| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Ganapati" | Hindu | God of education, wisdom, luck, prosperity, and prudence Hindu / Puranic |
| God name "Ganapati (lord of hosts)" | Hindu / Puranic | (1) God. The more commonly recognized name of the elephant god GANESA, particularly favored in western India.(2) God. Buddhist (Mahayana). The name of a deity influenced by the Hindu god Ganesa. Depicted riding upon a rat or mouse and carrying an åśśortment of attributes.... |
| God name "Ganapati/ Ganesa/ Ganesha" | Hindu / Puranic | A god of education, wisdom, luck, prosperity, & prudence |
| Goddess name "Ganapatihrdaya" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Ganapatihrdaya (the heart of Ganapati)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. The SAKTI of GANAPATI.... |
| God name "Ganaskidi" | Navaho | God of harvest, plenty and mists Navaho |
| God name "Ganaskidi (humpback)" | Navaho / USA | God of harvests, plenty and of mists. He is said to live at Depehahatil, a canyon with many ruined cliff dwellings north of San Juan. According to tradition he is the apotheosis of a bighorn sheep. His priest wears a blue mask with no hair fringe but with a spruce crown and collar. He has a black bag on his back, filled out with a twig frame, that appears as a deformity, and he carries a staff.... |
| Goddess name "Ganda Tara" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |
| Goddess name "Gandha Tara (fragrance-Tara)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. Color: red. Attribute: conch with sandalwood resin.... |
| Goddess name "Gandhari (of Ghandhara)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen SASANADEVATAS headed by the goddess SARASVATI. May also be a VIDYADEVI.... |
| Demon name "Garuda (the devourer)" | Hindu / Vedic | Archaic Sun god and Divine vehicle. Originally depicted as a solar deity, Garuda evolved into a bird-like human hybrid who became the deified mount of VIS'NU. Also a chief adversary of nagas (snake-like demons), which he devours. In early depictions Garuda has a parrot's beak. Said to have been born from an egg, the son of Vinata and KASYAPA. Epithets include Amrtaharana, Garutman, Tarksya. Attributes: conch, club, lotus and nectar, but may also bear the attributes of Vis'nu.(2) Mount or vahana of VAJRAPANI. Buddhist. Attributes: flower, horse-head, noose, skin and staff. Three-eyed and three-headed.... |
| Spirit name "Gauna aka Gauna" | Botswana | Gawa, Gawama, was death, the underworld leader of spirits and death. Botswana |
| Goddess name "Gauri (whitish brilliant)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. Consort of the god VARUNA, said to have been created at the churning of the ocean of milk. An epithet of PARVATI as a goddess of the corn. Also a SAKTI of Mahesvara, a minor aspect of S IVA. Her attendant animal is a lion or a wolf. Attributes: fish, Forest garland, image of GANESA, lotus, mirror, rosary, trident and water jar. Three-eyed. Also Varuni.(2) Goddess. Buddhist. One of eight GAURIS of terrible appearance. Attributes: head and noose.(3) Messenger goddess. Jain [India]. A SASANADEVATA. Also one of sixteen VIDYADEVIS or goddesses of learning headed by SARASVATI. Color: white. Attribute: a hook.... |
"Gbohulu" | Ghana | The Sun of springtime. Ghana |
| King name "Genii of Fire" | Occultism | There are three genii of fire: Anael, king of astral light; Michael, king of the Sun; and Sammael, king of volcanoes. Occultism |
| God name "Gerra" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | God of fire. Derived from the Sumerian GIBIL, he is the son of ANU and ANUNITU and becomes largely syncretized with both ERRA and NERGAL.... |
| Goddess name "Geshtin-Ana" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria | Minor goddess who takes Dumuzi's place in the Netherworld for six months every year. Mesopotamia / Sumeria |
| Goddess name "Gestin-Ana/ Gestianna?" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria | A minor goddess |
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