Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Hea" | Mesopotamia | Goddess of wisdom Mesopotamia / Ugarit |
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 "Hemen" | Egypt | A falcongod, worshipped in Hefat, who was depicted during the Old kingdom as slaying hippopotami, and other symbolic forces of chaos. Egypt |
God name "Hendursaga" | Akkadia | God of law Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
God name "Hendursaga" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | God of the law. He was titled by Gudea of Lagas herald of the land of Sumer.... |
Goddess name "Hettsui No Kami" | Japan | Goddess who protected and provided for the family Japan |
Deities name "Hi-Hiya-Hi" | Shinto / Japan | Sun god. One of a number of minor Sun deities, engendered from the blood of the god KAGU-TSUCHI and worshiped in the mountain sanctuary of the fire KAMIS, Kono-Jinja. In Japan certain older people still worship the Sun. They go outside at Sunrise, face east and bow, clapping their hands.... |
Goddess name "Hi-No-Kagu-Tsuchi" | Japan | Fire god whose birth caused the death of the primordial goddess Izanami Japan / Shinto |
Goddess name "Hi-No-Kagu-Tsuchi" | Shinto / Japan | Fire god. The deity whose birth caused the death by burning of the primordial goddess IZANAMI after which the eight thunders sprang from her corpse.... |
Goddess name "Hiko-Sashiri-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | God of carpenters. One of several minor deities involved in the building of a sacred hall of great beauty, used to entice the Sun goddess Amaterasu from her cave. Linked with the god TAOKI-HO-OI-NO-KAMI.... |
God name "Hilal" | Pre - Islamic / Arabian | moon god. Specifically the deity of the new moon.... |
God name "Hime Okami" | Shinto | The god fishermen pray to to ensure a large catch. Shinto |
Goddess name "Hime-Gami" | Shinto | Goddess-consort of hikogami. Shinto |
Goddess name "Hinokagutsuchi" | Japan | Fire god whose birth killed the goddess Izanami Japan / Shinto |
God name "Ho-Musubi-No-Kami" | Japan | Fire god Japan / Shinto |
God name "Ho-Musubi-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Fire god. One of a number of fire KAMIS who are honored in special Hi-Matsuri festivals. The sacred fire can only be generated by a board and stick and is regarded as a powerful purifier in Shintoism. The most celebrated temple of the fire kamis is on Mount Atago near Kyoto; worshipers are drawn to it from all over Japan to obtain charms as protection against fire.... |
God name "Ho-No-Kagu-Tsuchi-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Fire god. One of a number of fire KAMIS who are honored in special Hi-Matsuri festivals. The sacred fire can only be generated by a board and stick and is regarded as a powerful purifier in Shintoism. The most celebrated temple of the fire kamis is on Mount Atago near Kyoto to which worshipers are drawn from all over Japan to obtain charms as protection against fire.... |
God name "Horagalles" | Finnish | The Sami god of the sky and of thunder, normally depicted wielding a pair of war-hammers. His Finnish counterpart was Ukko, and he is generally åśśociated with Thor. Horgalles was married to Raudna. |