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God name "Proteus" | Greek | Minor sea god. Depicted as an old man who attends Triton and whose principal concern is the creatures of the oceans. He also has oracular powers. The poet cowper wrote: In ages past old Proteus, with his droves Of sea calves sought the mountains and the groves. Also known as GLAUKOS, NEREUS and PHORKYS.... |
Goddess name "Ritona" | Celtic | Goddess of river fords. Celtic |
Goddess name "Ritona" | Roman / Celtic | Goddess of river fords. Known from inscriptions and åśśociated with the Treveri tribe.... |
Goddess name "Sulis" | Roman / Celtic | She was called Brigantia by the Britons; and later Saint Brighid (after Christianity). She is also a deity concerned with knowledge and prophecy. The tutelary Goddess of the thermal waters at Bath, England, she is closely linked with the Roman Goddess Minerva. Roman / Celtic |
God name "Tlachitonatiiuh" | Aztec | Chthonic underworld god. Aztec |
God name "Tlalehitonatiuh (on the earth sun)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic underworld god. One of the group clåśśed as the MICTLANTECUHTLI complex.... |
Deity name "Triton" | Greek | A sea deity, who dwells with Father Neptune in a golden palace at the bottom of the sea. The chief employment of tritons is to blow a conch to smooth the sea when it is ruffled. |
God name "Tritons" | Roman | Minor sea gods |
God name "Tritons" | Roman | Minor sea gods. The children of POSEIDON and AMPHITRITE who are depicted as hybrid fish-men. Generally included in the royal court of the god Neptune. Attributes: conches.See also NEPTUNUS.... |
God name "Xanthus" | Indian | A large shell like those ascribed to the Tritons. The volutes generally run from right to left; and if the Indians find a shell with the volutes running in the contrary direction, they persist that one of their gods has got into the shell for concealment. |
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