Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Telemachus" | Greek | The son of Odysseus and Penelope. He was still an infant at the time when his father went to Troy, and in his absence of nearly twenty years he grew up to manhood. Greek |
"Ten-brel Chug-nyi" | Tibetan | The twelve interdependent contributories to the origination of all phenomena, equivalent to the Sanskrit nidanas. Tibetan |
"Tenan-tomgin" | Chukchee | Creator. 'One who induces things to be created'. Chukchee |
Spirit name "Tenanto'mni" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | Creator spirit. An indefinite and remote character living somewhere in the zenith of the sky. He created the world which was then transformed into its present state by the raven-like majordomo KU'URKIL.... |
Spirit name "Tenato'mni" | Chukchee / E Siberia | The creator spirit |
"Theocritus" | Greek | Bion and Moschus, by Andrew Lang Greek |
God name "Tlauixcalpantechutli" | Aztec | Destructive god of the morning star (venus), dawn, and of the east. Aztec |
Spirit name "Tne'sgan (top of the dawn)" | Chukchee / southeastern Siberia | spirit of the dawn. One of four beings controlling the dawn in different directions. Sacrifice is made and blood is sprinkled in the appropriate direction.... |
Spirit name "Tnecei'vune" | Siberia | spirit of the dawn, one of four beings who control the dawn of from different directions. Chukchee, Siberia |
Spirit name "Tnecei'vune (dawn walking woman)" | Chukchee / southeastern Siberia | spirit of the dawn. The female consort of the dawn.See also TNE'SGAN, MRATNA'IRGIN, LIETNA'IRGIN and NA'CHITNA'IRGIN.... |
God name "Tsao Chun" | China | God of kitchens and stoves who ascends to heaven every year to report to the Jade Emperor on the good or bad behavior of each family member. China |
Goddess name "Uathach" | Ireland / Scotland | Goddess who trained warriors. One of the mistresses of Cuchulain. Ireland / Scotland |
"Ucchusma" | Buddhist | Purifier of the defiled and who speaks with Divine power. Buddhist |
God name "Ucchusma" | Buddhist | God. An emanation of AKSOBHYA or RATNASAMBHAVA. Also a form of JAMBHALA. He is depicted as pot-bellied and stands upon Kubera, the Hindu god of riches, who lies with jewels spewing from his mouth. Attributes: cup, ichneumon fly, image of Aksobhya in the hair, moon disc and snakes. Three-eyed.... |
"Va'irgin" | Chukchee / E Siberia | The supreme being whose name means "I exist" |
Deity name "Va'irgin (I exist)" | Chukchee / eastern Siberia | Supreme being. A remote and poorly defined character who lives in the zenith of the sky and who created the world. Comparable with the Koryak deity TENANTO'MWAN.... |
King name "Vairgin" | Chukchee | The Sun, moon, stars, and constellations are also known as vairgit; but the Sun is a special vairgin, represented as a man clad in a bright garment, driving dogs or reindeer. He descends every evening to his wife, the 'Walking-around-Woman'. The moon is also represented as a man. He is not a vairgin, however, but the son of a kele of the lower worlds. He has a låśśo, with which he catches people who look too fixedly at him. Shamans invoke the moon in incantations and spells. Chukchee |
"Vairgit" | Chukchee | Benevolent supernatural beings. Chukchee |