| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Calpe" | Roman | Calpe and Abyla. The two pillars of Hercules. According to one account, these two were originally only one mountain, which Hercules tore asunder; but some say he piled up each mountain separately, and poured the sea between them. Roman |
| Goddess name "Camenae" | Roman | Goddesses of springs, wells and fountains, or water nymphs of Venus . They were wise, and sometimes gave prophecies of the future. There were four Camenae: Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta, and Postvorta. Roman |
| Goddess name "Campestres aka Matres Campestris" | Britain | Campestres aka Matres Campestris, the Three Mothers, triple goddess of fertility and abundance usually depicted as holding bread and fruits and personifying the ancestor mothers of a family. Britain |
| God name "Camulos" | Britain | war God from the region of Colchester. Britain |
| God name "Camulos" | Britain | 'the powerful one' God of war. Also worshipped in Germany. Britain |
"Candali" | Tibet | woman with explosive anger and barely controllable. The sacred fire containing isoteric, exoteric and mystic energy released during Heat Yoga. Tibet |
| Goddess name "Candra" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Planet god. Personified by the moon and also seen as a dikpala or guardian of the northern direction. Consorts include KAUMUDI, TARA and the NAKSATRAS or astral goddesses. His son is BUDHA. He drives in a chariot drawn by ten white horses. Color: white. Attributes: club, lotus, sacred rope and prayer wheel. The term candra usually refers to the cup containing the sacrificial yellow beverage SOMA, often a synonym for the deity. Candra is also the apotheosis of the pale yellow moon disc. 2. Planet god. Buddhist. Attended by a goose. Color: white. Attributes: moon disc on a lotus.... |
"Canethus" | Greek | Canethus two mythical personages, one a son of Lycaon, and the second the son of Atlas and father of Canthus in Euboea, from whom a mountain in Euboea near Chalcis derived its name. |
"Canidia" | Greek | A Neapolitan hetaira beloved by Horace but when she deserted him, he revenged himself upon her by holding her up to contempt as an old sorceress. Greek |
| God name "Canopus" | Egyptian | The Egyptian god of water. The Chaldeans worshipped fire, and sent all the other gods a challenge, which was accepted by a priest of Canopus. The Chaldeans lighted a vast fire round the god Canopus, when the Egyptian deity spouted out torrents of water and quenched the fire, thereby obtaining the triumph of water over fire. |
| God name "Capakan" | Maya | The god of earthquakes & mountains |
"Castaly" | Greek | A fountain of Parnåśśus sacred to the Muses. Its waters had the power of inspiring with the gift of poetry those who drank of them. Greek |
| Goddess name "Cathubodia" | Britain / Pan-Celtic | Breton version of the Ireland goddess of the earth Banbha. Britain / Pan-Celtic |
"Cauld Lad" | Britain | The Brownie of Hilton Hall. Britain |
"Centaurs" | Greek | That is, the bull-killers, are according to the earliest accounts a race of men who inhabited the mountains and Forests of Thessaly. Greek |
| Goddess name "Cerridwen" | British | Goddess of mountains British |
| Spirit name "Chang Tao Ling" | Taoist / Chinese | God of the afterlife. The head of the heavenly Ministry of Exorcism, and allegedly the first head of the Taoist church. By tradition he vanquished the five poisonous ani malsthe centipede, scorpion, snake, spider and toadplacing their venom in a flask in which he concocted the elixir of life. Having drunk the contents at the age of 123, he ascended to heaven. He is depicted riding upon a tiger and brandishing a sword. Before the communist takeover of China, the gods of exorcism lived in a sanctuary on the dragon Tiger mountain in Kiangsi province. Exorcised spirits were trapped in jars which were stored in the cellars.... |
| King name "Charybdis and Scylla" | Greek | The names of two rocks between Italy and Sicily, and only a short distance from one another. In the midst of the one of these rocks which was nearest to Italy, there dwelt, according to Homer, Scylla, a daughter of Crataeis, a fearful monster, barking like a dog, with twelve feet, six long necks and mouths, each of which contained three rows of sharp teeth. Greek |
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