| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Jok" | Uganda | God of the Alur tribesmen of Uganda and Zaire. He is also known as Jok Odudu the god of birth. Uganda |
| God name "Jok" | African | Creator god. A generic term employed by a large number of tribes. Generally the jok is represented by a totem and also has an animal name. The Acholi in Uganda perceive jok to live in caves to which they deliver food and drink offerings. For the Shilluk in Sudan, Jwok created mankind from river clay.... |
| God name "Jokinam" | Lake Albert / E Africa | A lake god |
| God name "Jokinam" | Lake Albert / East Africa | lake god. The owner of the lake cows which graze at the bottom of lake Albert and which are herded by drowned fishermen.... |
| God name "Jokinam Lake Albert" | Africa | lake god Africa |
| Goddess name "Jokwa" | Asian | Goddess of justice Asian |
| God name "Jomali" | Iceland | God of the sky. Very fond of gold chains. Iceland |
"Jongsuli-Young-Jongbu" | India | At first there was neither earth nor sky, Shuzanghu and his wife Zumiang-Nui lived alone...In due time Zumiang-Nui gave birth to a baby-girl, Subbu-Khai-Thung, who is the earth and to a baby-boy, Jongsuli-Young-Jongbu, who is the sky. India |
| Goddess name "Jord" | Icelandic / Germanic | An earth goddess mentioned in the Edda by Snorri |
| God name "Jori-Torem" | Vogul | The highest god. Also a sky god and the father of the gods. Vogul |
| God name "Jormungand" | Norse | The serpent, Jormungand was the middle child of Loki and the giantess, Angrboda. He had 2 siblings, Hel, and the wolf, Fenrir. Alarmed that Loki had fathered these children, Odin sent a group of gods to kidnap them. Once captured, Odin threw Jormungand into the ocean surrounding Midgard, where he lived from then on. The serpent grew so much that he encircled the whole world and bit his own tail. Norse |
| Spirit name "Jormungandar or Midgardsormen" | Norse | earth's monster. The great serpent, brother of Hela and Fenrir and son of Loki, the spirit of evil. It used to lie at the root of the celestial ash till All-Fader cast it into the ocean; it then grew so large that in time it encompåśśed the whole world, and was for ever biting its own tail. Norse |
"Jotun" | Norse | A giant. The giants were the earliest created beings and Thor frequently contends with them. Famous giants are: Ymer, Hymer, Hrungner, Orvandel, Gymer, Skrymer, Vafthrudner and Thjåśśe. Norse |
"Jotunheim" | Norse | Jotunheimer. The Utgaard; the home of the giants in the outermost parts of the earth. Norse |
| God name "Jove" | Greek | He who thunders from on high, archaic latin for the father god, and is another name for Jupiter |
| Goddess name "Jubbu jang sangne" | Brazil | The goddess of the Jurema & a sacred tree |
| Goddess name "Jubbu-jang-sange" | Brazil | Goddess of the jurema (a sacred tree). The tree provides a narcotic used in inducing visions. Bakairi Brazil |
"Juck Shilluck" | Africa | This is the creator of the world |
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