| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Nabu" | Mesopotamia | God of wisdom and writing, worshipped by Babylonians as the son of Marduk and his consort, Sarpanitum, and as the grandson of Ea. Nabu's consort was Tashmetum. Mesopotamia |
| God name "Nabu" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of writing and wisdom. The son of MARDUX and ZARPANITU(M), his consort is TASMETU(M). He is symbolized by the inscribing stylus. A major deity in neo-Babylonian times from the eighth century BC onward, with an important sanctuary at Borsippa, near Babylon, known as the Ezida. He is considered a god of mountain regions, described as the firstborn son of Marduk and his image is closely involved in the New Year akitu festival. Also NEBO (Vetus Testamentum).... |
| Goddess name "Naenia" | Roman | A dirge or lamentation such as was uttered at funerals, either by relatives of the deceased or by hired persons. At Rome Naenia was personified and worshipped as a goddess, who even had a chapel, which, however, as in the case of all other gods in connection with the dead, was outside the walls of the city, near the porta Viminalis. The object of this worship was probably to procure rest and peace for the departed in the lower world. Roman |
| Goddess name "Nana" | Babylon | Yet another goddess of spring. Babylon |
| Nymph name "Nana" | Greek | A nymph of Sangarius, a river located in present-day Turkey. She became pregnant when an almond from an almond tree fell on her lap. The almond tree had sprung where Agdistis, a mythical being connected with the Phrygian worship of Attes, was slain. Agdistis was a son of Cybele, the Mother of all things. Nana abandoned the baby, who was adopted by his grandmother, Cybele. The baby, Attis, grew up to become Cybele's servant and lover. Greek |
| Goddess name "Nanaja" | Akkadia | war and goddess of fertility Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
| Goddess name "Nanaja" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | Fertility goddess. She is also a war goddess who became syncretized with the Babylonian TAS METU.... |
| God name "Nanna/ As-im-babbar" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Iraq | A moon god |
| Goddess name "Nanse" | Babylon | A goddess of widows, orphans and the poor. She stood for social justice and turned no one away so long as they were worthy of help. Babylon |
| Goddess name "Naueet" | Egypt | Primordial goddess. One of the eight deities of the OGDOAD representing chaos, she is coupled with the god NUN and appears in anthropomorphic form but with the head of a snake. The pair epitomize the primordial abyss. She is also depicted greeting the rising Sun in the guise of a baboon.... |
| God name "Nebo" | Babylonian | The Babylonian god of wisdom and writing, worshipped by Babylonians as the son of Marduk and his consort, Sarpanitum, and as the grandson of Ea. Nabo's consort was Tashmetum. |
| God name "Nebo" | Babylonian | The god of science and literature, is said to have invented cuneiform writing. His temple was at Borsippa, but his worship was carried wherever Babylonian letters penetrated. Thus we had Mount Nebo in Moab, and the city of Nebo in Judea. |
| God name "Nebo aka Nimrud" | Babylonian | The Assyrio-Babylonian god of letters. |
| Goddess name "Neharennia" | Roman / Celtic | Goddess of seafarers. Worshiped extensively between the second and thirteenth centuries AD, particularly in the Netherlands with sanctuaries at Domberg at the mouth of the Rhine and Colijnsplaat on the Scheldt. Probably began as a tribal deity of the Morini tribe. She is generally depicted with the attributes of fertilitya basket of fruit or cornucopia. She may also often have a small lapdog. Alternatively, she stands with one foot on the prow of a boat and grasps an oar or the rope.... |
"Neptunus - Neptune" | Roman | The chief marine divinity of the Romans. His name is probably connected with the verb valu or nato, and a contraction of namtunus. As the early Romans were not a maritime people, and had not much to do with the sea, the marine divinities are not often mentioned, and we scarcely know with any certainty what day in the year was set apart as the festival of Neptunus, though it seems to have been the 23rd of July. Roman |
| Goddess name "Nergal" | Assyrian / Babylonian | One of the divinities who ruled the netherworld, a goddess of war & death |
| Goddess name "Nergal" | Babylon | One of the divinities who ruled the netherworld, amorality personified, and a goddess of war and death. Babylon |
| God name "Nethu s" | Etruscan | God of fresh water. Identified with wells and springs and depicted as a naked bearded figure. He is probably to be equated with the Roman god NEPTUNUS.... |
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