| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Deities name "Heruka" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. One of the most popular deities in the pantheon, though probably owing much to the influence of the Hindu god S IWA. Originally an epithet for another Hindu god, GANESA, but in Buddhism seen as an emanation of AKSOBHYA. His SAKTI is NAIRAMATA and the product of their liaison is nirvana (eternal bliss). Typically he stands upon a corpse. In northeastern India, Heruka is worshiped as a compåśśionate god. Attributes: club, flayed human skin, image of Aksobhya, jewel, knife, fifty skulls, sword, staff and teeth.... |
| God name "Hevajira" | Buddhist | God equivalent to the Hindu Siva Buddhist / Mahayana |
| God name "Hevajira" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. A BODHISATTVA (buddha-designate) and an emanation of AKSOBHYA. The Tantric form of HERUKA and the Buddhist equivalent of the Hindu god Siva Nataraja. His SAKTI is NAIRAMATA or VAJRAVARAHI and he may appear dominating the four MARAS (the Hindu gods BRAHMA, VISNU, SIVA and INDRA). Color: blue. Attributes: bell, bow, hook, image of Aksobhya on crown, jewel, lotus, prayer wheel, wine glåśś. He holds a skull in each hand and an åśśortment of other weapons. Threeor eightheaded, from two to sixteen arms and two or four legs; three-eyed.... |
| God name "Hexchuchan" | Mayan | God of war Mayan / Itza |
| God name "Hexchuchan" | Mayan / Itza, Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of war. One of several to whom the resin copal was burned before starting a battle. He may have been a tribal ancestor.... |
| God name "Himavan" | Hindu | God of mountains, the personification of the Himalayan mountains. Hindu |
| God name "Himavan/ Himivat" | Hindu | A mountain god, the apotheosis of the Himalayan mountains |
| God name "Hu Baiyan" | China | God of the earthly Heroic Star. China |
| God name "Huan Yang ch'ang" | China | God of the heart. China |
| Demon name "Hun Hau" | Mayan | God of death and the Head of demons. Mayan |
| God name "Hun Hunapu" | Mayan | Creator god. Mayan |
| God name "Hun Hunapu" | Mayan / Yucatec / Quiche, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. The father of HUNAPU and Ix Balan Ku. According to the sacred Mayan text Popol Vub, he was decapitated during a football game and his head became lodged in the calabash tree which bore fruit from that day.... |
| God name "Hun Nal" | Mayan | God of maize. Mayan |
| God name "Hunab Ku" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. The greatest deity in the pantheon, no image is created of Hunab Ku since he is considered to be without form. His son is the iguana god, ITZAM NA, and he may have become the Mayan counterpart of the Christian god.... |
| Deity name "Hunab Ku aka Hun Itzamna" | Mayan | . The Supreme Being and the greatest deity in the pantheon. Mayan |
| God name "Hunahpa Utiu" | Mayan | Yet another god who helped create the human race. Mayan |
| God name "Hunahpu" | Mayan | A god, who with his twin Xbalamwque, overcame the powers of evil and of death of his father, then rose to the heavens to become the Sun and the moon. Mayan |
| God name "Hunapu" | Mayan / Yucatec / Quiche, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. According to the sacred text Popol Vub, the son of HUN HUNAPU and the twin brother of Ix Balan Ku. Tradition has it that, like his father, he was decapitated in a historic struggle with the underworld gods and subsequently became the Sun god, while his sibling is the apotheosis of the moon.... |
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