| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Master of Winds" | Iroquois | God of the winds Iroquois |
"May Molloch" | Irish | May Molloch or The Maid of the Hairy Arms. An elf who condescends to mingle in ordinary sports, and even to direct the master of the house how to play dominoes or draughts. Like the White Lady of Avenel, May Molloch is a sort of banshee. Irish |
| Supreme god name "Meiechei (master of men)" | Araucania Indian / southern Andes | Supreme god. Also known as Pillan (heaven) and, west of the Andes, Guenu-Pillan (spirit of heaven).... |
| Ghost name "Mombo Wa Ndhlopfu" | Mozambique | Masters of the Forest, serpents that were credited with speech and bad breath. Often åśśociated with the flesh-eating maggots of corpses, ancestral spirits and ghosts took that form as a disguise. Ronga, Mozambique |
| God name "Mw-ene" | Africa | Designates God-meaning the Master, the Chief. The Sagala, East Africa |
"Nanook" | Inuit | Nanuq, the master of bears, meaning he decided if hunters had followed all applicable taboos and if they deserved success in hunting bears. Inuit |
| Spirit name "Okitsu-Hiko" | Japanese | Is a divinity in Japanese Shinto. His name literally translates to "Great Land Master", and he was originally the ruler of Izumo Province, until he was replaced by Ninigi. In compensation, he was made ruler of the unseen world of spirits and magic. He is believed a god of nation-building, farming, business and Medicine. |
| Spirit name "Paurnamasi" | Hindu | The mother of Sandipani Muni, the spiritual master of Krishna. Paurnamasi makes the arrangements for Radha and Krishna's pastimes. Hindu |
| Angel name "Radueriel" | Gigo | The heavenly Bookkeeping angel, the angel of poetry and master of Muses. Gigo |
| Planet name "Saturnus" | Roman | Astral god. Identified with the planet Saturn, but thought to have originated as an agricultural deity concerned with sowing of seed. A sanctuary existed on the Roman forum from as early as 450 BC, also functioning as the imperial treasury. Saturnus was celebrated in the Saturnalia festival (December 17-19) during which masters and slaves exchanged roles and candles were given as gifts to symbolize the Winter darkness.... |
| God name "Sentanta, Lugh" | Ireland | Sentanta the Sun god, Lugh, who was a warrior-hero, a sorcerer and master of crafts. Tuatha De Danann |
"Sirius" | Greek | The dog of Orion, who followed his master when he was made a constellation. The Dog-star or the Egyptian Sothis. Greek |
| Spirit name "Toko'yoto (crab)" | Koryak / southeastern Siberia | Guardian spirit. In Koryak tradition, one of the owners of the world, the master and creator of the Pacific Ocean. His name is that of a large sea crab. In some legends he is the father of MITI, the mother of the Koryak people.... |
| Deities name "Tornarssuk (big tornak or shaman)" | Inuit | Supreme being. The master of the tornat, the group of controlling deities. He is essentially benevolent and can be communicated with through the individual tornak of a shaman. His home is in the underworld in the land of souls. He is described as being of vague appearance, possibly in the guise of a huge bear, though in Greenland Inuit tradition he lives in the sea, appearing as a large fat seal with long tentacles (i.e. possibly a cuttlefish). He devours the souls of those he can capture. With the introduction of Christianity he was syncretized with the devil.... |
| Spirit name "URU'N AJY TOYO'N (white creator lord)" | ORIGIN Yakut / central Siberia | Creator spirit. A creator being said to live in the zenith of the upper world, and also in the northeast, superintending the ICCI (masters or owners). He may also personify the Sun. He tends to act for good and horses were sacrificed to him. Generally addressed by a beneficent or white shaman (ajy ayuna).See also ULU'TUYAR ULU TOYO'N.... |
| God name "Venti" | Greek | The winds. They appear personified even in the Homeric poems, but at the same time they are conceived as ordinary phenomena of nature. The master and ruler of all the winds is Aeolus, but the other gods also, especially Zeus, exercise a power over them. Greek |
"Vishnu" | Hindu | The All-Pervading essence of all beings, the master of and beyond the past, present and future, the creator and destroyer of all existences, one who supports, sustains and governs the Universe and originates and develops all elements within. Hindu |
"Xanthos" | Greek | Achilles' wonderful horse. Being chid by his master for leaving Patroclos on the field of battle, the horse turned his head reproachfully, and told Achilles that he also would soon be numbered with the dead, not from any fault of his horse, but by the decree of inexorable destiny. Iliad, xix. |
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