| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Mugasa" | Bambuti | The moon god who originally lived among humankind in an earthly Paradise. But, because humans disobeyed his commandments he retreated to the heavens. Since then humans are mortal. Bambuti |
| God name "Mungan Ngour" | Australian aboriginal | Creator god. Chiefly revered among the Kurnai Koori aborigines in Victoria State. The Southern Lights or Aurora australis are regarded as a sign of his displeasure when the law and order given to humankind by the gods are abused. His son is Tundun, who is responsible for the secret ceremonies originally divulged only to men and including the initiation rights of påśśage from boyhood to maturity. When these were revealed to women, the Dreamtime ended, a period of chaos ensued and Mungan Ngour elected to live henceforth in the sky.... |
| Goddess name "NA CHA (here is a loud cry)" | Taoist / Chinese | Guardian god. A somewhat ambiguous god who is generally regarded as benevolent, but whose traditions hint at a more destructive aspect. He was born a god of human parents, the reincarnation of an older deity, Ling Chu-Tzu, the intelligent pearl. According to tradition, his father was Li Ching, who threatened to kill his mother because she claimed she was made pregnant by the mystical actions of a Taoist priest who told her she was to bear the child of a unicorn. Na Cha is said to have fought in the Shang-Chou war on the side of the Chou dynasty circa 1027 BC. His chief adversary was the sea dragon king. Ultimately he became involved with the goddess Shih-Chi Niang Niang, accidentally killed her attendant and, in remorse, committed suicide.... |
| Goddess name "Nagadya" | Uganda | Goddess who causes the Rains to fall, allowing food to grow. Uganda |
| Goddess name "Nagawonyi" | Uganda | Goddess who, along with Nagadya, causes the Rains to fall, allowing food to grow. Uganda |
| God name "Nahuti Ollin Tonatiuh" | Aztec | ("Movement of the Sun";) was the Sun god. The Aztec people considered him the leader of Tollan, their heaven. He was also known as the fifth Sun, because the Aztecs believed that he was the Sun that took over when the fourth Sun was expelled from the sky. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Nemain" | Celtic | A goddess of war, and possibly an aspect of the Morrigan. Her name means 'panic' or 'frenzy', and causing it among warriors was her specialty. Celtic |
| God name "Nemausis" | Gaelic | God of water who has a sacred spring at Nimes in France Roman / Gaelic |
| God name "Nemausius" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | God of water. Associated locally with a sacred spring at Nimes in France.... |
| God name "Ngunyari" | Australia | A sky god important in initiation ceremonies having made the bull-roarer and established the rules regarding it. The Ungarinyin, Australia |
| God name "Ni" | Huli | This god is the sole cause of leprosy. |
| Spirit name "Nogomain" | Australia | Nogamain, a god who gives spirit children to mortal parents. He created himself from nothingness. Australia |
| God name "Notus" | Roman | God of the southwest winds. Derived from a Greek model. Also Auster.... |
| God name "Notus/ Auster" | Roman | A god of the southwest wind |
| Deities name "Numbakulla" | Australia | Were two sky gods who created all life on earth, including humans, from the Inapertwa. Afterwards, they became lizards. The Numakulla are sometimes described as a dual-aspect deity rather than two separate deities. Australia |
| Goddess name "Numma Moiyuk" | Australia | Goddess of fertility. Australia |
| God name "Nurelli (Nooralie)" | Australian aboriginal | Creator god. Chiefly revered among the Wiimbaio aborigines living in the area of the Murray River, he is believed to have created the land of Australia and then brought law and order to humankind. His son is Gnawdenoorte.... |
| God name "Obumo" | Africa | The thunderer, the principal god and great First Cause. Nigeria, Africa |
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