| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Itonius" | Greek | Itonia, Itonias, Itonis or Itonius, a surname of Athena, derived from the town of Iton, in the south of Phthiotis. The goddess there had a celebrated sanctuary and festivals, and is hence also called Incolaltoni. From Iton her worship spread into Boeotia and the country about lake Copais, where the Pamboeotia was celebrated, in the neighbourhood of a temple and grove of Athena. Greek |
| God name "Itzam Cab" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic earth god. The earth aspect of the creator god ITZAM NA. He is also a god of fire, and hearthstones are called head of Itzam Cab. Sticks of firewood are his thighs, flames his tongue and the pot resting on the fire his liver. In his vegetation aspect he is depicted with leaves of maize sprouting from his head.... |
| Goddess name "Itzcuintli" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Goddess of hearths. A guardian deity of the home personified by fire. One of the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
| Goddess name "Itzpapalotl (obsidian butterfly)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor mother goddess. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex. Also recognized as a fire goddess.... |
| Goddess name "Itzpapalotl-Itzcueye (possessor of obsidian skirt)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor mother goddess. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex. Limited to the Valley of Mexico.... |
| God name "Itztapal Totec (our lord the stone slab)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Fertility god. A god of Agriculture but also a patron of precious metallurgists. One of the group clåśśed as the XIPE TOTEC complex.... |
| Goddess name "Iusaas" | Egypt | A goddess of Heliopolis whose name means, "she comes who is great". She plays a crucial role as the feminine principle in the creation of the world. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Ix Chebel Yax" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Mother goddess. Goddess of weaving and patroness of weavers, whose tutelage is shared with IX CHEL.See also CHIBIRIAS.... |
| Goddess name "Ix Chel" | Mayan / Yucatec / Quiche, Mesoamerican / Mexico | moon goddess. Also the goddess of childbirth and Medicine and of Rain bows. A consort of the Sun god. She has a major shrine as Cozumel and small figurines of the goddess have been conventionally placed beneath the beds of women in labor. Such women are considered to be in great danger at times of lunar eclipse when the unborn child may develop deformities. Ix Chel is a guardian against disease and the Quiche Indians regard her as a goddess of fertility and sexual inter course. A goddess of weaving, believed to be the first being on earth to weave cloth, she was employed in this craft when she first attracted the attention of the Sun god. She carries her loom sticks across the sky to protect her from jaguars. Under Chris tian influence she has been largely syncretized with the Virgin Mary.See also IX CHEBEL YAX.... |
| Goddess name "Ix Kanan" | Mayan / Mesoamer ican / Mexico | vegetation goddess. The guardian of the bean plant. Her consort is the maize god IH P'EN. The cou ple are invoked at sowing time when turkeys and chickens are sacrificed.... |
| Goddess name "Ix Zacal Nok (lady cloth-weaver)" | Mayan / Mesoameri can / Mexico | Creator goddess. The consort of the Sun god Kinich Ahau and also the inventor of weaving. She may represent another aspect of the mother goddess COLEL CAB. Also Ix Azal Uoh; Ixchel.See also AH KIN.... |
| God name "Ixcozauhqui (yellow face in the house)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mex ico | God of fire. Associated with paternalism and one of the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
| Goddess name "Ixcuiname" | Aztec | earth goddess. She was linked with sex, which in the Aztec mind was unclean, and thus she was also regarded as a personification of filth. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Ixnextli (eye-lashes)" | Aztec / Mesoameri can / Mexico | Goddess of weavers. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex.... |
| God name "Ixpuztec (broken face)" | Aztec / Meso american / Mexico | Minor underworld god. One of the group clåśśed as the Mictlantecuhtli complex.... |
| God name "Ixquimilli-Itzlacoliuhqui (eye-bundle curved obsidian blade)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of justice. One of the group clåśśed as the TEZ CATLIPOCA complex.... |
| Goddess name "Ixtab" | Mayan | Goddess of suicide and wife of Chamer. Ixtab, depicted as a corpse with a rope around her neck, would accompany the suicides to their eternal rest Mayan |
| Goddess name "Ixtab" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Goddess. Tutelary goddess of suicide victims.... |
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