| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Demon name "Chung K'uei" | Taoist / Chinese | God of the afterlife. He belongs to the heavenly ministry of exorcism and, though not the most senior (he is subservient to CHANG TAO LING), is probably the most popular within the category. He was originally a mortal working as a physician in the eighth century AD. He is depicted with a fearsome face, said to be so terrible that it can drive away any demonic spirit who dares to oppose him. He is engaged in combat using a sword and a fan on which is written a magical formula to ward off evil. Symbolic peaches are suspended from his hat and a bat circles his head representing happiness.... |
| Nymph name "Cirrha" | Greek | A nymph from whom the town of Cirrha in Phocis was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
| King name "Cithaeron" | Greek | A mythical king in Boeotia, from whom mount Cithaeron was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
| Goddess name "Cleone" | Greek | Goddess of water. One of the daughters of Asopus, from whom the town of Cleonae in Peloponnesus was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
| King name "Corythus" | Greek | 1. An Italian hero, a son of Jupiter, and husband of Electra, the daughter of Atlas, by whom he became the father of Jasius and Dardåñuś. He is described as king of Tuscia, and as the founder of Corythus. 2. A son of Paris and Oenone. He loved Helena and was beloved by her, and was therefore killed by his own father. Greek |
"Cotys" | Phrygian | A Thracian divinity, whose festival resembled that of the Phrygian Cybele, and was celebrated on hills with riotous proceedings. |
| Goddess name "Coyolxauhqui" | Aztec | She with the bells on her cheeks. Goddess of the moon. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Coyolxauhqui (golden bells)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Astral goddess. A deification and incarnation (avatara) of the moon. According to tradition she is the half-sister of the Sun god HUITZILOPOCHTLI. The god sprang, fully armed, from his decapitated mother, COATLICUE, and engaged all his enemies who, by inference, are the 400 astral gods, his half-brothers. He slew his sister and hurled her from the top of a mountain. Alternative tradition suggests his sister was an ally whom he was unable to save, so he decapitated her and threw her head into the sky, where she became the moon. She was represented in the Great Temple at Tenochtitlan, where she was depicted in front of successive Huitzilopochtli pyramids. She is also a hearth deity within the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
| King name "Cranaus" | Greek | An autochthon and king of Attica, who reigned at the time of the flood of Deucalion. He was married to Pedias, by whom he became the father of Cranae, Cranaechme, and Atthis, from the last of whom Attica was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
| Goddess name "Creiddylad aka Creudylad" | Wales | Cordelia. Connected with Beltane and often called the May queen. Goddess of summer flowers. Wales |
"Cromus" | Greek | A son of Poseidon, from whom Cromyon in the territory of Corinth was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
| Goddess name "Cybele" | Phrygian | A deification of the earth Mother. Like Gaia (the "Earth") or her Minoan equivalent Rhea, Cybele embodies the fertile earth, a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature, wild animals, especially lions and bees. Phrygian |
| Goddess name "Cybele" | Romanized name | Mother goddess. See also KYBELE.... |
| Cyclop name "Cyclopes" | Greek | Cyclopes According to the ancient cosmogonies, the Cyclopes were the sons of Uråñuś and Ge; they belonged to the Titans, and were three in number, whose names were Arges, Steropes, and Brontes, and each of them had only one eye on his forehead. Together with the other Titans, they were cast by their father into Tartarus, but, instigated by their mother, they åśśisted Cronus in usurping the government. |
"Cycnus" | Greek | A son of Apollo by Thyria or Hyria, the daughter of Amphinomus. He was a handsome hunter, living in the district between Pleuron and Calydon, and although beloved by many, repulsed all his lovers. Greek |
| Goddess name "Cymidei Cymeinfoll" | Welsh | Cymidei Cymeinfoll (big belly of battle), was a goddess of the Mabinogi. Cymidei gave birth to one fully-formed and armed warrior every six weeks. Welsh |
"Cyparissus" | Greek | A youth of Cea, a son of Telephus, was beloved by Apollo and Zephyrus or Silvåñuś. When he had inadvertently killed his favourite stag, he was seized with immoderate grief, and metamorphosed into a cypress. Greek |
"Cyrene" | Greek | A daughter of Hypseus or Peneius by Chlidanope, a granddaughter of Peneius and Creusa, was beloved by Apollo, who carried her from mount Pelion to Libya, where Gyrene derived its name from her. Greek |
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