Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Ninhursaga" | Sumeria | Mother divinity and goddess of wild animals, plants and fertility. Sumeria |
Goddess name "Ninhursagaa/ Nintu" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria / Babylon / Akkadian / Iraq | The goddess of the earth and creator of humans, fertility & productivity |
Goddess name "Niniiniinna" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Fertility goddess. A daughter of An and Uras and probably an alternative name for Istar. She is the consort of the god Pabilsag and is mentioned in respect of a sanctuary built by warad Sin during the Isin dynasty. Texts describe her going to present Enlil with gifts in Nippur. Other inscriptions suggest she was the mother of the god Damu (Dumuzi).... |
Goddess name "Nintu" | Sumeria | Ninhursag, the earth and mother-goddess, one of the seven great deities of Sumer. She is principally a fertility goddesses. Sumeria |
Goddess name "Nintu" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Mother goddess. According to legend she pinched off fourteen pieces of primordial clay which she formed into womb deities, seven on the left and seven on the right with a brick between them, who produced the first seven pairs of human embryos. She is closely identified with the goddess Ninhursaga a and may have become Belet Ili (mistress of the gods) when, at Enki's suggestion, the gods slew one among themselves and used his blood and flesh, mixed with clay, to create mankind.... |
Goddess name "Nirmali" | Nuristan | Goddess of fertility and childbirth. Nuristan |
Goddess name "Nissaba" | Sumeria | Nisaba or Nidaba, goddess of fertility, in particular of the date palm and the reed. In Assyrian times, she came to be regarded as the goddess of writing, learning and astrology. Sumeria |
Goddess name "Noctiluca" | Spanish | Goddess of the moon, fertility, life, death and hunting. Spanish |
Goddess name "Nok" | China | An ancient fertility goddess. China |
Goddess name "Nortia" | Etruscan | Goddess of fate. She enjoyed an important sanctuary at Volsini, where her presence was symbolized by a large nail. In a New Year rite, the nail was hammered into a block of wood, probably derived from an old fertility ritual symbolizing the impregnation of life into the new year. She has been identified with the Greek goddess TYCHE.... |
Goddess name "Numma Moiyuk" | Australia | Goddess of fertility. Australia |
Goddess name "Nunbarsegunu" | Sumerian | An alternate name for the Goddess Nisaba, mother of Ninlil, the Sumerian goddess of fertility, in particular of the date palm and the reed. Sumerian |
Goddess name "Nze" | Ngbandi / Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa | moon god. One of the seven children of KETUA, the god of fortune and LOMO, the goddess of peace. He is closely linked with women and fertility. At menstruation he is said to have cut the girl and, during pregnancy, the moon is dark for her.... |
Goddess name "Onuava" | Celtic | Goddess of earth and fertility, known only from inscriptions Celtic / Gaelic |
Goddess name "Onuava" | Celtic / Gallic | Fertility goddess. Associated with the earth and known only from inscriptions.... |
Goddess name "Oshun" | Yoruba | A goddess of healing, fertility & rivers |
Goddess name "Osun" | Yoruba | Goddess of fertility who still has a Sacred Grove on the outskirts of the city of Osogbo. Yoruba |
Goddess name "Oya-Yansan" | Yoruba | Goddess of the Niger River. She is seen in aspects of warrior-goddess of wind, lightning, fertility, fire and magic. She creates hurricanes and tornadoes and guards the underworld. Yoruba |