Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Ganymedes" | Greek | According to Homer and others, he was a son of Tros by Calirrhoe, and a brother of Ilus and Assaracus. Being the most beautiful of all mortals, he was carried off by the gods that he might fill the cup of Zeus, and live among the eternal gods. Greek |
"Gaunau" | Africa | The supreme being of the Bushmen. South Africa |
"Gavur li yalyal" | Micronesia | The beneficent supreme being and creator of the world. Micronesia |
King name "Geryones Geryon" | Greek | A son of Chrysaor and Calirrhoe, a fabulous king of Hesperia, who is described as a being with three heads, and possessing magnificent oxen in the island of Erytheia. He acts a prominent part in the stories of Heracles. Greek |
Goddess name "Gestin-Ana" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Chthonic goddess. The sister of DUMUZI and consort of Ningisida. The so-called heavenly grape-vine, this minor goddess is involved in the account of Dumuzi trying to escape from his fate at the hands of INANA and ERESKIGAL. In her house he is changed into a gazelle before being caught and finally transported to the underworld.... |
"Gicholan" | Siberia | The supreme being "The-One-on-High". Siberia |
"Gicholetinvilan" | Siberia | The supreme being "The-Master-on-High". Siberia |
Demon name "Gnomes" | Pan-European | demonic beings who inhabit woods, mountains and water. Pan-European |
Goddess name "Gramadevata" | India | Generic term for a local tutelary deity. Such deities are identified as not being served by Brahman priests. Most are goddesses e.g. CAMUNDA, DURGA and KALI. Generally they are invoked in small villages where they guard boundaries and fields and are represented by a painted stone, but they are also to be found in larger towns and cities.... |
God name "Gu" | Fon | A blacksmith-god who took the shape of a trowel and made human beings from the celestial dung-heap. Fon |
"Guamaonocon" | Antilles | The supreme being. Antilles |
Demon name "Gui Xian/ Gui" | China | These demonic beings are descended from people that had either drowned & / or committed suicide & could not be reincarnated |
Demon name "Guta" | Hungary | demonic being who who beats his victims to death. Hungary |
God name "Ha'o" | Ethiopia | The supreme being and sky god whose eye is the Sun. Ethiopia |
"Halia" | Greek | A sister of the Telchines in Rhodes, by whom Poseidon had six sons and one daughter, Rhodos or Rhode, from whom the island of Rhodes received its name. Halia, after leaping into the sea, received the name of Leucothea, and was worshipped as a Divine being by the Rhodians. Greek |
Spirit name "Hamadryades" | Greco - Roman | Animistic tree spirits. Vaguely defined female beings whose existence is restricted to the individual trees of which they are guardians.... |
"Han Xiang-Zhi" | China / Taoist | Immortal being, there were eight. And here they are: Kao Kuo-Zhu; He Xian-Ku; Lan Kai-He; Li Thieh-Kuai; Lu Tong-Pin; Zhang Kuo-Lao; Zhong-Li Kuan. China / Taoist |
"Han Xiang-zi" | Taoist / Chinese | Immortal being. One of the eight immortals of Taoist mythology. Once mortal beings, they achieved immortality through their lifestyle. Attributes include a basket of flowers and a flute.See also BA XIAN.... |