| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Gandhari (of Ghandhara)" | Jain / India | Goddess of learning. One of sixteen SASANADEVATAS headed by the goddess SARASVATI. May also be a VIDYADEVI.... |
| Goddess name "Ganga" | Hindu | Goddess of mercy, cleaning, health, rivers and happiness. Hindu |
| God name "Gaunab" | Khoi / Hottentot / Namibia, southern Africa | Malevolent god of darkness. The chief adversaryof the creator god TSUNIGOAB. He was engaged in a primordial struggle for supremacy during which Tsunigoab was wounded but eventually triumphed, consigning Gaunab to the so-called black heaven.... |
| Goddess name "Gauri (whitish brilliant)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. Consort of the god VARUNA, said to have been created at the churning of the ocean of milk. An epithet of PARVATI as a goddess of the corn. Also a SAKTI of Mahesvara, a minor aspect of S IVA. Her attendant animal is a lion or a wolf. Attributes: fish, Forest garland, image of GANESA, lotus, mirror, rosary, trident and water jar. Three-eyed. Also Varuni.(2) Goddess. Buddhist. One of eight GAURIS of terrible appearance. Attributes: head and noose.(3) Messenger goddess. Jain [India]. A SASANADEVATA. Also one of sixteen VIDYADEVIS or goddesses of learning headed by SARASVATI. Color: white. Attribute: a hook.... |
| Angel name "Gauriil Ishliha" | Zoroastrian | An angel whose duty is to see to it that the Sun rises every morning at the right time, presumably Sunrise. Zoroastrian / Hebrew. |
| Angel name "Gazardiel" | Enochian | The angel you pray to if you want the Sun to rise in the morning. Face the rising Sun in the morning and pray to this angel for spiritual gifts. Enochian |
| King name "Gehenna" | Hebrew | The place of eternal torment. Strictly speaking, it means simply the Valley of Hinnom (Ge-Hinnom), where sacrifices to Moloch were offered and where refuse of all sorts was subsequently cast, for the consumption of which fires were kept constantly burning. Hebrew |
| Goddess name "Gendenwitha" | Iroquois | Goddess of the dawn and the morning star Iroquois |
| Goddess name "Gestin-Ana" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Chthonic goddess. The sister of DUMUZI and consort of Ningisida. The so-called heavenly grape-vine, this minor goddess is involved in the account of Dumuzi trying to escape from his fate at the hands of INANA and ERESKIGAL. In her house he is changed into a gazelle before being caught and finally transported to the underworld.... |
| God name "Ghantapani" | Buddhist | God running a round with a bell in his hand Buddhist / Mahayana |
"Ginnunga-ga" | Norse | The great yawning gap, the premundane abyss, the chaos or formless void, in which dwelt the supreme powers before the creation. In the eleventh century the sea between Greenland and Vinland (America) was called Ginnunga-gap. Norse |
| God name "Giszida" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian / BabylonianAkkadian | God. See Nin-giszida. See also NINGISZIDA.... |
"Gjalp" | Norse | One of Heimdal's nine mothers. Norse |
| Goddess name "Gleii" | Fon / Benin, West Africa | moon goddess. The consort of the Sun god LISA and the mother of a large number of minor astral deities, the gletivi, who became the stars of heaven.... |
| Goddess name "Gleti" | Benin | Goddess of the moon Benin |
"Goewin" | Welsh | Was Math fab Mathonwy's foot-holder; she was raped by Gilfaethwy. Learning that she was no longer a virgin, Math punished Gilfaethwy and his accomplice Gwydion, and married Goewin himself. Welsh |
| God name "Gong Gong" | China | water god who is responsible for the great floods, together with his åśśociate, Xiang Yao who has nine heads and the body of a snake. China |
"Greip" | Norse | One of Heimdal's nine giant mothers. Norse |
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