Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Deity name "Old Man of the Moon" | Chinese | Old Man of the moon. The Chinese deity who links in wedlock predestined couples. |
Demon name "Old Scratch" | Scandinavian | The devil; so called from Schratz or Skratti, a demon of Scandinavian mythology. |
"Olen" | Greek | A mythical personage, who is represented as the earliest Greek lyric poet, and the first author of sacred hymns in hexameter verse. He is closely connected with the worship of Apollo, of whom, in one legend, he was made the prophet. Greek |
"Olenus" | Greek | A person living on Mount Ida, who wanted to take upon himself the punishment which his wife had deserved by her pride of her beauty, and was metamorphosed along with her into stone. Greek |
Deity name "Olin-Tonatiuh" | Mesoamerican | Sun deity of the fifth and final era, the Fifth Sun. Mesoamerican |
Angel name "Olinda" | German | An angel who is the protector of property. German |
Goddess name "Olla" | Cuba | Goddess of the Rainbow. Cuba |
Supreme god name "Ollathair aka Dagda" | Irish | The supreme god in Irish mythology. |
God name "Olodumare" | Yoruba | The sky Father and creator of the universe. Occasionally androgynous or female, he is a god of peace, purity and harmony. Yoruba |
God name "Olodumare" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Creator god. He engendered the god OBATALA as his deputy. The souls of the dead are expected to make confession to Olodumare. When he created the earth, he filled a snail's shell with dirt, placed inside it a hen and a pigeon and threw it down, whereupon the hen and pigeon began to scatter the earth and create land. Olodumare then sent a chameleon to report on progress. Sand was added, followed by a palm, a coconut and a kola nut tree. When these were established the god placed on earth the first sixteen humans. Also Alaaye; Elemii; Olojo Oni; Olorun; Orishanla.... |
God name "Olodumare/ Alaaye/ Elemii/ Olojo/ Oni/ Olorun/ Orishanla" | Yoruba / Nigeria | A creator god to whom the souls of the dead are expected to make a confession |
"Olojo Oni" | Yoruba | The owner and controller of this day and of the daily happenings. All men and women totally depend on the Supreme Being. Yoruba |
God name "Olokum" | Carib | A god in Puerto Rico that is a hermaphrodite |
Goddess name "Olokum" | W Indies | A goddess of the ocean depths |
Spirit name "Olokun" | Africa | The patron orisa of the descendants of Africans that were carried away during the Maafa, the Transatlantic Slave Trade or Middle Påśśage. Olokun works closely with Oya, deity of Sudden Change, and Egungun, Collective Ancestral spirits, to herald the way for those that påśś to ancestorship, as it plays a critical role in death (Iku), Life and the transition of human beings and spirits between these two existences. |
God name "Olokun" | Fon / Yoruba / Benin / Nigeria, West Africa | God of fresh waters and oceans. The eldest son of the creator god OSANOBUA. He is symbolized in the sacred river Olokun, which runs almost the length of Benin and from the source of which come the souls of unborn children. A girl baby is given a shrine of the god which includes a pot of river water and which she takes with her to her new home when she marries. The god is particularly popular among women and has a cult of priestesses. Olokun is also a guardian deity of mariners.... |
God name "Olokupilele" | Panama | Omniscient creator god and punisher of sin. Panama |
"Olorun" | Yoruba | The sky Father and creator of the universe. Yoruba |