Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Mullo" | Roman / Celtic | Mule god. Known from inscriptions and apparently åśśociated with the god MARS.... |
Goddess name "Mylitta" | Greek | Goddess. The Hellenized version of the Akkadian goddess MULLILTU, consort of ELLIL and of ASSUR.... |
God name "Nandi(n) (rejoicing)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Bull god. Generally åśśociated with S IVA as a bull-vehicle and an embodiment of fertility. Color: white. The image usually stands in an anteroom of the temple guarding the place where the statue of S iva is located. A S iva devotee touches the image's testicles on entry to a shrine. In anthropomorphic form he may be known as Nandisa.... |
God name "Nandi[n]" | Hindu | Bull god Hindu |
Goddess name "Nappinnai" | Hindu - Dravidian / Tamil | Local goddess. Consort of KRSNA. Mentioned in the Vaisnavite and Saivite literature, the Krsna-Nappinnai cult was prominent in Tamil-speaking areas of southern India in the seventh to ninth centuries. According to tradition Krsna wed Nappinnai after a bullbaiting contest during which he took on and defeated seven bulls. Nappinnai may be a localized form of Sri-Laksmi. Also Pinnai.... |
God name "Ngunyari" | Australia | A sky god important in initiation ceremonies having made the bull-roarer and established the rules regarding it. The Ungarinyin, Australia |
Goddess name "Ninsun" | Akkadia | Mother of Gilgamesh and the wild bull Dumuzi, and wife of Lugalbands. A goddess of Gudea, Babylon, Mesopotamia, Akkadia and Sumeria. Aka, "Rimat-Ninsun", the "august cow", the "Wild cow of the Enclosure", and "The Great queen. |
God name "Nu Mus Da" | Mesopotamia | Tutelary god of a lost city of Kazullu Mesopotamia / Sumeria |
Deities name "Numbakulla" | Australia | Were two sky gods who created all life on earth, including humans, from the Inapertwa. Afterwards, they became lizards. The Numakulla are sometimes described as a dual-aspect deity rather than two separate deities. Australia |
Goddess name "Pa-bil-sag" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Tutelary god of Isin. The consort of the goddess NIN'INSINNA. Identified with the city of Larak (lost), texts describe Pabilsag journeying to Nippur and presenting the god ENLIL with gifts. He is given the epithet of the wild bull with multicolored legs.... |
God name "Pajainen" | Finnish | A god, the deity that killed the great bull in the legends of Finland |
God name "Pajainen" | Pre - Christian Finnish | God. The deity who kills the great bull in Finnish legend.... |
Goddess name "Pallas (Athene)" | Greek | Goddess. The full name of the deity who is thus Pallas of Athens. The origin and meaning of the word Pallas is unknown.See also ATHENA.... |
God name "Phyi-Sgrub (the external one)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | God. A form of the god YAMA who rides a buffalo or a bull. Color: blue, yellow or white. Attributes: noose, prayer wheel and staff surmounted by a skeleton.... |
God name "Picullus" | Roman / Prussia | will god that was taken over by the Christians as a their devil |
God name "Picullus" | Roman / Celtic / Prussian | Chthonic underworld god. He becomes syncretized with the devil in Christian times.... |
Goddess name "Prsni" | Hindu / Vedic | Primordial earth goddess. The socalled dappled cow of the Rg Veda. She is also perceived as the brightly colored soma stalk and is linked with a male counterpart, also Prsni, the dappled bull of the Sun.... |
Goddess name "Puranai (fullness)" | Dravidian / Tamil / southern India | Mother goddess. A NAVASAKTI and one of the consorts of Aiyanar.... |