Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Ahulane" | Caribbean | A war god, also called the archer. The island Cozumel was the location of Ahulane's shrine. |
Goddess name "Anuanaitu" | America | Soul of the ocean, member of a sea monster family. Goddess of the ocean and whirlpools Caribbean, S. America |
Goddess name "Bean Sidhe" | Celtic | A Banshee an goddess of death.Celtic |
"Bean Woman" | Iroquoi | Sister of corn Woman and Squash Woman, she gave the Patroness and the bean vine to humanity. Iroquoi |
Hero name "Cyamites" | Greek | The hero of beans, a mysterious being, who had a small sanctuary on the road from Athens to Eleusis. Greek |
God name "Ek Chuah" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of merchants. Also the deity responsible for the cacao crop. (The cacao bean was traditionally the standard currency throughout Mesoamerica.) Probably of Putun origin, he is typically depicted painted black, except for a red area around the lips and chin. He has a distinctive downwardly projecting lower lip, horseshoe shapes around each eye and a highly elongated nose. He may also bear a scorpion's tail. Other attributes include a carrying strap in his headdress and sometimes a pack on his back. Also God M.... |
Goddess name "Guabancex" | Caribbean | Goddess of the winds and Rain Taino / Caribbean |
Goddess name "Ih P'eu" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic fertility god. The deity concerned with the growth of plants, and consort of the bean goddess IX KANAN. He is also god of family life, property and other wealth. The couple are invoked as a single personality with the sacrificeof turkeys and chickens at sowing time. Ih Fen may be represented sowing maize seed.... |
Goddess name "Ix Kanan" | Mayan | Vgetation goddess who takes care of bean plant Mayan |
Goddess name "Ix Kanan" | Mayan / Mesoamer ican / Mexico | vegetation goddess. The guardian of the bean plant. Her consort is the maize god IH P'EN. The cou ple are invoked at sowing time when turkeys and chickens are sacrificed.... |
Goddess name "Korobona" | Caribbean | Goddess of lakes Caribbean |
"Makunaimma" | Caribbean / C America | He is the creator of the heavens, humans, & animals in no particular order |
God name "Vodu" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | Collective name for gods. The origin of the term voodoo in the Caribbean region.... |
Goddess name "YeMayan" | Caribbean | Goddess of the deep sea Caribbean / Imanje |
Goddess name "Yemaya" | Imanje / Caribbean | The goddess of the deep sea |