Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Nanautzin" | Aztec | God of disease Aztec |
Goddess name "Nandi" | India | Goddess of happiness and joy India |
God name "Nandi(n) (rejoicing)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Bull god. Generally åśśociated with S IVA as a bull-vehicle and an embodiment of fertility. Color: white. The image usually stands in an anteroom of the temple guarding the place where the statue of S iva is located. A S iva devotee touches the image's testicles on entry to a shrine. In anthropomorphic form he may be known as Nandisa.... |
God name "Nandi[n]" | Hindu | Bull god Hindu |
God name "Nang Lha" | Tibet | Personal family guardian type of house god Tibet |
God name "Nang Lha" | Tibetan | house god. A personal family guardian depicted with the head of a pig. He is propitiated with libations.... |
Goddess name "Nanna" | Germanic | A goddess of plants & flowers |
Goddess name "Nanna" | Germanic | Goddess of plants and flowers. Germanic |
Goddess name "Nanna" | Norse | A goddess of the moon |
God name "Nanna" | Sumeria | God of the moon. Sumeria |
God name "Nanna/ As-im-babbar" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Iraq | A moon god |
God name "Nanook/ Nanuq" | Inuit | The bear god |
Goddess name "Nanse" | Babylon | A goddess of widows, orphans and the poor. She stood for social justice and turned no one away so long as they were worthy of help. Babylon |
Goddess name "Nanse" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Goddess of justice. A daughter of ENKI (or EA), she is linked with the interpretation of dreams. Mentioned sporadically in texts and most closely identified with the city of Lagas with a cult center at Sirara, but also the subject of a highly ethical hymn from Nippur. Also Nas, Nina.... |
Goddess name "Nantosuelta" | Gaul | A goddess of fire and fertility. Gaul |
Goddess name "Nantosuelta (winding river)" | Celtic / Gallic | Goddess of water. Identified as a possible consort of the god SUCELLOS. She frequently holds a pole surmounted by a dove-cote. In addition she carries the cornucopia of a fertility or mother goddess, but is also a domestic guardian deity and is often depicted with ravens, which may suggest further links with the underworld.... |
God name "Naraaana" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Creator god. More or less synonymous with VIS'NU, but specifically describing the embodiment of the abode of man. He is said to have sucked his toe while sailing the primeval ocean on a banana leaf, until his own inspiration created the world. Often depicted supported by the bird god GARUDA.See also NARA.... |
Demon name "Nataraja (lord of the dance)" | Hindu / Puranic | Form of the god SI IVA. Emerging from AD 1200 onward, this form depicts SI iva as lord of the dance ringed by fire and with one foot on a demon in the form of a black dwarf. Nataraja arguably epitomizes the moving power in the cosmos. Largely seen in southern Indian bronzes which display the dance-form anandatandava.... |