| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Te Kore" | Polynesia | Primordial void being who was the personification of darkness of chaos prior to light Polynesia |
"Te Kore (the void)" | Polynesian / including Maori | Primordial being. The personification of the darkness of chaos before light came into being. Usually coupled with TE PO, the unknown night.... |
"Te Po" | Polynesian / including Maori | Primordial being. The personification of the night which existed in chaos before the creation of light. Usually coupled with TE KORE, the void.... |
| Goddess name "Tefnut" | Egypt | Primordial goddess of moisture. According to the genealogy laid down by the priests of Heliopolis, Tefnut was created out of the breath or spit of the creator Sun god ATUM. She is the sister of SU, god of the air, and the mother of GEB and NUT. Her main cult sanctuary was at Heliopolis. Tefnut, like Su, can become one of several manifestations of the eye of RE in which case she appears as a lion, or in human form but with a leonine head. According to the Pyramid Texts, she creates pure water from her vag***. In a different context she takes the form of a snake encircling a scepter.... |
| God name "Teliko" | Bambara / Mali, West Africa | God of hot winds. According to tradition the water god FARO challenged him in a primordial struggle and smashed him against a mountain.... |
| Goddess name "Tellus" | Roman | Chthonic primordial earth mother. A corn deity, generally regarded as benevolent, but also a goddess of the dead. Enemy armies were offered to her and cursed in her name. Both she and the corn goddess CERES were propitiated with human sacrifice. Also TERRA MATER.... |
"Terra Mater" | Roman | Chthonic primordial earth mother. Derived from Greek model.See also TELLUS.... |
| Goddess name "Tiamat" | Babylonian | The primordial mother goddess in Babylonian and Sumerian mythology, and a central figure in the Enuma Elish creation epic. |
"Timaiti-Ngava Ringavari (soft-bodied)" | Polynesian / Hervey Islands | Primordial being. The female principle which, with TIMATEKORE, engendered the earth mother PAPATUANUKU.... |
"Timaiti-Ngava-Rimngvari" | Polynesia | Primordial female principle being Polynesia / Hervey Is. |
"Timatekore" | Polynesia | Primordial male principle of being. Polynesia |
"Timatekore (nothing more)" | Polynesian / Hervey Islands | Primordial being. The male principle which, with TIMAITI-NGAVA RINGAVARI, engendered the earth mother PAPATUANUKU.... |
| Deity name "Tonacaciahuatl" | Aztec | Primordial deity who is the self created, eternal, female principle. Aztec |
| Deity name "Tonacaciahutl" | Aztec | A primordial deity that is the self created, eternal, female principle |
| Deities name "Tonacacihuatl (our flesh lady)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Primordial deity. In the most widely accepted Aztec cosmogony, this is the self-created, eternal, female principle who combines with TONACATECUHTLI to create all life, transferring souls from heaven to the mortal womb. It exists in the highest, thirteenth heaven and once engendered the Sun god TEZCATLIPOCA, from whom all other deities in the pantheon stemmed. One of the group clåśśed as the Omeotl complex. Also Omecihuatl.... |
| Deity name "Tonacatceuhtli" | Aztec | Primordial deity who is the self created, eternal, male principle. Aztec |
| Deities name "Tonacatecuhtli (our flesh lord)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Primordial deity. In the most widely accepted Aztec cosmogony, this is the self-created, eternal, male principle who combines with TONACACIHUATL to create all life. It exists in the highest, thirteenth heaven and once engendered the Sun god TEZCATLIPOCA, from whom all other deities in the pantheon stemmed. Also one of the group clåśśed as the OMETEOTL complex. According to tradition Tonacatecuhtli drove four roads through the center of the earth after the cataclysm of the fourth world age (Atl) to disperse the flood waters of the deluge. His four sons, aided by four unnamed beings, raised the fallen sky which they propped up on great trees created by Tezcatlipoca and QUETZALCOATL at the four cardinal points.... |
| Deity name "Tonachacihuatl" | Aztec | The feminine primordial deity |
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