Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Fenrer" | Norse | Fenri or Fenris-wolf. The monster-wolf. He is the son of Loke, who bites the hand of Tyr. The gods put him in chains, where he remains until Ragnarok. In Ragnarok he gets loose, swallows the Sun and conquers Odin, but is killed by Vidar. Norse |
God name "Fidi Mukullu" | Bena Lulua / Democratic Republic of Congo, central Africa | Creator god. He provides mankind with food, tools and weapons. The Sun and moon were engendered from his cheeks.... |
Deities name "Fukurokuju" | Shinto / Japan | God of luck. One of seven deities in Shintoism concerned with fortune. He is allegedly a Chinese hermit who lived during the Sung dynasty and whose name means happiness, wealth and longevity. He is depicted as a little old man, bald and with a prominent high forehead. He carries a Book of sacred teachings tied to his staff. Other occasional attributes include a crane, deer or tortoise.... |
Goddess name "Futo-Tama" | Shinto / Japan | Ancestral god. A significant deity in mythology because he took part in the divination and ritual necessary before the process of drawing the Sun goddess AMATERASU out of her cave could begin. He collected together various magical objects, pushed forward the perfect Divine mirror, recited the sacred liturgy and begged Amaterasu never again to hide her face. The guardian of Prince NINIGI, ancestor of the imperial dynasty, Futo-Tama is more specifically the ancestor of the Imba clan in Japan.... |
God name "Gal Bapsi (hook' god)" | Hindu - Dravidian / Tamil / southern India | Local god. Worshiped particularly by the Bhils. To expiate sins, the penitent thrusts a hook into his back and is suspended from it on the day when the Sun enters Aries.... |
God name "Gangaditya" | India | The Sun god of the Murshodabad District. India |
God name "Gardua" | Hindu | Archaic Sun god Hindu / Vedic |
Demon name "Garuda (the devourer)" | Hindu / Vedic | Archaic Sun god and Divine vehicle. Originally depicted as a solar deity, Garuda evolved into a bird-like human hybrid who became the deified mount of VIS'NU. Also a chief adversary of nagas (snake-like demons), which he devours. In early depictions Garuda has a parrot's beak. Said to have been born from an egg, the son of Vinata and KASYAPA. Epithets include Amrtaharana, Garutman, Tarksya. Attributes: conch, club, lotus and nectar, but may also bear the attributes of Vis'nu.(2) Mount or vahana of VAJRAPANI. Buddhist. Attributes: flower, horse-head, noose, skin and staff. Three-eyed and three-headed.... |
God name "Gaunab" | Khoi / Hottentot / Namibia, southern Africa | Malevolent god of darkness. The chief adversaryof the creator god TSUNIGOAB. He was engaged in a primordial struggle for supremacy during which Tsunigoab was wounded but eventually triumphed, consigning Gaunab to the so-called black heaven.... |
Angel name "Gauriil Ishliha" | Zoroastrian | An angel whose duty is to see to it that the Sun rises every morning at the right time, presumably Sunrise. Zoroastrian / Hebrew. |
"Gauteovan" | Colombia | The mother of all things who created the world, the Sun and everything else. Colombia |
"Gayatri" | Hindu | Personification of a hymn. The name of a popular hymn in the Rg Veda, dedicated to the Sun. Also the name of one, possibly the second, of the consorts of BRAHMA.See also SARASVATI.... |
Angel name "Gazardiel" | Enochian | The angel you pray to if you want the Sun to rise in the morning. Face the rising Sun in the morning and pray to this angel for spiritual gifts. Enochian |
"Gbohulu" | Ghana | The Sun of springtime. Ghana |
Goddess name "Gefn" | German | German Mother goddess in charge of Spring, Sun, Winter, Fertility, Foresight, Growth, health, love, Magic and Protection. |
God name "Gehyaguga" | Cherokee | God of the Sun. Cherokee |
King name "Genii of Fire" | Occultism | There are three genii of fire: Anael, king of astral light; Michael, king of the Sun; and Sammael, king of volcanoes. Occultism |
God name "Genneas" | Syrian | A Syrian Sun god likes to ride horses. |