| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Deities name "Isdes" | Egypt | Chthonic god of death. Known from the Middle kingdom onward he is one of the minor deities concerned with the judgment of the dead. He became syncretized with ANUBIS.... |
| God name "Isimud" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Messenger god. Readily identified by possessing two faces looking in opposite directions, Isimud is the messenger of the god ENKI. Also Isinu; Usumu (Akkadian).... |
| Goddess name "Issaki" | Hindu / Puranic / Epic | A goddess walking around with a headless child |
| God name "Isten/ Isden" | A god known from the the Middle kingdom & later | |
| God name "Itzamna" | Maya | The founder of the Maya culture, taught his people to grow maize and cacao, as well as writing, calendars and Medicine. He was a good-natured god who was especially worshiped by the wealthier clåśśes. He was åśśociated with snakes and mussels. His father was Kinich Ahau or Hunab Ku. The city of Izamal was sacred to him. |
| 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 "Ixpuztec aka Mictlantecuhtl" | Aztec | broken face, underworld god on their way to whom the dead people's skin would be ripped off by a wind of knives and would eventually live as skeletons. Aztec |
| Goddess name "Ja neb'a" | Slavic | Benevolent goddess of the earth who can alter the physical structure of magma and stone, Terrakinesis. Slavic |
| God name "Jarri" | Hittite | God of plague and pestilence, was also a god who helped the king in battle Hittite |
| God name "Jarri" | Hittite / Hurrian | Plague god. Also war god known as the lord of the bow who protected the king in battle.... |
| God name "Jehovah" | Christian | Creator god. The name came into usage from circa AD 1200 and is an adulteration which has largely replaced the title YHWH in the English-speaking churches.See also YHWH.... |
| Goddess name "Jnanadakini" | Buddhist / Mayhayana | A goddess åśśociated with, or whose name means, knowledge |
| Goddess name "Jnanadakini (knowledge)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. An emanation of AKSOBHYA and the SAKTI of yogambara. Color: blue. Attributes: ax, bell, club, cup, staff and sword.... |
| God name "Jok" | African | Creator god. A generic term employed by a large number of tribes. Generally the jok is represented by a totem and also has an animal name. The Acholi in Uganda perceive jok to live in caves to which they deliver food and drink offerings. For the Shilluk in Sudan, Jwok created mankind from river clay.... |
| God name "Jokinam" | Lake Albert / E Africa | A lake god |
| God name "Jokinam" | Lake Albert / East Africa | lake god. The owner of the lake cows which graze at the bottom of lake Albert and which are herded by drowned fishermen.... |
| God name "Jokinam Lake Albert" | Africa | lake god Africa |
| God name "Juggernaut or Jaggernaut" | Crow | The Hindu god Jagganath. The word is a corruption of the Sanscrit jagannatha (lord of the world). The temple of this god is in a town of the same name in Orissa. king Ayeen Akbery sent a learned Brahman to look out a site for a temple. The Brahman wandered about for many days, and then saw a crow dive into the water, and having washed, made obeisance to the element. This was selected as the site of the temple. While the temple was a-building the rajah had a prophetic dream, telling him that the true form of Vishnu should be revealed to him in the morning. When the rajah went to see the temple he beheld a log of wood in the water, and this log he accepted as the realisation of his dream, enshrined it in the temple, and called it Jagannath. |
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