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God name "Harmonia" | Greek | A daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, or, according to others, of Zeus and Electra, the daughter of Atlas, in Samothrace. When Athena åśśigned to Cadmus the government of Thebes, Zeus gave him Harmoia for his wife, and all the gods of Olympus were present at the marriage. Cadmus on that day made her a present of a peplus and a necklace, which he had received either from Hephaestus or from Europa. Greek |
Goddess name "Harmonia" | Greco - Roman | Goddess of joining. Daughter of ARES (MARS) and APHRODITE (VENUS) or Cytherea. The consort of Cadmus and mother of Ino, SEMELE, Agave, Autonoe and Polydorus. She is the apotheosis of harmony in life which is also displayed in musical euphony. Also Hermione.... |
"Harmonia's Robe" | Greek | On the marriage of Harmonia, Vulcan, to avenge the infidelity of her mother, made the bride a present of a robe dyed in all sorts of crimes, which infused wickedness and impiety into all her offspring. Both Harmonia and Cadmos, after having suffered many misfortunes, and seen their children a sorrow to them, were changed into serpents. Greek |
God name "Haro" | Melanesia | The Sun god whose wife, Taio, is the moon. Melanesia |
God name "Haroeris" | Greek | Another form of the Egyptian god Horus, but this time as an adult |
God name "Haroeris [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS as a man. The name distinguishes the mature deity from HARPOKRATES, the child Horus. In this form he avenges his father, OSIRIS, and regains his kingdom from SETH, his uncle. He is depicted as the falcon god. Also Harueris; Har-wer (both Egyptian); HARENDOTES.... |
God name "Haronga" | Maori | A sky god and the father of Ra the Sun and Marama the moon. Maori |
Angel name "Haroot and Maroot" | Hebrew | Two angels who, in consequence of their want of compåśśion to man, are susceptible of human påśśions, and are sent upon earth to be tempted. They were at one time kings of Babel, and are still the teachers of magic and the black arts. Hebrew |
"Harpina" | Greek | A daughter of Asopus, from whom the town of Harpina or Harpinna in Elis was believed to have derived its name. She became by Ares the mother of Oenomaus. Greek |
Goddess name "Harpina" | Greek | River goddess. Daughter of the river god ASOPOS, she was seduced by ARES, who fathered Oenomaus (a king said to have reigned near Olympia) on her.... |
God name "Harpocrates" | Greek | The Greek form of the Egyptian god Har-pi-kruti (Horus the Child), made by the Greeks and Romans the god of silence. This arose from a pure misapprehension. It is an Egyptian god, and was represented with its "finger on its mouth," to indicate youth, but the Greeks thought it was a symbol of silence. Greek |
God name "Harpokrates" | Greek | Another form of the Egyptian god Horus, as a child sitting on his mother's knee |
Goddess name "Harpokrates [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS as a child. Generally depicted sitting on the knee of his mother, the goddess ISIS, often suckling at the left breast and wearing the juvenile side-lock of hair. He may also be invoked to ward off dangerous creatures and is åśśociated with crocodiles, snakes and scorpions. He is generally representative of the notion of a god-child, completing the union of two deities. Also Har-pa-khered (Egyptian).... |
God name "Harpre" | Egypt | God whose job was to protect the king from illness and misfortune. Egypt |
"Harpyia" | Greek | That is, "the swift robbers," are, in the Homeric poems, nothing but personified storm winds. Homer mentions only one by name, viz. Podarge, who was married to Zephyrus, and gave birth to the two horses of Achilles, Xanthus and Balius. Greek |
"Harrimiah" | Australian | The abused twin brother of Perindi, buries himself in the sand and is watched over by the wattle and apple trees. Australian |
Goddess name "Harsa" | Hindu | Goddess Hindu |
Goddess name "Harsa (desire)" | Hindu | Goddess. The SAKTI of the god HRSIKESA.... |