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Goddess name "Naeeeegaaei (slayer of alien gods)" | Navaho / USA | God of war. The most powerful of the Navaho war gods. The son of the Sun god TSOHANOAI and the fertility goddess ESTSANATLEHI. According to tradition, he vanquished a race of giants who had nearly destroyed the human race. He is a benevolent god, ready to help mankind in times of trouble. He also cures diseases brought about through witchcraft. Said to live at the junction of two rivers in the San Juan valley, he is invoked by warriors preparing for battle. His priest wears a buckskin bag mask, painted black and adorned with five zigzag lightning streaks, the eye and mouth holes covered with white sea shells. He also wears a fox skin collar, a crimson cloth around the hips and a leather belt with silver ornamentation, but is otherwise naked. No depictions are made of this deity.... |
Goddess name "Nemain" | Celtic | A goddess of war, and possibly an aspect of the Morrigan. Her name means 'panic' or 'frenzy', and causing it among warriors was her specialty. Celtic |
Goddess name "Nephthys" | Egypt | Goddess of death, war, of warriors. Egypt |
God name "Onuris aka Anhur" | Egypt | Slayer of Enemies God of hunting and war and the personification of royal warriors. Egypt |
Demon name "Parasurama (Rama-with-the-ax)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Incarnation of the god VIS'NU. The sixth avatara of Vis'nu (see also RAMA) in which form he saved the world from an army of tyrannical warriors. According to legend, Rama, the son of a wise man, became a skilled bowman and in gratitude he went to the Himalaya where he stayed, devoting himself to SIVA. His consort is DHARANI. Though without his bow, Rama acted as a champion of the gods in a war against the demons and was rewarded with an ax. In another legend, Vis'nu took the form of Parasurama to rid the world of despotic rulers. This avatara appears in human form, with two arms and with an ax in the right hand. Other attributes: arrow, bow, knife, skin and sword. Also Parasuramavatara.... |
Hero name "Pelides" | Greek | Son of Peleus, that is, Achilles, the hero of Homer's Iliad, and chief of the Greek warriors that besieged Troy. |
Goddess name "Sanjna" | Hindu | Goddess of warriors Hindu daughter of the celestial architect Tvastra disguised herself as a horse and fled from her husband. When he caught her, they produced the Ashwini Kumaras, the horse-headed twins. Each day the twins bring the dawn as their chariot speeds through the sky. Hindu |
"Scathach" | Ireland | She Who Strikes fear. She lived on the Isle of Shadow in the Hebrides and trained the greatest of Ireland's warriors. Ireland |
God name "Shalim" | Canaan | The god of dusk & of warriors |
Goddess name "Sin" | Ireland | Patron goddess of warriors. Ireland |
Goddess name "Sin" | Irish | Patron goddess of warriors |
God name "Suwaliyattas" | Hittite | God of warriors and storms. Hittite |
God name "Teoyaomqui" | Aztec | The god of dead warriors, particularly those who had died in battle. He is a solar deity and the god of the sixth Hour of the Day. Aztec |
Goddess name "Uathach" | Ireland / Scotland | Goddess who trained warriors. One of the mistresses of Cuchulain. Ireland / Scotland |
Goddess name "Xoli Kaltes" | Hungary | Goddess of warriors and of the dawn. She baked her suitors. Hungary |
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