| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Cer" | Greek | The personified necessity of death The påśśages in the Homeric poems in which death appears as a real personification are not very numerous and in most cases the word may be taken as a common noun. Greek |
| Monster name "Ceto" | Greek | A hideous aquatic monster, a daughter of Gaia and Pontus. She was the personification of the dangers of the sea, unknown terrors and bizarre creatures. Eventually, the word "ceto" became simple shorthand for any sea monster. Greek |
| Goddess name "Chalmecacihuilt (chalman lady)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor chthonic underworld goddess. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the MICTLANTECUHTLI complex.... |
| Deities name "Chalmecatl" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor chthonic underworld god. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the MICTLANTECUHTLI complex.... |
| Goddess name "Chantico (in the house)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Hearth goddess. A household guardian deity personi fied by hearth fires. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
| God name "Chaos" | Greek | The vacant and infinite space which existed according to the ancient cosmogonies previous to the creation of the world (Theogony 116), and out of which the gods, men, and all things arose. Greek |
| Deity name "Chaos" | Greco Roman | Primordial deity. The amorphous male power who, with the female presence, NYX, personifies the empty space which existed before the formation of the cosmos.... |
"Charis" | Greek | The personification of Grace and beauty, which the Roman poets translate by Gratia and we after them by Grace. Homer, without giving her any other name, describes a Charis as the wife of Hephaestus. Greek |
| Goddess name "Chiconahui" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Hearth goddess. A household guardian deity personified by hearth fires. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
| Goddess name "Chinnamastaka (decapitated)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. A headless form of DURGA. Also one of a group of ten MAHAVIDYAS, goddesses of great knowledge personifying the SAKTI of SI IVA. She may be depicted holding her head in her hands. Aspects include VIRARATRI. Attributes: scimitar, skull. Also Chinnamasta.... |
| God name "Chors" | Pre - Christian Slav / Balkans | Sun god. Identified from the Nestor Chronicle. Attributes include horns and a canine head.... |
| Goddess name "Chthonia" | Greek | May mean the subterraneous, or the goddess of the earth, that is, the protectress of the fields, whence it is used as a surname of infernal divinities, such as Hecate, Nyx and Melinoe, but especially of Demeter. Greek |
| Demon name "Chung K'uei" | Taoist / Chinese | God of the afterlife. He belongs to the heavenly ministry of exorcism and, though not the most senior (he is subservient to CHANG TAO LING), is probably the most popular within the category. He was originally a mortal working as a physician in the eighth century AD. He is depicted with a fearsome face, said to be so terrible that it can drive away any demonic spirit who dares to oppose him. He is engaged in combat using a sword and a fan on which is written a magical formula to ward off evil. Symbolic peaches are suspended from his hat and a bat circles his head representing happiness.... |
| God name "Cit Cac Coh" | Mayan | God of war iconised as a red. Puma Mayan |
| Goddess name "Cittavasita (controd of thinking)" | Buddhist | Minor goddess. One of a group of twelve VASITAS personifying the disciplines of spiritual regeneration. Color: white. Attribute: staff.... |
"Clementia" | Roman | A personification of Clemency, was worshipped as a divinity at Rome, especially in the time of the emperors. Roman |
| Goddess name "Colel Cab" | Mayan | Chthonic goddess of the earth Mayan |
| Goddess name "Colel Cab (mistress of the earth)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic earth goddess. This may be another title for the IX ZACAL NOK aspect of the goddess CHIBIRIAS.... |
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