| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| King name "Gorgophone" | Greek | A daughter of Perseus and Andromeda. Her name means "Gorgon Slayer", a tribute to her father who killed Medusa, the mortal Gorgon. Gorgophone is a central figure in the history of Sparta, having been married to two kings, Oebalus of Sparta (actually Lakonia, Sparta's region) and Perieres of Messenia, the region to the west of Lakonia which Sparta, in the late 8th or early 7th century B.C. enslaved. Greek |
| King name "Grangousier" | Utopia | king of Utopia, who married, in "the vigour of his old age," Gargamelle, daughter of the king of the Parpaillons, and became the father of Gargantua, the giant. He is described as a man in his dotage, whose delight was to draw scratches on the hearth with a burnt stick while watching the broiling of his chestnuts. (Rabelais: Gargantua.) |
| Demon name "Guinechen" | Araucanian | A god whose fights with Pillan the thunder-god and Guecufu king of the demons keeps the universe in equilibrium. Araucanian |
| Ghost name "Guinevere" | British | Legendary queen consort of king Arthur. The Welsh form Gwenhwyfar can be translated as The White Fay or White ghost. British |
| King name "Gurson" | Libya | Serves under Lucifer as king of the south side of Hell. |
| King name "Gwethyr" | Wales | king of the Upperworld Gwyrthur Ap Gwreidawl |
| King name "Gwethyr aka Gwyrthur Ap Gwreidawl" | Welsh | king of the Upperworld. Welsh |
| God name "Gwyndion" | Welsh | A multi-taking god: A warrior-magician, Prince of the Powers of Air, the greatest of the enchanters and a shape-shifter. He also brought pigs to mankind. Welsh |
| King name "Gwynn Ap Nudd" | Welsh | king of the fairies and the underworld. Welsh |
| King name "Gwythelyn Gorr" | Celtic | king of the Dwarfs whose magical bottles are required for the marriage feast of Kulhwch and Olwen. Celtic |
| King name "Gylfe" | Norse | A king of Svithod, who visited Asgard under the name of Ganglere. The first part of the Younger Edda is called Gylfaginning, which means the Delusion of Gylfe. Norse |
| God name "Gynaecothoenas" | Greek | the god feasted by Women, a surname of Ares at Tegea. In a war of the Tegeatans against the Lacedaemonian king Charillus, the women of Tegea made an attack upon the enemy from an ambuscade. This decided the victory. The women therefore celebrated the victory alone, and excluded the men from the sacrificial feast. Greek |
| Goddess name "Hanwasuit" | Hittite | Tutelary goddess of of the throne, kings received their mandate from her Hittite |
| King name "Hapmouche" | French | The giant flycatcher. He invented the art of drying and smoking neats' tongues. French |
| God name "Harakhti" | Egypt | A form of the god HORUS. The aspect of the god who rises at dawn in the eastern sky. According to Pyramid Texts, the king is born on the eastern horizon as Harakhti, which contradicts the more commonly held belief that the king is the son of RE, the Sun god.... |
| God name "Harimagadas" | Islands | Holy Maidens who sacrificed themselves by jumping from a towering cliff into the sea. This act was meant to propitiate the sea-god and prevent him from sinking their island. Canary Islands |
| God name "Harmachis [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS. Harmachis is Horus as the Sun god. Inscriptions from the New kingdom (circa 1550-1000 BC) identify the sphinx at Giza as Harmachis looking toward the eastern horizon. Also Har-em-akhet (Egyptian).... |
| God name "Haroeris [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS as a man. The name distinguishes the mature deity from HARPOKRATES, the child Horus. In this form he avenges his father, OSIRIS, and regains his kingdom from SETH, his uncle. He is depicted as the falcon god. Also Harueris; Har-wer (both Egyptian); HARENDOTES.... |
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