| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Ndo" | China | The omniscient supreme being whose name also means the sky, the firmament, the weather. The Miao, China |
"Neptune's Horse" | Roman | Hippocampos; it had but two legs, the hinder part of the body being that of a fish. Roman |
| Spirit name "Nguruhi" | Africa | The all-powerful but remote supreme being and creator who controls the elements and human destiny, but leaves daily occurrences to the influence of the ancestor spirits. The Wahehe, East Africa |
"Nick" | Scandinavian | A water-wraith or kelpie. There are nicks in sea, lake, river, and waterfall. Both Catholic and Protestant clergy have laboured to stir up an aversion to these beings. They are sometimes represented as half-child, half-horse, the hoofs being reversed, and sometimes as old men sitting on rocks wringing the water from their hair. This kelpie must not be confounded with the nix. Scandinavian |
"Nyambe" | Africa | One of Nyambe's creations was Kamunu, the first human being. Nyambe gave Kamunu the task of naming all the other creations and told the human being that all the animals were his siblings. As such he should look after them. Lozi, South West Africa |
| God name "Nyame" | Ghana | A supreme being called Nyame, whose sons were lesser gods. Each son served a different purpose: one,Anansi, was a Rainmaker, another the Sunshine. Worship of Nyame was the exclusive preserve of the king through his priests; lesser people worshiped her sons. Ghana |
| God name "Nyame" | Akan / southern Ghana, West Africa | Creator god. An androgynous being symbolized in his male aspect by the Sun, and his female aspect by the moon. He gave mankind its soul and is the controller of destiny. He enjoys a dedicated priesthood and is worshiped in the form of a tree trunk. Also Odomankoma; Onyame; Onyanko pon; Totrobonsu.... |
| Goddess name "Nyame Akan" | Ghana | a creator god / goddess and androgynous being |
| God name "Nyasi" | Kenya | The supreme being and creator god who controls birth and death. Kenya |
"Nyege" | Australia | The supreme being at Fowler's Bay, Australia |
| God name "Nyimpo" | Ghana | The remote supreme being and creator god. The Effutu, Ghana |
"Nzakomba" | Congo | The supreme being of the Lulanga. Upper Congo |
| God name "Nzambi" | Bakongo / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. He created the first mor tal pair or, in alternative tradition, an androgy nous being in the guise of a palm tree called Muntu Walunga (the complete person). He also endowed this being with intelligence. In wooden sculptures the tree bears a woman's head and breast on one side and a bearded face on the other. Eventually the tree divided into two sepa rate sexes. Also Nyambi; Nzambe; Yambe; Zambi.... |
| God name "Obatala" | Yoruba | A creator god; he made human bodies, and his father, Olorun breathed life into them. While Olorun is considered the creator of the universe, Obatala created the world and humanity, being seen as the father of orishas and humankind. Yoruba |
| God name "Ocelotl" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. The Sun deity representing the first of the five world ages, each of which lasted for 2,028 heavenly years, each heavenly year being fiftytwo terrestrial years. Assigned to the earth and presided over by TEZCATLIPOCA. According to tradition, the age was populated by a race of giants and it ended in a catalclysmic destruction caused by huge and ferocious jaguars which devoured them. Illustrated by the Stone of the Four Suns [Yale Peabody Museum]. Also Ocelotonatiuh; Yoaltonatiuh; Tlalchitonatiuh.... |
| King name "Ocrisia" | Roman | Who, after being visited by Vulcan, birth to a boy who would become the sixth king of Rome, Servius Tullius. Roman |
"Oculata" | Roman | , a sacred Vestal Virgin who was buried alive after being deflowered. Roman |
"Ocypete" | Greek | The name of two mythical beings, one a Danaid, and the other a Harpy. Greek |
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