| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Thetis" | Greek | One of the daughters of Nereus and Doris, was the wife of Peleus, by whom she became the mother of Achilles. Later writers describe her as a daughter of Cheiron. Greek |
| Goddess name "Thetis" | Greek | Goddess of rivers and oceans. One of the daughters of NEREUS, Thetis takes responsibility, with OKEANOS, for the oceans and rivers. She is among the lesser known deities; according to mythology she is a mermaid, but she is particularly significant as the mother of Achilles by an unnamed mortal. According to legend she attempted to render him immortal by immersing him in the waters of the Styx. She failed because the heel by which she held him had remained dry. His education she entrusted to the centaur Chiron. She was surrounded by attendant sea creatures known as Nereids and after Achilles's death she returned to the ocean depths.... |
| Goddess name "Thoeris" | Egypt | Goddess and protectress of women in childbirth. Egypt |
| Deity name "Tiamat" | Chaldean | Chaldean serpent, slain by Bel, the chief deity. |
| Goddess name "Tien Hou" | China | Goddess of the ocean. China |
| Goddess name "Tien Mu" | China | Goddess of lightning. China |
| God name "Tien Tsun/ Tian-zhu" | China / Taoist | The generic title of gods given to each of the three holy images in a Taoist temple |
| 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).... |
| Goddess name "Tin Hau" | China | Goddess of the waters. China |
| Deities name "Titan" | Greek | A race of gods. The secondary group of deities in the pre-Hellenic pantheon, headed by the sky god OURANOS and the earth mother GAIA. They have six pairs of children: OKEANOS and TETHYS, KRONOS and RHEA, HYPERION and THEA, Koeos and Phoebe, IAPETOS and Klymene, Kreos and Eurybe. According to legend the children usurped their father but were eventually beaten by ZEUS, heading the major group of the pantheon, who hurled them into the abyss of Tartaros.... |
| God name "Tiwaz" | Germanic | The chief sky god and the god of war. Germanic |
| God name "Tlachitonatiiuh" | Aztec | Chthonic underworld god. Aztec |
| Spirit name "Tnecei'vune (dawn walking woman)" | Chukchee / southeastern Siberia | spirit of the dawn. The female consort of the dawn.See also TNE'SGAN, MRATNA'IRGIN, LIETNA'IRGIN and NA'CHITNA'IRGIN.... |
| God name "Tobadzistsini" | Navaho | Child of water and son of Tsohanoai, the Sun god. Minor war god. Navaho |
| God name "Tobadzistsini (child of the water)" | Navaho / USA | war god. Considered younger and inferior to NAYENEZGANI, the chief war god of the Navaho. His mother conceived him through the magical power of a waterfall. His priest wears similar attire to that of Nayenezgani, but the mask is painted with red ocher except for a triangular black area bordered with white. It also has a fringe of yellow or red wool.... |
| Goddess name "Tokakami" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of death. His chief antagonist is the moon goddess METSAKA.... |
| God name "Tororut" | Pokot / Suk / Uganda / western Kenya, East Africa | Creator god. He is invoked in a special annual ceremony, which involves the sacrifice of an ox, to ensure safety of crops and cattle. The same ritual is performed in times of drought, famine or plague. His brother is ASIS the Sun god. His consort is SETA and their children include the Rain god ILAT, ARAWA the moon and TOPOH the evening star.... |
| Goddess name "Tou Mou" | China | Goddess of justice China |
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