Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Angel name "Gurid" | Libya | An angel who dislikes the cold so he only appears at the summer equinox. Put him on an amulet and he'll ward of the evil eye. |
Goddess name "Hung Sheng (boly one)" | Chinese | Guardian god. A deity who protects fishing boats and their crews against danger at sea in the Southern Ocean. His role is similar to that of the goddess KUAN YIN. Little is known of the origin of Hung Sheng, but he was allegedly a mortal who died on the thirteenth day of the second moon, which falls two days before the spring equinox when the sea dragon king, Lung Wang, is believed to leave the ocean and ascend into the heavens. The god is propitiated with cakes made from the first grain of the year, on the fifth day of the fifth month and in some traditions he is seen as an aspect of the sea dragon king.... |
God name "Nyx" | Greek | Nox or night personified. Homer calls her the subduer of gods and men, and relates that Zeus himself stood in awe of her. Greek |
Goddess name "Oblivio" | Roman | Roman goddess of forgetfulness, daughter of Nox and Erubus. |
Angel name "Oranir" | Nazorean | One of the nine angels in charge of the Summer Equinox. Early Nazorean |
Supreme god name "Qa'wadiliquala" | Dza'wadeenox Indian / British Columbia, Canada | Supreme god. The guardian of the tribe but also a river deity responsible for bringing the salmon each year. Said to live in the river Gwae. His eldest son is TEWI'XILAK, the god of goat hunters. His attributes include a headband of red cedar bark.... |
Supreme god name "Qa'wadliliquala Dza'wadeenox" | BC Canada | Not only the Supreme God, but the guardian of the tribe as well as a river deity that insurers the salmon run |
Supreme god name "Tewi'xilak" | Dza'wadeenox Indian / British Columbia, Canada | God of goat-hunters. The eldest son of the supreme god QA'WADILIQALA . Said to kill goats with great ease and feed the tribe. Attributes include a head band of red cedar bark.... |
God name "Tewi'xlak Dza'wadeenox" | BC Canada | The god of all goat hunters |
God name "Tsa'qamae" | Qwe'gsotenox Indian / British Columbia, Canada | God of salmon migration. The so-called head Winter dancer, his attributes include head ring and neck ring of bark to which heads are attached.... |
God name "Tsa'qamae Qwe'gsotenox" | BC Canada | the god that controls salmon migration |