| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Zababa" | Akkadian | An Akkadian war god. He was also adopted by the Hittites, who brought his worship to Anatolia. |
| God name "Zababa" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | God of war. The tutelary god of the city of Kis,, whose sanctuary is the E-meteursag. Also Zamama.... |
| Goddess name "Zara-Mama" | South American Indian / Peru | Maize goddess. A minor deity, models of whom were made from the leaves of the plant and kept for a year before being burned in a ritual to ensure a good maize harvest.... |
| Goddess name "Zarpanitu(m)" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Birth goddess. The consort of MARDIJK whose marriage was celebrated annually at New Year in Babylon. Also Erua; SARPANITJM.... |
| God name "Zemepatis" | Pre - Christian Lithuanian | Chthonic god. A tutelary deity of farmers and guardian of cattle.... |
| Deities name "Zemi" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | One of a pair of primordial beings. Known as Morobo and Binatel, they are the parents of all other deities, though they did not create the cosmos which, according to belief, has always been in existence. They are depicted in stone, wood or clay figures and are invoked in prayers. Two wooden ZEMIS used to be kept in a sacred cave at Toaboyna in Haiti and were the subject of several annual pilgrimages. The Sun and the moon were believed to have emerged from the cave.... |
| Goddess name "Zhiwud" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Messenger goddess. A deity connected and possibly syncretizing with the goddess DISANI but who, according to legend, carried vital messages to the heroic god MON during a primordial battle between gods and giants. Mon lives by a lake surrounded by fire, and the goddess's wings (a solitary inference that she can appear in the form of a bird) are scorched in the process until Mon heals them. In some variations Mon lives in the form of a bull which breathes fire. Also Zhuwut.... |
"Zihrun" | Nazorean | The great mystery of Radiance. Revealer and opener of radiance and light. Early Nazorean |
"Ziv-Hai" | nazorean | Radiance of Life, one of the four sons of perfection behind the north star. Early Nazorean |
"Zosteria" | Locris | A surname of Athena among the Epicnemidian Locrians. Locris |
| God name "Zotz" | Mayan / Zotzil Indian, Mesoamerican / Guatemala | Tutelary god. Manifest in the form of a bat.... |
"Zouchoten or Zochoten" | Buddhist | one who expands, one who enlarges; a reference to his role in helping people expand wisdom and increase moderation. Relieves people of their suffering by helping them to expand their wisdom. Buddhist Guardian of East |
| Goddess name "Zu" | Akkadian | A lesser divinity of Akkadian mythology, and the son of the bird goddess Siris. Both Zu and Siris are seen as måśśive birds who can breathe fire and water, although Zu is alternately seen as a lion-headed eagle |
"Zumiang-Nui" | India | The pre-existent female whose husband was Shuzanghu. They were the parents of Subbu-Khai-Thung, the earth, and Jongsuli-Young-Jongbu, the sky. The Chammai, Northeastern India |
| God name "ltztli (obsidian blade)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of justice. One of the group clåśśed as the TEZCATLIPOCA complex.... |
| God name "mm" | Mesopotamian | storm god. The cuneiform generally taken to refer to a storm god and therefore probably meaning either IS KUR (Sumerian) or ADAD (Akkadian).... |
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