Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Obåśśi Nsi" | Ekoi | One of the two creator gods. He decided to live on the earth and taught the first humans about planting crops and hunting for food. Ekoi |
God name "Obumo" | Africa | The thunderer, the principal god and great First Cause. Nigeria, Africa |
God name "Ochosi" | Nigeria | God of hunting and justice. Nigeria |
God name "Ogun" | Nago / Edo / Yoruba / W Africa | A god of iron, hunting & war |
God name "Ogun" | Edo / Benin, West Africa | God of war, hunting and metalwork. This rather loosely defined deity was sent by the god OSANOBUA to cut open the land to allow crops to be planted. He is the strength inherent in metals and piles of metal objects are left beside his sanctuaries. As a god of war he defends the tribe and is depicted wearing armor and with red eyes. As a god of hunters and farmers he is generally benevolent.... |
God name "Ome Tochtli" | Aztec | A god of drunkenness. He is the leader of Centzon Totchtli, the four hundred rabbit gods of drunkenness. Aztec |
God name "Onuris" | Egypt / Hellenic | A god of hunting & war |
Goddess name "Onuris [Greek]" | Egypt | God of hunting and war. Onuris is first known from This, near Abydos in Upper Egypt. In later times his main cult center was at Samannud in the Nile delta. His consort is the lion goddess Mekhit. Onuris is generally depicted in human form as a bearded figure wearing a crown with four plumes and wielding a spear or occasionally holding a rope. He is sometimes accompanied by Mekhit in iconography. Seen as a hunter who caught and slew the enemies of RE, the Egyptian Sun god, some legends place him close to the battle between HORUS and SETH. In clåśśical times, Onuris became largely syncretized with the Greek war god ARES. Also Anhuret (Egyptian).... |
God name "Onuris aka Anhur" | Egypt | Slayer of Enemies God of hunting and war and the personification of royal warriors. Egypt |
God name "Opocchtli" | Aztec | A minor god of light a fisherman & hunters |
God name "Opochtli" | Aztec | A god of hunting and fishing. Aztec |
God name "Opochtli (left)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor god of lake fishermen and hunters. One of the group clåśśed as the TLALOC complex.... |
God name "Ordog" | Pre - Christian Hungarian | Chthonic malevolent god. After Christianization he became syncretized with the devil.... |
God name "Oshe" | Yoruba | God of thunder and lightning. Yoruba |
God name "Oshossi" | Yoruba | God of the Forest and hunting. Yoruba |
Goddess name "Oshun" | Santeria | Goddess of love, maternity and marriage. Santeria |
Goddess name "Oshun" | Yoruba | A goddess of healing, fertility & rivers |
Goddess name "Oshun" | Yoruba | A spirit-goddess who reigns over love, intimacy, beauty, wealth and diplomacy. Yoruba |