Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Isimud" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Messenger god. Readily identified by possessing two faces looking in opposite directions, Isimud is the messenger of the god ENKI. Also Isinu; Usumu (Akkadian).... |
Angel name "Israfil" | Islam | The angel of music, who possessed the most melodious voice of all God's creatures. This is the angel who is to sound the Resurrection Trump, and will ravish the ears of the saints in Paradise. Israfil, Gabriel, and Michael were the three angels that warned Abraham of Sodom's destruction. Islam |
God name "Istadevata" | Hindu | A favourite god a person chooses to show devotion and develop a special relationship with. Hindu |
Spirit name "Itonde" | Mongo / Nkundo / central Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa | God of death. He consumes rats as food and is also the god of hunters in the dark jungle Forests. Described in the Epic of Lianja as the first man to die whose spirit reincarnated at the instant of death, into his son LIANJA. He possesses a bell with magical properties, the elefo, by which he predicts where death will strike.... |
God name "Itzamna" | Maya | The founder of the Maya culture, taught his people to grow maize and cacao, as well as writing, calendars and Medicine. He was a good-natured god who was especially worshiped by the wealthier clåśśes. He was åśśociated with snakes and mussels. His father was Kinich Ahau or Hunab Ku. The city of Izamal was sacred to him. |
Goddess name "Itzpapalotl-Itzcueye (possessor of obsidian skirt)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor mother goddess. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex. Limited to the Valley of Mexico.... |
Goddess name "Iunones" | Greek | Goddesses of femininity Roman / Greek |
Goddess name "Iunones" | Greco - Roman | Goddesses of femininity. Generally depicted as a trio of MATRES. A shrine at Saintes Maries on the Rhone delta was originally dedicated to the Iunones Augustae.... |
Goddess name "Jara" | Hindu | Goddess of the household, domestic health, happiness and prosperity. The night-eater of corpses. Hindu |
Goddess name "Junkgowa" | Australia | Sisters and goddesses of the Sea and Marine Life. Active during the Dreamtime. Australia |
God name "Jyotiska" | Jain / India | The stellar gods, there are five clåśśes |
God name "Kahukura" | Polynesian / Maori | God of Agriculture and creator of the Rainbow. The son of RONGOMAI, Kahukura is invoked for the well-being of crops and in some regions the name appears to be synonymous with that of RONGOMATANE, the god of Agriculture. Kahukura is particularly åśśociated with a staple vegetable of the Maori, the kumara, a root tuber that was introduced to New Zealand by man and is said to possess many magical properties. Kahukura is not to be confused with a legendary character of the same name, a mortal hero who, in antiquity, learned the art of making fish nets.... |
God name "Kakaku" | Japan | God of rivers invoked to protect houses against fire Japan / Shinto |
Deities name "Kalki(n) (with white horse)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | horse god. Possibly the tenth avatara of VIS'NU. He rewards the good and punishes evil. The counterpart of the Buddhist deity MAITREYA. horses became åśśociated with Divine kingship in ancient India because of their speed of movement. Solar deities were perceived to ride horses across the sky and horse sacrifice became highly significant. Kalki is depicted either anthropomorphically or with the head of a horse and has four arms. He is attended by a white horse. Attributes: arrow, conch, prayer wheel, shield and sword. Also Vis'nuyasas.... |
Goddess name "Kam,enae/ Camenae" | Italy | Goddesses unbowed of springs & wells with a shrine in Rome where of the of vestal virgins got their water |
Goddess name "Kamenae" | Italy | Goddesses unbowed of springs and wells with a shrine in Rome where of the of vestal virgins got their water Italy |
Goddess name "Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Generic name for a deity. The title applied to the gods and goddesses of Shintoism.... |
Goddess name "Karmavasita (control of karman)" | Buddhist | Minor goddess. One of a group of twelve VASITAS or goddesses personifying the disciplines of spiritual regeneration—karma(n) is an act, rite or deed originating in the hope of future recompense. Color: green. Attribute: a staff.... |