Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Cenkalaniyammal" | Hindu | Local goddess who guards the maize fields Hindu. |
"Cerberus" | Greek | The many-headed dog that guarded the entrance of Hades, is mentioned as early as the Homeric poems, but simply as " the dog," and without the name of Cerberus. Greek |
God name "Chamer" | Mayan | A god of death, particularly popular in Guatemala. He was married to Ixtab. Mayan |
God name "Chamer" | Mayan / Chorti, Mesoamerican / eastern Guatemala | God of death. Appears as a skeleton dressed in white. His consort is Xtabai. Attributes include a scythe with a bone blade, probably copied from the traditions of Christian immigrants.... |
God name "Chan Hs'ien" | China | Guardian god of children who had been a mortal king China |
God name "Chang Hs'iien" | Chinese | Guardian god of children. According to tradition he was the mortal king of Szechuan killed by the founder of the Sung dynasty. His wife was captured and forced to become a concubine in the imperial palace. She was discovered by the emperor kneeling before a picture of her deceased husband which she identified as a local deity, the immortal Chang who gives children. This triggered the cult which began locally in Szechuan circa AD 100. Chang Hs'ien is depicted holding a bow made of mulberry wood and either aiming an arrow at the star Tien Kou, the socalled celestial dog which threatens the earth, or aiming the empty bow at a rat (see ERH LANG).... |
Goddess name "Chantico (in the house)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Hearth goddess. A household guardian deity personi fied by hearth fires. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
Demon name "Charun" | Etruscan | The Etruscan demon of death who torments the souls of the deceased in the underworld and guards its entrance to the underworld. Similar to the Greek Charon, is portrayed with the nose of a vulture, pointed ears, winged, holding a hammer, with which he finished off his victims. |
Deities name "Chattrosnisa (with an umbrella)" | Buddhist | God. One of eight USNISA deities appar ently connected with the guardian sky deities or dikpalas. Color: white. Attribute: parasol.... |
God name "Cherub" | Mesopotamia | These are the guardians of important places & they intercede both with the gods / & for the gods |
Deities name "Chiccan" | Mayan / Chorti, Mesoamerican / eastern Guatemala | Rain gods. Giant reptilian deities whose blood is cold and who evolved from snakes. They form a quartet, each living at the bottom of a deep lake situated in the four cardinal directions. They are believed to churn the waters which rise as clouds. The AH PATNAR UINICOB gods then beat the Rain from the clouds with stone axes.... |
Goddess name "Chiconahui" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Hearth goddess. A household guardian deity personified by hearth fires. One of the deities collectively clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
God name "Chiminagua" | Chibcha | Another omni-potent god that created the earth in a rather simple matter |
Deity name "Chos-Skyon" | Buddhist | Tutelary guardian deity Buddhist / Tibet |
God name "Chos-Skyon (protector)" | Buddhist - Lamaist / Tibet | Tutelary guardian deity. One of a group of gods of fearsome appearance who wear royal apparel. Rides a white elephant. Color: blue. Attributes: knife and noose.... |
Goddess name "Cunina" | Roman | Minor goddess of infants. Responsible for guarding the cradle.... |
God name "Dadimunda" | Singhalese Buddhist / Sri Lanka | Tutelary god. An attendant on the god UPULVAN to whom he acted as treasurer. The guardian of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. His sacred animal is an elephant. Also Devata bandara.... |
Goddess name "Deverra" | Roman | Minor goddess of birth. A guardian of newborn children. Symbolized by a broom used to sweep away evil influences.... |