| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Grhadevi" | India | God of the household. India |
| Goddess name "Grismadevi" | India | Seasonal goddess who looks after summer, time, cycles, recreation and rest. India |
| Goddess name "Heket" | Egypt | Frog goddess concerned with birth. Minor deity who by some traditions is the consort of HAROERIS (see also HORUS). Texts refer to a major sanctuary at Tuna et-Gebel which has been totally obliterated. The remains of another sanctuary survive at Qus in Upper Egypt. In the Pyramid Texts she is referred to as a deity who eases the final stages of labor. Depicted as wholly frog-like or as a frog-headed human figure, often found on amulets or other magical devices åśśociated with childbirth.... |
| Goddess name "Hemantadevi" | Buddhist | Goddess of Winter Buddhist / Tibet |
| Goddess name "Hemantadevi" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess of Winter. One of several seasonal deities. Also an attendant of Sridevi. Usually accompanied by a camel. Color: blue. Attributes: cup and hammer.... |
| Spirit name "Herensugue" | Basque | Seven-headed snake shaped devil spirit. Basque |
| God name "Hiisi Karelin" | Finland | A pre-Christian tree god that of course was demoted to mean devil, but in the eight minor sense |
"Hornie" | Scotland | Auld Hornie. The devil, so called in Scotland. The allusion is to the horns with which Satan is generally represented. |
| Goddess name "Hulka Devi" | Hindu | Goddess of cholera. Hindu |
"Iblis" | Islamic | The Islamic version of the Jewish / Christian devil |
| 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 |
| Goddess name "Inar (rice-grower)" | Shinto / Japan | God (Goddess) of foodstuffs. The popular name of a god(dess) worshiped under the generic title Miketsu-No-Kami in the Shi-Den sanctuary of the imperial palace, but rarely elsewhere. The deity displays gender changes, develops many personalities and is revered extensively in Japan. Inari is often depicted as a bearded man riding a white fox but, in pictures sold at temple offices, (s)he is generally shown as a woman with long flowing hair, carrying sheafs of rice and sometimes, again, riding the white fox. Inari sanctuaries are painted bright red, unlike most other Shinto temples. They are further characterized by rows of wooden portals which form tunnels leading to the sanctuary. Sculptures of foxes are prolific (an animal endowed, in Japanese tradition, with supernatural powers) and the shrines are decorated with a special device, the Hoju-No-Tama, in the shape of a pear surrounded by small flames. Often identified with the food goddess TOYO-UKE-BIME.... |
| Goddess name "Kuladevi" | Hindu | The family Goddess. Another name for Durga. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Kuladevi" | Hindu | Goddess. The female equivalent of a KULADEVATA.... |
| Goddess name "Kulisankusa (having an ax and a goad)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen VIDYADEVI headed by the goddess SARASVATI.... |
| God name "Kusor the Mariner" | Phonecian | Great God of Mariners and Inventors. Brother of Hasisu, 'son of law', craftsman of the gods. Invented mechanical devices, the fishing boat and fishing, architecture, and navigation. Skilled in divination, soothsaying, and the arts of incantation and magic formulas. Phonecian |
| Goddess name "Lha-Mo (the goddess)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Goddess. Coming from the old Bon pantheon and equating with the Hindu goddess SRIDEVI.... |
| Goddess name "Lohasur Devi" | India | Goddess of the forging of iron India |
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