| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Nymph name "Himalia" | Greek | A nymph. Zeus was enamoured with her and she produced three sons with him, Spartaios, Kronios, and Kytos. Greek |
| God name "Himavan" | Hindu | God of mountains, the personification of the Himalayan mountains. Hindu |
| God name "Himavan (snowy)" | Hindu | mountain god. The personification of the Himalaya and considered to be the father of PARVATI and GANGA. His consort is MENA. Also Himavat.See also HIMAVAN.... |
| God name "Himavan/ Himivat" | Hindu | A mountain god, the apotheosis of the Himalayan mountains |
"Hippocrene" | Greek | The fountain of the Muses, produced by a stroke of the hoof of Pegasus. Greek |
| Spirit name "Hisagitaimisi" | Creek | 'The One Who Sits Above'. The Great spirit who manifested himself in bush fires. Creek Indians |
| Supreme god name "Hisakitaimisi" | Creek | The supreme god. Creek |
| Goddess name "Ho-Hsien-Ku" | Chinese | One of the `eight immortals' and the virgin of the mountains, goddess of agility, immortality and mother reverence. Chinese |
| God name "Ho-Musubi-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Fire god. One of a number of fire KAMIS who are honored in special Hi-Matsuri festivals. The sacred fire can only be generated by a board and stick and is regarded as a powerful purifier in Shintoism. The most celebrated temple of the fire kamis is on Mount Atago near Kyoto; worshipers are drawn to it from all over Japan to obtain charms as protection against fire.... |
| God name "Ho-No-Kagu-Tsuchi-No-Kami" | Shinto / Japan | Fire god. One of a number of fire KAMIS who are honored in special Hi-Matsuri festivals. The sacred fire can only be generated by a board and stick and is regarded as a powerful purifier in Shintoism. The most celebrated temple of the fire kamis is on Mount Atago near Kyoto to which worshipers are drawn from all over Japan to obtain charms as protection against fire.... |
| God name "Hoenir" | Scandinavia | An Aesir god and the brother of Odin and Ludor. Together they slew Ymir, the great giant of the beginning. They created the earth from his flesh, the sea and fresh water from his blood, the mountains from his bones; then mankind from two trees, man from the ash and woman from the elm. Hoenir gave them their senses and understanding, intelligence and motion. The two lesser brothers are sometimes considered aspects of Odin, eventually disappearing, Hoenir as hostage to the Vanir at the end of the war with the Aesir. Scandinavia |
| Spirit name "Huaca" | Peru | Huacas, spirits that either inhabit or actually are physical phenomena such as waterfalls, mountains, or man-made shrines. Peru |
| Spirit name "Huaca" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | spirit being. The apotheosis of a natural object such as a rock or a place of local importance such as a spring. It is uncertain whether the principle is one of animism (when a deity takes on different natural shapes at will) or anImatism (when an object is a supernatural being in its own right).... |
| God name "Huang Fei-hu" | China | Originally an earth god who was promoted to the god Tai mountain eastern China and he now judges the souls of the dead when they come to his mountain. China |
| God name "Huang Ti" | Chinese | Astral god. Allegedly a deified emperor, the so-called yellow emperor, who rules the moving as distinct from dark heavens, the latter being presided over by the god PAK TAI. He is attributed with giving mankind the wheel.... |
"Hundred-eyed" | Greek | Argus, in Greek and Latin fable. Juno appointed him guardian of Io [the cow], but Jupiter caused him to be put to death, whereupon Juno transplanted his eyes into the tail of her peaçõçk. |
| God name "Hurabtil" | Elamite / Iran | God of uncertain status. Known only from påśśing mention in Akkadian texts. Also Lahurabtil.... |
"Ibofanga" | Creek | Aka Hisagita-Imisi, Hisagitaimisi. The Master of breath, created the world and all other things. The Creek, Georgia |
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