| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Taureus" | Greek | A surname of Poseidon, given to him either because bulls were sacrificed to him, or because he was the divinity that gave green pasture to bulls on the sea-coast. Greek |
| Goddess name "Taurica" | Greece | the Taurian goddess, commonly called Artemis. Her image was believed to have been carried from Tauris by Orestes and Iphigenia, and to have been conveyed to Brauron, Sparta, or Aricia. The worship of this Taurian goddess, who was identified with Artemis and Iphigenia, was carried on with orgiastic rites and human sacrifices, and seems to have been very ancient in Greece. |
"Taurocephalus" | Greek | A surname of Dionysus in the Orphic mysteries. It also occurs as a surname of rivers and the ocean, who were symbolically represented as bulls, to indicate their fertilising effect upon countries. Greek |
| Goddess name "Taurt" | Egypt | Rert or Rertu, hippopotamus goddess mentioned in the Judgment scene from The Egyptian Book of the Dead called the Eater of the Dead - the Devourer of the Unjustified. Egypt |
| God name "Tawa" | Pueblo Indians | God of the Sun Pueblo |
| God name "Tawa" | Pueblo Indian / USA | Creator god. The apotheosis of the Sun and father of the tribe.... |
| Goddess name "Taweret" | Egypt | The hippopotamus goddess & protective deity of childbirth |
"Tawhaki" | Polynesia | A semi-supernatural being åśśociated with lightning and thunder. Polynesia |
| Goddess name "Tawhaki" | Polynesian / Maori | Heroic god. A descendant of the creator god Rehua and grandson of Whatitiri, the goddess of thunder, Tawhaki is the third child of Hema and Urutonga. He is the younger sibling of the goddess Pupu-mai-nono and the god Karihi. In some Polynesian traditions Tawhaki is thought of as a mortal ancestor whose consort was the goddess Tangotango on whom he fathered a daughter, Arahuta. Tawhaki's father was killed during tribal warfare with a mythical clan known as the Ponaturi and he himself was the subject of jealous rivalry concerning the goddess Hine-Piripiri. During this time attempts were made to kill him. He fathered children by Hine-Piripiri, including Wahieroa, who is generally perceived as being embodied in comets.... |
| God name "Tawhirimatea" | Maori | God of winds. Maori |
| Deities name "Tawhirimatea" | Polynesian / including Maori | God of winds. One of the children of the prime parents RANGINUI and PAPATUANUKU. He was uniquely opposed to the separation of his mother and father, sky and earth, at the time of the creation of the cosmos, and in consequence spends his time haråśśing and troubling mankind. In Maori culture Papatuanuku, like all deities, is represented only by inconspicuous, slightly worked stones or pieces of wood and not by the large totems, which are depictions of ancestors.... |
"Tawiscara" | Iroquois | evil twin brother of Loskeha. Iroquois |
"Tawiscara/ Taweskare/ Tawiskaro" | Iroquois | The evil twin brother of Loskeha |
| God name "Tayau" | Mexico | God of the rising Sun. Mexico |
| God name "Tayau (father sun)" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Sun god. According to tradition, he was created by the ancient shamans, who threw the youthful son of the corn mother TATE OTEGANAKA into an oven in full ceremonial attire. He traveled underground and emerged in the east as the Sun. In late May, the Huichol sacrifice a sheep and a turkey in a ritual fire, after which they sing all night until Sunrise. Also Tau; Taverik.... |
| God name "Tayau Sakaimoka" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Sun god. The deity of the setting Sun in the west, regarded as the åśśistant of TAYAU.... |
| God name "Tayau Sakaimoka Huichol" | Mexico | Western setting Sun god Mexico |
| God name "Tayau/ Tau/ averik Huichol" | Mexico | The Sun god of the the rising Sun |
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