| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Dolya" | Slavic | The personification of the fortune of an individual who accompanies the person throughout his life. Slavic |
"Duergar" | Norse / Germany | Dwarfs who dwell in rocks and hills; noted for their strength, subtilty, magical powers, and skill in metallurgy. They are the personification of the subterranean powers of nature. According to the Gotho-German myth, the duergar were first maggots in Ymir's flesh, but afterwards åśśumed the likeness of men. The first duergar was Modsogner, the next Dyrin. Norse / Germany |
| God name "Dynamis" | Greek | One of the aeons - the first created entities - thought to be Divine emanations from God. The male personification of power. |
"Ekhi" | Basque | Personification of the Sun Basque |
"Ekhi/ Eguzk" | Basque | The personification of the Sun |
| Spirit name "Elementals" | General | nature spirits of land, water, fire, etc., personifications of natural phenomena. General |
| Goddess name "Elpis" | Greek | The personification of hope, perhaps a child of Nyx and mother of Pheme, the goddess of rumour. Greek |
"Epiales" | Greek | The personification of the cold shivering fit which precedes an attack of fever. Greek |
| God name "Erebus" | Greek | A primordial god, the personification of darkness. Greek |
"Erinnyes" | Greek | Erinnyes, Eumenides or Erinys (the Romans called them the Furies) were female personifications of vengeance. When a formulaic oath in the Iliad invokes "those who beneath the earth punish whoever has sworn a false oath" - "the Erinyes are simply an embodiment of the act of self-cursing contained in the oath" Greek |
"Eriphila" | Greek | The personification of avarice, who guards the path that leads to pleasure, in Orlando Furioso. Greek |
"Eucleia" | Greek | A personification of the glory which the Athenians had reaped in the battle of Marathon. Greek |
"Fama" | Roman | The personification of rumour or report. Roman |
| God name "Fates" | Greek | Properly signifies "a share," and as a personification "the deity who åśśigns to every man his fate or his share," or the Fates. Homer usually speaks of only one Moira, and only once mentions the Motpai in the plural. In his poems Moira is fate personified, which, at the birth of man, spins out the thread of his future life, follows his steps, and directs the consequences of his actions according to the counsel of the gods. Homer thus, when he personifies Fate, conceives her as spinning, an act by which also the power of other gods over the life of man is expressed. Greek |
"Felicitas" | Roman | The personification of happiness and is frequently seen on Roman medals, in the form of a matron, with the staff of Mercury (caduceus) and a cornucopia. Roman |
"Fides" | Roman | The personification of fidelity or faithfulness. She was represented as a matron wearing a wreath of olive or laurel leaves, and carrying in her hand corn ears or a basket with fruit. Roman |
"Fjorgyn" | Norse | A personification of the earth; mother of Thor. Norse |
"Fontus" | Roman | A Roman divinity connected with a well and he was the personification of the flowing waters. |
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