Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Enipeus" | Greek | A river-god in Thessaly, who was beloved by Tyro, the daughter of Salmoneus. Poseidon, who was in love with her, åśśumed the appearance of Enipeus, and thus visited her, and she became by him the mother of twins, Pelias and Neleus. Greek |
Goddess name "Eos" | Hellenized Indo - European | sky goddess. The spirit of the dawn. She is the daughter of HYPERION and THEA, and the sister of HELIOS (sun) and SELENE (moon). The consort of AEOLOS, the storm god son of POSEIDON, she bore six children who represent the various winds. Hesiod accounts her as the consort of Astraeos. In separate tradition she is the mother of Memnon who was slain at Troy, and her tears are the morning dew. See also AURORA.... |
"Epimetheus" | Greek | Was the brother of Prometheus ("foresight", literally "fore-thought"), a pair of Titans who "acted as representatives of mankind". They were the inseparable sons of Japetus, who in other contexts was the father of Atlas. Greek |
"Eriphyle" | Greek | A daughter of Talaus and Lysimache, and the wife of Amphiaraus, whom she betrayed for the sake of the necklace of Harmonia. Greek |
"Esceheman" | Arapaho | Grandmother earth. Arapaho |
Goddess name "Eschetewuaraha" | Chamacoco | The goddess of Rain |
Goddess name "Eshara" | Chaldea | Goddess of productive fields and a war goddess who represented the armed defense of land and property. Chaldea |
God name "Eshu" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Itinerant god. An ancient deity regarded as the attendant and messenger of the creator god OLODUMARE. He påśśes among mortal people åśśessing character and meting out punishment. Devotees are identified by necklaces of black or brown beads.... |
"Eucleia" | Greek | A personification of the glory which the Athenians had reaped in the battle of Marathon. Greek |
"Fahfah" | Islam | One of the rivers of Paradise. Islam |
God name "Faraguvol" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | Votive god. The deified trunk of a tree which is carried to a tribal chief and presented. The being represented, clåśśed as a ZEMI, is considered to wander about and can escape from a closed bag or sack.... |
God name "Faragvoul" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | A votive god |
God name "Faro" | Bambara / Mali, West Africa | River god. Regarded as the deity who brought order to the world at the time of creation. He impregnated himself and gave birth to twins who were the first human beings. He is also the progenitor of fish stocks in the river Niger. His chief adversary is the god of the desert wind, TELIKO. Faro is propitiated annually by a Komo society of men in a ritual of dancing. They use a special mask which is created anew each year. According to legend Faro came to earth after a long period of drought during which most of the living things died. He also gave mankind the gift of speech.... |
God name "Faro Bambara" | W Africa | A river god that brought order to the world when it was created |
"Folkvang" | Norse | [Paradise, a field]. The folk-field. Freyja's dwelling. Norse |
Deity name "Gaeto-Syrus" | Arab | Scythian solar deity. |
Supreme god name "Gamab/ Ganna/ Gawa/ Gaunab Damaras" | Africa | The supreme god & creator of the world who lives beyond the stars |
Goddess name "Ganda Tara" | Buddhist | Minor goddess Buddhist / Mahayana |