| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Pronoia (forethought)" | Gnostic Christian | Primordial being. The feminine aspect of one of the androgynous principles born to YALDABAOTH, the prime parent, and ruling the seven heavens of chaos in Gnostic cosmogony. Also described in other Gnostic tracts as Protennoia, the voice of the thought, and alternatively the voice of LOGOS (logic), who descends to earth in human form and plays a part in the primordial salvation of the world.... |
"Propator" | Gnostic | The Forefather, the primordial or First Logos as distinct from that from which it emanates. Gnostic |
"Protologos" | Hebrew | First Logos; the archetypal cosmic man or synthesis of the ten Sephiroth in the Qabbalah. Hebrew |
| Goddess name "Rhea" | Greek | Pefa, Pea, Pefy, or Pe. The name as well as the nature of this divinity is one of the most difficult points in ancient mythology. Some consider 'Pea' to be merely another form of pa, the earth, while others connect it with pew, I flow; but thus much seems undeniable, that Rhea, like Demeter, was a goddess of the earth. According to the Hesiodic Theogony, Rhea was a daughter of Uråñuś and Ge, and accordingly a sister of Oceåñuś, Coeus, Hyperion, Crius, lapetus, Theia, Themis, and Mnemosyne. Greek |
| Goddess name "Rhea" | Greek | Primordial goddess. The daughter of OURANOS and GAIA, she is the consort of KRONOS and mother of ZEUS and other gods of Olympus, known only from the Theogony (Hesiod) and Iliad (Homer). She is also recognized in Roman literature under the same name. Also Rheie.... |
"Sabda" | Sanskrit | The cosmic Word, equivalent to the Greek Logos. Sanskrit |
| God name "Salmoneus" | Greek | A son of Aeolus by Enarete, and a brother of Sisyphus. Sangarius, a river-god, is described as the son of Oceåñuś and Tethys, and as the husband of Metope, by whom he became the father of Hecabe. (Theogony 344). Greek |
| God name "Scamander" | Greek | An Oceanid, son of Oceåñuś and Tethys and the god of the river Scamander, in Troas, was called by the gods Xanthus. Being insulted by Achilles, he entered into a contest with the Greek hero but Hera sent out Hephaestus to åśśist Achilles, and the god of fire dried up the waters of Scamander, and frightened Scamander, until Hera ordered Hephaestus to spare the river-god. By Idaea, he fathered Teucrus.(Theogony 345.) Greek |
| Goddess name "Selene" | Greek | Also called Mene, a female divinity presiding over the months, or Latin Luna, was the goddess of the moon, or the moon personified into a Divine being. She is called a daughter of Hyperion and Theia, and accordingly a sister of Helios and Eos (Theogony 371 ; Apollodorus; Argonautica) ; but others speak of her as a daughter of Hyperion by Euryphaessa, or of Pallas, or of Zeus and Latona, or lastly of Helios. Greek |
| God name "So" | Ewe / Hua / Togo | and weather god |
| Deities name "So" | Ewe / Hua / Togo / southeastern Ghana, West Africa | weather god. An emanation of the combined personae of the deities SOGBLEN and SODZA.... |
| God name "So Ewe" | Togo | And weather god Togo |
| God name "Sodza" | Togo | God of the sky, prayed to weekly to send Rain. Hua, Togo |
| God name "Sodza" | Ewe / Togo, West Africa | sky god. Propitiated with yams and the sacrifice of a white sheep in an annual festival and his priests pray to him weekly to send Rain. The priests wear white robes.... |
| God name "Sogblen" | Togo | Messenger god who carries the priests prayers to Sodza and brings back promises of good crops. Togo |
| God name "Sogblen" | Ewe / Hua / Togo / southeastern Ghana, West Africa | Messenger god. Considered to relay the prayers of devotees to the great gods and to return with blessings or punishment. Generally benevolent, bringing the boon of fertile crops and children. He is propitiated with the sacrifice of a white sheep in an annual festival.... |
| Cyclop name "Steropes" | Greek | A son of Uråñuś and Gaea, was one of the Cyclopes. (Theogony 140, Apollodorus i) Greek |
| Deities name "Sumiyoshi-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Sea gods. A general name for guardian deities of seafarers, including fishermen, they include the three MUNAKATA-NO-KAMI. They are the focus of special worship by the Jingu-Kogo sect, whom they escorted to Korea. They are also patrons of poets and have a purifying role. The main sanctuary is the Sumiyoshi Taisha at Osaka.... |
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