Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Nefertum" | Egypt | A minor primordial God of creation from lower Egypt |
Goddess name "Nefertum" | Egypt / Lower | Minor god of primordial creation. Specifically he is the blue lotus blossom of RE. Nefertum was worshiped in the Nile delta as the son of the cobra goddess WADJET. At Memphis he is the son of the goddess SAKHMET, while elsewhere in Lower Egypt his mother is considered to be the goddess BASTET. Also Nephthemis (Greek).... |
Goddess name "Negun" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Minor goddess. Known from limited references and of uncertain function. Possibly åśśociated with the goddess SIRARA. Her brother is Asai and they are linked with the cities of Adab and Kes. Also Lisin.... |
God name "Nehebu-Kau" | Egypt | Minor snake god. Known from circa 1500 BC. Essentially a chthonic deity he is, according to tradition, the son of the god GEB. Allegedly having eaten seven cobras, NehebuKau offers protection against snake bite and scorpion sting. He is also one of the guardians of the Egyptian king in the afterlife.... |
Goddess name "Neit" | Celtic / Irish | God of war. A minor deity identified as the consort of the goddess MORRIGAN in her aspect as Nemain. Also the grandfather of Balor, he was killed at the second legendary Battle of Moytura.... |
Goddess name "Nemesis" | Greco - Roman | Goddess of justice and revenge. The dreaded deity who, with the Furies, is responsible for transporting the souls of the guilty to Tartarus. She is also described as the deification of indignation. Her presence may be symbolized by the fabulous winged griffon. Her cult was predominantly at Rhamnus (Attica), where a magnificent temple was built in her honor in the fifth century BC, and in Smyrna. She also had a temple at Iconium in Asia Minor. According to legend, ZEUS raped her and she bore HELEN in consequence. In certain respects she provides a parallel with the goddess ERINYS. Her cult became one of morality.... |
God name "Nereus" | Greek | Minor sea god. The son of PONTOS and GAIA, and the father of the NEREIDES.See also PROTEUS.... |
God name "Nextepehua" | Aztec | Scatterer of ashes. Minor chthonic underworld god. Aztec |
Deities name "Nextepehua (ash-scatterer)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor chthonic underworld god. One of the group of deities belonging to the MICTLANTECUHTLI complex.... |
Angel name "Nhdd" | Nazorean | A minor angel. Early Nazorean |
Angel name "Nhodd" | Enochian | A minor angel. Enochian |
Goddess name "Nike" | Greco - Roman | Goddess of victory. Depicted as a winged messenger bringing the laurel wreath to the victor of battle. Though of Greek origin, appearing in the Theogony of Hesiod, she was adopted by the Romans and worshiped extensively throughout Asia Minor, including Sardis. In some depictions the goddess ATHENA carries NIKE as a small winged figure. Also VICTORIA (Roman).... |
Goddess name "Nin Ur" | Babylon | Goddess with jurisdiction over a varying number of minor gods. Babylon |
God name "Nin-Ildu" | Akkadia | God of carpenters who is a minor tutelary deity Babylon / Mesopotamia / Akkadia |
God name "Nin-Ildu" | Mesopotamian / BabylonianAkkadian | God of carpenters. Minor tutelary deity.... |
Goddess name "Nin-s ar (lady plant)" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Minor mother goddess. Nin-s.ar is linked briefly as consort to either Enlil (her father) or Enki by whom, after nine days of gestation, she gave birth to the goddess Ninkurra who, in turn, became the mother of the goddess Uttu.... |
Goddess name "Nin-sar" | Sumeria | Minor goddess of plants. Sumeria |
God name "Ninegal (strong-armed lord)" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian Akkadian | God of smiths. A minor patron deity.... |