| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Teljavelik" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | Creator god. He engendered the Sun god SAULE and is described as the heavenly smith.... |
"Tenan-tomgin" | Chukchee | Creator. 'One who induces things to be created'. Chukchee |
| Spirit name "Tenanto'mni" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | Creator spirit. An indefinite and remote character living somewhere in the zenith of the sky. He created the world which was then transformed into its present state by the raven-like majordomo KU'URKIL.... |
| Spirit name "Tenanto'mwan" | Koryak | Creator spirit. Koryak |
| Spirit name "Tenanto'mwan" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Creator spirit. Identified particularly with the reindeer-hunting Koryak on the Taigonos peninsula. An indefinite and remote character living somewhere in the zenith of the sky. He created the world which was then transformed into its present state by QUIKINNA'QU. Tenanto'mwan is the name always used when addressing the creator in incantations.See also YA'QHICNIN.... |
| God name "Tenantomwan" | Koryak | Big-Raven Creator god. Koryak |
| Spirit name "Tenato'mni" | Chukchee / E Siberia | The creator spirit |
"Thanatos" | Greek | Latin Mors, a personification of death. In the Homeric poems death does not appear as a distinct divinity, though he is described as the brother of Sleep, together with whom he carries the body of Sarpedon from the field of battle to the country of the Lycians. Greek |
| Goddess name "Thanatos" | Greek | Minor god of death. According to legend, he is one of the two sons of NYX, the goddess of night, and lives in a remote cave beside the river Lethe which he shares with his twin brother HYPNOS, god of sleep.... |
| Spirit name "Thor" | Norse | The god of thunder, keeper of the hammer, the ever-fighting slayer of trolls and destroyer of evil spirits, the friend of mankind, the defender of the earth, the heavens and the gods; for without Thor and his hammer the earth would become the helpless prey of the giants. He was the consecrator, the hammer being the cross or holy sign of the ancient heathen. Thor was the son of Odin and Fjorgyn (mother earth); he was blunt, hot-tempered, without fraud or guile, of few words but of ready stroke - such was Thor, the favorite deity of our forefathers. The finest legends of the Younger Edda and the best lays of the Elder Edda refer to Thor. His hall is Bilskirner. He slays Thjåśśe, Thrym, Hrungner, and other giants. In Ragnarok he slays the Midgard-serpent, but falls after retreating nine paces, poisoned by the serpent's breath. Norse |
| God name "Thoth" | Egypt | Tchehuti or Tehuti. Author of the Book of the Dead was believed by the Egyptians to have been the heart and mind of the Creator, who was in very early times in Egypt called by the natives "Pautti," and by foreigners "Ra." Thoth was also the "tongue" of the Creator, and he at all times voiced the will of the great god, and spoke the words which commanded every being and thing in heaven and in earth to come into existence. His words were almighty and once uttered never remained without effect. |
| Spirit name "Ti'zil-Kutkhu" | Kamchadal / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirit. One of the sons of the creator spirit KUTKHU, his consort is SI'DUKU and he is considered to be the progenitor of the Kamchadal tribe.... |
| God name "Tiki" | Polynesia | Creator god who created mankind Polynesia |
| Deities name "Tiki" | Polynesian / including Maori | Creator god. One of the children of RANGINUI and PAPATUANUKU who created mankind. In some Polynesian traditions he is represented as the first man, akin to Adam. The word is also incorporated in tikiwananga or god stick, which describes the wooden or stone images of deities that are usually minimally worked and stand about 19.5 inches tall. Only thirty or so examples of these are known, most having been destroyed by Christian missions. The celebrated large Maori totems are depictions of ancestors who appear as human / bird or reptile hybrids. Also Ki'i (Hawaiian).... |
| God name "Tino Taata" | Society Is | The creator god regarded as the tutelary deity that created mankind |
| God name "Tino Taata" | Polynesian / Society Islands | Creator god. Probably regarded as the tutelary deity who engendered mankind and equating therefore to the more widely recognized Polynesian god TANGAROA.... |
| God name "Tirawa" | Pawnee | The creator god and taught the Pawnee people tattooing, fire-building, hunting, Agriculture, speech and clothing, religious rituals, the use of tobacco and sacrifices. |
| God name "Tirawa" | Pawnee Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined figure who is present in the elements of wind and storm. lightning is the flashing of his eye. He provides the tribe with all their needs and is invoked by the Pawnee shamans.... |
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