Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Laka" | Hawaii | Goddess of the wild plants which grow in the Forest. Very fond of singing and dancing. Hawaii |
Goddess name "Lazdona" | Slavic | Goddess of trees. Very fond of Hazelnuts. Slavic |
Supreme god name "Legba" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | God of fate. The youngest son of the supreme god LISA and his consort, the moon goddess MAWU. He is also regarded as a messenger god, moving between Lisa and mankind on earth.... |
God name "Legba Fon" | Benin | God of fate Benin |
God name "Lisa" | Fon / others / Benin, West Africa | Creator god. Probably the equivalent of LESA in parts of East Africa. The supreme deity, whose more or less monotheistic role may have been influenced by the spread of Islam and Christianity.... |
God name "Lisa Fon" | Africa | God of the Sun Africa |
God name "Lisa Fon/ Dahomey" | Africa | A Sun god |
God name "Loko" | Benin | God of trees. Fon Benin |
Goddess name "Loko" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | God of trees. The brother of the hearth goddess AYABA. Invoked particularly by herbalists before obtaining Medicines from the bark and leaves of Forest trees.... |
God name "Loko Fon" | Benin | A god of trees |
Supreme god name "Mahu Fon" | Africa | She is the supreme goddess of the earth as well as a goddess of the moon & fertility |
Goddess name "Mawu" | Benin | Goddess of peace, joy, motherhood. happiness, and the sky Benin / Fon |
Goddess name "Mawu" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | (1) moon goddess. The sister of the Sun god LISA. She is also considered to bestow fertility and motherhood and is generally benevolent in nature.(2) sky god. Ewe [Togo, West Africa]. Among the tribe neighboring the Fon. Mawu is perceived as male and a creator deity. He favors the color white and is also benevolent and generous in nature.... |
Goddess name "Mawu Fon" | Benin | Goddess of the moon Benin |
Goddess name "Minona" | Fon | Goddess of teaching Fon |
God name "Morva signifies Locus Maritimus" | Britain | Morva signifies Locus Maritimus. Sea-women and sea-daughters. "The fishermen who were the ancestors of the Church, came from the Galilean waters to haul for men. We, born to God at the font, are children of the water. Therefore, all the early symbolism of the Church was of and from the sea. The carvure of the early arches was taken from the sea and its creatures. Fish, dolphins, mermen, and mermaids abound in the early types, transferred to wood and stone."' cornwall, Britain |
Supreme god name "Nana Buluku Fon" | Africa | Supreme god Africa |
Goddess name "Nemesis" | Greco - Roman | Goddess of justice and revenge. The dreaded deity who, with the Furies, is responsible for transporting the souls of the guilty to Tartarus. She is also described as the deification of indignation. Her presence may be symbolized by the fabulous winged griffon. Her cult was predominantly at Rhamnus (Attica), where a magnificent temple was built in her honor in the fifth century BC, and in Smyrna. She also had a temple at Iconium in Asia Minor. According to legend, ZEUS raped her and she bore HELEN in consequence. In certain respects she provides a parallel with the goddess ERINYS. Her cult became one of morality.... |