| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Deities name "Centzon-Totochtin" | Aztec | four-hundred rabbits were a group of deities who met for frequent parties; they are Divine rabbits, and the gods of drunkenness. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Ch'ang O / Chang'e, Chang-Ngo, Heng-E / Heng-O" | China | the Chinese goddess of the moon. Unlike many lunar deities, Chang'o only lives on the moon. China |
| God name "Chac Uayab Xoc" | Mayan | A fish god and the patron deity of fishermen. He blessed their catches, yet also ate them if they drowned. Mayan |
| God name "Chaitanya" | Hindu / Puranic | Mendicant god. A deified mortal who became one of the many incarnations of the god VIS NU. Born at Nadiya in AD 1484, he died at Puri in 1527. Chaitanya was a sickly child who, according to legend, was left to his fate, hanging in a tree to die, but was revived by the gods and thus became deified. He was married twice before adopting a strict ascetic existence at the age of twenty-four, from which time he traveled extensively, eventually settling in the holy city of Benares. He is remembered as a great social reformer. His main sanctuary at Nadiya includes a small statue of KRSNA to whom he devoted himself.... |
| Deities name "Chalchiuhtlatonal (jade glowing)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of water. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the Tlaloc complex, generally concerned with Rain, Agriculture and fertility.... |
| Deities name "Chalchiutotolin (jade turkey)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of penitence. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the TEZCATLIPOCA complex.... |
| Goddess name "Chalmecacihuilt (chalman lady)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor chthonic underworld goddess. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the MICTLANTECUHTLI complex.... |
| Deities name "Chalmecatl" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor chthonic underworld god. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the MICTLANTECUHTLI complex.... |
| God name "Chang Hs'iien" | Chinese | Guardian god of children. According to tradition he was the mortal king of Szechuan killed by the founder of the Sung dynasty. His wife was captured and forced to become a concubine in the imperial palace. She was discovered by the emperor kneeling before a picture of her deceased husband which she identified as a local deity, the immortal Chang who gives children. This triggered the cult which began locally in Szechuan circa AD 100. Chang Hs'ien is depicted holding a bow made of mulberry wood and either aiming an arrow at the star Tien Kou, the socalled celestial dog which threatens the earth, or aiming the empty bow at a rat (see ERH LANG).... |
| Goddess name "Chantico (in the house)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Hearth goddess. A household guardian deity personi fied by hearth fires. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
| Deities name "Chattrosnisa (with an umbrella)" | Buddhist | God. One of eight USNISA deities appar ently connected with the guardian sky deities or dikpalas. Color: white. Attribute: parasol.... |
| Goddess name "Chaya (shadow)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. The reflec tion of the goddess SANJNA, consort of SURYA and mother of the astral deity SANI.... |
| Deities name "Chiccan" | Mayan / Chorti, Mesoamerican / eastern Guatemala | Rain gods. Giant reptilian deities whose blood is cold and who evolved from snakes. They form a quartet, each living at the bottom of a deep lake situated in the four cardinal directions. They are believed to churn the waters which rise as clouds. The AH PATNAR UINICOB gods then beat the Rain from the clouds with stone axes.... |
| Goddess name "Chicomecohuati" | Aztec / post Mesoamerican | Maize goddess. [Mexico]. Her festival was held in September when a young girl was sacrificed having taken on the role of the deity for a period of time during the celebrations. She was decapitated on a heap of maize fruits and her blood was collected in a large bowl before being poured over a wooden figurine of the goddess. Finally the victim's skin was flayed off and worn by a dancing priest.See also XILONEN.... |
| Goddess name "Chiconahui" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Hearth goddess. A household guardian deity personified by hearth fires. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
| Deities name "Chiconahuiehecati" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor creator god. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the QUETZALCOATL complex.... |
| God name "Chos-Skyon (protector)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Tutelary guardian deity. One of a group of gods of fearsome appearance who wear royal apparel. Rides a white elephant. Color: blue. Attributes: knife and noose.... |
| Deities name "Cipactonal" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the OMETEOTL complex.... |
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