| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Hunahpu Gutch" | Maya | He is one of the 13 gods that mistakenly created humans |
| God name "Huraaan" | Mayan / Quiche, Mesoamerican / Guatemalan highlands | Creator god. Having created the world, he fashioned the first humans from pieces of maize dough. The counterpart of the Yucatec HUNAB KU.... |
| God name "Huracan" | Quiche | Creator god who fashioned the first humans Quiche |
| God name "Huracan/ Hurucan/ Hurakan/ Hurukan" | Quiche | A creator god that fashioned the first humans |
"Iapetos" | Greek | The father of Atlas and ancestor of the human race, called genus Iapeti, the progeny of Iapetus. By many considered the same as Japheth, one of the sons of Noah. Greek |
"Ichthyocentaurus" | Greek | A fish-centaur, or a particular kind of Triton. Ichthyocentauri were fabulous beings, the upper part of whose body was conceived to have a human form, and the lower that of a fish, while the place of the hands was occupied by a horse's feet. Greek |
| God name "Ikal Ahau" | Mayan / Tzotzil, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic god of death. Perceived as a diminutive figure who lives in a cave by day but wanders at night attacking people and eating raw human flesh. He is also considered to inhabit Christian church towers in Mexico and is probably personified by vampire bats.... |
| God name "Ikto" | Sioux | God of human speech. Sioux |
"Ilai" | Indonesia | The male aspect of the supreme power, Indara being the female aspect. Together they made humankind. Indonesia |
"Illalei" | Ethiopian | Yet another supreme being and the creator humanity. Ethiopian this time |
| God name "Ixmucane" | Maya | Yet another of the 13 gods that created humans |
| God name "Ixpiyacoc" | Mayan | One of the thirteen creator gods who helped construct humanity. Mayan |
"Iyatiku" | Pueblo / Navaho | The mother of maize and humans. Pueblo / Navaho |
| God name "Jakomba" | Bangala / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | God of morality. Also known as the god of hearts, he controls human thought. Also Nzakomba.... |
| God name "Jakomba Bangala" | Zaire | A god of morality that controls human thought |
| King name "Jinn" | Arabian | A sort of fairies in Arabian mythology, the offspring of fire. They propagate their species like human beings, and are governed by a race of kings named Suleyman, one of whom built the pyramids. Their chief abode is the mountain Kaf, and they appear to men under the forms of serpents, dogs, cats, monsters, or even human beings, and become invisible at pleasure. The evil jinn are hideously ugly, but the good are exquisitely beautiful. According to fable, they were created from fire two thousand years before Adam was made of earth. The singular of jinn is jinnee. |
| Deity name "Jnanaparamita" | Buddhist | A deity who has perfected transcendent, super-human or supernatural knowledge. Buddhist |
| God name "Kabezya-Mpungu" | Bantu | Kabezya-Mpungu decides to become invisible after creating the world and the first humans who did not yet have a heart. After balancing the Rain, Sun, moon, and darkness, he leaves. To replace the visible god, he sends the people Mutima ("heart"), the life-giving or Divine part of humans. Bantu |
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