| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Winifred" | s | Patron saint of virgins, because she was beheaded by Prince Caradoc for refusing to marry him. She was Welsh by birth, and the legend says that her head falling on the ground originated the famous healing well of St. Winifred in Flintshire. She is usually drawn like St. Denis, carrying her head in her hand. Holywell, in Wales, is St. Winifred's Well, celebrated for its "miraculous" virtues. |
"Wintersmith" | Discworld | The personification of Winter. At his core he is the elemental personification of ice. Originally just a shape in the snow, with two violet eyes, he later formed a "snowman" out of all the elements that make a human body. He creates snowflakes and icebergs, and also the patterns of ice on windows. Discworld |
| God name "Wisagatcak" | Cree | A trickster god in Cree mythology, similar to Nanabozho in Ojibwa myth and Inktonme in Assiniboine myth. His name means "the Flatterer." He is generally portrayed as being responsible for a great flood which destroys the world originally made by the Creator, as well as the one who creates the current world with magic, either on his own or with powers given to him by the Creator for that specific purpose. |
| God name "Wollunqua" | Australia | A snake-god of Rain and fertility. Australian Aboriginal |
| Spirit name "Wondjina" | Australia | Cloud and Rain spirits. Australian Aboriginal |
| God name "Wu-tai Yuan-shuai" | China | God of musicians. China |
| God name "Wuluwaid" | Australia | A Rain god. Australian Aboriginal |
"Wuragag" | Australia | First man. Australian Aboriginal |
| Goddess name "Wuriupranili" | Australia | Solar goddess who carries a torch that is the Sun. Australian Aboriginal |
| Goddess name "Wuriupranili" | Australian aboriginal | Sun goddess. The position of Wuriupranili in the godly hierarchy is unclear, but mythology explains that she carries a burning torch made from tree bark and that she travels from east to west each day before descending to the western sea and using the embers to light her way through the underworld beneath the earth. The colors of the Sunrise and Sunset are said to be a reflection of the red ocher body paints with which she adorns herself.... |
| Hero name "Wurrunna" | Australia | A culture hero. Australian Aboriginal |
| Goddess name "Wurusemu" | Hittite | Goddess of the Sun of Arrina. Hittite |
| Goddess name "Wurusemu/ Wuruntemu" | Hittite | The Sun goddess of Arrina |
| God name "Xiaowu" | China | The god of prisons. China |
"Xiling Shi" | China | A legendary Chinese Empress wife of the Yellow Emperor who discovered silk and invented the silk loom. China |
| Goddess name "Xochiquetzal" | Aztec | A goddess of flowers, fertility, games, dancing and Agriculture, as well as craftsmen, prostitutes and pregnant women. She was originally a moon and love goddess. Aztec |
| Spirit name "Ya'china'ut (moon woman)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | moon spirit. The personification of the moon.... |
| Spirit name "Ya'halan (cloud man)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirit. The son of the supreme being TENANTO'MWAN, his consort is YINE'ANE'UT. In alternative tradi tion he is the son of the supervisor being, INA'HITELAN. He is a protector of young couples, and youths beat a sacred drum invoking the spirit to turn the heart of a girl.... |
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