Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Supreme god name "Hananim" | Korea | The most ancient supreme god presiding over the affairs of heaven and earth. Korea |
Goddess name "Hyeios" | Greek | God of sleep. One of the sons of the goddess of the night NYX and the brother of THANATOS.... |
God name "Karkota" | Hindu | Snake god. One of a group of seven MAHANAGAS. Color: black. Attributes: rosary and waterjar. Three-eyed god.... |
Goddess name "Kono Hana Sakuya" | Japan | Goddess of spring Japan |
Goddess name "Kono-Hana-Sakuya-Hime-No-Kami" | Japan | Goddess of mountains Japan / Shinto |
Goddess name "Kono-Hana-Sakuya-Hime-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | mountain goddess. The deity who guards the sacred Mount Fuji. A daughter of O-YAMA-TSU-MI and the consort of Prince NINIGI, her shrine is located on the summit of the mountain. She is also closely åśśociated with Mount Asama about 80 kilometers to the north.... |
God name "Kulika (of good family)" | Hindu | Snake god. One of a group of seven MAHANAGAS. Attributes: rosary and water jar. Three-eyed.... |
God name "Mahabja" | Hindu / Puranic | Snake god. One of a group of seven MAHANAGAS.... |
Deities name "Mahanaga" | Hindu | Snake god. A group of seven deities identical with a group of seven nagadevas.... |
God name "Meghanada (cloud roar)" | Hindu | Minor god. A son of Ravana who once briefly bested INDRA and became known as the Indra-conqueror.... |
Goddess name "Mors" | Roman | Minor god of death. Mors replaces the Greek THANATOS and, according to legend, is one of the twin sons of NYX, goddess of the night. He lives in part of the remote cave occupied by SOMNUS, god of sleep, beside the river Lethe. Ovid depicts him as a hideous and cadaverous figure dressed in a winding sheet and holding a scythe and hour glåśś. Known particularly through Lacedaemonian culture where twin statues of Mors and Somnus were placed side by side.... |
Supreme god name "Nai" | Gan / Accra, Ghana, West Africa | God of the ocean. The second-in-command to the supreme god ATAA NAA NYONGMO. His eldest daughter is the goddess ASHIAKLE.... |
Goddess name "Niladevi (black goddess)" | Hindu / Puranic | Consort of the god V IS NU. Mentioned only in the Vaikhanasagama text as the third wife of Vis nu, no art representation of this goddess has been discovered. She may be identical with the goddess Pinnai known in Tamilspeaking regions.... |
Goddess name "Nohuichana" | Mexico | Goddess of fish and hunting. Mexico |
Goddess name "Ntoa" | Ghana | Goddess Ghana |
God name "Nyame" | Ghana | A supreme being called Nyame, whose sons were lesser gods. Each son served a different purpose: one,Anansi, was a Rainmaker, another the Sunshine. Worship of Nyame was the exclusive preserve of the king through his priests; lesser people worshiped her sons. Ghana |
God name "Nyame" | Akan / southern Ghana, West Africa | Creator god. An androgynous being symbolized in his male aspect by the Sun, and his female aspect by the moon. He gave mankind its soul and is the controller of destiny. He enjoys a dedicated priesthood and is worshiped in the form of a tree trunk. Also Odomankoma; Onyame; Onyanko pon; Totrobonsu.... |
Goddess name "Nyame Akan" | Ghana | a creator god / goddess and androgynous being |