| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Paris" | Greek | Also called Alexander, was the second son of Priam and Hecabe. Previous to his birth Hecabe dreamed that she had given birth to a firebrand, the flames of which spread over the whole city. This dream was interpreted to her by Aesacus, or according to others by Cåśśandra, by Apollo, or by a Sibyl, and was said to indicate that Hecabe should give birth to a son, who should bring about the ruin of his native city, and she was accordingly advised to expose the child. Greek |
| Goddess name "Partula" | Roman | Minor goddess of birth. Concerned with parturition.... |
"Pegasus" | Greek | The famous winged horse, whose origin is thus related. When Perseus struck off the head of Medusa, with whom Poseidon had had intercourse in the form of a horse or a bird, there sprang forth from her Chrysaor and the horse Pegasus. The latter obtained the name Pegasus because he was believed to have made his appearance near the sources of Oceåñuś. Greek |
"Penelope" | Greek | A daughter of Icarius and Periboea of Sparta. According to Didymus, Penelope was originally called Ameirace, Arnacia, or Arnaea, and Nauplius or her own parents are said to have cast her into the sea where she was fed by sea-birds from which she derived her name. Greek |
| Hero name "Perseus" | Greek | The famous Argive hero, was a son of Zeus and Danae, and a grandson of Acrisius. Acrisius, who had no male issue, consulted the Pythian oracle, and received the answer, that if Danae should give birth to a son, he would kill his father. Greek |
| Goddess name "Pi Hsia Yuan Chin" | China | Goddess of birth and midwives who brings health and good fortune to the newborn baby. China |
| Deity name "Pilumnus" | Roman | A nature deity, brother of Piçúɱnus. He ensured children grew properly and stayed healthy. Ancient Romans made an extra bed after the birth of a child in order to ensure the help of Pilumnus. He also taught humanity how to grind grain and sometimes identified as the husband of Danae, and therefore the father of Danaus and the ancestor of Turnus. Roman |
| God name "Pilumnus (staker)" | Roman | Minor guardian god. Concerned with the protection of an infant at birth. A ceremony to honor the deity involved driving a stake into the ground.... |
"Ping-Deng-Wang" | China | Sinful souls receive punishment starting from the 1st Tribunal right up to the 8th Tribunal according to the nature and severity of their sins but there are others whose sins are much greater - such more sinful souls are sent to my Tribunal to be judged with impartiality. If, after due consideration. I find that the sin is not too great or serious, I will direct that the soul be sent to the 10th Tribunal to await rebirth. I deal with sinful souls impartially. From: White Sun - Tao of heaven. China |
| Goddess name "Postvorta" | Roman | Goddess of childbirth, midwives and the past Roman |
| God name "Priapus" | Greek | Priapos, a son of Dionysus and Aphrodite. Aphrodite, it is said, had yielded to the embraces of Dionysus, but during his expedition to India, she became faithless to him, and lived with Adonis. On Dionysus return from India, she indeed went to meet him, but soon left him again, and went to Lampsacus on the Hellespont, to give birth to the child of the god. Greek |
| Goddess name "Pukkeenegak" | Inuit | A goddess of children, pregnancy, childbirth and the making of clothes. Inuit |
"Purva shadha" | Hindu | The influence of Purvashadha as a birth star makes one able to be independently wealthy, firm in friendship and devotion, reflect on the Divine, but to a young soul, pride and conceit. Hindu Zodiac |
| Goddess name "Qa" | Gigo | Goddess of the Omnibombly bird. Gigo |
"Quikinna'qu" | British | The first man. He was the only survivor of an island that had been transformed into a whale by the Thunderbird. Chuckchee, British Columbia |
| Goddess name "Quootis Hooi" | Chinook | Creator goddess who hatched mankind from thunderbird eggs. Chinook |
| God name "Ra" | Egypt | A god of rebirth & war & the Sun |
| Goddess name "RaHathor (Het-Hert, Het-Heru, Hwt-Hert, Hethara" | Egipt | meaning "House of Horus [the Elder]", was a goddess of many things, from the celestial to the alcoholic! She was a celestial goddess, The Mistress of heaven. A goddess of love, music and beauty as the Goddess of love, Cheerfulness, Music and Dance. Hathor was known as the Mother of Mothers and the Celestial Nurse who presided over women, fertility, children and childbirth. Yet Hathor was also a goddess of baser things - she was the Vengeful Eye of Ra, the Lady of Drunkenness, and a goddess of the dead as Lady of the West. |
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