| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Halahala (lord of poison)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God of poison. A form of AVALOKITESVARA. Typically seated on a red lotus with the SAKTI on the left knee. Color: white. Attributes: arrow, bow, cup, gråśś, image of AMITABHA on crown, lotus, tiger skin and trident. Three-headed and three-eyed.... |
| Hero name "Ham vareti" | Persia | The departed soul of a hero who hangs around to help and protect his descendants. Persia |
"Hamskerper [Hide-hardener]" | Norse | A horse; the sire of Hofvarpner, which was Gnaa's horse. Norse |
| Deity name "Hansa" | Hindu / Puranic | The name, according to the Bhagavata Purana, of the "One Caste" when there were as yet no varieties of caste, but verily "one Veda, one deity and one Caste". Hindu / Puranic |
| Deities name "Hanui-o-Rangi (fatber of winds)" | Polynesian | God of winds and weather. He is the son of the sky god RANGINUI, who fathered him on one of his early consorts, Pokoharua, the sister of TANGAROA, the sea god. All the subsequent descendants of Hanui-o-Rangi are believed to rule over various aspects of the weather. Hanui thus fathered Tawhiri, the god of the northwest wind, whose son was Tiu. They control the fierce storms from the east. The children of Tiu include Hine-I-Tapapauta and Hine-Tu-Whenua, the deities overseeing the more gentle westerly winds. Hine-Tu-Whenua is the mother of Hakona-Tipu and Pua-I-Taha, controlling the southern and southwesterly gales.... |
| Hero name "Hera" | Greek | Probably identical with kera, mistress, just as her husband, Zeus, was called eppos in the Aeolian dialect. The derivation of the name has been attempted in a variety of ways, from Greek as well as oriental roots, though there is no reason for having recourse to the latter, as Hera is a purely Greek divinity, and one of the few who, according to Herodotus, were not introduced into Greece from Egypt. Greek |
| 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.... |
"Hofvarpner [Hoof-thrower]" | Norse | Gnaa's horse. His father is Hamskerper and mother Gardrofa. Norse |
| Goddess name "Horae" | Greek | Horai, originally the personifications or goddesses of the order of nature and of the seasons, but in later times they were regarded as the goddesses of order in general and of justice. In Homer, who neither mentions their parents nor their number, they are the Olympian divinities of the weather and the ministers of Zeus; and in this capacity they guard the doors of Olympus, and promote the fertility of the earth, by the various kinds of weather they send down. Greek |
| God name "Hvar" | Iran | God of the Sun Iran |
| Nymph name "Hyades" | Greek | That is, the Rainy, the name of a clåśś of nymphs whose number, names, and descent, are described in various ways by the ancients. Their parents were Atlas and Aethra, Atlas and Pleione, or Hyas and Boeotia; and others call their father Oceåñuś, Melisseus, Cadmilus, or Erechtheus. Greek |
| God name "Ibmel" | Finland | A sky god and a general name for various gods. Finland |
| Spirit name "Iguanchi" | Peru | The benevolent and friendly chief spirit who directs all the important acts in the life of the Jivaro. Peru |
| God name "Ika ere" | Polynesian | Fish god. The son of Punga and grandson of TANGAROA, the sea and creator god, he is revered in various regions of Polynesia as the progenitor of all life in the sea, especially fish. His brother is Tu-Te-Wanawana, the deity responsible for the well-being of lizards, snakes and other reptiles. When fierce storms arose at the time of creation under the control of TAWHIRIMATEA, the god of winds, mythology records that Tu-Te-Wanawana went inland to escape the devastation while Ikatere took to the safety of the sea. The incident became known as the schism of Tawhirimatea and has resulted in an eternal conflict between TANE(MAHUTA) the Forest god and Tangaroa, the sea god.... |
"Isvara" | Hindu | Epitaph of Siva Hindu |
| Supreme god name "Isvara" | Hindu / Puranic | Epithet of the god SIVA. In Sanskrit designated the supreme god who rules the universe. The generic title of a Hindu's personal high god. In Buddhism the name of a YAKSA attending the eleventh tirthankara.... |
| Spirit name "Jievaras" | Lithuanian | A household spirit who protects grain. Sacrifices to Jievaras are made after the rye harvest. While cutting grain, women would leave a few grain tufts uncut, which would later be braided into plaits. They would also leave some bread and salt under the plait. Lithuanian |
| God name "Jvaraharisvara (lord of fever)" | Hindu | Plague god. Associated with malaria, particularly in Bengal.... |
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