| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Gardrofa" | Norse | The goddess Gnaa has a horse by name Hofvarpner. The sire of this horse is Hamskerper, and its mother is Gardrofa. Norse |
| Goddess name "Gat Um Dug" | Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria | Ancient earth Mother and goddess of fertility of the Lagash. Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia / Sumeria |
| Goddess name "Gatumdug" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Fertility goddess. The daughter of the sky god AN, she is the tutelary mother goddess of Lagas'.... |
| Goddess name "Gauri (whitish brilliant)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. Consort of the god VARUNA, said to have been created at the churning of the ocean of milk. An epithet of PARVATI as a goddess of the corn. Also a SAKTI of Mahesvara, a minor aspect of S IVA. Her attendant animal is a lion or a wolf. Attributes: fish, Forest garland, image of GANESA, lotus, mirror, rosary, trident and water jar. Three-eyed. Also Varuni.(2) Goddess. Buddhist. One of eight GAURIS of terrible appearance. Attributes: head and noose.(3) Messenger goddess. Jain [India]. A SASANADEVATA. Also one of sixteen VIDYADEVIS or goddesses of learning headed by SARASVATI. Color: white. Attribute: a hook.... |
| Goddess name "Gbenebeka" | Nigeria | A goddess from the sky and mother of the Ogonu. Nigeria |
| Goddess name "Gefjun or Gefjon" | Norse | A goddess. She is a maid, and all those who die maids become her maid-servants. She is present at ?ger's feast. Odin says she knows men's destinies as well as he does himself. Norse |
| Goddess name "Gefn" | German | German Mother goddess in charge of Spring, Sun, Winter, Fertility, Foresight, Growth, health, love, Magic and Protection. |
| Goddess name "Genetaska" | Iroquois | Goddess of justice, fairness and of peace. Tradition and Unity are important to her. Iroquois |
| Goddess name "Geshtin-Ana" | Mesopotamia / Sumeria | Minor goddess who takes Dumuzi's place in the Netherworld for six months every year. Mesopotamia / Sumeria |
| Goddess name "Gestin-Ana" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Chthonic goddess. The sister of DUMUZI and consort of Ningisida. The so-called heavenly grape-vine, this minor goddess is involved in the account of Dumuzi trying to escape from his fate at the hands of INANA and ERESKIGAL. In her house he is changed into a gazelle before being caught and finally transported to the underworld.... |
| Goddess name "Ghantakarna (ears like bells)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | God of healing. An attendant of SIVA, worshiped as a guardian against diseases of the skin. Attributes: bell with noose, and hammer. NOTE: there is also a poorly defined goddess Ghantakarni.... |
| Goddess name "Giia" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Mother goddess. One of a group of Astamataras (mothers). Color: red. Attributes: Indian gong and lute.... |
| Goddess name "Gilfaethwy" | Celtic | A son of the goddess Don and brother of Gwydion and Arianrhod in the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi. His uncle Math ap Mathonwy, king of Gwynedd, must keep his feet in the lap of a young virgin at all times unless he is going to war. Celtic |
| Goddess name "Gish" | Kafir / Afghanistan | God of war. Known chiefly among the Kati people in the southern Hindukush. Gish seems partly modeled on the Aryan (Vedic) god INDRA (see also INDR). One of the offspring of the creator god IMRA, his mother is named as Utr; she carried him for eighteen months before he wrenched himself from her belly, stitching her up with a needle. His consort is the goddess SANJU. He slaughters with great efficiency but is considered lacking in graces and intellect, emerging in a generally boorish light (see also THOR). His home is a fortress of steel atop a mythical walnut tree propped up by his mother which provides nourishment and strength for his warriors. The Rainbow is a sling with which he carries his quiver. Gish is åśśociated chiefly with the villages of Kamdesh and Shtiwe but has been worshiped throughout the Kafir region with the sacrifice of hornless oxen, particularly prior to combat. A feast was given in his honor if the outcome was successful. Also Giwish.... |
| Goddess name "Gita" | Buddhist | Mother goddess Buddhist / Tibet |
| Goddess name "Gleii" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | moon goddess. The consort of the Sun god LISA and the mother of a large number of minor astral deities, the gletivi, who became the stars of heaven.... |
| Goddess name "Gnowee" | Australia | Sun goddess who lived on earth before there was a Sun. Gnowee's baby son wandered off while she was gathering yams and she began searching for him carrying a large torch. She continues to do so and her torch is the Sun. Australia |
| Goddess name "Grahamatrka" | Buddhist | A goddess whose name means demon mother |
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