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| God name "Bella Pennu" | Indian / Khond | Sun god. A local deity in the Orissa province synonymous with BOORA PENNU.... |
| Deity name "Bella Penu Khond" | India | a local deity Orissa |
| Goddess name "Bera Pennu" | Northern Indian | vegetation goddess. Worshiped by the Khonds in Bengal. She was the recipient of human sacrifice to ensure good harvest, particularly of the spice turmeric, and as a protection against disease and infirmity. The sacrificial victim or meriab was youthful, often kept for years as a holy person before death and was always either the offspring of a previous sacrificial victim, or purchased from impoverished families for the purpose. He or she was generally strangled, sometimes in the fork of a tree, after days of festivities. In other instances the victim was cut up alive.... |
| Goddess name "Boora Pennu" | Indian / Khond | God of light. A local deity in the Orissa province who created the earth goddess TARI PENNU as his consort and through her engendered the other great gods. Until recently this deity was the subject of sacrifice in notorious meriah rituals, which involved violent human sacrifice.... |
| Goddess name "Boora Pennu Khondi" | India | God of light who created the goddess of the earth and they made the other great gods India |
| God name "Gaunab" | Khoi / Hottentot / Namibia, southern Africa | Malevolent god of darkness. The chief adversaryof the creator god TSUNIGOAB. He was engaged in a primordial struggle for supremacy during which Tsunigoab was wounded but eventually triumphed, consigning Gaunab to the so-called black heaven.... |
| God name "Gaunub" | Africa | A god of evil, the destroyer, who was åśśociated with solar and lunar eclipses. The Khoi-Khoi, South Africa |
| Supreme god name "Kaang/ Khu/ Kho/ Thora" | Bushmen / Africa | The supreme god |
| God name "Kho" | Vietnamese | Vietnamese god of fishermen. |
"Khodumodurno" | Bantu | Kammapa or Karnmapa, a huge, shapeless thing that swallowed every living creature that came in its way. Bantu |
| Goddess name "Khon-Ma" | Tibetan | Chthonic goddess. Ruler of a horde of demons who live in the earth and who may infest houses. She is depicted typically wearing yellow robes and with attributes including a golden noose. Her vehicle is a ram. To guard against her influence, a ram's skull is hung from the doorpost of a dwelling and filled with offerings.... |
| God name "Khons" | Egyptian | God of healing. Egyptian |
| Goddess name "Khons(u) (wanderer)" | Egypt / Upper | moon god. Recognized from at least 2500 BC but best known during the New kingdom (mid-sixteenth century BC). A significant deity at Thebes, where he is described as an offspring of AMUN and MUT. His sacred animal is the baboon. There is a Khonsu precinct as part of the Temple of Amun in the Karnak complex. From the Greco-Roman period there exists a sanctuary of Kom-ombo where Khonsu is seen as the offspring of the crocodile god SOBEK and the mother goddess HATHOR. Depicted anthropomorphically or with a falcon's head, but in either case enveloped in a close-fitting robe. He wears a crown consisting of a crescent moon subtending a full moon orb.... |
| God name "Khons[u]/ Khons Hor" | Egypt | A god of healing & the moon |
| Deity name "Khonsu" | Egypt | Aka Chons, Khensu, Khons, Khonsu or Khonshu, is an ancient lunar deity, from before formal structure was given to a pantheon. His name reflects the fact that the moon travels across the night sky, for it means The Wanderer, and also had the titles Embracer, Pathfinder, and Defender, as he was thought to watch over night travelers. Egypt |
| God name "Khonuum" | Pygmies / Africa | The chief god |
| God name "Khonuum Pygmies" | Africa | Chief god Africa |
| God name "Khopun" | Slavonic | River god. He drowned people in retribution for their misdeeds. Slavonic |
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