Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Goddess name "Winonah" | Ojibwa | Daughter of the goddess Nokomis and the mother of Hiawatha. Ojibwa |
"Xanthippe" | Greek | wife of Pleuron and the mother of Agenor, Sterope, Stratonice, and Laophonte. Greek |
Deity name "Xbaquiyalo" | Maya | A Maya deity. wife of Hun-Hunahpu, she was mother to the Monkey twins. |
Goddess name "Xi He" | Chinese | Goddess of Light and Mother of the Ten Suns. Chinese |
"Xmucane" | Mayan | And this is the grandmother, the daykeeper, Diviner who stands behind others: Xmucane is her name. Mayan |
God name "Xmucane, Xpiyacoc, Xumucane,Ixpiyacoc" | Maya | The mother and father gods. They agreed that animals should be created. This was accomplished, and they next turned their attention to the framing of man. They made a number of mannikins carved out of wood. Popol Vuh, Kiche |
Goddess name "Xochiquetzal" | Aztec / classi cal Mesoamerican / Mexico | Goddess of fertility and childbirth. The mother of the demigoddess (unnamed) whose consort was Piltz intecuhtli and who engendered the first mortals Oxomoco and CIPACTONAL. One of the group clåśśed as the TETEOINNAN complex. A popular deity among Aztec women, the goddess is invoked particularly to make a marriage fruitful. The bride plaits her hair and coils it around, leaving two plumes representing the feathers of the Quetzal which is sacred to Xochiquetzal. Pottery figurines are adorned with plumes of feathers. Worshiped at various sites, including Tula (Hidalgo). Also recognized as the patron goddess of weavers.... |
Monster name "Yacu-mama" | Indian | Mother of waters. A fabulous sea-snake, fifty paces long and twelve yards in girth, said to lurk in the lagunes of South America, and in the river Amazon. This monster draws into its mouth whatever påśśes within a hundred yards of it, and for this reason an Indian will never venture to enter an unknown lagune till he has blown his horn, which the yacu-mama never fails to answer if it is within hearing. By this means the danger apprehended is avoided. South America |
Goddess name "Yami" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. One of seven SAKTIS who in later Hinduism became regarded as of evil intent. Also CAMUNDA.... |
Goddess name "Yemanja" | Yoruba | Yemonja, a mother goddess; patron deity of women, especially pregnant women; and the Ogun river, the waters of which are said to cure infertility. Yoruba |
Goddess name "Yemao" | Haitian | Mother of Yokahuna and a Haitian moon goddess. |
Goddess name "Yen Kuang Niang Niang" | Chinese | Mother goddess. One of a group of nine dark ladies who have a protective function. She cures the eye disease ophthalmia.... |
Spirit name "Yocahu" | Puerto Rico / Haiti | Tutelary god. A benevolent deity, the son of the universal mother, and known as the great spirit. Believed to live in the Sun. Also Marcoti; JocakuvagueMaorocon.... |
Goddess name "Yogesvari" | Buddhist / Epic / Puranic | Mother goddess. Personifying desire and listed among both the SAPTAMATARAS and the ASTAMATARAS. Attributes: bell, club, drum, shield, sword and trident.... |
Goddess name "Zaramama" | Peru | ("grain mother") or Mama Zara was the Inca mythology goddess of grain. She was åśśociated with maize that grew in multiples or were similarly strange. These strange plants were sometimes dressed as dolls of Zaramama. She was also åśśociated with willow trees. Peru |
Goddess name "Ziçúɱ aka Zikun" | Babylonian | Zigara, the primeval goddess, the mother of Anu and the gods. Babylonian |
"Zorya" | Slavic | Dawn. either Sun's mother or older sister. Slavic |