Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Angel name "Blue Men" | Scotland | The fallen angels were driven out of Paradise in three divisions, one became the Fairies of the land, one the Blue Men in the sea and one the Nimble Men . . . or Merry Dancers of the sky. Campbell. Superstitions of Scotland. |
"Fimafeng" | Norse | The nimble servant of ?ger. He was slain by the jealous Loke. Norse |
Goddess name "Sarama (the nimble one)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Attendant goddess. She acts as a messenger to the god INDRA and guards his herds. In later Hindu texts Sarama is reputedly the mother of all dogs and is given the epithet the bitch of heaven. The Rg Veda accounts her as having punished the minor deity Panis for stealing cows.... |