| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Wa" | Ntomba / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Sun god. Probably originating as a god of hunters who protects and controls the animals in the Forest. He has a son, Mokele.... |
"Wa cinaci" | Guiana | Our Father who art in heaven. The supreme being of the Arawak. Guiana |
| Deity name "Waaq" | Africa | The supreme and universal deity who the universe with opposing but complementary and interdependent forces such as night and day, young and old, in fine balance. Oromo. East Africa |
"Wabun" | Hiawatha | Son of Mudjekeewis, East-Wind, the Native American Apollo. Young and beautiful, he chases darkness with his arrows over hill and valley, wakes the villager, calls the Thunder, and brings the Morning. He married Wabun-Annung, and transplanted her to heaven, where she became the Morning Star. Hiawatha |
"Wabung Annung" | Hiawatha | The Morning Star. She was a country maiden wooed and won by Wabun, the Native American Apollo, who transplanted her to the skies. Hiawatha |
| Goddess name "Wachilt" | Celtic | Goddess of the sea who rose from the depths and halted the ship of king Vilkinus of Norway, proclaiming that she was pregnant with his child. Celtic |
| God name "Wadd" | Greek | The Minaean moon god. Snakes were believed to be sacred to him. |
| God name "Wadd" | Pre - Islamic southern Arabian | moon god. His sacred animal is the snake.... |
| God name "Wadj Wer (the mighty green one)" | Egypt | Fertility god. Sometimes depicted in androgynous form, he personifies the Mediterranean Sea or the major lakes of the Nile delta. He is depicted carrying the ankh symbol of life, and a loaf. The figure often appears pregnant and is åśśociated with the richness of the Nile delta waters.... |
| Goddess name "Wadjet" | Egypt | Goddess of royal authority. Wadjet takes the form of a fire-breathing cobra and, as the uraeus symbol worn on the headdress of the ruler, she epitomizes the power of sovereignty. She is a goddess of Lower Egypt equating to NEKHBET in Upper Egypt, with her main cult center at Buto (Tell el-Farain) in the Nile delta. She forms an integral part of the symbolism of the Sun god RE, coiling around the Sun disc to symbolize Re's powers of destruction. According to mythology, she created the papyrus swamps of the delta. She is described as a wet nurse to the god HORUS and is the mother of the god of the primeval lotus blossom, NEFERTUM.... |
"Wagadu" | Africa | Mother of the Fulbe nation and the personification of physical prowess and hunting. Africa |
"Wagyl" | Australia | A snakelike creature who created the waterways in and around the south-west of Western Australia |
| Spirit name "Wah Kah Nee" | Chinook | A sacred being, able to walk unprotected, even barefoot, through the Winter and to communicate with its spirits, asking for the return of the Sunshine to warm her people. Chinook |
"Wah-con-tun-ga" | Arabic | The creator of all things. The Assiniboin |
| Spirit name "Wah-kon-tah" | Osages | The Great spirit Divine who, with prayer and supplication, granted guidance and favours. Osages |
"Wah-pec-wah-mow" | Yurok | The omnipotent and omnipresent ruler of the heavens. Yurok |
| Spirit name "Wahhahnah" | Wisconsin | The supreme spirit of the Winnebago. Wisconsin |
| Demon name "Wahini Hai" | Polynesia | demonic mother figure who steals and eats small children. Polynesia |
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