| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Wen-chang" | Chinese | God of literature and writing. Chinese |
| God name "Wenchang Wen-ch'ang" | China | Wen Ch'ang, god of literature. China |
| God name "Weng Shiang" | Taoist / Chinese | God of literature. His name tablet hangs on the wall in many Chinese houses.... |
| Deities name "Whiro" | Polynesian / Maori | God of death. Regarded as an errant son of the creator deities, RANGINUI and PAPATUANUKU, Whiro stands as the chief antagonist of TANEMAHUTA, the creator god of light. He is, therefore, the personification of darkness and evil. During the time of creation from chaos, Whiro is said to have fought an epic battle against Tanemahuta in the newly formed heavens. He was vanquished and forced to descend into the underworld where he became ruler over the dead and chief among the lesser underworld deities who are responsible for various forms of disease and sickness. In the temporal world the lizard, a symbol of death, embodies him, and various creatures of the night, including the owl and the bat, are earthly representatives from his kingdom, as are such malignant insect pests as the mosquito. This deity is not to be confused with the legendary human voyager and adventurer of the same name whose traditions have, in the past, often been muddled with those of the god.... |
| God name "Willow Pattern" | s | The tradition. The mandarin had an only daughter named Li-chi, who fell in love with Chang, a young man who lived in the island home represented at the top of the pattern, and who had been her father's secretary. The father overheard them one day making vows of love under the orange-tree, and sternly forbade the unequal match; but the lovers contrived to elope, lay concealed for a while in the gardener's cottage, and thence made their escape in a boat to the island home of the young lover. The enraged mandarin pursued them with a whip, and would have beaten them to death had not the gods rewarded their fidelity by changing them both into turtle-doves. The picture is called the willow pattern not only because it is a tale of disastrous love, but because the elopement occurred "when the willow begins to shed its leaves." |
| Spirit name "Wiradyuri" | Australia | The ancestor and patron god of the Kamilaroi, as well as being an important creator spirit or culture hero of the Eora, the Darkinjung, the Wiradjuri, and several other eastern Australian language groups. |
| Deity name "Wodan" | Anglo-Saxon | The deity in Anglo-Saxon polytheism corresponding to Norse Odin, both continuations of a Proto-Germanic deity, Wodanaz. Other West Germanic forms of the name include Dutch Wodan, Alemannic Wuodan, and German Wotan. |
| God name "Woden" | Germanic | The Old English name as used by the Anglo-Saxons for the Germanic god Woden, known more commonly as the Norse god Odin. |
| God name "Wong Taisin (the great immortal Wong)" | Chinese | God. Probably an incarnation or avatara of the god HUANG TI (the yellow emperor), he is considered benevolent. Closely åśśociated with a district in Kowloon which is named after him. His cult arrived in Hong Kong in 1915 from Kwangtung in the form of a painting brought by a man and his son. It was installed in a small temple in Wanchai. In 1921 a larger sanctuary was built, from public funds, facing the sea and backed by Lion Rock.... |
"Xenia" | Greek | And the masculine Xenios, are epithets of Athena and Zeus, describing them as presiding over the laws of hospitality, and protecting strangers. Greek |
| Angel name "Xgazd" | Enochian | A minor angel. Enochian |
| Angel name "Xgzd" | Enochian | A minor angel. Enochian |
| Goddess name "Xi-Wang-mu" | Chinese | Goddess of immortality. Chinese |
| Demon name "Xibalba" | Mayan | Also known as Xibalba or Xibalbay, is a dangerous underworld ruled by the demons Vucub Caquix and Hun Came. The road to it is said to be steep, thorny and very forbidding. Mayan |
| Goddess name "Xiwangmu" | Chinese | The Daoist Goddess of Immortality, owner of the heavenly Peach Garden, and the queen of Paradise. Chinese |
| Angel name "Xnilr" | Enochian | A minor angel. Enochian |
| Angel name "Xpaxn" | Enochian | A minor angel. Enochian |
| Angel name "Xpcn" | Enochian | A minor angel. Enochian |
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