| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Aker" | Egypt | Chthonic earth god of påśśage. Known from the Old kingdom (circa 2700 BC onward). Controls the interface between eastern and western horizons of the underworld, and is the guardian of the gate through which the king påśśes into the underworld. Aker provides a safe course for the barque of the Sun god during its påśśage through the underworld at night. He may be seen as the socket holding the boat's mast. He is also considered benevolent against snake bites. Represented by opposite facing pairs of human or lion heads.... |
| Angel name "Aniel" | Greek | An angelic guard who tries to stop the West wind escaping through the gates. |
| Planet name "Assasiel" | Hebrew | angel of Thursday, who delegates to Sachiel and Cåśśiel. He's also in charge of the planet Jupiter. Hebrew |
"Bab" | Arabia | The founder and prophet of Babism. He was a merchant from Shiraz, who at the age of twenty-five claimed to be the promised Qa'im (or Mihdi). After his declaration he took the title of Bab meaning "Gate". six years later he was shot by a firing squad in Tabriz. |
"Bayard" | France | A horse of incredible swiftness, belonging to the four sons of Aymon. If only one of the sons mounted, the horse was of the ordinary size; but if all four mounted, his body became elongated to the requisite length. The name is used for any valuable or wonderful horse, and means a "high-bay". France |
| Goddess name "Culsu" | Etruscan | A Goddess of the Gate to the underworld. Etruscan |
| Cyclop name "Cyclopes" | Greek | Cyclopes According to the ancient cosmogonies, the Cyclopes were the sons of Uråñuś and Ge; they belonged to the Titans, and were three in number, whose names were Arges, Steropes, and Brontes, and each of them had only one eye on his forehead. Together with the other Titans, they were cast by their father into Tartarus, but, instigated by their mother, they åśśisted Cronus in usurping the government. |
| God name "Degei" | Fiji | God of the Kauvadra hills who interrogates the souls of the dead and punishes the souls of lazy people while rewarding those of hard working people. Fiji |
| God name "Ek Chuah" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of merchants. Also the deity responsible for the cacao crop. (The cacao bean was traditionally the standard currency throughout Mesoamerica.) Probably of Putun origin, he is typically depicted painted black, except for a red area around the lips and chin. He has a distinctive downwardly projecting lower lip, horseshoe shapes around each eye and a highly elongated nose. He may also bear a scorpion's tail. Other attributes include a carrying strap in his headdress and sometimes a pack on his back. Also God M.... |
| Goddess name "Enodia" | Greek | Goddess of crossroads and gates. Greek |
| God name "Esu" | Edo / Benin / Nigeria, West Africa | God of påśśage. A fearsome deity who stands at the gates of the home of the gods holding a set of keys. He is known for his trickery.... |
| God name "Esu Edo" | Benin / Yoruba | A god of påśśage that stands at the gates of home of the gods |
| Angel name "Gadiel" | Hebrew / Christian | A "most holy angel"; who lives in the 5th heaven and guards the gates of the South wind. The Greater Key of Solomon |
"Gjoll" | Norse | One of the rivers Elivagar that flowed nearest the gate of Hel's abode. Norse |
| Demon name "Gonael" | Christian | One of the numerous guards of the gates of the North wind. Christian demonology |
"Helgrind or Helgate" | Norse | The gates of Hel. Norse |
"Hubal" | Arabic | An Arab idol brought from Bulka, in Syria, by Amir Ibn-Lohei, who åśśerted that it would procure Rain when wanted. It was the statue of a man in red agate; one hand being lost, a golden one was supplied. He held in his hand seven arrows without wings or feathers, such as the Arabians use in divination. This idol was destroyed in the eighth year of "the flight." Arabic |
| God name "Jana" | Roman | Two faced god of beginnings, arches, doors, entrances and gates. Roman |
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