| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Shei Nuig" | Chinese | God of Agriculture. Known as the Divine farmer. According to tradition, during his lifetime he invented the plough and taught basic Agriculture and the use of herbs. In a more destructive aspect, he is also the god of the hot winds. He is depicted with the head of an ox and is regarded by some authors as a successor to NU KUA. Also Shen Nong.... |
"Shong Li-Kuan" | Taoist / Chinese | Immortal being. One of the eight immortals of Taoist mythology, he was once a mortal being who achieved immortality through his lifestyle. Attributes include a fan which he waves over the dead to revive them.See also BA XIAN.... |
| God name "Shou Lao" | Chinese | God of longevity. He originates as an astral deity but comes to head the heavenly ministry responsible for setting the span of a person's life. He is also known as Nan-ji Hsian Weng, the ancient of the South Pole. His sacred animal is the crane, embodiment of long life.... |
| God name "Shou-Hsing" | Chinese | Chinese god of long life and old age. He was the keeper of the Book with the life spans of men. |
| God name "Shouxing" | China | God of longevity. He rides a crane and holds a peach, both are symbols of long life. China |
| Planet name "Sukra (bright)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Astral god. The personification of the planet Venus and the tutor of the demons. He may, on occasion, be represented as female, owing to the fact that he was once made to swallow his attendant Kaca and then restore him to life. Color: white. Rides in a golden or silver chariot drawn by eight or ten horses. Attributes: Book, prayer wheel, purse, staff, treasure and waterjar.... |
| Goddess name "Taiaai" | Australian aboriginal | Snake god. His consorts include the snake goddesses Mantya, Tuknampa and Uka. He is revered mainly by tribal groups living on the western seaboard of the Cape York peninsula in northern queensland. Taipan has the typical attributes of many other Australian snake gods, including the Rainbow snake. He exercises judgment over life or death and possesses great wisdom, a universal characteristic of serpents. He is able to kill or cure and is the deity who originally fashioned the blood of living things during the Dreamtime. The imagery of the snake god is closely linked with aboriginal shamanism and with the healing rituals of shamans.... |
| Goddess name "Takotsi Nakawe (our grandmother growth)" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Chthonic vegetation goddess. The earth and all plant life belong to her and she is regarded as the mother of the gods, particularly of the fire god TATEVALI. She is very old and is invoked to give the boon of longevity. Her sacred tree is a form of fig, the salate.... |
| Goddess name "Takotsi Nakawe Huichol" | Mexico | Chthonic vegetation goddess, all plant life and the earth are hers Mexico |
| God name "Tangaroa" | Polynesia | A god of fishing, the ocean & reptiles, the life giver of all |
| Demon name "Tarpatåśśis" | Hittite | demon who staves off sickness and grants long, healthy life. Hittite |
| God name "Tatevali (our grandfather)" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of fire. Also a deity of life and health, perceived as a shaman who prophesies and cures disease. He is the tutelary god of shamans and is said to have built the first Huichol temple with the god TATOSI. His animals include the macaw, royal eagle, cardinal bird, puma and opossum.... |
| God name "Tatevali Huichol" | Mexico | Not only the deity of life and health, Tutelary god of shamans, he is the god of fire Mexico |
| Goddess name "Thesan" | Etruscan | Goddess of the dawn. Also invoked at childbirth, since she brings new life into the world each day with her light.... |
| Demon name "Tiamontennu" | Maya | A god of wealth who protected of human life by chasing away demons. Maya |
| Goddess name "Tlaltecuhtli" | Aztec | A chthonic creator goddess. (Tlal-teh-koo-tlee) is the monstrous earth goddess. Her name means "The one who give and devours life" and she required many human sacrifices to sustain her. |
"Tobo" | Nazorean | A being who conducts the soul of Adam from Orcus to the place of life. Codex Nazaraeus |
| Deities name "Tonacacihuatl (our flesh lady)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Primordial deity. In the most widely accepted Aztec cosmogony, this is the self-created, eternal, female principle who combines with TONACATECUHTLI to create all life, transferring souls from heaven to the mortal womb. It exists in the highest, thirteenth heaven and once engendered the Sun god TEZCATLIPOCA, from whom all other deities in the pantheon stemmed. One of the group clåśśed as the Omeotl complex. Also Omecihuatl.... |
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