| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Nio" | Buddhist | Wrath-filled and muscular guardian of the Buddha, standing today at the entrance of many Buddhist temples in Japan and Korea under the appearance of frightening wrestler-like statues. |
"Niobe" | Greek | 1. A daughter of Phoroneus, and by Zeus the mother of Argus and Pelasgus. In other traditions she is called the mother of Phoroneus and wife of Inachus. 2. A daughter of Tantalus by the Pleiad Taygete or the Hyad Dione, or, according to others, a daughter of Pelops and the wife of Zethus or Alalcomeneus, while Parthenius relates quite a different story, for he makes her a daughter of Assaon and the wife of Philottus, and relates that she entered into a dispute with Leto about the beauty of their respective children. Greek |
"Nireus" | Greek | 1. A son of Charopus and Aglaia, was, next to Achilles, the handsomest among the Greeks at Troy, but unwarlike. He came from the island of Syme (between Rhodes and Cnidus), and commanded only three ships and a small number of men. According to Diodorus he also ruled over a part of Cnidus, and he is said to have been slain by Eurypylus or Aeneias. His beauty became proverbial. |
| Goddess name "Nirmali" | Nuristan | Goddess of fertility and childbirth. Nuristan |
| Goddess name "Nirmali" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Birth goddess. Goddess of the childbirth but usually separated from the rest of the village. She is invoked by women during labor or menstruation. Her sacred animal is the ram. There is an argument that she is, in fact, a manifestation of the goddess Disani rather than a distinct deity. Also Shuwe.... |
| Goddess name "Nirmali/ Shuwi" | Kafir / Afghanistan | A goddess of childbirth |
| Goddess name "Nirriti" | Buddhist | Goddess of misery, misfortune, disease and death and the embodiment of all sins. Appeared at the time of the churning of the ocean before the goddess of fortune. Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Nirriti" | Hindu / Vedic | A goddess of corruption, decay, disease, healing & of destruction of evil |
| Goddess name "Nirriti" | Hindu / Vedic | One of the Guardians of the directions, representing the southwest. She was originally a goddess of death, connected with Devi, who later became the male Guardian. The gender shift also involved a union with Nirrta, the masculine aspect of the female Nirrti. Hindu / Vedic |
| Planet name "Nirrti" | Srargate | A System Lord who was interested in creating an advanced human, also known as a "hok'taur", to be used as a perfect host. For this purpose, she experimented on humans on several planets. Srargate |
| Goddess name "Nirrti (destruction)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | (1) Destructive goddess of darkness. Known chiefly from the Rg-veda, Nirrti has a generally malignant aspect and is åśśociated with pain, misfortune and death. She is believed to live in the south (the land of the dead). She is dark-skinned, wears dark dress and receives the dark husks of sacrifice. She is feared by many Hindus, whose offerings are frequent and repeated. In later Hinduism, Nirrti changes sex and becomes a dikpala god of terrifying appearance, guarding the southwestern quarter; he has various consorts including Davi, Kalika and Krsnangi. He stands upon a lion, a man or a corpse. Attributes: javelin, shield, staff, sword and teeth.(2) God. Buddhist. A dikpala or guardian. Color: blue. Stands upon a corpse. Attributes: shield and sword.... |
"Nirvana" | Buddhist | Annihilation, or rather the final deliverance of the soul from transmigration. Buddhism |
"Nis or Nisse" | Scandinavian | A Kobold or Brownie. A Scandinavian fairy friendly to farmhouses. |
"Nisbat Utria" | Nazorean | Nisbat Utria "She planted";, was the mother of Uthras. Early Nazorean |
| Spirit name "Nishanu" | Arikara | Great sky spirit. Arikara |
| Goddess name "Nispannattara" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
"Nisroch" | s | An idol of the Ninevites represented in their sculptures with a hawk's head. The word means Great eagle. |
| Goddess name "Nissaba" | Sumeria | Nisaba or Nidaba, goddess of fertility, in particular of the date palm and the reed. In Assyrian times, she came to be regarded as the goddess of writing, learning and astrology. Sumeria |
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