Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Kshumai Kafir" | Afghanistan | Beneficent goddess of fertility Afghanistan |
God name "Nethinium" | Hebrew | The hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of God, an office which the Gibeomtes were condemned to by Joshua. The word means given to God. Joshua ix. 27 |
Goddess name "Nirmali" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Birth goddess. Goddess of the childbirth but usually separated from the rest of the village. She is invoked by women during labor or menstruation. Her sacred animal is the ram. There is an argument that she is, in fact, a manifestation of the goddess Disani rather than a distinct deity. Also Shuwe.... |
Goddess name "Nirmali/ Shuwi" | Kafir / Afghanistan | A goddess of childbirth |
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 |
Goddess name "Oshun Ana" | Yoruba | Goddess of love. Yoruba |
God name "Otshirvani" | Siberia | The creator god, and with Chagan-Shukuty, the creators of man. Central Siberia |
Goddess name "Qadshu" | Syria | Goddess of fertility and sexuality. Syria |
God name "Shango" | Yoruba / Nigeria, West Africa | Chthonic storm god. As an earth deity he was once a mortal man, the king of Oyo, who transformed himself into an immortal. According to tradition, during his life he breathed tongues of fire. He then ascended into the sky by climbing a golden chain and became the god of thunder and lightning. He is also god of justice, punishing thieves and liars. His consorts include OYA, Oshun and Oba. Cult followers of Shango are believed to be able to make lightning strike an adversary. In shrines to Shango, the image of the god is adorned with a ram's head. Also SANGO.... |
Goddess name "Shapshu" | Canaan | Goddess of war and the Sun. Canaan |
God name "Shomde" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Creator god of localized observance. Known from various villages in the southern Hindukush. Shomde is regarded either as equating or senior to the more generally recognized god IMRA. According to observers he provides gold, silver and silk as well as butter, cheese, cream and flour. The main sanctuary was probably at the village of Dewa and in various wooden sculptures Shomde is depicted in human form. Also Wushum; Usum.... |
God name "Shu" | Egypt | God of light, åśśociated with heat and dryness, often depicted as holding up the sky with his two hands, one at the place of Sunrise, the other of Sunset. Egypt |
God name "Shui Fang" | China | God of the wind and water. China |
God name "Shui Yng" | China | Agriculture god. China |
God name "Shui-Khan" | Chinese | Chinese god who defends men against evil and forgives their wrongdoings. |
Goddess name "Shun I Fu gen" | China | A goddess of drought & of famine |