| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Demon name "Dimme" | Sumeria | Female demon of fever and and diseases of infants. There were seven evil spirits of this kind, who were apparently regarded as being daughters of Anu, the god of the heavens. Sumeria |
| Goddess name "Djila'qons" | Haida | Goddess of the sea. Haida |
| Goddess name "Djila'qons" | Haida Indian / Queen Charlotte Island, Canada | Sea goddess. An old woman who lives at the head of a major inlet in Haida territory and controls all the creatures of the sea.... |
| Goddess name "Doris" | Greek | Sea goddess. Daughter of OKEANOS and TETHYS and consort of NEREUS. In Hesiod's Theogony her children include AMPHITRITE and THETIS among many minor figures.... |
| Goddess name "Dou Mou" | China | A goddess North Star, health & diseases & justice |
| Goddess name "Dubh Lacha" | Ireland | Early goddess of the sea Ireland |
| God name "Dylan Eil Ton" | Wales | A sea-god. He is sometimes said to be a god of darkness. Wales |
| God name "Ea/ Enki" | Babylon / Mesopotamia | The god of wisdom, spells, incantations, & the seas |
| God name "Ebisu" | Shinto / Japan | God of luck. The most popular of seven gods of fortune recognized in Shintoism and frequently linked with the god DAIKOKU. He is depicted as a fat, smiling and bearded fisherman holding a fishing rod in one hand and a sea bream in the other. The name does not appear in the clåśśical sacred texts Nibongi and Kojiki, but Ebisu is known to have been worshiped in ancient times among fishermen. From about the sixteenth century his character changed and he became a deity åśśociated with profit. Thus he is a patron of commerce and his picture hangs in most establishments. He is perhaps syncretized with the gods HIRUKO and KOTO-SHIRO-NUSHI. He may also be identified with Fudo, the god of knowledge. He does not join the rest of the Shinto pantheon in the great October festival at Izumo because he is deaf. His festival is celebrated concurrently in his own temple.... |
| Goddess name "Elphame aka Elphlane" | Scotland | Elphane, Goddess of death and disease. Scotland |
| Goddess name "Elphame/ Elphlane/ Elphane/ Queen of Elphame" | Scotland | A goddess of death & disease |
| Spirit name "Epimetheus" | Greek / Roman | Minor creator god. One of the four sons of IAPETOS and Klymene (Titan), and the brother of PROMETHEUS. Jointly responsible for the creation of mankind. Epimetheus' strongest claim to fame lies in his liaison with the first mortal woman, Pandora, whom the gods had cautioned him to avoid. Her curiosity caused her to open the box belonging to JUPITER in which he had placed all the vices, diseases and sufferings of humanity, but which also included the benevolent spirit of hope.... |
| Goddess name "Eriu" | Celtic / Irish | Fertility goddess. An aspect of the MORRIGAN. One of the deities who were known as the Sovereignty of Ireland and wedded sym bolically to a mortal king. Also a warrior goddess, capable of changing shape from girl to hag, and into birds and animals. She is patroness of the royal seat of Uisnech in County Meath. Eire and Erin are corruptions of her name. See also BADB.... |
| Goddess name "Eseasar" | Africa | Goddess of the earth. Africa |
| Goddess name "Eurynome" | Greek | Sea goddess. The daughter of Nisos and mother of the Graces. Also the mother of Bellepheron, fathered by POSEIDON, though she is accounted as the consort of GLAUKOS. Little else is known, but her cult center was apparently at Phigaleia (Arcadia).... |
| God name "Faivarongo" | Polynesian / Tikopia | God of mariners. The eldest son of a being known as Ariki Kafika Tuisifo, he is a patron and guardian of seafarers and is also regarded as the origin of the royal Tikopian lineage. Also known as the grandsire of the ocean. He is closely linked with the chthonic god TIFENUA and the sky god ATUA I KAFIKA.... |
| Goddess name "Fand" | Irish | An early Irish sea goddess, later described as a "Queen of the Fairies". Her name is variously translated as "Pearl of beauty"; or "A Tear". She is seen as the most beautiful of goddesses. |
| Goddess name "Fata-Morgana" | Celtic | Goddess of the sea, illusion, enchantment, fate and death and queen of the Fortunate Isles. Celtic |
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