| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Wagadu" | Africa | Mother of the Fulbe nation and the personification of physical prowess and hunting. Africa |
| Demon name "Wahini Hai" | Polynesia | demonic mother figure who steals and eats small children. Polynesia |
| Demon name "Wahini Hal" | Polynesian | The demonic mother figure |
| Demon name "Wahini-Hal" | Polynesian | demonic mother figure who sneaked through the night stealing and eating small children. Polynesian |
| Spirit name "Wakai Taaika" | Dakota Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
| Spirit name "Wakonea" | Omaha Indian / USA | Creator god. A remote and vaguely defined deity invoked by the shamans of the tribe. Also a generic term equating to the spirit which, in an animistic and shamanistic religion, all things existing in nature possess.... |
| Goddess name "Walutahanga" | Melanesia | The eight-fold snake goddess who was born to a human mother. Melanesia |
"Whaitiri" | Maori | A personification of thunder, and the grandmother of Tawhaki and Karihi, who married a mortal chief. She invented the toilet, showed humans how to use it, and returned to the sky, where she still lives. Maori |
"White Buffalo Woman" | N American | The sacred woman who brought secret knowledge to the Oglala. She reminded them of the mysteries of their mother, the earth. Urging them always to honour her, she disappeared in the shape of a white buffalo. |
| Goddess name "Winonah" | Ojibwa | Daughter of the goddess Nokomis and the mother of Hiawatha. Ojibwa |
"Xanthippe" | Greek | wife of Pleuron and the mother of Agenor, Sterope, Stratonice, and Laophonte. Greek |
| Deity name "Xbaquiyalo" | Maya | A Maya deity. wife of Hun-Hunahpu, she was mother to the Monkey twins. |
| Goddess name "Xi He" | Chinese | Goddess of Light and Mother of the Ten Suns. Chinese |
"Xmucane" | Mayan | And this is the grandmother, the daykeeper, Diviner who stands behind others: Xmucane is her name. Mayan |
| God name "Xmucane, Xpiyacoc, Xumucane,Ixpiyacoc" | Maya | The mother and father gods. They agreed that animals should be created. This was accomplished, and they next turned their attention to the framing of man. They made a number of mannikins carved out of wood. Popol Vuh, Kiche |
| Goddess name "Xochiquetzal" | Aztec / classi cal Mesoamerican / Mexico | Goddess of fertility and childbirth. The mother of the demigoddess (unnamed) whose consort was Piltz intecuhtli and who engendered the first mortals Oxomoco and CIPACTONAL. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex. A popular deity among Aztec women, the goddess is invoked particularly to make a marriage fruitful. The bride plaits her hair and coils it around, leaving two plumes representing the feathers of the Quetzal which is sacred to Xochiquetzal. Pottery figurines are adorned with plumes of feathers. Worshiped at various sites, including Tula (Hidalgo). Also recognized as the patron goddess of weavers.... |
| Monster name "Yacu-mama" | Indian | Mother of waters. A fabulous sea-snake, fifty paces long and twelve yards in girth, said to lurk in the lagunes of South America, and in the river Amazon. This monster draws into its mouth whatever påśśes within a hundred yards of it, and for this reason an Indian will never venture to enter an unknown lagune till he has blown his horn, which the yacu-mama never fails to answer if it is within hearing. By this means the danger apprehended is avoided. South America |
| Goddess name "Yami" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of seven SAKTIS who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent. Also CAMUNDA.... |
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