Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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King name "Dvergr" | Norse | A dwarf. In modern Icelandic lore dwarfs disappear, but remain in local names, as Dverga-steinn, and in several words and phrases. From the belief that dwarfs lived in rocks an echo is called dwerg-mal (dwarf talk), and dwerg-mala means to echo. The dwarfs were skilled in metal-working. Norse |
Goddess name "Dziwozony" | Poland | Goddesses of healing, herbs and love. Poland |
Goddess name "E Alom (conceiver of cbildren)" | Mayan / Quiche, Mesoamerican / Guatemalan highlands | Primeval creator goddess. The consort of E QUAHOLOM, identified in the sacred Maya Book, the Popol Vub. Her son is GUKUMATZ, the counterpart of the Aztec god QUETZALCOATL. Also Bitol.... |
Goddess name "E Quaholom (begetter of cbildren)" | Mayan / Quiche, Mesoamerican / Guatemala highlands | Primeval creator god. Identified in the sacred Maya Book the Popol Vub. The consort of the goddess E ALOM and the father of GUKUMATZ who equates with the Aztec QUETZALCOATL. Also Tzacol.... |
"Eacus aka Aeacus" | Greek | A son of Zeus and Aegina. He was born in the island of Oenone or Oenopia, whither Aegina had been carried by Zeus to secure her from the anger of her parents. Greek |
Goddess name "Eadon" | Ireland | Goddess of poetry. Ireland |
God name "Easal" | Ireland / Manx | God of abundance and prosperity. He gave the sons of Tuirrean seven magic pigs, which reappeared the day after they were eaten. Ireland / Manx |
Goddess name "Ebhlinne" | Ireland | Goddess of Munster and midsummer, once a Sun or fire Goddess. Ireland |
Goddess name "Echtghe" | Ireland | Believed to be another form of Dana, the first Great Mother Goddess of Ireland. |
"Egil" | Scandinavian | Brother of Weland, the Vulcan of Northern mythology. Egil was a great archer, and his tale is the exact counterpart of the famous fable about William Tell. |
God name "Egres" | Karelian / Finland | Fertility god. The deity responsible for the turnip crop. Also Akras.... |
God name "Egres/ Akras Karelian" | Finland | A fertility god in charge of the the turnip crop |
Goddess name "Eibhir" | Ireland | Goddess of the Sun, described as being a yellow-haired "stranger from another land." Ireland / Manx |
"Eidothea" | Greek | A daughter of the aged Proteus, who instructed Menelaus, in the island of Pharos at the mouth of the river Aegyptus, in what manner he might secure her father and compel him to say in what way he should return home. Greek |
Goddess name "Eingana" | Australian | The world-creator, the birth mother, maker of all water, land, animals, and kangaroos. This huge snake goddess still lives in the Dreamtime. Australian |
Goddess name "Eithne" | Ireland | Old goddess who lived off nothing but the milk of a sacred Indian cow and was protected by a spirit who chased away all would-be suitors. Ireland |
"El Dorado" | Peru | Golden illusion, a land or means of unbounded wealth. Peru |
Spirit name "Elementals" | General | nature spirits of land, water, fire, etc., personifications of natural phenomena. General |