Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"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 |
"Goldfax [Gold-mane]" | Norse | The giant Hrungner's horse. Norse |
"Goldtop [Gold-top]" | Norse | Heimdal's horse. Norse |
"Graeae" | Greek | That is, " the old women," were daughters of Phorcys and Ceto. They had grey hair from their birth. Hesiod mentions only two Graeae, viz. Pephredo and Enyo; Apollodorus adds Deino as a third, and Aeschylus also speaks of three Graeae. Greek |
"Graeae/ Graii" | Greek | The three old women or gray ones |
King name "Grangousier" | Utopia | king of Utopia, who married, in "the vigour of his old age," Gargamelle, daughter of the king of the Parpaillons, and became the father of Gargantua, the giant. He is described as a man in his dotage, whose delight was to draw scratches on the hearth with a burnt stick while watching the broiling of his chestnuts. (Rabelais: Gargantua.) |
"Gremory" | Roman | A strong Duke of Hell who tells all things past, present and future, about hidden treasures, and procures the love of women, young and old, but especially maidens. |
God name "Grhadevi" | India | God of the household. India |
Angel name "Grigori" | Jewish | A group of fallen angels told of in Biblical apocrypha who mated with mortal women, giving rise to a race of hybrids known as the Nephilim, who are described as giants. Jewish demonology |
"Gullinburste [Golden bristles]" | Norse | The name of Frey's hog. Norse |
"Gullinkambe or Goldcomb" | Norse | A çõçk that crows at Ragnarok. Norse |
"Gulveig [Gold-thirst]" | Norse | A personification of gold. Though pierced and thrice burnt, she yet lives. Norse |
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. |
Planet name "Guth" | Roman | One of the angelic soldiers of the planet Jupiter. |
God name "Gyller [Golden]" | Norse | One of the horses of the gods. Norse |
God name "Hachiman" | Shinto / Japan | God of war and peace. A deity whose origins are confused. The name does not appear in either of the sacred texts of Shintoism, but such a deity was probably worshiped in the distant past with the alternative title of HimeGami or Hime-O-Kami. The cult center was on the southern island of Kyushu at Usa. In modern Shintoism, Hachiman originates as a member of the imperial dynasty. Named Ojin-Tenno and born in AD 200 to the empress Jingu-Kogo, he greatly improved the living standards and culture of Japan during his remarkable reign. The place of his birth was marked by a sanctuary and several centuries after his death, a vision of a child KAMI appeared there to a priest. The kami identified himself by the Chinese ideogram representing the name Hachiman, and thus the link developed. The site is, today, the location of a magnificent shrine, the Umi-Hachiman-Gu, where Hachiman has been perceived as a god of war. Soldiers departing for battle once took with them relics from the shrine. Hachiman is also a deity of peace and a guardian of human life and, when pacifism dominated Japan during the post-war era, he became more strongly identified in the latter context.... |
God name "Haiyococab" | Aztec | The Aztec "Water Over earth," from which "the earth-upholding gods escaped when the world was destroyed by a deluge. |
Goddess name "Hapy" | Egypt | Fertility god of the Nile flood. Inhabits caverns adjacent to the Nile cataracts and oversees the annual inundation of the Nile valley. His court includes crocodile gods and frog goddesses. There are no known sanctuaries to Hapy. He is depicted in anthropomorphic form but androgynous, with prominent belly, pendulous breasts and crowned with water plants. He may hold a tray of produce. At Abydos he is depicted as a two-headed goose with human body.See also KHNUM.... |