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List of Gods : "Locally" - 42 records
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"Kamaksi (of amorous appearance)"		 Dravidian / Tamil / southern India / Sri Lanka Goddess. A SAKTI of SI IVA recognized locally at Kanchipuram, but also in her own right at several places in southern India. Also Kamatchi (Tamil)....
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"Maturaiviran"		 Hindu Locally worshipped god with an interesting story Hindu
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"Maturaiviran"		 Hindu Locally worshiped god. Of fearsome character, he is the deification of a seventeenth century policeman who eloped with a princess and was slain. Known from southern India, where he is also a god of wine. Attributes: shield and sword....
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"Mhalsa"		 Hindu / late Minor goddess. The consort of KHANDOBA and considered to be a form of the goddess PARVATI. Locally worshiped at Jejuri, near Poona in western India....
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"Mut"		 Egypt The patron goddess of Thebes. In Upper Egypt she is the counterpart of SAKHMET, the Lower Egyptian goddess from Memphis. After superseding the goddess AMAUNET, she became locally the consort of the Sun god AMUN, in which capacity she is the mother of the moon god KHONSU. She was also regarded as the Divine mother of the Theban kings. Mut is depicted in human form wearing a vulture headdress sur mounted by the twin crowns of Upper and Lower Egypt. She is typically dressed in a bright red or blue patterned gown. Less frequently she is drawn with a lion's head. She enjoyed a cult center at Thebes where her sanctuary was known as the Iseru....
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"Naiades"		 Greco - Roman Animistic water spirits. Female personalities åśśigned the guardianship of fresh waters by the great gods, and invoked locally at sacred pools and springs. They were also regarded as minor patrons of music and poetry....
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"Napaeae"		 Greco - Roman Animistic spirits of valleys. Female personalities åśśigned the guardianship of fertile green valleys by the great gods and invoked locally in small country shrines....
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"Nekmet Awai"		 Egypt Goddess of justice. Locally known from Hermopolis, she later became syncretized with the goddess HATHOR....
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"Nemausius"		 Roman / Celtic / Gallic God of water. Associated locally with a sacred spring at Nimes in France....
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"Nindub"		 Mesopotamian / Sumerian God. Locally known and identified with the city state of Lagas ....
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"Nuggan"		 Discworld Nuggan is the locally worshipped monotheistic and omnipotent God of Borogravia, but elsewhere he is known as the God of Paperclips, Correct Things in the Right Place in Small Desk Stationery Sets, and Unnecessary Paperwork. He usually sports a fussy little moustache. Discworld
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"Orthia"		 Sparta a locally worshipped mother goddess of later syncretized with the more widely accepted maternal deities such as Kybele
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"Orthia"		 Sparta Mother goddess. Locally worshiped and probably soon syncretized with the more widely recognized maternal deities of Asia Minor such as KYBELE....
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"Pakhet"		 Egypt Goddess of hunting. Known locally from the eastern desert regions with a sanctuary at Beni Hasan....
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"Pele"		 Polynesian / Hawaii Volcano goddess. According to tradition she arrived in Hawaii in a canoe, having sailed from Tahiti. She may derive locally from the more familiar Polynesian moon goddess, HINA, since one of her alternative names is Hina-Ai-Malama (Hina who devours the moon)....
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"Poeninus"		 Roman / Celtic / European mountain god. Known locally from the alpine regions and generally thought to be åśśimilated with JUPITER....
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"Poluknalai"		 Kafir / Afghanistan Goddess of animals. Locally revered, with the goddess DISANI, among Askun villages in the southwest of Kafiristan....
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"Priapos"		 Greco - Roman / Phrygian Fertility god. The son of DIONYSOS and APHRODITE, he was also a guardian of mariners. Priapos was not regarded as a significant deity in Greece until very late times—during the Macedonian period, circa fourth to second century BC—and was only locally popular during the Roman Empire period. He is particularly known from Phrygia and is depicted as a satyr-like creature with pronounced genitals....
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