| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Galligantus" | Greek | A giant who lived with Hocus-Pocus in an enchanted castle. By his magic he changed men and women into dumb animals, amongst which was a duke's daughter, changed into a roe. Jack the Giant Killer, arrayed in his cap, which rendered him invisible, went to the castle and read the inscription: "Whoever can this trumpet blow, will cause the giant's overthrow." He seized the trumpet, blew a loud blast, the castle fell down, Jack slew the giant, and was married soon after to the duke's daughter. Fairy tale |
| Supreme god name "Gamab/ Ganna/ Gawa/ Gaunab Damaras" | Africa | The supreme god & creator of the world who lives beyond the stars |
"Gamelii" | Greek | The divinities protecting and presiding over marriage. Plutarch says, that those who married required the protection of five divinities: Zeus, Hera, Aphrodite, Peitho, and Artemis. Greek |
| Goddess name "Gauri" | Hindu | The Goddess of marital felicity and longevity; she is worshipped particularly by ladies to seek the long life of their husbands. Hindu |
| God name "Gekka O" | Japan | God of marriage Japan |
| Goddess name "Gerd" | Scandinavia | earth goddess who married Freyr. She was a giantess, and considered very beautiful. Scandinavia |
"Gerda" | Norse | Daughter of the frost giant Gymer, a beautiful young giantess; beloved by Frey. She is so beautiful that the brightness of her naked arms illuminates both air and sea. Frey (the genial spring) married Gerda (the frozen earth), and Gerda became the mother of children. Norse |
| Goddess name "Ghasmari" | Buddhist | Goddess fond of blodd-filled bowls. Buddhist |
| Goddess name "Ghasmari (voracious)" | Buddhist | Goddess of terrifying appearance. One of a group of eight GAURIS. Color: green. Attributes: staff with bell.... |
| Angel name "Gibborim" | Genesis | Mighty Men of Renown, the offspring of angels and human women or descendants of Abel who married the daughters of Cain. The gibborim are genarlaly regarded as evil. Genesis |
"Goewin" | Welsh | Was Math fab Mathonwy's foot-holder; she was raped by Gilfaethwy. Learning that she was no longer a virgin, Math punished Gilfaethwy and his accomplice Gwydion, and married Goewin himself. Welsh |
| King name "Gorgophone" | Greek | A daughter of Perseus and Andromeda. Her name means "Gorgon Slayer", a tribute to her father who killed Medusa, the mortal Gorgon. Gorgophone is a central figure in the history of Sparta, having been married to two kings, Oebalus of Sparta (actually Lakonia, Sparta's region) and Perieres of Messenia, the region to the west of Lakonia which Sparta, in the late 8th or early 7th century B.C. enslaved. Greek |
| King name "Grangousier" | Utopia | king of Utopia, who married, in "the vigour of his old age," Gargamelle, daughter of the king of the Parpaillons, and became the father of Gargantua, the giant. He is described as a man in his dotage, whose delight was to draw scratches on the hearth with a burnt stick while watching the broiling of his chestnuts. (Rabelais: Gargantua.) |
| God name "Guan Di" | Chinese | The god of martial arts. Chinese |
| King name "Gwythelyn Gorr" | Celtic | king of the Dwarfs whose magical bottles are required for the marriage feast of Kulhwch and Olwen. Celtic |
| God name "Hachiman" | Shinto / Japan | God of war and peace. A deity whose origins are confused. The name does not appear in either of the sacred texts of Shintoism, but such a deity was probably worshiped in the distant past with the alternative title of HimeGami or Hime-O-Kami. The cult center was on the southern island of Kyushu at Usa. In modern Shintoism, Hachiman originates as a member of the imperial dynasty. Named Ojin-Tenno and born in AD 200 to the empress Jingu-Kogo, he greatly improved the living standards and culture of Japan during his remarkable reign. The place of his birth was marked by a sanctuary and several centuries after his death, a vision of a child KAMI appeared there to a priest. The kami identified himself by the Chinese ideogram representing the name Hachiman, and thus the link developed. The site is, today, the location of a magnificent shrine, the Umi-Hachiman-Gu, where Hachiman has been perceived as a god of war. Soldiers departing for battle once took with them relics from the shrine. Hachiman is also a deity of peace and a guardian of human life and, when pacifism dominated Japan during the post-war era, he became more strongly identified in the latter context.... |
| God name "Hapantalli aka Hapantalliyas" | Irsirra | He took his place at the moon-god's side when he fell from heaven on the 'kilammar'. Irsirra |
"Hardaul" | Hindu | The patron of unmarried girls and brides who ensures respectively the marriage and wellbeing in the married life. Hindu |
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