" | Japan | Dwarf deity who åśśisted in building the world and formulating protections against disease and wild animals. A god of healing, brewing sake and hot springs. Japan |
God name "Sulanuth" | Hebrew | A monster in the sea ordered by God "to come up and go into Egypt, with arms ten cubits in length . . . and she went upon the roofs and uncovered the rafting and cut them and stretched forth her arm into the house and removed the lock and the bolt and opened the houses of Egypt and the swarm of animals destroyed the Egyptians" Book of Jasher |
Goddess name "Sulini" | Hindu | Minor goddess. Of terrible appearance. animal: lion. Attribute: trident.... |
Goddess name "Tabiti" | Scythian | Goddess of fire. Also the guardian deity of all animals. The Romans syncretized her with the hearth goddess VESTA.... |
Spirit name "Tanu'ka" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | earth spirit. A guardian of the earth and its plants and animals, Tanu'ta is the consort of YINE'ANE'UT (in other legends she is married to the son of the supreme being TA'YAN).... |
Spirit name "Tanu'la" | Koryak / SE Siberia | A guardian spirit of the earth & its plans & animals, female type |
Spirit name "Tanula" | Siberia | Guardian spirit of the earth, plants and animals. Koryak, Siberia |
Goddess name "Tate Kyewimoka (mother west water)" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Rain and water goddess. Appears in lightning and is said to resemble a red snake. She lives in a deep gorge with caves, in Santa Catarina, and brings the Rain from the west. Her animals include deer and ravens and she is also the goddess of the corn.... |
God name "Tatevali (our grandfather)" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of fire. Also a deity of life and health, perceived as a shaman who prophesies and cures disease. He is the tutelary god of shamans and is said to have built the first Huichol temple with the god TATOSI. His animals include the macaw, royal eagle, cardinal bird, puma and opossum.... |
God name "Tatosi (great grandfather deer tail)" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of fire. A deity regarded as the son of TATEVALI, having been created from the plumes of his father, but also the chief god of deer. His sacred animal is the white-tailed hawk. Also Mara Kwari.... |
"Theophane" | Greek | A daughter of Bisaltes, who, in consequence of her extraordinary beauty, was beleaguered by lovers, but was carried off by Poseidon to the isle of Crinissa. As the lovers followed her even there, Poseidon metamorphosed the maiden into a sheep and himself into a ram, and all the inhabitants of the island into animals. Greek |
God name "Toa'lalit" | Bella Coola Indian / British Columbia, Canada | God of hunters. Oversees the hunting of mountain goats. He is invisible, but great hunters may catch a glimpse of his hat, moccasins or mountain staff moving about. His animals are the lynx and raven.... |
Supreme god name "Tsohanoai (day bearer)" | Navaho / USA | Sun god. Not regarded as a supreme god, Tsohanoai moves across the sky, invisible, behind the disc of the Sun, sa, which is his shield. His consort is the fertility goddess ESTSANATLEHI and he is the father of the war god NAYENEZGANI. He is also attributed with the creation of all the big game animals. He is thought to walk on a Rainbow and ride a blue steed. He is never depicted in art nor impersonated.... |
God name "Tuan MacCarell" | Ireland | A God of animals and woodlands. Ireland |
Goddess name "Tuulikki" | Finland | Daughter of Tapio and Mielikki, goddess of animals. |
"Ualare" | New Guinea | The name for ancestors, ualare is that by which all sacred objects are designated. Certain animals are ualare, and as these were never injured or eaten. The Elema, Papuan Gulf, New Guinea |
God name "Umvelinkwangi" | Zulu / South Africa | Creator god. He engendered all plants and animals on earth and is the father of the god UNKULUNKULU, who was born from a reed and engendered mankind.... |