Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Aahla" | Egyptian | The Field of peace; a portion of Amenti the Egyptian underworld |
"Angurvadel" | Norse | Frithiof's sword, inscribed with Runic letters, which blazed in time of war, but gleamed with a dim light in time of peace. Norse |
"Appiades" | Roman | Five divinities whose temple stood near the fountains of Appius, in Rome. Their names are Venus, Pallas, Concord, Peace, and Vesta. They were represented on horse-back, like Amazons. Roman |
God name "Arom" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Minor god of contractual agreements. Arom appears to have been significant only to a tribe known as the Kam in the southern Hindukush. He was honored by sacrifice of a male goat on the occasion of a peace treaty, and had seven brothers.... |
God name "Auf" | Egypt | Aka Euf Ra. An aspect of the Sun god Ra. Shown as a ram-headed man wearing the solar disk. Rules over Peace, rest, sleep, courage. |
Goddess name "Concordia" | Roman | The personification of concord. Goddess of harmony, peace and justice. Roman |
Goddess name "Djigonasee" | Huron | Goddess of justice, fairness and peace. Huron |
Goddess name "Ececheira" | Greek | Goddess of armistices and peace Greek |
"Eir" | Norse | An attendant of Menglod, and the most skillful of all in the healing art. The word signifies peace, clemency. Norse |
Goddess name "Eirene" | Greek | Goddess of peace and one of the Horae Greek |
Goddess name "Eirene" | Greek | Goddess of peace. The daughter of ZEUS and THEMIS and the sister of Horae, DIKE and EUNOMIA. See also HOURS.... |
Goddess name "Eleos" | Greek | Goddess of peace and mercy Greek |
"Fenja" | Norse | A female slave giantess who was tied to a mill and asked to grind gold, peace and happiness. Norse |
"Forsete" | Norse | [The fore-sitter, president, chairman]. Son of Balder and Nanna. His dwelling is Glitner, and his office is that of a peacemaker. Norse |
God name "Freyr" | Norse | A god of fruits, thriving crops & peaceful prosperity |
Goddess name "Genetaska" | Iroquois | Goddess of justice, fairness and of peace. Tradition and Unity are important to her. Iroquois |
God name "Hachiman" | Shinto / Japan | God of war and peace. A deity whose origins are confused. The name does not appear in either of the sacred texts of Shintoism, but such a deity was probably worshiped in the distant past with the alternative title of HimeGami or Hime-O-Kami. The cult center was on the southern island of Kyushu at Usa. In modern Shintoism, Hachiman originates as a member of the imperial dynasty. Named Ojin-Tenno and born in AD 200 to the empress Jingu-Kogo, he greatly improved the living standards and culture of Japan during his remarkable reign. The place of his birth was marked by a sanctuary and several centuries after his death, a vision of a child KAMI appeared there to a priest. The kami identified himself by the Chinese ideogram representing the name Hachiman, and thus the link developed. The site is, today, the location of a magnificent shrine, the Umi-Hachiman-Gu, where Hachiman has been perceived as a god of war. Soldiers departing for battle once took with them relics from the shrine. Hachiman is also a deity of peace and a guardian of human life and, when pacifism dominated Japan during the post-war era, he became more strongly identified in the latter context.... |
God name "Hachiman/ Hime-Gami/ Hime-O-Kami" | Japan / Shinto | A god of war & peace |