| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Monster name "Chichivache" | French | Chichivache the "sorry cow," a monster that lived only on good women- all skin and bone, because its food was so extremely scarce. The old English romancers invented another monster, which they called Bicorn, as fat as the other was lean; but, luckily, he had for food "good and enduring husbands," of which there is no lack. French |
| God name "Cian" | Ireland | God of Medicine who went to retrieve a cow which had been stolen by Balor. Ireland |
"Cowalker" | Scotland | An apparition that is identical to the living person, which shows itself shortly before the persons death or at his or her funeral. Scotland |
| Goddess name "Damona" | Gaul | Goddess of cows, worshipped as the consort of Apollo Borvo. Gaul |
| Goddess name "Devaki (divine)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. Daughter of Devaka and consort of the mythical king VASUDEVA, Devaki bore eight sons, including KRSNA and BALARAMA. Her brother Kamsa believed that the eighth child would kill him and he slaughtered the first six sons. In order to save the remaining two, VISNU implanted the seed of his avataras in Devaki's womb (in the form of hairs from his head), before transferring Balarama to the womb of the goddess ROHINI and Krsna to Yasoda, the wife of a cowherd, Nanda.... |
| Goddess name "Diang" | Sudan | cow goddess and the wife of the first human, Omara, sent by the creator god. Her son is Okwa, who married the crocodile goddess Nyakaya. Shilluk, Sudan |
| Goddess name "Diang" | Shilluk / Sudan | cow goddess. Living along the west bank of the Nile, the Shilluk perceive Diang as the consort of the first human, Omara, sent by the creator god. Her son is Okwa, who married the crocodile goddess NYAKAYA. Thus the three main elements of Shilluk life are contained in their religious beginningsmen (sky), cows (earth) and crocodiles (water).... |
| Goddess name "Diang Shilluk" | Sudan | A cow goddess |
"Dun Cow" | Britain | The dun cow of Dunsmore heath was a savage beast slain by Sir Guy, Earl of warwick. A huge tusk, probably that of an elephant, is still shown at Harwich Castle as one of the horns of the dun-cow. The fable is that this cow belonged to a giant, and was kept on Mitchell Fold (middle fold), Shropshire. Its milk was inexhaustible; but one day an old woman who had filled her pail, wanted to fill her sieve also. This so enraged the cow, that she broke loose from the fold and wandered to Dunsmore heath, where she was slain by Guy of warwick. Britain |
| Goddess name "Eithne" | Ireland | Old goddess who lived off nothing but the milk of a sacred Indian cow and was protected by a spirit who chased away all would-be suitors. Ireland |
| God name "Enten" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Fertility god. Created by ENLIL as a guardian deity of farmers alongside the minor god EMES , Enten was given specific responsibility for the fertility of ewes, goats, cows, donkeys, birds and other animals. He is identified with the abundance of the earth and with the Winter period.... |
"Fuwch Frech" | Welsh | A fairy cow who gave milk to anyone in need until a witch milked her dry. Welsh |
| Spirit name "Ganiklis" | Lithuania | A household spirit of herds, sheep, and cowboys. Lithuania |
| Goddess name "Gav" | Vedic | earth goddess and the Cosmic cow. Vedic |
| God name "Geus Urvan" | Persian / Iran | Cattle god. The guardian of cattle who appears in the guise of a cow.... |
| God name "Goraknath" | Hindu | Guardian god. An avatara of Si iva, worshiped among cow-herders and the founder of the gorakbnatbi sect in Nepal.... |
"Grimner" | Norse | A kind of hood or cowl covering the upper part of the face. Grimner is a name of Odin from his traveling in disguise. Norse |
| Goddess name "Hertha" | Scandinavian | Mother earth. Worshipped by all the Scandinavian tribes with orgies and mysterious rites, celebrated in the dark. Her veiled statue was transported from district to district by cows which no hand but the priest's was allowed to touch. Tacitus calls this goddess Cybele. |
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