Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Hine-Ahu-One (maiden formed of the earth)" | Polynesian / including Maori | Chthonic goddess. Engendered by the god TANE when he needed a consort because, with the exception of the primordial earth mother PAPATUANUKU, all the existing gods of creation were male. Tane created her out of the red earth and breathed life into her. She became the mother of HINE-ATA-UIRA.... |
Goddess name "Hsi Wang Mu" | China | Mother goddess of the Western Paradise and female energy. China |
God name "Hu The Mighty" | Wales | Aka Hu Gadarn, Hugh Guairy. Father God of the Welsh who came to Wales and became part of the Welsh deluge myths. |
Spirit name "Huanacauri" | Inca / pre - Columbian South America / Peru, etc | Guardian spirit. The apotheosis of a special spindle-shaped stone sited near Cuzco which protected the Inca royal family and also featured strongly in the maturation rites of male Inca adolescents. Also Wanakawri.... |
God name "Huang Ti" | China | God of architecture and Astral god, some myths relate that Huang-ti manufactured and used "miraculous tripods" which were made in the "likeness of the Great Infinite," Tao, the concealed engine of the Universe. He also invented the compåśś. China |
Spirit name "Hubris" | Greek | The daughter of Erebus and Nyx and the female spirit of insolence, violence, wantonness, reckless pride, arrogance and outrageous behaviour in general. Greek |
Deities name "Hulluk Miyumko" | Miwok | The California Miwok name for the Pleiades. The Hulluk Miyumko were female deities who gave birth to "beautiful star chiefs". |
Nymph name "Hyale" | s | One of Diana's nymphs. |
God name "Hymir or Hymer" | Norse | A giant with whom Thor went fishing when he caught the Midgard-serpent. His wife was the mother of Tyr. Tyr and Thor went to him to procure a kettle for ?ger in which to brew ale for the gods. . Norse |
"Iacchus" | Greek | The solemn name of the mystic Bacchus at Athens and Eleusis. The Phrygian Bacchus was looked upon in the Eleusinian mysteries as a child, and as such he is described as the son of Demeter and Zeus, and as the brother of Cora, that is, the male Cora or Corus. |
"Ialåñuś" | Celtic | The male deification of riverside clearings. Celtic |
"Ialemus" | Greek | A personification of the dirge, or a song of a very serious and mournful character, only to be Sung on the most melancholy occasions. Greek |
God name "Iccovellauna" | Ouranian | God of Ale Brewing. Ouranian |
God name "Iku-Turso" | Finland | A malevolent sea monster and a god of war. Finland |
"Ilai" | Indonesia | The male aspect of the supreme power, Indara being the female aspect. Together they made humankind. Indonesia |
"Illalei" | Ethiopian | Yet another supreme being and the creator humanity. Ethiopian this time |
Spirit name "Ilmatar" | Finland | Female spirit of air; the daughter of primeval substance of creative spirit. Mother of Väinämöinen in Kalevala. |
Goddess name "Ilmatar" | Finland | The virgin goddess of the air. She is portrayed as androgynous with both male and female aspects, though she is primarily female. Despite her virginity, she was the mother of Vainamoinen, the god of music, Lemminkainen, god of magic, and Ilmarinen, the god of smithing. Finland |