| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Haro" | Melanesia | The Sun god whose wife, Taio, is the moon. Melanesia |
| God name "Haroeris" | Greek | Another form of the Egyptian god Horus, but this time as an adult |
| God name "Haroeris [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS as a man. The name distinguishes the mature deity from HARPOKRATES, the child Horus. In this form he avenges his father, OSIRIS, and regains his kingdom from SETH, his uncle. He is depicted as the falcon god. Also Harueris; Har-wer (both Egyptian); HARENDOTES.... |
| God name "Haronga" | Maori | A sky god and the father of Ra the Sun and Marama the moon. Maori |
| 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.... |
| God name "Pluto" | Roman | God of the underworld. Derived from the Greek model of HADES, he abducted the daughter of CERES, PROSERPINA, to reign as his queen. The three-headed dog Cerberus was set to guard the gate of Hades and through the kingdom flowed the two rivers of death, the Cocytus and the Acheron which could be crossed only by the ferryman Charon. According to Roman tradition, the entrance to the underworld was at Avernus in Rome where the Christian church of St. Maria del Inferno was built.See also HADES.... |
| Goddess name "Sasuratum" | Western Semitic / Canaanite | Midwife goddesses. A group of seven female deities fathered by BAAL. Also Kosharot (Hebrew).... |
| Goddess name "Tasenetnofret" | Egypt | Goddess. The consort of HORUS as HAROERIS and regarded as a minor emanation of the goddess HATHOR. Known from the sanctuary of Kom-Ombo.... |
| Demon name "Teharon(hiawagon) (he who holds heaven in his hands)" | Mohawk Indian / USA / Canada | Creator god. He engendered the world and all living things and is invoked by shamans to provide good health and prosperity. His adversary is the demonic figure Tawiskaron, symbolizing darkness.... |
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