| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Benu" | Egypt / Upper | Transmuted bird-like form of a Sun god. A deity mentioned in Pyramid Texts (circa twenty-fifth century BC) and linked with the Sun god of Heliopolis, ATUM. He is also said to have been self-created from the primeval ocean and is sometimes a symbol of rebirth in the afterlife. Benu may have augmented the Greek clåśśical tradition of the Phoenix. He appears in the Old kingdom as a yellow wagtail but later becomes a heron, wearing the conical white crown of Upper Egypt with two slender feathers pointing backwards from its crest.... |
| Goddess name "Bhutadamara (tumult of demons)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. May be depicted reclining on the Hindu goddess APARAJITA. Attributes: snakes in the hair, and staff. Three-eyed.... |
| Deities name "Bitol" | Mayan | A sky god and one of the creator deities who participated in the last two attempts at creating humanity. Mayan |
| God name "Bolon Ti Ku" | Mayan | Collective name for the the nine underworld gods who are not well defined Mayan |
| Deities name "Bolon Ti Ku" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic underworld gods. A collective term for a group of nine deities not otherwise clearly defined. They are probably still invoked by modern Mexican Indians.... |
| God name "Bolon tza cab" | Maya | Ruling God of All. Maya |
| God name "Bolontiku" | Maya | A group of underworld gods. Maya |
| Goddess name "Bombat KaMayann" | Hindu | Local deceased goddess. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Bombat Kamayan" | Hindu | A local deceased goddess |
| Goddess name "Bombay Kamayan" | Hindu / northern India | Local disease goddess. Particularly worshiped at Gaya.... |
| Goddess name "Brigantia" | Roman / Celtic / British | Tutelary goddess. The goddess of the Brigantes in the West Riding of Yorkshire. She became identified with CAELESTIS. At Corbridge, Northumberland, there is an altar inscribed to various deities, including Caelestis Brigantia. In a carved stone relief at Birrens, on the Antonine Wall in Scotland, she is depicted with the attributes of MINERVA. She may also bear links with the goddess BRIGIT. She is frequently åśśociated with water and herding.... |
"Brollachans" | Scottish | Scottish fairies that help with housework. When frightened they may bleat like a goat. |
| God name "Buluc Chabtan" | Mayan | Sometimes referred to as "God F," he was a war god who received human sacrifices. Mayan |
| God name "Buluc Chabtan" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of war. Associated with human sacrifice and depicted with a characteristic black line encircling the eye and extending down the cheek. Also God F.... |
| Goddess name "CIPACTLI (great earth mother)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Primordial goddess. Not strictly a goddess, but significant enough in Aztec cosmogony to be included here. According to tradition she was created in the form of a huge alligator-like monster by the underworld deities MICTLANTECUHLTI and MICTECACIHUATL. She may equate with TLALTECUHTLI, the toad-like earth monster torn apart to form heaven and earth. According to one tradition she emerged from the primordial waters and engaged in a fierce struggle with the Sun god TEZCATLIPOCA during which he tore off her lower jaw to prevent her sinking back into the depths and she bit off his right foot. The mountains are said to be the scaly ridges of her skin.... |
| God name "Cabaguil" | Mayan | God who helped create the world and mortals. Mayan |
| Deities name "Cacoch" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. According to tradition he engendered the water lily from which sprang all the other deities of the Mayan pantheon. He is also portrayed as a messenger of the creator god HACHACYUM. Also Kacoch.... |
| God name "Cacoh" | Maya | A creator god |
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