Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Tzontemoc" | Aztec | Minor underworld and god. Aztec |
God name "Tzontemoc (head-descending)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor underworld god. One of the group clåśśed as the MICTLANTECUHTLI complex.... |
Goddess name "Tzu Sun Niangniang" | China | The mother goddess that has a protective role, She had been the wife of a mortal |
Goddess name "Tzu Sun Niangniang" | Chinese | Mother goddess. One of the nine dark ladies of the pantheon who are regarded as having a protective role. She was the mortal wife of a minor official and, having borne him five sons and two daughters, committed suicide in order to ensure her future chastity. She is invoked at weddings to provide children, especially sons, and special cakes are eaten by the bride and groom. One of her more famous sanctuaries, on the island of Taiwan, is the Yin Yang Stone.... |
God name "Tzultacah" | Mayan | The god who protects the crops and the game. Mayan |
Goddess name "Ubastet" | Egypt | Originally viewed as the protector goddess of Lower Egypt, and consequently depicted as a fierce lion. Egypt |
God name "Uitzilopchtli" | Aztec | God of the incarnating of the Sun at Midday. Aztec |
God name "Upulvan (like the blue lotus)" | Singhalese / Sri Lanka | Local god. The most senior of the four great gods of the Singhalese pantheon. Identified with VIS NU, according to one tradition his specific task was to protect the culture of Sri Lanka from Buddhism. Conversely he stood by Gautama BUDDHA against the Hindu MARA.... |
Goddess name "Viradechthis aka Harimella" | Scotland | Goddess of protection. Scotland |
Goddess name "Virginalis" | Roman | A title of the goddess Juno. In this aspect she protected virginity. |
Goddess name "Visvakarman (arcbitect of tbe universe)" | Hindu / Vedic | Poorly defined creator god. Similar to DYAUS PITAR, he is described as the artist of the gods who may be linked or identified with TVASTAR. He evolved, as the son of PRABHASA and Yogasiddha, into an occasional consort of the mother goddess SARASVATI.... |
God name "Wa" | Ntomba / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Sun god. Probably originating as a god of hunters who protects and controls the animals in the Forest. He has a son, Mokele.... |
God name "War Pinx" | China | God of shoemakers. Usually portrayed as a kindly, respectable old man, he sees to it that the shops under his protection run smoothly. China |
God name "Well of Wisdom" | Scandinavian | This was the well under the protection of the god Mimir. Odin, by drinking thereof, became the wisest of all beings. Scandinavian |
Goddess name "Wosret" | Egypt | Localized guardian goddess. With a cult center at Thebes, Wosret is, according to some inferences, an early consort of the creator god AMUN and was superseded by MUT. She is identified with the protection of the young god HORUS. Also Wosyet.... |
God name "Xaman Ek" | Aztec | The god of the North Star merchants, business, economy, trade. Aztec |
Goddess name "Xilonen" | Aztec | A goddess of food and produce, especially maize and, by extension, a goddess of fertility. Aztec |
Goddess name "Xilonen" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor vegetation goddess. An aspect of the maize goddess Chicomecoatl, personifying the young maize plant.... |