Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Sin" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | moon god. Derived from the older Sumerian model of NANNA. His consort is NIKKAL (NINGAL). He is symbolized by the new moon and perceived as a bull whose horns are the crescent of the moon. Cult centers are identified at Ur, Harran and Neirab. Also Suen (archaic).... |
Goddess name "Sinann" | Celtic | Goddess of rivers. Celtic |
Goddess name "Sionnan" | Ireland | Goddess of the River Shannon Ireland |
Supreme god name "Sudrem" | Kafir / Afghanistan | weather god. Little is known of this deity. He was created from the breath of the supreme god IMRA. Alternatively he sprang from a juniper branch. His wife is the goddess NangiWutr and he is the father of the major fertility goddess DISANI. He is depicted as a great golden buck with horns reaching to the sky. As a deity specifically concerned with Rain, he lives in a sacred lake, Sudrem Sur, at which all wild animals must drink once to survive. Also Sujum; Sudaram; Sataram.... |
Goddess name "Tailtiu" | Celtic / Irish | Goddess. By tradition the consort of Eochaid of the TUATHA DE DANANN, she is the foster mother of the god LUG and åśśociated with the Lugbnasad festival on August 1.... |
Goddess name "Taueret" | Egypt | Goddess of fertility, rebirth, justice, pregnancy and childbirth Egypt |
God name "Tecciztecatl (conch shell lord)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | moon god. In cosmogony, when on the fifth day of creation the gods sat in judgment to elect the new Sun god, NANAHUATL and Tecciztecatl cremated themselves in the sacred fire. The heart of Nanahuatl ascended to become the new Sun and that of Tecciztecatl became the moon. Tradition suggests that Nanahuatl is diseased and impoverished but of great courage, while Tecciztecatl is wealthy and a coward. Alternatively, the pair are sons of QUETZALCOATL and of TLALOC and were hurled into the fire by their fathers. Also one of the group clåśśed as the TEZCATLIPOCA complex. NOTE: eventually all the gods sacrificed them selves for mankind.... |
God name "Tenantomwan" | Koryak | Big-Raven Creator god. Koryak |
God name "Teteo Innan Teteo (gods their mother)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor god of fire. A paternalistic deity åśśociated with fire. One of the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
Goddess name "Teteoinnan" | Aztec | The goddess of of healers & Medical Diviners |
Goddess name "Teteoinnan" | Aztec | Goddess of of healers and Medical Diviners Aztec |
Goddess name "Teteoinnan" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Goddess of curers and medical Diviners. The head of the group clåśśed as the Teteoinnan complex.... |
Goddess name "Teteoinnan-Toci" | Aztec | Goddess of midwives Aztec |
Goddess name "Teteoinnan-Toci" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Goddess of midwives. Known locally in the Valley of Mexico and invoked by women in childbirth. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex.... |
Goddess name "Tezcacoac Ayopechtli (mirror serpent tortoise bench)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Birth goddess. An aspect of XOCHIQUETZAL. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex.... |
Deities name "Tiki" | Polynesian / including Maori | Creator god. One of the children of RANGINUI and PAPATUANUKU who created mankind. In some Polynesian traditions he is represented as the first man, akin to Adam. The word is also incorporated in tikiwananga or god stick, which describes the wooden or stone images of deities that are usually minimally worked and stand about 19.5 inches tall. Only thirty or so examples of these are known, most having been destroyed by Christian missions. The celebrated large Maori totems are depictions of ancestors who appear as human / bird or reptile hybrids. Also Ki'i (Hawaiian).... |
Goddess name "Tlazolteotl (Ixcuiname)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic or earth goddess. Known locally from the gulf coast region of Huaxteca. A maternal goddess linked with sexual sin and personifying filth. One of the group of fertility deities clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex.... |
Goddess name "Tonan" | Aztec | Goddess of the Winter solstice. Aztec |