| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Phanes" | Greek | A mystic divinity in the system of the Orphics, is also called Eros, Ericapaeus, Himerus Metis, and Protogonus. He is said to have sprung from the mystic mundane egg, and to have been the father of all gods, and the creator of men. Phanes means "Manifestor" or "Revealer," and is related to the Greek words "light" and "to shine forth." Phanes, or the personification of longing love, is first mentioned by Hesiod (Theogony 201), where he and Eros appear as the companions of Aphrodite. Greek |
"Pheme" | Greek | The personification of gossip, rumour or report. Homer calls her Ossa (fame) and the Romans Fama, after the Greek Pheme. Greek |
"Philter" | s | A draught or charm to incite in another the påśśion of love. The Thessalian philters were the most renowned, but both the Greeks and Romans used these dangerous potions, which sometimes produced insanity. Lucretius is said to have been driven mad by a love-potion, and Caligula's death is attributed to some philters administered to him by his wife, C?sonia. |
| God name "Picullus" | Roman / Prussia | will god that was taken over by the Christians as a their devil |
| Nymph name "Picus" | Greek | A man turned into a woodpecker by Circe for scorning her love. His wife was Canens, a nymph, who killed herself after he was transformed. They had one son, Faunus. Metamorphoses XIV by Ovid Greek / Roman |
| Deity name "Pilumnus" | Roman | A nature deity, brother of Piçúɱnus. He ensured children grew properly and stayed healthy. Ancient Romans made an extra bed after the birth of a child in order to ensure the help of Pilumnus. He also taught humanity how to grind grain and sometimes identified as the husband of Danae, and therefore the father of Danaus and the ancestor of Turnus. Roman |
| God name "Pleione" | Greek | A daughter of Oceåñuś and Tethys, and mother of the Pleiades by Atlas. Her name means "to increase in number" and her grandson, Hermes, was the god of animal husbandry. Greek |
"Pluvius" | Roman | The sender of Rain, a surname of Jupiter among the Romans. |
"Podaleirius" | Greek | A son of Asclepius and Epione or Arsinoe, and a brother of Machaon, along with whom he led the Thessalians of Tricca against Troy (Apollodorus iii). He was, like his brother, skilled in the medical art. Greek |
"Poldunica" | Germany | Polednica, Poludnica, Lady Midday. A young girl, a beautiful maiden or a crone who appears at the hottest part of a summer's day. She carries a scythe and will stop people in the field to ask difficult questions and if the person fails to answer a question or is evasive,she will strike them with illness or cut off their head. Germany |
| Monster name "Pongo" | George | The terrible monster of Sicily. A cross between a "land-tiger and sea-shark." He devoured five hundred Sicilians, and left the island for twenty miles round without inhabitant. This amphibious monster was slain by the three sons of St. George. |
| God name "Poxiom" | Mayan / Tzeltal Indian, Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of disease. Apparently perceived as a star in the sky or a ball of fire. He may also be depicted as a fertility god shelling maize or as a fisherman, doctor, musician or hunter. An image of the god was discovered in the Christian church in Oxchuc, and the Indians were forced to revoke and spit on the icon before it was publicly burnt.... |
| God name "Prabhasa" | Hindu | shining dawn. Attendant god who answered to Indra. Hindu |
| Deities name "Prabhasa (shining dawn)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Attendant god. One of a group of VASU deities answering to the god INDRA. Attributes: cup, hook, Sakti and staff.... |
| God name "Prachetas" | Sanskrit | Pracetas. The preeminently intelligent one; a name of Varuna, the god of water. Sanskrit |
"Prachetasas" | Sanskrit | Prachetasah. The preeminently intelligent ones; the ten prachetasas were sons of Prachinabarhis and Savarna, the daughter of the ocean. Sanskrit |
| Goddess name "Pradipta" | Buddhist | Transcendental goddess of light. Buddhist |
| God name "Prajnantaka" | Buddhist | God. One of the dikpalas, guardians of the southern direction. Color: white. Attributes: jewel, lotus, sword, trident and white staff.... |
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