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| 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).... |
| God name "Woden" | Germanic | The Old English name as used by the Anglo-Saxons for the Germanic god Woden, known more commonly as the Norse god Odin. |
| God name "Yamulla" | Baltic | A field God who received the souls of the faithful. His wooden statues stood in many places, and received sacrifices for the god in bowls made for that purpose. Baltic Sea coast |
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