| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Hanuman (with large jaws)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Monkey god. Hanuman attends RAMA, one of the incarnations of VISINU, and personifies the ideal and faithful servant. He is the son of PAVANA, the god of winds, and is noted for his speed and agility in which context he is often worshiped by young men and athletes. He leads a mythical Forest army of monkeys, and is depicted as a monkey with a long tail. He takes a major role in the Ramayana epic searching for, and rescuing, the goddess SITA who has been captured by the demon Ravana. He may appear trampling on the goddess of Lanka [Sri Lanka]. Worshiped particularly in southern India but more generally in villages. Color: red. Attributes: bow, club, mane, rock and staff. May appear five-headed.... |
| Goddess name "Hariti" | Buddhist | Goddess for the protection of children, easy delivery, happy child rearing and parenting, harmony between husband and wife, love, and the well-being and safety of the family. Women without children also pray to Kishimojin to help them become pregnant. Originally, Hariti was a cannibalistic demon. She had hundreds of children whom she loved and doted upon, but to feed them, she abducted and killed the children of others. Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Harti" | Japan / China | demoness whom Buddha converted to a goddess who protects children instead of eating them. Japan / China |
| Demon name "Hayagriva (horse neck)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) The most significant minor incarnation of the god VIS'NU. He probably originated as a horse god and later became an avatara åśśociated with wisdom and knowledge. At the behest of BRAHMA, Hayagriva rescued the Vedas, stolen by two demons, from the bottom of the primeval ocean. Depicted in human form with the head of a horse and, according to the texts, eight hands. Attributes: Book (Veda), horse's mane and rosary. Also the attributes of Vis'nu. Also Hayasirsa, Vadavavaktra.(2) Patron god of horses. Buddhist-Lamaist [Tibet]. One of a group of DHARMAPALA with terrible appearance and royal attire, he is considered to be an emanation of AKSOBHYA or AMITABHA. His SAKTI is MARICI. Color: red. Attributes: horse heads, staff and trident, but also arrow, ax, banner, bow, club, flames, flower, image of Aksobhya or Amitabha on the crown, lotus, noose, prayer wheel, skin, snakes, sword and trident. Three-eyed.... |
| Demon name "Hbr" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
| Demon name "Hedammu" | Hurrian | He is a snake demon that resides in the sea and he is constantly hungry |
| God name "Hiisi Karelin" | Finland | A pre-Christian tree god that of course was demoted to mean devil, but in the eight minor sense |
| Demon name "Hiranyagarbha" | Hindu | Creator god identified in the Rig Veda, the demon king who proclaimed himself king of the universe Hindu / Vedic |
| Demon name "Hiranyakasipu" | India | demon who held the earth prisoner, under flood waters. India |
| Demon name "Honoyeta" | New Guinea | An enormous snake demon who brought mortality to human beings. Papua New Guinea |
| Demon name "Hsuan-T'ien-Shang-Ti" | China | God who removes demons and evil spirits. Invoke for exorcism, matters involving water. China |
| Demon name "Hua" | Enochian | A cacodemon. Enochian |
| Demon name "Hun Hau" | Mayan | God of death and the Head of demons. Mayan |
| Demon name "Idlirvirisong" | Inuit | demonic cousin of the Sun Inuit |
| Demon name "Illujanka" | Hittite | Hittite snake demon. |
| Demon name "Immat" | Kafir / Afghanistan | demonic god. A deity to whom sacrifices were addressed in the Ashkun villages of southwestern Kafiristan. Legend has it that Immat carries off twenty virgin daughters every year. A festival includes blood sacrifice and dances by twenty carefully selected young priestesses.... |
| Demon name "Imp" | Greek | A puny demon or spirit of mischief. |
| Demon name "Imps" | Discworld | Imps are tiny demons that perform minor tasks rapidly. A number of Discworld labour-saving devices exist which function by trapping small imps. The most notable is the iconograph, but others include watches, food processors, razors and personal organisers. The imps in these devices seem not to mind their jobs, although they get sarcastic if overworked or asked to do things outside their purview. Discworld |
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