| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Goddess name "Horae" | Greek | Horai, originally the personifications or goddesses of the order of nature and of the seasons, but in later times they were regarded as the goddesses of order in general and of justice. In Homer, who neither mentions their parents nor their number, they are the Olympian divinities of the weather and the ministers of Zeus; and in this capacity they guard the doors of Olympus, and promote the fertility of the earth, by the various kinds of weather they send down. Greek |
"Horcus" | Greek | Horkos, the personification of an oath, the son of Eris, and the avenger of perjury. Greek |
"Horme" | Greek | The personification of energetic activity. Greek |
| Planet name "Hsieh T'ien chun" | China | God personification of the planet Saturn. China |
"Hu" | Egypt | The personification of Divine Utterance, the voice of authority. Egypt |
| Goddess name "Hu Tu" | China | Goddess of the Summer solstice, earth Mother and the personification of the earth. China |
| God name "Hymen" | Greek | The god of marriage, was conceived as a handsome youth, and invoked in the hymeneal or bridal song. The names originally designated the bridal song itself, which was subsequently personified. The first trace of this personification occurs in Euripides or perhaps in Sappho. Greek |
| God name "Hypnos" | Greek | The personification and god of sleep, the Greek Hypnos, is described by the ancients as a brother of death and as a son of night. At Sicyon there was a statue of Sleep surnamed the giver. In works of art Sleep and death are represented alike as two youths sleeping or holding inverted torches in their hands. Greek |
| Goddess name "Iabet" | Egypt | The goddess of the Eastern Desert, of fertility and rebirth. She was a personification of the land of the east. Egypt |
"Ialemus" | Greek | A personification of the dirge, or a song of a very serious and mournful character, only to be Sung on the most melancholy occasions. Greek |
| God name "Ialonus" | Celtic | The personification of the land and fertility god. Celtic |
"Invidia" | Greek | The personification of envy, is described as a daughter of the giant Pallas and Styx. Greek |
| Goddess name "Ixcuiname" | Aztec | earth goddess. She was linked with sex, which in the Aztec mind was unclean, and thus she was also regarded as a personification of filth. Aztec |
"Juventas" | Roman | The personification of youth. Roman. |
| God name "Kala" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | God of death. An epithet of YAMA and occasionally of S IVA. Also the personification of time in the Atbarvaveda.... |
| Spirit name "Kali" | Hindu | The Kaliyuga, personified as the spirit of evil. In playing dice Kali is the ace and so is a personification of ill luck. Hindu |
| Goddess name "Kamala (lotus born)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. Particularly worshiped in southern India. One of a group of MAHAVIDYAS or personifications of the SAKTI of SI IVA, representing MAHARATRI.... |
| God name "Ki (the great one)" | Mesopotamian / Sumerian | Archetypal chthonic principle. According to some traditions, Ki is the daughter of ANS'AR and KIS'AR and consort of AN. As the cosmos came into being, An took the role of god of heaven and Ki became the personification of the earth and underworld. She is the mother of the god of the air, ENLIL, with whom she descended from the heavens. Some authorities argue that she was never regarded as a deity. There is no evidence of a cult and the name appears in a limited number of Sumerian creation texts. The name URAS (tilth) may relate.See also ANTU(M).... |
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