| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Nymph name "Nereides" | Greek | Or Nereides or Nerine, is a patronymic from Nereus, and applied to his daughters by Doris, who were regarded by the ancients as marine nymphs of the Mediterranean, in contra-distinction from the Naiades, or the nymphs of fresh water, and the Oceanides, or the nymphs of the great ocea. Greek |
"Nesr" | Arabic | An idol of the ancient Arabs. It was in the form of a vulture, and was worshipped by the tribe of Hemyer. |
| Goddess name "Ninegal" | Mesopotamia | `Mistress OF the Palace'. This goddess originated in Sumer but was only worshipped in Ancient Mesopotamia |
| Goddess name "Ninkasi" | Sumeria | Ancient matron goddess of beer. One of the eight children created in order to heal one of the eight wounds that Enki receives. Sumeria |
"Nis or Nisse" | Scandinavian | A Kobold or Brownie. A Scandinavian fairy friendly to farmhouses. |
| Goddess name "Nok" | China | An ancient fertility goddess. China |
| Goddess name "Numeria or Numerius" | Roman | A praenomen given to those who were born quickly; and that women in childbirth were accustomed to pray to a goddess Numeria, who must have been a deity of some importance, as the pontifex mentioned her in the ancient prayers. Roman |
| God name "Nun" | Egypt | The name by which ancient Egyptians called both the mysterious underworld from where life was renewed and the primordeal god residing there. |
| God name "Nzambe" | Africa | the ancient god of the Kota, Sangho |
| Spirit name "O'meai" | Na'kwaxdax Indian / British Columbia, Canada | Tribal spirit. The chief of the ancients who lives in Narrow Entrance at Open Plain and whose siblings are the myth people.... |
| God name "Oannes" | s | The Chaldean sea-god. It had a fish's head and body, and also a human head; a fish's tail, and also feet under the tail and fish's head. In the day-time he lived with men to instruct them in the arts and sciences, but at night retired to the ocean. |
| Goddess name "Oanuava" | Celtic | An ancient earth Goddess from Celtic Gaul |
| King name "Oberon" | German | Oberon king of the Fairies, whose wife was Titania. Shakespeare introduces both Oberon and Titania, in his Midsummer night's Dream. (Auberon, anciently Alberon, German Alberich, king of the elves.) |
| God name "Oceåñuś" | Greek | The god of the river Oceåñuś, by which, according to the most ancient notions of the Greeks, the whole earth was surrounded. An account of this river belongs to mythical geography, and we shall here confine ourselves to describing the place which Oceåñuś holds in the ancient cosmogony. Greek |
| God name "Olokupilele" | Panama | Omniscient creator god and punisher of sin. Panama |
| God name "Orotalt" | Greek | According to the Greek writers, was the Bacchus of the ancient Arabs. This, however, is a mistake, for the word is a corruption of Allah Taala; God the Most High. |
| Goddess name "P'an Chin Lien" | China | The goddess of brothels and prostitution who enjoyed drunken orgies. China |
"Pa Hsien" | China | The Eight Immortals of the Taoists. |
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