Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Venda" | Dravidian | Creator god, an ancient vegetation deity Dravidian / Tamil |
God name "Venda" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India | Creator god. An ancient vegetation deity. Worshiped in villages on the plains, thought to live in trees and equated with Indra.... |
Goddess name "Vesta" | Roman | Was the goddess of the hearth, and therefore inseparably connected with the Penates, for Aeneas was believed to have brought the eternal fire of Vesta from Troy, along with the images of the Penates. The praetors, consuls, and dictators, before entering upon their official functions, sacrificed not only to the Penates, but also to Vesta at Lavinium. (The Aeneid by Virgil. Book II) |
"Vishnu" | Hindu | The All-Pervading essence of all beings, the master of and beyond the past, present and future, the creator and destroyer of all existences, one who supports, sustains and governs the Universe and originates and develops all elements within. Hindu |
Goddess name "Visvakarman (arcbitect of tbe universe)" | Hindu / Vedic | Poorly defined creator god. Similar to DYAUS PITAR, he is described as the artist of the gods who may be linked or identified with TVASTAR. He evolved, as the son of PRABHASA and Yogasiddha, into an occasional consort of the mother goddess SARASVATI.... |
"Wah-con-tun-ga" | Arabic | The creator of all things. The Assiniboin |
God name "Waka" | Oromo / Ethiopia | Creator god. Largely syncretized with the Christian god, but regularly invoked in the morning.... |
Spirit name "Wakai Taaika" | Dakota Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
Spirit name "Wakonea" | Omaha Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
"Wali-sa-yali-ze-win" | Ojibway | The Creator, and the Light. Ojibway |
"Wan-Aisa" | Honduras | Dawan. The creator of the world and the father of humankind. Honduras |
God name "Waptokwa" | Brazil | The Sun and creator god. Shavante, Brazil |
God name "Waraleen Olmai" | Lappish / Finland | Tutelary god. Revered as a creator and guardian deity.... |
"Wazha-Waud" | Algonkin | The Creator. Algonkin |
"Wele" | Abaluyia | The supreme being and the creator of the world and of mankind. Abaluyia |
God name "Were" | Africa | Supreme Creator God. North West Africa |
God name "Weri Kumbamba" | Gishu / Uganda, East Africa | Creator god. A deity embodied in rocks and specifically invoked before and after cirçúɱcision to ensure the speedy recovery of the patient.... |
God name "Whanin" | Korea | The creator god whose son, Whanung, was sent to earth accompanied by three celestial helpers of wind, cloud and Rain. Whanung descended from heaven to Mt. Taebaksan and named it the City of God. Korea |