Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Ninigi" | Japan | The son of Ame no Oshihomimi no Mikoto, and grandson of Amaterasu, who sent him down to earth to plant rice there. He was the grandfather of Emperor Jimmu. Amaterasu sent him to pacify Japan by bringing the three celestial gifts used by the emperor. The sword, Kusanagi, the mirror, Yata no kagami, and the jewel, Yasakani no magatama. Japan |
Goddess name "Ninigi (Prince)" | Shinto / Japan | Ancestral god. The deity who, according to tradition, is the heir apparent of the Sun goddess Amaterasu. He was sent to earth from heaven to rule at the behest of the gods. His parents are Taka-Mi-Musubi and Ame-No-OshiHo-Mimi and he takes the title of divine grandchild. He is the ancestral deity of the imperial dynasties.... |
"Ninurta war god" | Hurrian | Identified with Astabis. His Hittite name was Zamama. Hurrian |
God name "Njord" | Norse | One of the Vanir and the god of wind, fertile land along the seacoast, as well as seamanship, sailing and fishing. Norse |
Spirit name "Nogomain" | Australia | Nogamain, a god who gives spirit children to mortal parents. He created himself from nothingness. Australia |
Goddess name "Nrtya (dance)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of the ASTAMATARAS. Color: green or various. Attribute: staff.... |
"O-Yama-Tsu-Mi" | Japan / Shinto | he is the most senior at apotheosis of the mountains |
God name "O-Yama-Tsu-Mi" | Japane | God of all mountains and volcanoes. |
God name "O-Yama-Tsu-Mi" | Shinto / Japan | God of mountains. The most sen ior apotheosis of mountains in Japan, he is one of the sons of IZANAGI and IZANAMI and is worshiped extensively.... |
Nymph name "Oenopion" | Greek | A son of Dionysus and husband of the nymph Helice, by whom he became the father of Thalus, Euanthes, Melaa, Salagus, Athamas, and Merope, Aerope or Haero. Some writers call Oenopion a son of Rhadamanthys by Ariadne, and a brother of Staphylus and Servius also calls him the father of Orion. Greek |
God name "Ogdoad" | Egypt | Primordial forces. The elements of chaos, eight in number, which existed before the creation of the Sun god and which are known from Khemnu in Middle Egypt (Greek Heliopolis). The Ogdoad also had a sanctuary at Medinet Habu. They created, out of themselves rather than by sexual coupling, the mound which emerged from the primeval waters and upon which rested the egg from which the young Sun god emerged. They are usually depicted as baboons heralding the Sun as it rises. They are grouped in pairs and include NUN and NAUNET representing the primordial abyss, KEK and KAUKET representing darkness, HEH and HAUHET representing infinity, and AMUN and AMAUNET representing hidden power.... |
God name "Olokupilele" | Panama | Omniscient creator god and punisher of sin. Panama |
Goddess name "Onuris [Greek]" | Egypt | God of hunting and war. Onuris is first known from This, near Abydos in Upper Egypt. In later times his main cult center was at Samannud in the Nile delta. His consort is the lion goddess Mekhit. Onuris is generally depicted in human form as a bearded figure wearing a crown with four plumes and wielding a spear or occasionally holding a rope. He is sometimes accompanied by Mekhit in iconography. Seen as a hunter who caught and slew the enemies of RE, the Egyptian Sun god, some legends place him close to the battle between HORUS and SETH. In clåśśical times, Onuris became largely syncretized with the Greek war god ARES. Also Anhuret (Egyptian).... |
Angel name "Opama" | Enochian | A minor angel. Enochian |
Angel name "Opiel" | Aramaic | An angel whose name can be found written on Aramaic love charms. |
Nymph name "Orea" | Greek | A Hamadryad nymph of the Oak tree. Greek |
"Ossa" | Greek | The personification of rumour or report, the Latin Fama. As it is often impossible to trace a report to its source, it is said to come from Zeus, and hence Ossa is called the messenger of Zeus. Greek |
King name "Otreus" | Greek | A king of Phrygia, whom Priam åśśisted against the Amazons. Greek |